Apple iPhone and related items (cont.)

[beesonthewhatnow]

Cloud still requires local storage, streaming is reliant on good reception. I take A LOT of photos too and play games which take up gigs upon gigs...

Dropbox on a mobile device doesn't pull everything down, just what you ask for.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Dropbox on a mobile device doesn't pull everything down, just what you ask for.

Oh right you mean using Cloud as storage rather than device agnostic syncing...

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Oh right you mean using Cloud as storage rather than device agnostic syncing...

Yeah, everything I need for work, manuals, documents, cad plans, show files etc. goes into Dropbox. Then I can just grab them as and when I need them on any device I own. Music wise I stream everything now and I games aren't really my thing.

So, local storage requirements aren't that much, 16 gig will be more than enough

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Bah, a good deal it may have been, what they didn't say was that the "in stock" bit was actually a complete lie

Might have to wait up to 30 days to get it

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Bah, a good deal it may have been, what they didn't say was that the "in stock" bit was actually a complete lie

Might have to wait up to 30 days to get it

Yup Three did exactly the same thing to me, sold me an in stock iPhone then emailed a day later saying er sorry but we don't have your phone and don't know when we will.

 

[Winot]

Anyone else have problems with iMessage hanging? If this happened in iOS6 the message automatically (and quickly) reverted to a text message. Now it just seems to keep trying until you click on it and tell it to send as text. Very irritating.

ETA - looks like a common problem
http://www.macrumors.com/2013/09/30...tings-may-fix-imessages-not-working-in-ios-7/

 

[Lazy Llama]

Anyone else have problems with iMessage hanging? If this happened in iOS6 the message automatically (and quickly) reverted to a text message. Now it just seems to keep trying until you click on it and tell it to send as text. Very irritating.

Check under Settings > Messages > Send as SMS as that setting seemed to have reverted to Off when I looked.

 

[Winot]

Check under Settings > Messages > Send as SMS as that setting seemed to have reverted to Off when I looked.

You are right, it did!

 

[Lazy Llama]

It would appear there's a more general issue for some people with Messages on iOS 7 so it might be worth keeping an eye on it.
http://appleinsider.com/articles/13...sing-imessage-issues-says-fix-is-in-the-works

 

[sim667]

It would appear there's a more general issue for some people with Messages on iOS 7 so it might be worth keeping an eye on it.
http://appleinsider.com/articles/13...sing-imessage-issues-says-fix-is-in-the-works

Yeah iMessage has been a clusterfuck.

I sorted mine out by turning iMessages and FaceTime off, removing the email address from the receive option, restarted the phone and then turned FaceTime and iMessages back on

 

[Sunray]

Yeah, its been giving me problems, clearly a bug. Just switch it totally off till they fix it.

 

[Sunray]

I just noticed they have added a blocking function to the phone. That was a long time coming.

 

[trashpony]

I've not upgraded to ios 7 because I've heard Bad Things.

Should I do it?

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

I've not upgraded to ios 7 because I've heard Bad Things.

Should I do it?

Yes, it's great.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

I've not upgraded to ios 7 because I've heard Bad Things.

Should I do it?

Bad things? Other the iMessage issue this week it's been fine ime.

 

[trashpony]

Bad things? Other the iMessage issue this week it's been fine ime.

I've just read loads of 'it doesn't work right/I don't like the way it looks/feels/works' stuff. I haven't done the last update either

 

[RedDragon]

I've not upgraded to ios 7 because I've heard Bad Things.
Should I do it?
... I haven't done the last update either

updating isn't compulsory and if you're happy with what you have then that's fine.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

I've just read loads of 'it doesn't work right/I don't like the way it looks/feels/works' stuff. I haven't done the last update either

Ah I thought you meant real problems like glitches and bugs!

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Apple apparently have bought Cue, a personal assistant app:

With Cue, you can spend more time enjoying your life and less time shuffling through your accounts and apps for the things you need. Cue intelligently ties together and surfaces useful information at the right time across all your accounts. From email, contacts and calendars to Facebook posts, Dropbox files and LinkedIn — Cue makes it easy to contact the people you care about, get to where you are going, and to know what’s next.

Sounds like Apple is looking to take Palm's synergy idea to the next level.

 

[Sunray]

I've just read loads of 'it doesn't work right/I don't like the way it looks/feels/works' stuff. I haven't done the last update either

People write bad shit on the internet about breathing.
The rest of the planet breaths just fine and doesn't feel the need to post how great it is.

Do you believe what you read on the internet?

 

[Kid_Eternity]

People write bad shit on the internet about breathing.
The rest of the planet breaths just fine and doesn't feel the need to post how great it is.

Do you believe what you read on the internet?

This is literally the best post I've read on urban75 in the last month.

 

[sim667]

My imessage issue came back. But turning imessage and facetime off then resetting the network settings seems to have resolved it, then factime and imessage back on seems to have resolved it.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Yeah that worked for me too.

 

[Winot]

Didn't work for me.

 

[sim667]

Didn't work for me.

Did you restore the network settings?

What provider are you on?

 

[Winot]

Did you restore the network settings?

What provider are you on?

Yes. On Vodafone. Didn't switch off FaceTime though, only iMessage. Will try doing both.

 

[sim667]

Yes. On Vodafone. Didn't switch off FaceTime though, only iMessage. Will try doing both.

Maybe a vodafone network problem also
Im on three.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

The 5S is like the 5 in how shockingly light it is compared to the 4S!

 

[sim667]

I did like the weightiness of the 4 though.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Yeah kinda got used to it too....