That was the first thing I checked. Hopefully I'll have a need for that second screen once Apple releases the SDK. Until then, it's in and out of edit mode to get rid of the constantly reappearing blank second screen.
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That was the first thing I checked. Hopefully I'll have a need for that second screen once Apple releases the SDK. Until then, it's in and out of edit mode to get rid of the constantly reappearing blank second screen.
Hello all, long time listener first time caller here!
I tried to do some objectve analysis to test some of the "myths" about the 1.1.4 update but as you can probably tell I didn't get very far. These are my ramblings heh:
Adam
Great tests Adam - it's really nice to see more empircal data about the release for a change.
I just updated my GF's *brand* new 16g iPhone and compared it to my 16G. I wish my findings were more empircal, but I do have news.
Safari is DEFINETLY faster. We went through half a dozen web pages over wifi and simultaneously clicked links. On *every* single hit , the 1.1.4 phone was faster - on the order of over a second or two more. It also seemed to start rendering pages earlier than the 1.1.3 Safari.
We also tested the cameras. It was harder to test the shutter speed differences, but the 1.1.4 did seem faster. However, although it doesn't necessarily seem as though the exposure time is any different, the 1.1.4 Camera app definetly handles lower light better. It could be the lenses are different on the two phones, but I think it's the filtering algorithms. The 1.1.4 yields a more luminous, warmer light and is brighter. The images seemed equally clear on both.
Well, I'm *seriously* thinking about being un-jailbroken for a few days... Hmm.. tough call. The Safari performance improvement alone is worth more than %80 of the Jailbroken apps to me. Hmm...
Hope this helps!
Dave
battery life seems to be drained faster, but that maybe because ive been reading all of the posts on this thread
ok, here's my notes from the new update
As for the benchmark tests (only took two measurements each and averaged them). This is on an iphone 4gb
As for the pictures. The iphone was resting on top of a glass 7" from coaster. Lighting was medium to bright. I took the cleaning cloth and made sure the lens was really clean before taking the pictures. I let the phone sit there for 30-40 seconds before taking the picture to allow ample time for the auto-exposure and focusing to do it's thing. I resized them and saved them both at the same compression. Only real difference is the v1.1.4 is marginally darker. (rant)still just as crappy. how people get such good pictures from this phone boggles me(/rant)
- apps (specifically SMS) are snappier before it took 4-5 seconds to load sms (blasted twitter updates) now it opens in about 1-2 seconds. I've tested this after full reboots on v1.1.3 and v1.1.4 so it's not just from rebooting
- new baseband version. from 04.03.13_G to 04.04.05_G
- no difference in pictures. (rant)still as crappy as ever(/rant)
- no big change in "other" space used (0.1mb LESS with v1.1.4)
As for the benchmark tests (only took two measurements each and averaged them). This is on an iphone 4gb
Code:
v1.1.3 v1.1.4
100,000 iterations .85 .956
10,000 divisions .259 .1195
10,000 sin(x) calls .3775 .3335
10,000 string allocations .476 .411
10,000 function calls .6105 .567As for the pictures. The iphone was resting on top of a glass 7" from coaster. Lighting was medium to bright. I took the cleaning cloth and made sure the lens was really clean before taking the pictures. I let the phone sit there for 30-40 seconds before taking the picture to allow ample time for the auto-exposure and focusing to do it's thing. I resized them and saved them both at the same compression. Only real difference is the v1.1.4 is marginally darker. (rant)still just as crappy. how people get such good pictures from this phone boggles me(/rant)
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Why can't incoming MMSes, on my iPhone, simply produce a link I can touch and it take me to a web page containing the image or whatever non-iPhone users are attempting to send me?
The current "I sent you a multimedia message..." method, is bunk.
THAT SAID... I think Apple was smart to avoid MMS - an incredibly limited mobile phone standard that has already run it's course, IMO.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multimedia_Messaging_Service
Like the floppy (and, now, even the optical drive), Apple's just ahead of the curve with it's MMS dis. We're not far form every mobile phone able to access email, the web, etc. At that point, no one will be missing MMS.
Anyway, all I popped in to share was that my 1.1.4 update & install was a 10-minute, painless process... for those keeping score.
C'mon SDK!
you do realize what the first line of that article says 'Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) is a standard for telephone messaging systems "
Hmm.. I just tried a 1.1.3 phone and a 1.1.4 phone simultaneously, and they both showed the exact same location. I guess there could be a LOT of factors, like what's happening with traffic on with your cell towers at the time, the weather, etc. . FWIW, Both phones rendered the detected location in the same observable time.
Cheers,
Dave
So... has anyone here on page 24 read all 580 posts in this thread?
I always wonder how many people are hard core enough to plow through the whole thing.
Especially on a really boring topic like an apparently-minor firmware update for a phone.
yeah, my sorry ass is reading all 25 (at this point) pages. I'm a loser.....such a loser :0(
that starbucks ordering thing WON'T be coming. It was a concept created by some guy who has nothing to do with either starbucks or apple. I doubt the starbucks closing has anything to do with the iPhone, and I know it doesn't have to do with that mockup.
Also, part of the reason we don't have flash:
- flash is very much x86 based. That's why its taken them so long to get an x64 version out. Don't expect full flash on an ARM portable anytime soon. Flash Lite perhaps, but that's what the RAZR has, and Apple likes to put themselves above phones like that
- there is no flash 9 API. That's why the PS3 only has flash 7. When adobe took it over, they closed it down. AFAIK, there is a way to get some documentation from adobe, but the license states you can only export to flash, not create a viewer
I'll be updating my phone tomorrow. Does iPhone safari pass ACID2 yet? Or support scrolling frames? Or cache pages/images? This webkit port isn't as close to mac safari as apple would have you think.
Also, part of the reason we don't have flash:
- flash is very much x86 based. That's why its taken them so long to get an x64 version out. Don't expect full flash on an ARM portable anytime soon. Flash Lite perhaps, but that's what the RAZR has, and Apple likes to put themselves above phones like that
- there is no flash 9 API. That's why the PS3 only has flash 7. When adobe took it over, they closed it down. AFAIK, there is a way to get some documentation from adobe, but the license states you can only export to flash, not create a viewer
I'll be updating my phone tomorrow. Does iPhone safari pass ACID2 yet? Or support scrolling frames? Or cache pages/images? This webkit port isn't as close to mac safari as apple would have you think.
The safari update is great, it was always so annoying when you'd go back to a tab and it would go white and reload the whole page over.
That alone made the update worth it!!
Also it looks like the international(Japanese) keyboard has improved. Before it always seemed like there was a split second hitching as you typed and it showed the kana and possible kanji. It seems to be smoother now. Not 100% sure. Has anyone else noticed that?
That alone made the update worth it!!
Also it looks like the international(Japanese) keyboard has improved. Before it always seemed like there was a split second hitching as you typed and it showed the kana and possible kanji. It seems to be smoother now. Not 100% sure. Has anyone else noticed that?
Safari change
Safari doesn't give me the "Action" pop-up in the margins when I tap-and-hold.
Anybody else?
Safari doesn't give me the "Action" pop-up in the margins when I tap-and-hold.
Anybody else?
It still does, but less often. It seems they improved the cache management, nothing more.
I have a question . . Does any body know if the iPod touch/ iPhone has a page up/page down function?
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thatnk
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I find it a bit difficult to do 2 finger scrolling.
Also the tracing is a bit more reliable and accurate. It used to occasionally give very close results.
So... has anyone here on page 24 read all 580 posts in this thread?
I always wonder how many people are hard core enough to plow through the whole thing.
Especially on a really boring topic like an apparently-minor firmware update for a phone.
*raises hand*
Unfortunately, I have. I starting reading page 2 at work and haven't stopped.
I know a lot of folks have switched carriers here in NY.
But that's 1. Looking up numbers in a database, 2. Entering this information into over 100 contacts, 3. Possibly sending messages to an email address that's incorrect (due to that 5%), 4. I'll have to then just call/email all my contacts asking what carrier they have anyway. 5. SOO not worth my time. 
Ugh, I keep getting unknown error #50 about a third of the way through the download. Has anyone else got this message or is my computer just really weak?