iOS 5.1 Now Available with Japanese Siri, Camera Enhancements, and More

[GalvaJ]

No Rush

I still have my 4S on 5.0.1 with the jailbreak and don't really know if I'm gonna upgrade before the jailbreak, if it's released at all that is. I haven't had any issues such as battery drain or anything so there's nothing I'm eager to fix. I'm just really attached to Activator which is the only JB tweak I have installed. I like the ability to swipe my status bar to open the app switcher, as I'm a little OCD about having some apps open all the time, such as the piece of junk Facebook app. I've heard some stories of the home button being overworked due the app switcher and don't wanna risk anything.

 

[Maxipeg]

So far no problems here

Installed 5.1 without the slightest glitch on an iPad1, feels snappier! Like a new iPad...

I have jailbroken (or jaibreaked?) my 4s because that was the only way to use my PolarBT heart rate belt so I will wait until a jailbreak is available for 5.1.

 

[kiwiboi87]

got it on my iPhone 4,
seems faster in alot of areas.
loading of the camera app, switching between apps
the screen even seems more brighter or crisp, it looks good

a bit bummed about the lack of new features,

 

[Bawstun]

My 4S still drained 7% sitting idle over night.
Not as bad as before but still not acceptable in that it used to only drain 0-2%.

Your battery only has so many cycles and will only retain a certain % or charge the longer and longer the phone goes. If anything your battery will get worse over time, not better.

 

[notabadname]

3G, 4G, & 4G LTE - why not differentiate?

I like the addition of the 4G indicator on the iPhone 4S now. I can certainly see the difference in speed between that and the standard 3G. And since, as independently tested, the HSPA+ is significantly faster than Verizon's 3G, it is reasonable for AT&T to differentiate the capability when you are operating in an upgraded network. And, since the FCC has approved labeling HSPA+ as 4G, why WOULDN'T AT&T do it? Plus, there is a distinct 4G LTE indicator for the LTE network as well on AT&T that the iPhone 4S will never display.

 

[RossMc]

I still can't download it. Tried OTA on both iPhone 4 & iPad 2 and get "Unable to Check for Update - An error occurred while checking for a software update" try through iTunes and get a "Contacting the iPhone software update server.." loop which does nothing.

Can't even download the 5.1 .ipsw directly either for some reason.

 

[ThaDoggg]

I was able to download and install this on my iPhone 4 yesterday without any problems. The phone does seem snappier but I'm still wondering how the battery will perform.

 

[jakesteramma]

Contacting the iPhone software update server.

If you're getting the message "Contacting the iPad/iPhone software update server" and it won't do anything.......

It's definitely a DNS issue. I'm on CenturyLink DSL.

This is what I did to work around it....

My DNS setting is 192.168.1.1 which is my DSL modem. I changed it to Google's DNS server at 8.8.8.8.

When I did this, the message "Contacting the iPad...." immediately went away and it started to download.

Hope this helps!!!

 

[tablo13]

Do you recon that updating it from iTunes would work? Mine's just hanging so far. It's saying "Waiting for iPhone." For the past 10 minutes. And the screen has a loading bar under the logo but it's been blank the whole time.

[UPDATE]

The progress bar finally started moving. So I think this does obviously work. Great.

I don't wanna go through the iTunes update BS. Have to rearrange apps, sync music again... I'm still on 5.0 for that reason.

 

[dysamoria]

Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 5_1 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/534.46 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.1 Mobile/9B176 Safari/7534.48.3)

Anyone noticed text selection behavior changes (ie: in Mail)?

 

[RobertMartens]

Apple TV Black 1G?

Oh is that what it's called. I thought it was called 'The new AppleTV'

 

[tblrsa]

Anyone else noticed the better battery life on the iPhone 4?

 

[mitch1976]

also been having trouble upgrading OTA & itunes

I tried for 2 days to install IOS 5.1 in uk on my iphone 4s & ipad. The OTA update found the update but just hung on install and then error'd.

When trying on itunes I on my mac book pro running Mountain Lion, I couldnt get past the iphone server (no im not jailbroken).

In desperation I installed I tunes on a Windows 7 PC and it worked! How weird. Not sure if its Mountain lion to blame as ive never had any problems updating either method before. Also tried using wifi at work and that still error'd on the OTA. Has Apple chnaged settings or done something weird this time round?

Also hung when trying to download the ipsw file from the apple servers as a direct link!

 

[dougal55]

If you're getting the message "Contacting the iPad/iPhone software update server" and it won't do anything.......

It's definitely a DNS issue. I'm on CenturyLink DSL.

This is what I did to work around it....

My DNS setting is 192.168.1.1 which is my DSL modem. I changed it to Google's DNS server at 8.8.8.8.

When I did this, the message "Contacting the iPad...." immediately went away and it started to download.

Hope this helps!!!

I am still having no luck in the last 2 days with OTA nor through iTunes getting the 5.1 iOS update so I tried your suggestion of adding DNS Server for Google as I don't have any but still the same result. Im gonna have to call in to the Apple Store on Sunday afternoon to see if they can help. Any suggestions?

Apple, resolve this asap!

dougal

 

[farleysmaster]

Apple, resolve this asap!

dougal

Sounds like a problem on your end.

 

[Luis Ortega]

When the hell are they going to get siri working with locations outside the US?
Here in the UK, O2 is running a totally fraudulent ad making it sound like siri can find local information when in fact it is not true.

 

[SBlue1]

nice!

 

[ps89]

Hello everyone. I noticed that my iPhone 4s automatically enables 3G after some time even though I remember that I have kept it disabled. Just to note that I didn't reboot my phone or anything. This didn't happen in iOS 5.1 Beta 3. Has anyone else noticed this or is it just me? Thanks.

P.S. I did a clean restore without backup.

 

[Max(IT)]

I truly hate Android but just to demonstrate my frustrations with Apple I will switch so help me god. Are you coming with me?

mmmh ... let me think about it .... NOPE !

 

[saberahul]

Just did OTA on iPhone 4 yesterday and iPad under process now. iPod Touch OTA worked out yesterday as well. Other iPad's also OTA'd yesterday with no problems. Not sure why others are facing issues.

 

[BiggAW]

I still have my 4S on 5.0.1 with the jailbreak and don't really know if I'm gonna upgrade before the jailbreak, if it's released at all that is. I haven't had any issues such as battery drain or anything so there's nothing I'm eager to fix. I'm just really attached to Activator which is the only JB tweak I have installed. I like the ability to swipe my status bar to open the app switcher, as I'm a little OCD about having some apps open all the time, such as the piece of junk Facebook app. I've heard some stories of the home button being overworked due the app switcher and don't wanna risk anything.

SBSettings is a great one, I have a switch to turn off vibrate, which I use at night, and MiWi is great as well. SBSettings also allows you to force EDGE. Three of the reasons I'm not getting 5.1!

 

[GalvaJ]

When the hell are they going to get siri working with locations outside the US?
Here in the UK, O2 is running a totally fraudulent ad making it sound like siri can find local information when in fact it is not true.

Possibly when it's no longer considered to be in beta by Apple.

 

[Taz Mangus]

Installed 5.1 without the slightest glitch on an iPad1, feels snappier! Like a new iPad...

I was pleasantly surprised how much more responsive the iPad 1 feels after the iOS 5.1 update. It indeed does feel like a new iPad all over again.

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Mine fluctuates in the "overnight" drain... some nights it's literally 1-2% some nights up to 5%... (still on 5.0.1 though)

After I installed the iOS 5.1 update and did a full charge that night, after removing my iPhone 4S from the charger where it sits at least 8 hours after the full charge, the next morning the battery level would be at 99% or 100%. With iOS 5.0.1 I would see at least a 5% battery drain under the same circumstances. I see no down side to the iOS 5.1 update.

 

[Leonard1818]

I was pleasantly surprised how much more responsive the iPad 1 feels after the iOS 5.1 update. It indeed does feel like a new iPad all over again.

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After I installed the iOS 5.1 update and did a full charge that night, after removing my iPhone 4S from the charger where it sits at least 8 hours after the full charge, the next morning the battery level would be at 99% or 100%. With iOS 5.0.1 I would see at least a 5% battery drain under the same circumstances. I see no down side to the iOS 5.1 update.

Since I last said that I let mine sit overnight and then some. it didn't move off of 100%. I got 10+ hours of standby without a single percent drop. (5.1)

 

[trajkamal]

Personal Hotspot Is Missing

Personal Hotspot Is Missing in iphone4s After iOS 5.1 Upgrade, did any one have solution for this. I tried all the possible way i found on net but i cant get it, plz find any.....