So... now the excuse for no services is:
Users don't use it!
Yeah.... that flies.
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FaceTime Not Working for Many iOS 6 Users
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So... now the excuse for no services is:
Users don't use it!
Yeah.... that flies.
w00master
But intheir ad, Apple said it was "Common sense". Ie - Common sense to release a phone where your thumb can reach the top corner. Nothing mentioned about the size.
Im guessing that common sense will now be forgotten about.
Last version you could. I used to access it all the time. On the web, used to save the last 1000 images (as I recall).
More likely, its simply a case of:
(1) They don't know whats causing the outage at this point
(2) People on iOS 7 seem to not be affected.
(3) Therefor, if you want an immediate fix, update.
I doubt there's anything nefarious going on here....but lots think Apple is some evil company so....whatev.
My experience today.
The iPad2 had no wifi, I reconnected, and Facetime incoming calls wouldn't work. They showed incoming on the iPhone 5s, where I had wifi, and was logged in, and could pick up.
Both the iPad2 and iPhone5s are on iOS7's latest vanilla setup.
The iPad2 then force logged me out and I had to re-log and it added my recovery email as a valid contact. Which was odd. It shouldn't add it. So I had to take care of that.
After this, the iPad2 took FT calls again as usual.
I might just want to call this a coincidence though, that I had this forced log out experience on the day this issue with iOS6 seems to have come up.
Side note, though off topic: FT doesn't make it through a night, it likes battery juice.
The iPad2 had no wifi, I reconnected, and Facetime incoming calls wouldn't work. They showed incoming on the iPhone 5s, where I had wifi, and was logged in, and could pick up.
Both the iPad2 and iPhone5s are on iOS7's latest vanilla setup.
The iPad2 then force logged me out and I had to re-log and it added my recovery email as a valid contact. Which was odd. It shouldn't add it. So I had to take care of that.
After this, the iPad2 took FT calls again as usual.
I might just want to call this a coincidence though, that I had this forced log out experience on the day this issue with iOS6 seems to have come up.
Side note, though off topic: FT doesn't make it through a night, it likes battery juice.
Yep. Used it to chat with my devs twice this week, made a FT Audio call with the board (different company), my little girl chatted with her Granny today using FT.
I love FT Audio. My cell connection is so-so here at the World HQ, but Ive got loads of bandwidth (and extensive WiFi), so its nice being able to make calls, stay mobile around the whole homestead and the call clarity is outstanding. I happen to be in a scenario where everyone involved in my two startups, friends and family are on iOS devices
iOS7 adoption needs to be at 100%.
What an easy way to force an upgrade to meet their adoption goal.
What an easy way to force an upgrade to meet their adoption goal.
Yes that's exactly what I thought, just keep your device up to date! I think iPhone 4 users are extremely lucky that Apple is still supporting the device considering it's like 4 years old now.
So DON'T complain, appreciate the fact that you have an iPhone with constant software upgrade unlike the other world.
I do, but what you apparently think is humorous I find quite tedious. But I'm sure once the new larger iPhone is out one handed use comments will dwarf "Safari is snappier" and "it just works".
Because my iPad 3 would not run as smoothly and Apple omitted a couple of features in iOS 7.
Yes - common sense for one-handed use. Apple may feel that's the way it should be, but they're willing to give the consumer what they want via what Apple sees as a "trade-off" - one handed use for a larger display.
Just because Apple thinks one way is better, doesn't mean they can't be reasonable and give those who disagree what they want.
Again - people seem to have this idea that Apple makes these "its this way or nothing" statements. The reality is, they make these statements about how they feel the ideal device should look. So far, you'd be hard pressed to knock them as they still sell the most popular smartphones in the world.
But that doesn't mean they can't go the other way if they see enough desire and they feel they can do it "right" (which remains to be seen as the larger iPhone doesn't actually exist yet).
Skype doesn't automatically reconnect, and what Skype considers "HD" video, FaceTime considers "Poor Quality".
Based on support posts from 2011, a Photostream app has never been available on iCloud.com.
I think you must be talking about something else....
As of 7.1, it doesn't.
And it still offers more features than iOS 6.....you may not get all the iOS 7 stuff, but you get what's possible....
I don't get what you're trying to say here...
When it comes to software support, they are. They are the worst. I wouldn't be surprised if they had dropped Facetime services for iOS 6 users. Hopefully though you are right and this will be just a temporary problem.
Yes....I'm aware. When was that "it just works" phrase said.....2007? Perhaps things were a bit different back then.
But you can complain about their complaining?
People will always complain. Everyone has their own opinion. And mine is simply... I don't use FaceTime, so I do not care.
Ha....I haven't ever had a problem with Apple support - for any problem. I think its ridiculous to think they intentionally dropped the servers for iOS 6 users only....how would they even do that?
Probably right... Maybe it was the Me.com era? Not sure. Still an enormous step back.
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Yup... looks like this is what I remembered. Thanks for this.
Further underlines the point... Apple is terrible at the cloud. What's amazing is that Apple clearly understands one of the big appeals of the iPhone: it's ability to take great photos. It's just that when Apple tries to deal with the web.... it often does a half-a**ed job.
w00master
Again, like I said. Apple focuses most on their own ecosystem. While I agree they should add features to iCloud.com, as a Mac/iPad/iPhone/AppleTV owner, I have no issue accessing files, photos, music, movies etc across all devices extremely seamlessly.