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I am really starting to hate my iPhone

I seriously would have reacted the same way. No lie. And then I discovered yoga, started watching Twin Peaks, and writing and mailing one letter each day. It works. Give it a shot. Your client will love you unconditionally as you will exude nothing but positive energy.

Promise.
 
njchris said:
The OP didn't give enough information in his post.

Did he use slide to unlock while the text notification was flashing? If it was it should go to the text that is flashing (the icon pulses)...

If it wasn't it will just unlock to the last place you were at when the phone locked.

I suspect user error.

If I had a phone with clients and personal on it, i'd DOUBLE check my message is going to the right person.
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It was user error, just saying though if the message is on my lock screen, and I slide the slider, and it goes to the SMS screen, one would think it would go to the message that is relevant to the one on the lock screen, not to the client who I last texted before I locked the phone. Lesson learned however. It IS still a design flaw no matter what.
 
There's a myriad of problems with iOS, but this isn't one of them.

When you unlock the phone it jumps to the location you were in when you locked the phone.. so if you had the text message to your client open, that's where it goes back to.

To go to your girlfriend's text, you need to slight the SMS icon next to the notification on the lock screen rather than the slide to unlock bar at the bottom.

Not rocket science mate :p
 
If your client has an iPhone then he'd be glad to receive your heart I'm sure.

What's wrong with hearts? It could have been the pile of shlt icon :p
 
dontwalkhand said:
It was user error, just saying though if the message is on my lock screen, and I slide the slider, and it goes to the SMS screen, one would think it would go to the message that is relevant to the one on the lock screen, not to the client who I last texted before I locked the phone. Lesson learned however. It IS still a design flaw no matter what.
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It really is not. It would be incredibly confusing if apps just changed context without any input from the user. If I am texting my brother and lock my phone, when I unlock later to send him another text I expect it to be on our conversation regardless of whatever texts I got in the meantime.
 
Don't tell your client that it was your phone's fault. He'll see right through that and know you're just making excuses. Tell him the truth, that you accidentally sent him the text that you were sending your girl. He'll prob brush it off or think its funny. If anything, it'll give you guys something to talk about for a bit besides business.
 
dontwalkhand said:
It was user error, just saying though if the message is on my lock screen, and I slide the slider, and it goes to the SMS screen, one would think it would go to the message that is relevant to the one on the lock screen, not to the client who I last texted before I locked the phone. Lesson learned however. It IS still a design flaw no matter what.
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Being that there are more than just Messages that show up on the lock screen. How would the phone know which one to go to? If it did what you are suggesting and say is a Flaw or bug.

The reason it goes back to what you where doing when you unlock the phone is that is the logical thing for it to do. It's also why you can slide notifications to go straight to them. So you don't have to unlock,exit previous app, then go to what you want.

It isn't a flaw or bug or whatever else you want to call it, it's a simple TFU error.
 
I think the real problem is with touch interfaces.

Yes it's nice but sometimes I think the designers have (and this isn't just iOS) gone off the deep end. There's a reason why there's a G in GUI. Now there's a lot of you just need to know it features in our touch interfaces. Making them more of a UUI (U know it User interface LOL). As a result people end up with these situations where they think they know what they were asking the phone to do but the phone didn't because we still haven't invented do what I mean interfaces.
 
cotak said:
I think the real problem is with touch interfaces.

Yes it's nice but sometimes I think the designers have (and this isn't just iOS) gone off the deep end. There's a reason why there's a G in GUI. Now there's a lot of you just need to know it features in our touch interfaces. Making them more of a UUI (U know it User interface LOL). As a result people end up with these situations where they think they know what they were asking the phone to do but the phone didn't because we still haven't invented do what I mean interfaces.
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Strange that I don't have these problems.. my phone does what I expect it to.

It's not an iPhone, however...
 
dontwalkhand said:
It was user error, just saying though if the message is on my lock screen, and I slide the slider, and it goes to the SMS screen, one would think it would go to the message that is relevant to the one on the lock screen, not to the client who I last texted before I locked the phone. Lesson learned however. It IS still a design flaw no matter what.
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I know this has been said, but using the slider when it says slide to view, always opens the app. Where ever it happens to be at from last use.
If you slide the actual notification then it will go the that exact text or what ever it was that caused the the notification to pop up in the first place.

Earlier you mentioned that you have had an iPhone since 2007 and thats why it is hard to remember that you can use the the notification slider to go straight to the message. But if you have been using it since 2007, why haven't you learned that and been used to how the slider works with a notification up.

I'm sorry for your problem, but you really need to be more careful and hope that you can repair the relationship with your customer. Next, year how to use your phone better. You are 22, you can learn.

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matttye said:
Strange that I don't have these problems.. my phone does what I expect it to.

It's not an iPhone, however...
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His did what it should of. He is just dumb and doesn't know how a his phone works after 5 years of use...
 
In all my years of having a iPhone(since the first one) that has never happened to me ever, if i get texted by someone and i slide to unlock to see that text from that person, it brings me to that exact text always.

I usually slide the text message icon on the lock screen
 
I don this post a little strange OP. Now this isn't a post to start an argument simple suggestion. I'm in the military but I'm a civilian as well with a small business. I find it a little simpler to have a personal phone and a business phone. I do realize not everyone agrees with that. But it would also be unprofessional to have a personal/business phone go off in the middle in a meeting with a client from your gf saying I love you ( I have had it happen) and have your client ask why your being txt during a business discussion. To me it makes things easier and less uncomplicated to have a work phone and a personal phone.
 
wordoflife said:
Oh dude, come on.

I hate to be one of those people that try to argue why the OP is wrong, but you seriously should have checked before you sent it ... on any phone or platform.

Regardless, just tell the client that the message was accidentally sent because your phone spazzed out or something, and get over with it. Not really that big of a deal tbh.

Like I said, not trying to argue that you're wrong but it's really not that big of a deal.

Also, your phone shouldn't randomly jump to messages like that. There are a few reason why it might have, but basically it wasn't designed to do that.
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Really, what's the big deal??? it's a simple mistake (which easily could have been much worse)
 
dontwalkhand said:
I don't think my clients should see ANY texts to my girlfriend, or friends, or even grandma!
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Check and doublecheck the texts you're sending, if it annoys you that much. It could happen with any app on any platform.
 
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