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Don't know if is just me or if indeed this has been covered here or elsewhere, but after installing 8.1, I have a bunch more free space on my iPad, like almost 5GB or so. Is that normal or not? Again forgive me if this has been notated already...
 
PS: Not looking to get into a debate about how "old" the iPhone 4s is, or how I shouldn't have upgraded because it should be expected that "it will run like crap". Apple made the update available for the iPhone 4s, which was on sale up to last year (iirc), so it should be optimised to run on it, imho.

Never update an iPhone to a version of iOS that's three versions past what it shipped with. People that go against this rule will always end up with a slow iPhone. The 4s shipped with iOS 5, and you got 6 and 7, both of which ran well on it. 8 is a bridge too far.
 
How would it work in the drive thru? Would you need to hand them your phone?

They will either have terminals at the window or portable terminals (connected to a cord) that they will hand you. I believe most McDonald's already have these but whether the employees know how to use them is another question.
 
This isn't chess though. Although I'll be waiting as well.

True, but when Magneto sent the "pawns" of the Brotherhood to attack in X-Men: The Last Stand, they weren't exactly playing chess either :)

But with that said, it seems safe to update! All is good with my iPhone 6 Plus, AT&T.
 
sorry answering so fast to respond to shmucks that band together like jizz strains sometimes you type the wrong word. They can opt out-----whether thats of all nfc transactions or not is irrelevant.

no it's not irrelevant. Ffs
 
Got SMS relay to work by enabling my e-mail address for iMessage on both my phone and my Mac. Disabled my e-mail address after enabling SMS relay and it still works.
 
Works on one vending maching and not another

Used 6+ apple pay, worked on one vending machine but the one next to it kept saying card declined. No idea why it would work on one and not one next to it. I also noticed on the vending machine it automatically selected 1.25 which was the highest cost of any item. Not sure if it would have refunded me for picking a lower cost item or what.
 
How did you sell your 5S? I did the lazy route and went Gazelle this time, still got $330 for it.

Sold it on Amazon this past weekend. The actual sale was $449 but the net to me was ~$400 after the fees and shipping. It was a 32GB Unlocked Gold one. Had a dent at the top from the one time I dropped it.
 
Since I either get "8.0.2 is the current version" popup, or the "Unable to contact the server" error in iTunes, I went ahead and downloaded the firmware from here:

http://www.iclarified.com/750/where-to-download-iphone-firmware-files-from

And for iPad:

http://www.iclarified.com/entry/index.php?enid=8500

I suppose you can find iPod Touch software listed there as well.

Once downloaded, click "Check for Updates" button while holding down the Shift key (or Alt for Windows users), and navigate to the downloaded firmware file.

Thank You!

For all those wanting to use iTunes and 8.1 not showing up, this will get the job done….
 
I'm assuming it doesn't show up OTA?

Betas probably have all kinds of debug stuff turned on (i.e. compiled in), and/or extra code for troubleshooting/debugging. So everything with debugging/ troubleshooting stuff now has to be replaced.
 
nope mine is just a small credit union.

I think it will take another 6 months or more to get many of the credit unions on board. It requires some backend changes so it is not an easy process for smaller banks.
 
Updated to 8.1 on my iPhone 5.

Set up SMS relay on the Mac and put in the code, but none of my texts show up. What gives?

Mine worked fine. It didn't bring any history, just stuff going forward. Once I had it set up, I texted a friend 3 messages and my outgoing showed up immediately. I disconnected the computer from wifi and he responded, which didn't show up. I reconnected the computer to wifi and that response plus the next response he sent showed up.

So...history prior to authentication won't come over - but everything afterward should.
 
Really, Apple?

It sure as hell didnt fix safari for ipad 3. It is worst and useless now. Nothin loads.

My 5s is super slow on safari now as well. Not as bad as the ipad, but very slow.

Wtf is apple doing. What about those without an iphone 6 or plus?

Steve Jobs is rolling in his grave now
 
I understand that  Pay currently only works in the US. However I would reckon users outside of US would get the same setup screen in Passbook as US users. As of now I'm only getting the add coupons/passes option, and no adding of credit cards on my 6 Plus after updating to 8.1.

Anyone outside USA have their Passbook updated with credit card input?
 
What are you talking about? Best Buy and Walmart have publicly stated they do not support NFC. The reason is they are pushing their own mobile payment apps. Best Buy has had NFC terminals but had them disabled for quite a while. It has nothing to do with Apple Pay.


http://finance.yahoo.com/news/13-retailers-where-apple-pay-093000757.html




I'm done. enjoy your apple pay. My end point to all of this was someone on here should create a forum section dedicated to NFC enabled stores; period. Continue to drive home the NFC connection= Apple Pay. Because I have already fielded plenty of calls regarding Apple Pay where to use it and how to direct them. I was hoping some of your feedback would have helped me direct the general consumer; but instead you turned into a group of trolls trying to attack the one who misspoke. No one was trying to spread false information; I did misspeak when i said they had to sign on originally---but Best Buy and Walmart publicly opted out of Apple Pay thats why there are tons of articles http://www.retailsolutionsonline.com/doc/walmart-best-buy-won-t-support-apple-pay-0001 like that saying they won't support Apple Pay;when we all get it the reality is they don't support NFC transactions; however the general consumer has absolutely NO idea what an NFC transaction is. Trust me I work for a major retailer in IT. So go ahead troll on continue to try to doubt me when I was trying to agree with you all but explain retailers are trying to market it as separation from apple pay and not NFC transactions because in the future we are envisioning issues and a world that do support NFC but somehow don't accept apples NFC chip (not saying that is or is not possible).
 
Ok I updated my iPad and now under Bluetooth I see something called Accessory. What is that? It was never there before.
 
They will either have terminals at the window or portable terminals (connected to a cord) that they will hand you. I believe most McDonald's already have these but whether the employees know how to use them is another question.

To add: These employees are most likely to be actively trained not to take your phone or handle it in any way. The business does not want any liability for dropping the customer's phone.

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Anyone having trouble adding their Chase Amazon Rewards VISA?

Oh - chase is a positive, but amazon is a negative - hmmm.....

I have Chase United Explorer, and that was fine....
 
I think it will take another 6 months or more to get many of the credit unions on board. It requires some backend changes so it is not an easy process for smaller banks.

A lot of smaller banks and credit unions outsource their backend systems to a vendor.

If those vendors add support for the EMV tokenization standard, you may see a lot of smaller financial institutions suddenly get on board with :apple: pay.
 
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