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Apple Releases iOS 11.3 With Battery Health Tool, ARKit 1.5, Business Chat, New Animoji, and More

Just to add my 6S with iOS 11.3 does still play music in my car and connect fine over Bluetooth or cable.
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PJivan said:
Or you pay 29 dollars and you get it done by Apple, you don't need Apple store you only need an Apple service provider.
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And the nearest one of those is in the same town as the Apple store... why would I pay money for a battery is don’t need when I’ll buy a new iPhone not before long?
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PNutts said:
Legit question (I don't visit this site much anymore and don't pay attention like I used to). My understanding was that throttling was done on certain phones in certain high power draw conditions where the battery couldn't meet the demand and it prevented a shut down. That's the kool-aid version. Did something change?
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I'll test iTunes with my encrypted backups (and car USB audio) later today. I use Windows 10 and I consider backups to be very fragile. I no longer try to troubleshoot when they fail and simply delete them and create a new one. Works every time. I spent a considerable amount of time on it and folks shouldn't ignore the generic advice given when a backup fails, but none of the basics ever worked for me (different port, different cable, reboot phone, reboot computer, etc.).
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Basically all iPhones of 6 and 6S were being heavily throttled by iOS regardless, I used third party apps that showed my battery was above the apparent threshold and my phone was still throttled. Also NONE of my devices have EVER shut down with the battery at anything other then 0%.
Their is a real life version that has lead to all these investigations against Apple, and the incorrect koolaide version.
 
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vidjahgamz said:
I use the standard lightning cable and brick that comes with the iPhone during the day at work. At night when I go to bed, I use one of these external battery chargers:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B071DV6WS8/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_0KyVAb14C8ZVD

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01N0I1W2T/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_eNyVAbNK57RPV

My charging routine changed drastically when I got the iPhone X. I used it constantly charge my previous iPhones when they went below 40-50% because I was paranoid about the battery drain I guess. Now, I’ll give it a little boost if it gets below 70% when I’m at work because some days I’ll be using it more. On top of that, I’ll plug it into my car’s USB port every time I leave work until I get home to get another little boost. After I get home from work, I let it drain down to 15-20% at the end of the night; this usually happens between 9:30 PM to 10:30 PM depending on whether or not I’m heavily using it. Finally, I’ll use one of my battery chargers that I mentioned above to charge it overnight.

Overall, i’m actually quite surprised it is at 100% but definitely pleased!
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Is there a reason you use the battery overnight as opposed to the charger? Is it so it cuts off after it gets to 100%?

I think your method of a bunch of little charges throughout the day is the recommended charge case. I can tell you from personal experience letting it run down really low and then all the way back up to 100% isn't good for battery health, at least in my experience. So what you're saying sounds good to me!
 
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tooloud10 said:
Considering that you don’t even need to use iTunes or own a Mac to update an iOS device to 11.3, that’s not true.
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So you're saying my Mac is lying to me?
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TroyBoy30 said:
No it’s not. I don’t need confirmation for text messages. At least give me the option to turn it off
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I think most users (95%?) rarely delete iMessages, and many deletions are users on automatic pilot swiping as they would to delete a single email, but mistakenly deleting an entire conversation. And because with messages on iCloud a delete on one device will be a delete on all (instead of just affecting the device being used), Apple put in the confirmation step. It’s good UI and good UX (for the vast majority).

Of course there are some OCD type users—and I mean to be descriptive, not perjorative when I use that term—that continually delete iMessages as they are received. These users will have an extra step.

Apple makes choices based on what will benefit the most users. There is unlikely to be a toggle for this, it’s too much of an edge case.
 
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DotCom2 said:
Nope. I wish it were. Don't see why it's not really.
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From Apple's viewpoint, the iPad has essentially the same CPU that an iPhone has, but a much larger battery capable of much larger peak demand than the CPU would ever put on it.

But yeah, I'd like to see it too.
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sundog925 said:
iPhone 8 VZW says 99% on battery health but coconut battery says 97% so idk wtf to believe.
alll i know if this battery is terrible, makes me want to buy a new iPhone 7 and sell this for the bigger battery!
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Accuracy of battery health has a tolerance, and it isn't +/- 0%. This kind of comment sort of demonstrates why Apple was reluctant to put this information in the settings app to begin with.
 
DeepIn2U said:
You and me both!

I'm actually hopeful when iMessages in iCloud goes full public it'll be done right, robust for years to come. Plus a have a very close friend who is freaking out on her iPhone 6Plus: No more storage ... has oodlese of messages she needs to keep (not to mention the media within) and no space to even update iOS). When iMessages in iCloud goes live ...

then she'll kill out a few apps that keep data in their respective clouds, then she can reboot, update IP6 with horrible battery affected by cold temperatures and finally be able to download her data from the revamped iCloud when that goes live. Then she can repair her iphone under the battery program and sell it or keep as a travelling spare for her family.
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I would recommend iMazing (if she uses Mac)
It can backup messages, ‭phone logs ...
Paid app though, but, I cannot stress it enough, MUCH better than iTunes
 
IG88 said:
From Apple's viewpoint, the iPad has essentially the same CPU that an iPhone has, but a much larger battery capable of much larger peak demand than the CPU would ever put on it.

But yeah, I'd like to see it too.
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Accuracy of battery health has a tolerance, and it isn't +/- 0%. This kind of comment sort of demonstrates why Apple was reluctant to put this information in the settings app to begin with.
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Yeah no, how about they get their heads out of their arse and produce quality. my comment was meant for the capacity genius, not the utter lack of transparency whined about by the snowflakes.

i mean hell, even the s8 has a 3000mah battery *eye roll*
 
riverfreak said:
I’m certain that Apple is eternally grateful for your efforts testing beta software on legacy hardware. Your phone is five years old. What are your expectations?
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Never owned an iPhone before. Didn't know updating os can be this mich pain. I would have downgraded if that was possible.
fokmik said:
If you are already on ios11 this update will surely make it faster si ce this version is the fastest ios11 ever
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Man, I think the situation improved a little bit, ever so slightly. Not gonna lie, it seems a little bit faster switching between apps and opening closing apps. Although it might be the apps themselves, since I updated almost 20 apps after I updated iOS. Maybe they are better optimized. Not sure. But overall not a bad experience acter update.
 
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Not installed yet as I still feel burned by 11.0 and wish I could go back to 10.x...

Is it fast, anyone?
 
SoyCapitanSoyCapitan said:
Safari sometimes cant load or refresh Twitter until I close the app and start again.
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Another interesting fact I've noticed is that Safari can play videos in background now. Like if you move to another tab, the video continues to play. And even if you minimise Safari the music continues. It wasn't the case before.
 
software authentication for HomeKit is included to greatly expand the number of devices that can support HomeKit, to make it easier to find relevant people to follow. and a new Privacy screen
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How do you use Homekit to find relevant people to follow? that sounds like a stalking feature.

Shouldn't it be a comma between "follow" and "and"?

I think that their proofreader must have called in sick when this article was written.
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DocMultimedia said:
Airplay 2? No.
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I'm wondering this as well!
 
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Updated my 5S this morning over wifi from 11.2.6. I tried to do the update via iTunes 12.7.4 on my Mac running OS X 10.11.6, but I got a 4000 error saying the phone could not be updated.

Well anyway, the phone seems to be doing about the same, performance-wise. I'm going to take it up to go snowboarding in about an hour, and we'll see if I get any better battery life with running Ski Tracks for about four hours. My guess will be no.

So, the interesting thing about my phone is that Coconut Battery has been showing my health getting better over the last few weeks since the last big sudden death battery fun of two weeks ago, where the phone had to be charged for a long time overnight. The battery health was up from 29 percent in early march to an amazing 64 percent as of last night. Now after the update, the health is down to 41 percent.

I'm still on the fence about doing a battery replacement vs getting a newer iPhone, so I'm interested in what iPhone 6S and 7, and even SE, people let us know about their 11.3 update experiences.
 
bluecoast said:
Not installed yet as I still feel burned by 11.0 and wish I could go back to 10.x...

Is it fast, anyone?
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If you are on iOS 10, stay the f**k away.

But, if you are already on some version of iOS 11, don't think twice to upgrade to this current version. I've been suffering since September, for upgrading to iOS 11. That pain is somewhat alleviated by yesterday's update.

It's still slower than iOS 10 but still, better than other iOS 11 versions.

Thanks Apple.
 
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sundog925 said:
Yeah no, how about they get their heads out of their arse and produce quality. my comment was meant for the capacity genius, not the utter lack of transparency whined about by the snowflakes.

i mean hell, even the s8 has a 3000mah battery *eye roll*
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Weirdly enough, that’s about the same amount as they put in the X. So I guess complaint fixed?
 
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Decided to take the plunge with my 6S+ this weekend after holding out all this while. Made sure to restore from iTunes and transfer my backup rather than just update from the phone, which from experience, gives me more problems. Upgraded my Mac to High Sierra as well.

Overall so far so good. Nice to know my battery is still at 89% with normal performance. Will decide whether to replace it depending on what iPhone(s)/price points come out this year.

Funny enough its High Sierra that's still buggy...specifically Finder. But nothing catastrophic, and i can always revert that to Sierra if needed.

Glad i waited. Seems now is a less terrible period to jump in.
 
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