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Calendar “Time to Leave” is broken for me. Tells me that location based services are off, but they aren’t.

I use this feature all the time. Annoyed.
 
Looks like it fixed my issue where the Home shortcuts in Control Center seemed to stop being updated so they got out of sync with the actual state of my lights and showed lights as on which weren't. The Home app itself was always in sync so this seems to have been just a Control Center issue.
 
I've never used any of the Health stuff on a regular basis from Apple. True I've set it up, but the only thing I really tried was the steps integrated into the Walgreens app for earning points. I tried it though, and then disabled it. Just seemed like something I'd never use, and I disabled it to reserve battery.

I use it all of the time. In fact that is how i ended up with an Apple watch in the first place. I abandoned watches decades ago, as time is on the phone. I got the predecessor to the fitbit "Jabra UP" then migrated to fitbit then Apple watch, which I don't see as a "watch" but more of a data extension of the phone at a glance...just my .02
 
I use it all of the time. In fact that is how i ended up with an Apple watch in the first place. I abandoned watches decades ago, as time is on the phone. I got the predecessor to the fitbit "Jabra UP" then migrated to fitbit then Apple watch, which I don't see as a "watch" but more of a data extension of the phone at a glance...just my .02
I've considered an apple watch, but I was concerned about how usable it would be for someone with low vision. Typically what I like to do is use things normally and accommodate only "if needed" because the accessibility can make things more frustrating to use then either using things normally, or not using them at ll. It depends on the device.

That's why I've partially been on the fence for a few years now upgrading my iPhone to something newer than my 7 Plus.

First off the 7 Plus is still working fine and meeting my needs without problems. Second, because I haven't been able to test a newer phone in person, the only information I have is from videos and feedback online as to if FaceID is going to make things more frustrating over Touch ID, especially for Apple Pay and other features I'm used to using touch ID for. I had asked, but haven't gotten an answer, will Apple let me disable Face ID, and simply use a Passcode on newer devices for Apple Pay and other features? I really like the new phone(s) look, and some of the new features, even though, I'm not sure how many I'd use personally. I'm still planning at some point to go to a Verizon store and talk to someone in person and look at the phones. Also, which of the new phone sizes would be the closest to a 7 Plus? I don't want smaller or bigger. The size I have is the sweet spot.
 
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I had asked, but haven't gotten an answer, will Apple let me disable Face ID, and simply use a Passcode on newer devices for Apple Pay and other features?
My wife has an iPhone XR running iOS 14–you can use passcode with faceid disabled. It is set to turn on when picked up—then you slide from bottom to top and the passcode screen comes up.
 
My wife has an iPhone XR running iOS 14–you can use passcode without faceid. It is set to turn on when picked up, then slide from bottom to top, and the passcode screen comes up.
Thanks for the feedback. One further question One phones with Touch ID, apple pay doesn't go through until you finger is on the touch ID sensor. So i can choose the card i want before activating the transaction. Because of my vision, sometimes I have to zoom in, or move the phone closer to my face to read. Will Face ID cause conflicts with this. Or do I have to do something in addition to Face ID to activate Apple Pay. Face ID by itself isn't so bad an idea. I was more asking if my ways to have to accommodate for low vision will cause problems. If I can continue to use the phone the way I always have with the exception of authentication technology changes I should be OK.

Thanks again!
 
After some heavier use tonight with the XS Max, yeah there is a larger battery drain on it now. Keeping my camera on for a longer period of time, the back of the phone heats up behind the camera and just below it also. IDK.

Question, is the animation of opening the folders slower now than before? If I open the stock weather app for example, the animation is about as fast as IOS 13, but if I open a folder with multiple apps inside, that animation is slightly slower. Just something I noticed.
 
Good to see they STILL haven't fixed the Fitness app/Apple Watch data sync/display issue yet. Getting tired of seing incorrect graphs vs. raw data and incomplete maps for GPS workouts... Get it together, Apple...

So, the garage mechanic highly recommends you replace the engine of your car. They’ve done this before so, no problem. Then you find the new engine stops your car from running properly. The mechanic says

“oh yeah....sorry the engine is faulty, and this is causing some real problems in some cars.

YOU fix it”


 
After some heavier use tonight with the XS Max, yeah there is a larger battery drain on it now. Keeping my camera on for a longer period of time, the back of the phone heats up behind the camera and just below it also. IDK.

Question, is the animation of opening the folders slower now than before? If I open the stock weather app for example, the animation is about as fast as IOS 13, but if I open a folder with multiple apps inside, that animation is slightly slower. Just something I noticed.
I noticed that too.
 
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Thanks for the feedback. One further question One phones with Touch ID, apple pay doesn't go through until you finger is on the touch ID sensor. So i can choose the card i want before activating the transaction. Because of my vision, sometimes I have to zoom in, or move the phone closer to my face to read. Will Face ID cause conflicts with this. Or do I have to do something in addition to Face ID to activate Apple Pay. Face ID by itself isn't so bad an idea. I was more asking if my ways to have to accommodate for low vision will cause problems. If I can continue to use the phone the way I always have with the exception of authentication technology changes I should be OK.

Thanks again!
With Face ID, if you double click the sleep/power button to bring up ApplePay it will read your face, but then you can tap on the stack of credit cards at the bottom of the screen to bring them up and change cards, and then the screen will say "Hold Near Reader".
 
Maybe it has something to do with this.
To many things are going wrong since a while, coincidence?
Scott Forstall, if it had been eight years ago, but from all I read, he pretty much deserved to be booted: he refused to apologize for the initially poor Maps, I guess because he had been modeling his ego on Steve Jobs's for so long he couldn't believe that everything he managed wasn't magical™, exciting™, but was instead more than occasionally laughable.

There have been plenty of missteps with iOS and Apple apps for it since then, but not quite of that magnitude. And no executive egos that couldn't adapt to Tim Cook's "be nice and play well with others so I can spend my time managing the company instead of mediating daily disputes" policy. Which only sounds like common sense.
 
Is it just me or is the calendar icon a different size after update to 14.1?
I'm using iPhone XS
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