iOS 14

PaulT21

murpho999 wrote: »

You can also change default browser app.

I just went to settings, went down to Chrome and set it as default browser.

Really happy with that.

Its a pity you cant seem to do the same with Gmail. Doesn't seem to be enabled yet or am I missing something

murpho999

PaulT21 wrote: »

Its a pity you cant seem to do the same with Gmail. Doesn't seem to be enabled yet or am I missing something

I don't see it either. I think it's possible with outlook maybe Gmail is on the way.

Gregor Samsa

murpho999 wrote: »

I don't see it either. I think it's possible with outlook maybe Gmail is on the way.

Think Outlook is the only email app that has it at the moment. I assume Gmail will soon. I use outlook for work and gmail for personal, so I really don’t want Outlook set as the default, but as I don’t have Mail installed, it’s the only option.

dakar

pad199207 wrote: »

Do the app icons look smaller and kind of jammed in on the home screens?

The gap between the bottom row of apps and the dock is a waste of space.

Settings > Display and Brightness > Display Zoom

I had to mess around with font size a bit too. Still looks a little odd, haven’t put my finger on it yet...

Marty Bird

Back tap is a nice feature I’ve it set for screenshot and it’s handy now it tells you if the phone is network locked or not.

grayzer75

Not bad so far but it'll take a few days to get used to all the features and sort out me widgets.....

Bob24

Argh it seems to have broken Face ID on my 11 Pro.

Face ID doesn’t work anymore, and when I restart the phone a pop up says “Unable to enable Face ID on this iPhone”.

Anyone else with a similar issue?

Deep Thought

dakar wrote: »

Settings > Display and Brightness > Display Zoom

I had to mess around with font size a bit too. Still looks a little odd, haven’t put my finger on it yet...

I though they looked a little fuzzy on zoom mode

dakar

Deep Thought wrote: »

I though they looked a little fuzzy on zoom mode

And everything else looks a bit crap. More playing needed

Bummer1234

Anyone else’s clock widget wrong by 5 mins? (iPhone X)

On the phone so can’t display but click on below image.

awec

Marty Bird wrote: »

Back tap is a nice feature I’ve it set for screenshot and it’s handy now it tells you if the phone is network locked or not.

The back tape is a nice idea but IMO you've to tap too hard. I have to readjust my hand to be able to tap hard enough which makes it a bit pointless.

Deep Thought

Bummer1234 wrote: »

Anyone else’s clock widget wrong by 5 mins? (iPhone X)

On the phone so can’t display but click on below image.

I don’t like how I have to set the city to get the time widget right, why won’t it just take they phones times as default?

IamMetaldave

I see OneDrive has added their widget as of the last update (last night).

Leftwaffe

IamMetaldave wrote: »

I see OneDrive has added their widget as of the last update (last night).

I just checked on iPad and its not showing? Is it an old ios13 widjet?

IamMetaldave

Redordeadqwwer wrote: »

I just checked on iPad and its not showing? Is it an old ios13 widjet?

Nope, on iPhone. It's a new iOS 14 home screen widget.

brophs

Dunno if it’s happening for anyone else but I can’t update via iTunes. I have the latest version, downloaded last night but when the iOS 14 update gets to the end of the backup stage it gives the

“This iPhone could not be updated. Unknown error (4000)”

Tried the solutions online, such as restarting both devices, uninstalling and reinstalling iTunes, deleting the iOS 14 download and downloading it again, so I guess I’m left with an OTA update.

Doodah7

Not being able to choose specific photos to display on the Photos Widget is a bit annoying. I'm getting some strange and very old photos popping up!

murpho999

brophs wrote: »

Dunno if it’s happening for anyone else but I can’t update via iTunes. I have the latest version, downloaded last night but when the iOS 14 update gets to the end of the backup stage it gives the

“This iPhone could not be updated. Unknown error (4000)”

Tried the solutions online, such as restarting both devices, uninstalling and reinstalling iTunes, deleting the iOS 14 download and downloading it again, so I guess I’m left with an OTA update.

I thought iTunes was gone?

Either way I haven't used it to update a phone years.

Just go with the over the air update. Much quicker and easier.

Bob24

Bob24 wrote: »

Argh it seems to have broken Face ID on my 11 Pro.

Face ID doesn’t work anymore, and when I restart the phone a pop up says “Unable to enable Face ID on this iPhone”.

Anyone else with a similar issue?

And after a factory reset the issue is still present. Apple had me go through troubleshooting steeps and now says I need to send the phone back to them.

A bit if a disaster of a software update for me! (And luckily this happened just one week before expiry of the warranty)

FourFourRED

Bob24 wrote: »

And after a factory reset the issue is still present. Apple had me go through troubleshooting steeps and now says I need to send the phone back to them.

A bit if a disaster of a software update for me! (And luckily this happened just one week before expiry of the warranty)

Software updates can sometimes bring to light hardware issues that were creeping up in the background so this update definitely came at a good time for you

brophs

murpho999 wrote: »

I thought iTunes was gone?

Either way I haven't used it to update a phone years.

Just go with the over the air update. Much quicker and easier.

Yeah, I thought so, but it's working fine for me.

The OTA updates have been a bit patchy for me over the years. I've had to restore phones due to battery drain a few times. Obviously I'll have to give it a go.

Bummer1234

Doodah7 wrote: »

Not being able to choose specific photos to display on the Photos Widget is a bit annoying. I'm getting some strange and very old photos popping up!

That is a balls....Id rather have nice photos coming up not work photos.

Imagine if some folks have whatsapp pictures saved on there phones and them coming up there :eek::pac:

ablelocks

Bummer1234 wrote: »

That is a balls....Id rather have nice photos coming up not work photos.

Imagine if some folks have whatsapp pictures saved on there phones and them coming up there :eek::pac:

not sure what you mean, show us some examples from your whatsapp?!

murpho999

brophs wrote: »

Yeah, I thought so, but it's working fine for me.

The OTA updates have been a bit patchy for me over the years. I've had to restore phones due to battery drain a few times. Obviously I'll have to give it a go.

What model do you have?

Just keep it plugged in whilst updating and you should be fine.

awec

The photos widget is pointless. It's one of those demo features that doesn't work in the real world, nobodies photo library is full of picturesque landscapes or perfect family snaps, and nobody is arsed about seeing half the stuff in their library in a slideshow.

Ivefoundgod

brophs wrote: »

Yeah, I thought so, but it's working fine for me.

The OTA updates have been a bit patchy for me over the years. I've had to restore phones due to battery drain a few times. Obviously I'll have to give it a go.

Are you using a windows machine or mac? On Mac theres no iTunes anymore since Catalina, all iPhone stuff is done through finder including updates. Works fairly seamlessly in my experience but i've been doing OTA updates for the last while.

MoonUnit75

Anyone else notice their keyboard and predictive text set to Irish now? I thought the spell checker was going crazy, highlighting everyday words as misspelled, seems to have defaulted to Irish. I'm also finding since iOS 12 or 13 predictive text seems to turn itself off too easily, or I am pressing the button for it too easily without noticing. Very annoying.

Another thing which seems to be new and is probably useful is the little orange dot on the top of the screen to show the microphone is in use, that will help figure out if apps really are spying on conversations!

brophs

murpho999 wrote: »

What model do you have?

Just keep it plugged in whilst updating and you should be fine.

XS Max. Yeah, I just did the update. Went fine, as it usually does. On the occasions I've had issues it's been with battery drain in the days following. Hopefully not this time.

Ivefoundgod wrote: »

Are you using a windows machine or mac? On Mac theres no iTunes anymore since Catalina, all iPhone stuff is done through finder including updates. Works fairly seamlessly in my experience but i've been doing OTA updates for the last while.

Windows 10 laptop. I had heard iTunes was gone, but when I plugged in my phone it opened iTunes and prompted the iOS 14 update, so it's still live anyway.

One eyed Jack

Doodah7 wrote: »

Not being able to choose specific photos to display on the Photos Widget is a bit annoying. I'm getting some strange and very old photos popping up!

As far as I can figure out, they’re from the ‘For You’ curated photos in the photos app. I’ve no idea what kind of algorithm they’re using as it seems to be completely random. I turned it off as I don’t keep photos, and I’m not particularly sentimental enough that I’d want to be looking at them all day.

I’m in two minds about the new widgets. I thought they’d be more like Windows 10 Phone, with the Smart Stack and all, but all I use is the calendar on the main Home Screen, and email notifications aren’t available - unless you use the old style notifications on the screen where you swipe right. They’re not working for Outlook (probably will eventually), but they look so out of place with the new widgets.

Also I preferred the old battery widget, but the world clocks widget is handy for just having the times in different time zones at a glance (nice touch with the night mode and day mode too depending on the time). The new widgets are a bit bloated is all.

Some minor niggles, but overall still a good update. I tried out the PiP for a bit, it’s a good idea on larger screens, but on a phone screen size it just gets annoying after a while - no way would I be able to watch a full movie on a screen size restricted to something like three inches, while trying to write a WhatsApp message or whatever. It just isn’t feasible. On a phone the PiP just seems like a novelty than a function one could get any use out of or the idea of greater productivity.

Bob24

FourFourFM wrote: »

Software updates can sometimes bring to light hardware issues that were creeping up in the background so this update definitely came at a good time for you

Yes I am thinking this might be what happened. Quite annoying nonetheless but but yes at least the timing the the warranty is good.

awec

One eyed Jack wrote: »

As far as I can figure out, they’re from the ‘For You’ curated photos in the photos app. I’ve no idea what kind of algorithm they’re using as it seems to be completely random. I turned it off as I don’t keep photos, and I’m not particularly sentimental enough that I’d want to be looking at them all day.

I’m in two minds about the new widgets. I thought they’d be more like Windows 10 Phone, with the Smart Stack and all, but all I use is the calendar on the main Home Screen, and email notifications aren’t available - unless you use the old style notifications on the screen where you swipe right. They’re not working for Outlook (probably will eventually), but they look so out of place with the new widgets.

Also I preferred the old battery widget, but the world clocks widget is handy for just having the times in different time zones at a glance (nice touch with the night mode and day mode too depending on the time). The new widgets are a bit bloated is all.

Some minor niggles, but overall still a good update. I tried out the PiP for a bit, it’s a good idea on larger screens, but on a phone screen size it just gets annoying after a while - no way would I be able to watch a full movie on a screen size restricted to something like three inches, while trying to write a WhatsApp message or whatever. It just isn’t feasible. On a phone the PiP just seems like a novelty than a function one could get any use out of or the idea of greater productivity.

Widgets in general will be better when 3rd party apps release some.

murpho999

brophs wrote: »

XS Max. Yeah, I just did the update. Went fine, as it usually does. On the occasions I've had issues it's been with battery drain in the days following. Hopefully not this time.

Ok so you have a modern phone so no issues there.
Any battery drain issues you had were to with the software itself rather than if was through iTunes or OTA.
There's been no report of any battery drain issues with this release.

Windows 10 laptop. I had heard iTunes was gone, but when I plugged in my phone it opened iTunes and prompted the iOS 14 update, so it's still live anyway.

Ok just checked, I thought it was gone completely but it's not so. No longer on Mac and replaced by separate apps but still going on Windows and or older Mac os.
So it's still going. I personally have not used it in years as I just don't see any need for it. Phone is self sufficient and I use iCloud back ups.

Mr Velo

I've noticed that my phone isn't auto connecting to my home wifi like it used to - since updating to iOS 14.
Was in the office this morning for a few hours and it connected fine automatically to the work SSID (profile installed on the phone for this).

Anyone notice anything similar? When I manually connect it does tell me that security is weak for my password (didn't really think it was but there you go).

pad199207

Mr Velo wrote: »

I've noticed that my phone isn't auto connecting to my home wifi like it used to - since updating to iOS 14.
Was in the office this morning for a few hours and it connected fine automatically to the work SSID (profile installed on the phone for this).

Anyone notice anything similar? When I manually connect it does tell me that security is weak for my password (didn't really think it was but there you go).

Yeah I have that issue on my Pro Max. When you tap the WiFi icon in the control centre it asks you what WiFi network do you want instead of just automatically connecting. It also says that my WiFi network has weak security. Eek.

Itssoeasy

Since I updated to iOS14 I’m getting alerts that passwords for sites I’m on including this one are part of a data leak. None of my passwords are the same but some(a couple) are similar with different symbols in places. Anyone else getting this ?

drogon.

Anyone else noticing that Maps on iOS 14 doesn't seem to be updated with the latest details ?

Image from macOS Catalina
https://i.imgur.com/CqvzN6r.png

From iOS14
https://i.imgur.com/8VeUlXU.jpg

As you can see, the one on MacOS (Not even the latest version) has all the buildings for UCD campus, but not on iOS14

The iOS updated maps were coming "later in the year"
I think.

DubDJ

I set up my iPhone and Watch from scratch. Took a while for the iPhone so didn’t get to the watch until this morning.

So far so good with it, the legacy widgets being relegated to the bottom isn’t the best. Haven’t really found a good use case for the widgets that are available so my Home Screen has stayed static.

I laughed the first time I got the hand wash notification, it’s very accurate so far and has activated every time I’ve washed my hands.

The PiP for video and new incoming call banner are welcome additions as well. The spatial audio is a bit unusual as well. So far tried it on a couple of Apple TV videos. I don’t really watch anything with AirPods in, especially not on the iPhone so I don’t know how useful it will be. A nice addition though.

Overall it’s not a crazy update, some nice additions and the App Library means I’ve gotten rid of all those “Utilities” and “Other” folders too.

DubDJ

Itssoeasy wrote: »

Since I updated to iOS14 I’m getting alerts that passwords for sites I’m on including this one are part of a data leak. None of my passwords are the same but some(a couple) are similar with different symbols in places. Anyone else getting this ?

New security addition, it can be disabled in the settings if you want. But probably best to leave it on and change those passwords to be on the safe side.

Itssoeasy

DubDJ wrote: »

New security addition, it can be disabled in the settings if you want. But probably best to leave it on and change those passwords to be on the safe side.

Yeah I’ve changed them and I agree it’s a good feature but just looking at the few it alerted me to, none of them are the same in a way if someone guessed one you’d guess the others but better to be safe.

Marty Bird

Favourites gone from the long press on the phone app. I'll miss that one used it all the time.

IamMetaldave

Heads up for anyone who changes default browser or mail app. It goes back to defaults after restart, it’s a bug.

https://9to5mac.com/2020/09/17/ios-14-default-app-settings/

One eyed Jack

IamMetaldave wrote: »

Heads up for anyone who changes default browser or mail app. It goes back to defaults after restart, it’s a bug.

https://9to5mac.com/2020/09/17/ios-14-default-app-settings/

I noticed that this morning when opening articles from Apple’s news app. I thought it was because it was Apple’s app. Just set the default browser to Edge again now and tried opening an article from the Apple News app - opened in Edge. I’m thinking it’ll likely be addressed in 14.1, it’s a fairly blatant bug!

grayzer75

Anybody else having to tap an apps folder multiple times to get into it? This is pissing me off now....

One eyed Jack

grayzer75 wrote: »

Anybody else having to tap an apps folder multiple times to get into it? This is pissing me off now....

I was having some difficulty opening them until I copped that tapping on the four smaller icons opened up the full app folder. The four smaller icons are always in the bottom right corner. The other three large size apps should be tappable as normal. Also I can’t be certain yet, but I think they move around based upon usage. Took me a while to cop it.

Dades

Was very annoyed to find the old widget that showed your favourites as icons missing. Used it all the time for calling people.

Managed to get a widget set up with one-touch calls and Whatsapps but it was a chore.

Need more 3rd parties to open it up alright.

Marty Bird

Dades wrote: »

Was very annoyed to find the old widget that showed your favourites as icons missing. Used it all the time for calling people.

Managed to get a widget set up with one-touch calls and Whatsapps but it was a chore.

Need more 3rd parties to open it up alright.

How did you do that? It’s a feature I can’t understand why they got rid of it.

FourFourRED

iOS 14.2 beta 1 is with developers as of last night. Could show up for public beta testers today!

Dades

Marty Bird wrote: »

How did you do that? It’s a feature I can’t understand why they got rid of it.

I'm struggling to even explain having just set it up.

I had to download a Shortcuts app and in there create individual actions. e.g. Call Wife, Whatsapp Wife, Call Parents etc. I put them all in a folder, and then when editing the widget home screen you can choose Shortcuts - and it lets you add your folder of actions.

I was able to add a few different custom ones like add to my AnyList shopping list, but the whole thing is painful. Don't know why they got rid of such an obvious widget as your most used call contacts.

FourFourRED

YouTube PIP working here on iOS 14 (YouTube Premium account)