Upgrading to and what's new in IOS8
Discussion
AB said:
I'm with you - other than being the aforementioned ability to answer my phone on my iPad, it's a st upgrade.
They should have called it 7.2, how is this a major update? Apple developers may see it differently, but for most users there's hardly anything new or that useful.I've just put it on an iPad Air and I had to check the version number in settings to see if it had updated or not. I was in two minds about putting this on my 4S, but I've decided now. I won't bother. I'm now having second thoughts about buying an iPhone 6 as well.
- One thing they have fixed, the ability to resize/zoom large wallpapers for your home/lock screens. This broke at some point in iOS 7 I believe. *
Webber3 said:
AB said:
I'm with you - other than being the aforementioned ability to answer my phone on my iPad, it's a st upgrade.
They should have called it 7.2, how is this a major update? Apple developers may see it differently, but for most users there's hardly anything new or that useful.I've just put it on an iPad Air and I had to check the version number in settings to see if it had updated or not. I was in two minds about putting this on my 4S, but I've decided now. I won't bother. I'm now having second thoughts about buying an iPhone 6 as well.
- One thing they have fixed, the ability to resize/zoom large wallpapers for your home/lock screens. This broke at some point in iOS 7 I believe. *
But it does work considerably better on my 4S than 7 ever did - at least in my limited experience, it really is a worthwhile upgrade for the 4S.
djdestiny said:
The family sharing thing is a bit annoying.
Obviously I and my girlfriend have separate apple ID's which we use to make purchases with apps etc, when setting up family sharing it says all app purchases will now be taken from her account. I'd rather we both were able to buy them separately still but be able to share them
You should have opted out when asked. Family sharing is aimed at parents & children. The parent has an Apple account with a credit card attached and the kids generally have no credit card or account credit.Obviously I and my girlfriend have separate apple ID's which we use to make purchases with apps etc, when setting up family sharing it says all app purchases will now be taken from her account. I'd rather we both were able to buy them separately still but be able to share them
You're going to have to ask your girlfriend's permission every time you want to download a paid app. You might as well be married
Webber3 said:
You should have opted out when asked. Family sharing is aimed at parents & children. The parent has an Apple account with a credit card attached and the kids generally have no credit card or account credit.
You're going to have to ask your girlfriend's permission every time you want to download a paid app. You might as well be married
I did opt out You're going to have to ask your girlfriend's permission every time you want to download a paid app. You might as well be married
Its worth noting for those who want to use it, more than one person can have parent status
AB said:
supersport said:
Didn't a load of fools put there iPhones into water after a similar hoax with IOS 7?
You can see why the Nigerians persist with their dodgy emails.
We all make mistakes.You can see why the Nigerians persist with their dodgy emails.
It is definitely only a 0.1 upgrade to 7! Maybe they are trying to compete with Firefox's major version updates every few days.
The automatic backlight brightness adjustment on my iPhone 5 seems to be broken. Too dark in darkness, too bright in direct light, and adjusting it immediately gets overwritten. I seem to be having apps failing to start too, and not just third party apps like News UK Lite (which often boots up and locks) but even the Apple Settings panel seems reluctant to start and drops out to the "desktop" now and then.
The biggest thing though seems to be power consumption. Turning off Bluetooth, GPS and killing all extraneous processes seems to give power consumption around 30-40% higher than in iOS7. The exposure adjustment for the camera is handy, but it is a shame they couldn't put a manual focus control (or at least lock) on there too.
The automatic backlight brightness adjustment on my iPhone 5 seems to be broken. Too dark in darkness, too bright in direct light, and adjusting it immediately gets overwritten. I seem to be having apps failing to start too, and not just third party apps like News UK Lite (which often boots up and locks) but even the Apple Settings panel seems reluctant to start and drops out to the "desktop" now and then.
The biggest thing though seems to be power consumption. Turning off Bluetooth, GPS and killing all extraneous processes seems to give power consumption around 30-40% higher than in iOS7. The exposure adjustment for the camera is handy, but it is a shame they couldn't put a manual focus control (or at least lock) on there too.
Zad said:
It is definitely only a 0.1 upgrade to 7! Maybe they are trying to compete with Firefox's major version updates every few days.
The automatic backlight brightness adjustment on my iPhone 5 seems to be broken. Too dark in darkness, too bright in direct light, and adjusting it immediately gets overwritten. I seem to be having apps failing to start too, and not just third party apps like News UK Lite (which often boots up and locks) but even the Apple Settings panel seems reluctant to start and drops out to the "desktop" now and then.
The biggest thing though seems to be power consumption. Turning off Bluetooth, GPS and killing all extraneous processes seems to give power consumption around 30-40% higher than in iOS7. The exposure adjustment for the camera is handy, but it is a shame they couldn't put a manual focus control (or at least lock) on there too.
If they were following the Firefox numbering, they'd be up to iOS19 by now.The automatic backlight brightness adjustment on my iPhone 5 seems to be broken. Too dark in darkness, too bright in direct light, and adjusting it immediately gets overwritten. I seem to be having apps failing to start too, and not just third party apps like News UK Lite (which often boots up and locks) but even the Apple Settings panel seems reluctant to start and drops out to the "desktop" now and then.
The biggest thing though seems to be power consumption. Turning off Bluetooth, GPS and killing all extraneous processes seems to give power consumption around 30-40% higher than in iOS7. The exposure adjustment for the camera is handy, but it is a shame they couldn't put a manual focus control (or at least lock) on there too.
Auto backlight adjustment on my 4S is damnably irritating, but thankfully it seems to be the only irritation. Battery life actually seems unchanged. Took it off charge this morning, didn't really use it much (bit of facebook, checked a couple of mails) and it was at about 90% before putting it back in its dock this evening.
clonmult said:
Webber3 said:
AB said:
I'm with you - other than being the aforementioned ability to answer my phone on my iPad, it's a st upgrade.
They should have called it 7.2, how is this a major update? Apple developers may see it differently, but for most users there's hardly anything new or that useful.I've just put it on an iPad Air and I had to check the version number in settings to see if it had updated or not. I was in two minds about putting this on my 4S, but I've decided now. I won't bother. I'm now having second thoughts about buying an iPhone 6 as well.
- One thing they have fixed, the ability to resize/zoom large wallpapers for your home/lock screens. This broke at some point in iOS 7 I believe. *
But it does work considerably better on my 4S than 7 ever did - at least in my limited experience, it really is a worthwhile upgrade for the 4S.
thanks
qube_TA said:
Xaero said:
Anyone know how to find the battery usage screen? The macrumors link says it's in settings somewhere but I can't find it.
settings -> general -> usage -> battery usageI updated my iPad 3 last night, and all seems ok there too. It really should be iOS 7.x rather than 8 though, it's difficult to find differences. Personally I think they are racing to iOS 10, so then they can call it X and integrate it with the desktop software more.
I'm becoming intrigued by what the Health App does.
First off, for anyone considering battery usage, presumably the default activities must be a reasonable drain on resource.
Equally, how amazing that it can know when I'm walking and when I'm commuting on a train. And it takes a seemingly varying number of data points each minute - in one case I counted 23, but it seems to have managed about a dozen each minute.
Why is all this?
First off, for anyone considering battery usage, presumably the default activities must be a reasonable drain on resource.
Equally, how amazing that it can know when I'm walking and when I'm commuting on a train. And it takes a seemingly varying number of data points each minute - in one case I counted 23, but it seems to have managed about a dozen each minute.
Why is all this?
K12beano said:
I'm becoming intrigued by what the Health App does.
First off, for anyone considering battery usage, presumably the default activities must be a reasonable drain on resource.
Equally, how amazing that it can know when I'm walking and when I'm commuting on a train. And it takes a seemingly varying number of data points each minute - in one case I counted 23, but it seems to have managed about a dozen each minute.
Why is all this?
Have you had extra bits added in like plates or even breast inplants ?First off, for anyone considering battery usage, presumably the default activities must be a reasonable drain on resource.
Equally, how amazing that it can know when I'm walking and when I'm commuting on a train. And it takes a seemingly varying number of data points each minute - in one case I counted 23, but it seems to have managed about a dozen each minute.
Why is all this?
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