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DubDJ

Before the update my iPhone 4 used to have perfect Wifi downstairs. My iPad would pick it up but not with as strong a signal. Now I can't seem to get Wifi downstairs at all on my iPhone. The iPad is the same as before. Anyone have a weaker signal since the update?

lee_baby_simms

py2006 wrote: »

Is there any point in updating the 3Gs to this?

Just played with a friends 3gs running iOS 6. Seems fine and he said it runs perfectly. Probably safe to update it.

davehey79

Bam Bam Mickey wrote: »

Anyone get flyover working?
Have no icon for it on my 4S.

No problems updating either.

same here no sign of a flyover option on mine either

McGrath5

Updated my iPhone 4S, overall the device is running a lot smoother compared to iOS 5 and battery life seems to be better so far.

Battery issues with iOS 6?
My 4S battery is at 42% and is never usually. at this stage of the day, haven't been going mad on it either.

guil

iregk wrote: »

Mr Velo wrote: »

You can turn off the Facebook Contacts - Settings/Facebook/Contacts (turn to Off).

Isn't that what I said in my post?

iregk wrote:

Easy to get rid of it, just stop giving the FB app access to your contacts. This removes all the ones it put in.

It's actually the other way round. Contacts access your Facebook account

pfurey101

As for Apple maps - this story is trending like mad New airport on the Kilmacud Road and Shatter has made a gnats nickers of it......

http://www.thejournal.ie/alan-shatter-apple-maps-airport-dundrum-602115-Sep2012/

Sad Professor

Shatter:

Clearly the designation is not only wrong but is dangerously misleading in that it could result in a pilot, unfamiliar with the area, in an emergency situation and without other available information, attempting a landing. I have arranged that Apple be informed of the error and requested that it be urgently corrected.

Sigh. The people we vote into office in this country...

squonk

Bam Bam Mickey wrote: »

Battery issues with iOS 6?
My 4S battery is at 42% and is never usually. at this stage of the day, haven't been going mad on it either.

My battery seems to be down a bit since upgrade as well. I'm on an IP4 and usually when I got home after a day's work with some browsing etc. the battery would be at 70-75%. Now it's between 50 & 60%. That's plugging out at about 8AM and getting home 10 hours later at 18:00.

Kenno90

pfurey101 wrote: »

As for Apple maps - this story is trending like mad New airport on the Kilmacud Road and Shatter has made a gnats nickers of it......

http://www.thejournal.ie/alan-shatter-apple-maps-airport-dundrum-602115-Sep2012/

Haha brilliant, People always make it a big deal because its apple.

As soon as Google release their apps, I'll be using them instead

Simply Red

hada wrote: »

Have we a JB for ios 6? Know there was for some of the beta versions? (maybe even the GM?)

Tethered jailbreak for A4 devices only so far

keith_d99

davehey79 wrote: »

same here no sign of a flyover option on mine either

Go into Dublin city centre - zoom in, and you should see an icon in the left corner that resembles a building symbol

Fuh Q

I updated this morning took an hour via wifi. Had a quick look at the maps, I noticed that Apple have moved Dublin Zoo to Excheqer st, that will be handy for the tourists..
The categories section in the App store wouldnt work at first but its working now.
Safari seems to be faster.

Fuh Q

pfurey101 wrote: »

As for Apple maps - this story is trending like mad New airport on the Kilmacud Road and Shatter has made a gnats nickers of it......

http://www.thejournal.ie/alan-shatter-apple-maps-airport-dundrum-602115-Sep2012/

And Dublin Zoo is on Excheqer st.

Heisenberg1

Updated last night first impressions iOS 6 works a lot smoother I know there has been some issues with maps but I like the turn by turn feature overall really happy with the new iOS. iPhone 4S

opinion guy

BBC picking up the map story:
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-19659736

I reckon Apple are going to have to roll back on this and give people back Google maps......assuming Google are agreeable....which I suspect they might not be.....I'd imagine Google are loving this

THEDONWALDO

anybody find that imessage was acting up earlier?

summerskin

for some reason i can't download any apps from the app store or do updates on my ipad3

Inquitus

The maps are an unmitigated disaster.

mad muffin

Is it me or have they changed the start of the week in Calander for Ireland?

Used to be Monday but is now Sunday?

Qwerty Dub

mad muffin wrote: »

Is it me or have they changed the start of the week in Calander for Ireland?

Used to be Monday but is now Sunday?

Was thinking that. Threw me right off.

mad muffin

Qwerty Dub wrote: »

Was thinking that. Threw me right off.

I changed the country in settings, international to UK.

Just have to long press on £ to get € now.

Baldie

iregk wrote: »

Ok thankfully I've not had any of the problems most seem to have. I went to bed last night, clicked update, work up this morning it was asking for my itunes password. Put it in and no problem. Wifi everything all working fine and no crash. This is on a 4.

Only issue I have is the facebook integration. Jesus H Christ what has it done to my contacts. For those that have yet to click on it do not let it update your contacts. It will not go in find a contact with the same name and update it with the facebook info. It basically dumps all your entire FB friends list into your contacts. My contacts list on the phone was 200+ strong after doing this and many names duplicated. Easy to get rid of it, just stop giving the FB app access to your contacts. This removes all the ones it put in.

When you are looking at your contacts list, press "Groups" at the top of the screen, and uncheck "All Facebook. Problem solved....

pwwillia

Likely what will happen is that they'll approve a google maps app on the store for download and in the meantime work out the bugs in their map service. That way the user will have choice....hopefully

I hope their map service improves as i'd like a viable rival to google maps and the apple maps has some nice features.

opinion guy

pwwillia wrote: »

Likely what will happen is that they'll approve a google maps app on the store for download and in the meantime work out the bugs in their map service. That way the user will have choice....hopefully

I hope their map service improves as i'd like a viable rival to google maps and the apple maps has some nice features.

But what makes you think Google are in a hurry to release an app ?
My guess is they could have done it by now already had they wanted. Seems like Android now has a competitive advantage on apple when it comes to maps. Why would google just give that away ? This is even there fault - they merely have to do nothing to gain advantage

brian_bugle

Have to say calendar starting on Sunday is really annoying - shouldn't have to change my region just to get it to start on a Monday

Xavi6

Held off for nearly 24 hours but did the update

Bring on the bugs

murpho999

opinion guy wrote: »

But what makes you think Google are in a hurry to release an app ?
My guess is they could have done it by now already had they wanted. Seems like Android now has a competitive advantage on apple when it comes to maps. Why would google just give that away ? This is even there fault - they merely have to do nothing to gain advantage

I think they will have to release a map app soon.

Competition or not Google Maps have lost a lot of users overnight and that effects advertising revenue and also user data that they depend on.

Johnmb

opinion guy wrote: »

But what makes you think Google are in a hurry to release an app ?
My guess is they could have done it by now already had they wanted. Seems like Android now has a competitive advantage on apple when it comes to maps. Why would google just give that away ? This is even there fault - they merely have to do nothing to gain advantage

I remember reading some analysis from earlier this year that showed that Google made considerably more money from advertising on iOS devices than they do from advertising on Android. Since that's the only way they can make money, it'll be in their own best interests to get a new maps app out asap.

Yamanoto

I've reverted to 5.1.1

iOS6 rendered the iPod Touch 4G a nightmare - App Store wouldn't load, podcasts wouldn't stream or download, wifi problems etc.

I'll come back to it in a couple of months, presumably its rollout had to coincide with iPhone5 release, but it appears some way off being stable.

super_furry

What's the verdict of 4S users? Worth upgrading or better holding off for now?

markc1184

Twice now I've got to beyond 90% download only for it to fail, saying something about corrupted download and an error 1403.

opinion guy

murpho999 wrote: »

I think they will have to release a map app soon.

Competition or not Google Maps have lost a lot of users overnight and that effects advertising revenue and also user data that they depend on.

Johnmb wrote: »

I remember reading some analysis from earlier this year that showed that Google made considerably more money from advertising on iOS devices than they do from advertising on Android. Since that's the only way they can make money, it'll be in their own best interests to get a new maps app out asap.

Yeah fair point I hadn't thought of that. But don't forget Google have a stake in Motorola and there have been lawsuits going on etc etc.

Google might take the chance to dig the boot in for a month or two. don't forget Steve Jobs declared jihad on android

If I were Google I'd take the hit on advertising for maybe 2 or 3 months - put out the line that 'oh we are very sorry Apple cut us out and we didn't have time to react but we are doing our best give us a few weeks'

Even if they have the app sitting waiting to go it would be a PR coup and possibly help Motorola and Samgung etc to sell more phones.

Also interesting to see whether windows 8 will have google maps

Xavi6

super_furry wrote: »

What's the verdict of 4S users? Worth upgrading or better holding off for now?

It's really not *that* much different. Weather has a new font, camera has a new look, some colours have changed, maps is obviously new, YouTube is gone and you have to use the podcasts app as they're no longer in Music.

Haven't come across anything major worth worrying about so far.

Nyum Nyum

New Emoji icons. That's me happy

coylemj

Yamanoto wrote: »

I've reverted to 5.1.1

iOS6 rendered the iPod Touch 4G a nightmare - App Store wouldn't load, podcasts wouldn't stream or download, wifi problems etc.

I'll come back to it in a couple of months, presumably its rollout had to coincide with iPhone5 release, but it appears some way off being stable.

Upgraded my iTouch G4 to iOS6 no problem, working like a breeze.

opinion guy

The Airfield park thingy made macrumours frontpage

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1447499

jack presley

Maybe I'm wrong and just missed it (so not very successful if it was there) but I don't remember seeing ads when I used google maps on my phone

opinion guy

jack presley wrote: »

Maybe I'm wrong and just missed it (so not very successful if it was there) but I don't remember seeing ads when I used google maps on my phone

Good point - just checked it there - no ads on my HTC phone or ipad version of google maps

Johnmb

jack presley wrote: »

Maybe I'm wrong and just missed it (so not very successful if it was there) but I don't remember seeing ads when I used google maps on my phone

There are no specific ads, but it's all the POI bits. When you click on a POI to get more info, that comes from Google in their maps app, but comes from (mainly) Yelp in Apple's app. When you then click into that link, whoever provided it now gets the money.

murpho999

jack presley wrote: »

Maybe I'm wrong and just missed it (so not very successful if it was there) but I don't remember seeing ads when I used google maps on my phone

Every time you searched a service, the results you got are due to paid advertising.

murpho999

Xavi6 wrote: »

It's really not *that* much different. Weather has a new font, camera has a new look, some colours have changed, maps is obviously new, YouTube is gone and you have to use the podcasts app as they're no longer in Music.

Haven't come across anything major worth worrying about so far.

New App Store
DO Not Disturb
Mail upgrade, VIP
Panorama in Camera
Passbook (when it gets up and runniing)
Siri is hugely improved with better Irish localisation.

My 4S ran out of power as of 4.40pm.
That has never happened before.
Wifi downloading is piss poor.

PADRAIC.M

What's this half moon shape beside time on top of my phone

Sad Professor

PADRAIC.M wrote: »

What's this half moon shape beside time on top of my phone

It means Do Not Disturb is switched on.

Hunter21

Ios6 just ruined my phone! it turned the phone off during install wouldnt come back on, when it came back on it did all different things to what itunes wanted it to do. I did it through the cable. Now all my notes, calender stuff and pictures are gone! and can't get into some apps and app store won't leave me download more.

Thanks Apple! :mad:

Paddy@CIRL

Downloaded and installed on my iP4 last night with no issues or obvious battery drain. Success!

pfurey101

opinion guy wrote: »

The Airfield park thingy made macrumours frontpage

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1447499

I wonder will Map-gate settle quicker than antenna-gate

ehcocmeo

Hunter21 wrote: »

Ios6 just ruined my phone! it turned the phone off during install wouldnt come back on, when it came back on it did all different things to what itunes wanted it to do. I did it through the cable. Now all my notes, calender stuff and pictures are gone! and can't get into some apps and app store won't leave me download more.

Thanks Apple! :mad:

Why did you turn the phone off?

120_Minutes

ehcocmeo wrote: »

Why did you turn the phone off?

He didnt say he turned it off. it did it by itself.

same thing happened when i updated my ipad 2 last night. it was left alone updating OTA and when i came back it had gone into dfu mode. had to do a full update and restore via itunes and then (luckily) an icloud restore to get everything back.

as much as i'd like the siri improvments on my 4s i'm not updating due to the clusterf**k that is apple maps, and it really disappoints me to say that. it could have been a killer app, and now it looks like the app to kill ios6.

hurry up google, we need you badly.