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Developer Sees Quick Adoption of iOS 5.1 Amongst Users
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Hope you are not looking for sympathy, cause you hacked the OS, modified your device, then lost the data associated with running unauthorized apps....
App updates usually end up with the app being worse (usually having more ads or having some bad new interface, like AOL).
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Apparently, he didn't do it right. I'm having no problems with my jailbroken 5.0.1 except for that STUPID notification in the Settings.app telling me to update. Maybe a tweak can get rid of that
or I can just set my version to 9001 so it gets tricked.
I'd say the added features (slide to camera functionality. delete individual pictures from Photo Stream); the battery life fixes; and the fixes for the original iPad that permeated for those who still use it (like me) that rendered it usable once again. I'm sure that had something to do with the increase.
I got a cheapo android phone cause my low cost provider didn't had the iphone at the time i needed a new phone. they don't do updates. if you want to update you have to do it by yourself: download some hacking apps, format the phone, find some virus-free andriod version, upload the new system and set it up. wtf?? no thanx. i just hope nothing happens with all those holes and exploits until i have my iphone. then i will be able to update with one click.
Note that I've seen it once on the dev device I work with, but from the user side, it is pretty well done. Notification in the "Notification Center" (the original), which you tap to update. A few minutes later you are updated.
What you probably meant is from the HW manufacturer/carriers' side of creating the damn update in the first place.
But real Android users are like real iPhone users... When they know there is an update, they click check for update every 2 minutes until they get it... Fortunately for us, we KNOW it's coming in the next hour or so...
There's a reason for me!
for me, when I upgraded my iphone 4 to ios 5, my battery life went from three days to one day. I was anxious to upgrade b/c of a potential to regain some of my battery life. ios 5.1, in my opinion, was likely adapted by most in the same hopes!
for me, when I upgraded my iphone 4 to ios 5, my battery life went from three days to one day. I was anxious to upgrade b/c of a potential to regain some of my battery life. ios 5.1, in my opinion, was likely adapted by most in the same hopes!
"App updates usually end up with the app being worse (usually having more ads or having some bad new interface, like AOL)."
Very true look no further than the facebook app. I wish I never updated that piece of junk app.
Very true look no further than the facebook app. I wish I never updated that piece of junk app.
Wow you make it sound so complicated...
You don't have to download hacking apps or find a virus free Android.
You root the phone and download a trusted ROM from XDA Mod, I have yet to infect any of my Android phones because infected ROMs simply do not exist!
And you could not update your iPhone without a pc/mac before 5.0
Makes me question if you really had an Android or even bothered looking for information about how upgrades/hacking works.
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SGSII is getting ICS soon, your envy should drop within a month or two
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Yes that is the latest update it can receive
The SGSII has ICS now. If your SGSII doesn't have it right now then the problem is with your carrier. Then again the fact someone else with the same phone as you has the update doesn't really help you much.
Not if jelly bean is coming out in q2 or q3 like the rumors are saying hehe
Rumors on android updates always seem to be wrong, I personaly predict Q4 2012
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AFAIK, only the international version can get the update, my friend got hers.
I've seen similar results in OS versions. Release date for iOS 5.1 saw about 2 percent of users running our app, over the next few days it started to overtake 5.0.1 as the dominant os.
I would say it really is down to OTA OS updates, and I think it is a great thing, as it means that you can potentially drop support for older os versions far quicker than previously, and this also means you can start to optimize for new os versions and support functionality that the new os versions bring.
As for why people are still on older os versions, I'd say it's probably because they are unaware of there being an OS update. Think about your non-tech savvy aunt / uncle / grandparent (or even parent!) and how they will just use the iOS device and probably not worry about app updates, let alone updating the OS.
I would say it really is down to OTA OS updates, and I think it is a great thing, as it means that you can potentially drop support for older os versions far quicker than previously, and this also means you can start to optimize for new os versions and support functionality that the new os versions bring.
As for why people are still on older os versions, I'd say it's probably because they are unaware of there being an OS update. Think about your non-tech savvy aunt / uncle / grandparent (or even parent!) and how they will just use the iOS device and probably not worry about app updates, let alone updating the OS.
I personally kept iOS 4 on my iPod touch because I was just too lazy to plug in my iPod. And most upgrades on iOS 5 seemed only useful for iPhones.
I thought I'd share some figures that are a bit different for several reasons.
I only have figures for my free app ShootStorm Survival. The figures come via Mobclix who I use to provide the adverts. Both the free app and advert only statistics may make a difference.
In the past 24 hours, 48.3% of users have iOS 5.1, considerably less than the developer in the original post. 22.4% are on 5.0.1.
What is interesting is that the latest version of my app only came out 4 days ago, but 67.2% of players are using it. So they are updating the app much faster than the OS.
25.4% are on 3.1.2, the previous version of the game. So over 90% are on a recent version.
Part of the difference may be due to my app still working on all devices. So there are players restricted to 4.2.1 (5% of users are on that version) or 3.1.3 (unknown amount as it falls into the Other category) (Other refers to the total outside the top 5 iOS versions in use and is 8.5%).
Also relevant is that 75.1% of users are on iPad, and 79.1% on WiFi.
EDIT: I should note that these figures are based on an app that is well over a year old, and has relatively few players, so may not have the statistical accuracy of the original story.
I only have figures for my free app ShootStorm Survival. The figures come via Mobclix who I use to provide the adverts. Both the free app and advert only statistics may make a difference.
In the past 24 hours, 48.3% of users have iOS 5.1, considerably less than the developer in the original post. 22.4% are on 5.0.1.
What is interesting is that the latest version of my app only came out 4 days ago, but 67.2% of players are using it. So they are updating the app much faster than the OS.
25.4% are on 3.1.2, the previous version of the game. So over 90% are on a recent version.
Part of the difference may be due to my app still working on all devices. So there are players restricted to 4.2.1 (5% of users are on that version) or 3.1.3 (unknown amount as it falls into the Other category) (Other refers to the total outside the top 5 iOS versions in use and is 8.5%).
Also relevant is that 75.1% of users are on iPad, and 79.1% on WiFi.
EDIT: I should note that these figures are based on an app that is well over a year old, and has relatively few players, so may not have the statistical accuracy of the original story.
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still wouldn't matter, the point is sgs3 is getting ics "soon" and then soon after that it'll be outdated because jelly bean is out, at which point they'll wait another 6 months to get that at which point android 6.0 will be out hehe...neverending vicious cycle!
Not if jelly bean is coming out in q2 or q3 like the rumors are saying hehe
The rumors also are saying Jelly bean will be tablet only much like how Honeycomb was tablet only. This means Jelly bean is never going to be designed for phones.
hehe what?? is google trying to fail on purpose? why would they create ics which was supposed to unify tablet/phone OS's and then go back and make another tablet only os...?
i know google isn't as good as apple, but even they are not this stupid hehe
hehe what?? is google trying to fail on purpose? why would they create ics which was supposed to unify tablet/phone OS's and then go back and make another tablet only os...?
i know google isn't as good as apple, but even they are not this stupid hehe
Since you are mostly in FUD mode and showing a clear miss understanding how things work it makes it rather hard to explain it to you.
It would be more like how there are "two version" of iOS out there. One for iPad and phone/iPod. While same in many ways they do have difference in how they handle things. Different gesture support and so on. Minor over all but still differences. Honeycomb added some pretty big changes from the 2.x line so ICS was design to bring it back in line and bring in those changes to the phones.
While unifiy the two they still require difference to take advantage of the large screens better.