Apple Releases iOS 5.0.1 to Address Battery Life Issues [Updated]
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Dunno about you, but I consider WiFi-routers to be (tiny, feature-limited) computers.All updates will be avaliable over the air from now on. One of the many great changes in iOS 5 is that people can now own an iOS device WITHOUT having to OWN A COMPUTER...
Noisemaker
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How is being able to connect to wifi and download a ~50MB update instead of an 800MB update "bad for the consumer"?
Most people aren't on unlimited bandwidth for 3G. Having an overage because of an update would piss anyone off. Especially when there are plans as small as 250MB through most carriers.
If anything, Apple is preventing customer annoyance and fees by forcing wifi, as a huge amount of iPhone users have no idea how data works.
And if you seriously think that Apple gives a **** what a cell carrier says, you're high. They're the most valuable company on the planet, and have more cash on hand than most governments. They tell the carriers how it's going to be.
Just because you've decided that YOU don't like it, it doesn't mean that you're the one who gets to declare it as something that's "not good for consumers."
Laird Knox
macrumors 68000
Seems the carriers would profit more from 3G updates - from those with low data caps. Then again conspiracy theories are so much better. Dunno about you, but I consider WiFi-routers to be (tiny, feature-limited) computers.
Yep. But you don't need to own one. Just connect to one.
Drunken Master
macrumors 65816
That's not at all what is being discussed.
I assume you mean "allowance" rather than bandwidth.
Then make it simple - warn the user clearly before they do the update that they will be charged if they do it over the cellular network. This is exactly what iOS 5's betas did. Apple doesn't hold the user's hands when they try and do anything else on their device that could result in an "overage" do they?
A 20MB App could result in a huge bill in some situations, yet there's no warning. For the vast majority of users, this ~55.5MB update would cost them nothing over a cellular network. For everyone else, the warning should be sufficient.
Again, the number of people who have no data allowance or a small data allowance is tiny.
There is also the problem of networks having serious over-utilisation issues. Carriers can't keep up with demand in a lot of places, so anything that takes the strain off the network is good for them - it keeps costs down.
gloomcookie1
macrumors regular
I think that is stretching it a little far...I find there is far more complaining about the lack of unlimited data than not having the ability to use up 1GB of data a month.
And maybe that is just for the U.S. that I see that - but Apple has to think on a global scale and the easiest way to roll something out is to have a singular setting across the board. Perhaps in the future they will change that - but for now I'd much rather use my data for entertainment than an OS update.
J Michael T
macrumors member
Well done APPLE
The OTA update on my 4 took less time than reading through some of the whining here did (joking!).
Kudos to APPLE for actually improving this process.
The OTA update on my 4 took less time than reading through some of the whining here did (joking!).
Kudos to APPLE for actually improving this process.
acfusion29
macrumors 68040
i know you're probably joking, but if i were Apple, i'd release a dummy update (5.0.1.1) and wait for MR to be flooded with "the iOS/Safari is snappier" ... then issue a statement saying nothing was done to the coding.
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on a side note.. i updated my iPhone 4 over the air.
i downloading the update via wifi, then went on the road while it installed.
even though it prompted me to plug in the device into a power source, i didn't and only lost 1% battery. not bad...
I don't think going for the lowest common denominator is a good idea. That's certainly not something Apple does elsewhere.
I don't like having to put up with an artificially poor experience because some companies in another country can't sort out their networks.
TheBigKing
macrumors 65816
OTA In Puerto Rico Working Fine
swordfish5736
macrumors 68000
It seems my iPad 2 wifi+3g i usually keep 3g turned off when in the house and after the update it is constantly attempting to setting time zone location service. Once i turned 3g on after about 30 seconds it stopped..3g back off now its checking again.
rorschach
macrumors 68020
Wrong.
The carriers WANT people to use more data so they go over their cap. Then the carriers can charge them huge fees for doing so.
J Michael T
macrumors member
Security fix
Thanks for posting. I was curious to see if they fixed the ability to bypass the passcode lock via the Notifications for missed calls. Don't see it listed. Will have to try it and see.
Thanks for posting. I was curious to see if they fixed the ability to bypass the passcode lock via the Notifications for missed calls. Don't see it listed. Will have to try it and see.
Things that carriers have said in the past have indicated that this is not the case - Sprint the other week noted that iPhones are good at connecting to Wi-Fi networks quickly, resulting in less demand on their cellular network and increased profit margins for iPhone users as a result.
AT&T has a terrible reputation in crowded cities for not having enough capacity. Moving people to Wi-Fi is brilliant for them.
My carrier doesn't charge any extra if you go over your allowance - they just cut your speed.
Slartibartfass
macrumors newbie
iPhone 4
US
ATT
Update to 5.0.1 (55MB) via wifi took only a couple of minutes
iPad 1
US
ATT
Update to 5.0.1 (40MB) via wifi in progress (DONE!)
US
ATT
Update to 5.0.1 (55MB) via wifi took only a couple of minutes
iPad 1
US
ATT
Update to 5.0.1 (40MB) via wifi in progress (DONE!)
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ryanmcv
macrumors 6502a
I'm in a conference so I can't test this... but can someone with a 4S give this a try: Activate Siri from the lock screen by holding the home button. Say any command or sentence. When Siri is done talking, press the home button again and unlock your phone. Is the volume of the unlock sound (and all other sounds) still ridiculously loud immediately after using Siri? This bug has been annoying me for almost a month.
tripjammer
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colonels1020
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Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 5_0_1 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/534.46 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.1 Mobile/9A404 Safari/7534.48.3)
No. Gotta use iTunes
pshady said:
No. Gotta use iTunes
Data-plans around here throttle you down to 64kbit/s for no additional costs when you go over your allowance.
Why doesn't the USA have that?
Me too!
(in France) I updated my iPhone 4 with no problems OTA (fast too), but my iPad 1 will NOT update over the air. I keep getting this error. I tried doing the update unplugged (it worked on my iPhone), activating 3G, plugging it in, connecting to iTunes ... so 4 times...and each time fails with that exact error.
My iPad is NOT jailbroken, not unlocked, BUT last week I followed advice on Lifehacker to (re)activate multitouch gestures. The lifehacker article claimed that you don't have to jailbreak to get multitouch features. Now I am wondering if that has something to do with it.
Could it be something else? Thanks, R
randymac88
macrumors regular
Got the update, and my phone is so much faster and smoother than ever before. The battery hasn't drained yet since I updated, either, and safari is really snappy now.