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iOS 4.2 GM: New Multitasking Bar, MobileMe Login Changes
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- Go to developer.apple.com and click on iOS Dev Center.
- Ensure that you are logged in.
- Click iOS SDK Beta.
- Look halfway down the screen
You should turn on the auto brightness setting. If you have it on and still need to change brightness, maybe it's malfunctioning? I never need to adjust my brightness.
Well, what I noticed is that if I leave the recent applications suspended in RAM the battery drains faster than if I close all the apps. So, to save battery life, I close all the apps when I'm not using them. And that sucks.
He has a point. The system does do this, and I understand that. But sometimes, it doesn't close enough apps to release the required amount of ram for some games to play smoothly. I don't know if that it the game developers issue or apple's issue.
Sometimes when I try to play angry birds, it is slow and choppy (iPhone 4). I'll open up the multitask bar and remove known ram hogs, like safari and photo/camera and the game instantly speeds up.
Prior to 4.1, I was jailbroken. Running SBSettings, you can take a look at all the apps that have save-states or are running some other multitasking api. Removing them from the task bar will in fact close them off completely.
With that said, I'm 100% positive that when you remove an app from the multitask bar, and there is a saved-state for it, the save-state gets deleted, freeing up ram for other apps to use.
Either Apple needs to recognize the system slowness better and kill off more apps for you so there are more system resources available for the app you are intending to run, or the app developer needs to request more resources that it currently is so the OS will kill off more apps than it normally does.
Okay, I've installed iOS 4.2 GM, but the AirPlay Button is missing in the multitask bar
Only there if you have an airplay device.
they got the idea from jailbroken iphones. but it was so unstable that even SBS settings wasn't enough to make me go back to stock
I have a feeling you meant that even "SBSettings wasn't enough to keep you jailbroken and you went back to stock."
If that's the case, I've found that Winterboard usually causes the most issues. I've stopped using it and I have zero stability issues. Seriously.
Yep just like in iTunes (it doesn't show up unless there is a compatible device).
i don't remember what it was but i would change the brightness via SBS and it would either crash or not take effect. this would usually happen from the locked screen where it would turn off before the new settings took effect.
the themes and free ring tones wasn't enough either. at this point i don't even have custom wallpaper for my PC's. i don't care
Ahh, sorry I misunderstood. I don't have SBSettings enabled for the lock screen so I haven't seen that issue.
So is AirPlay disabled on the iPhone 3G? It was in the 4.2 Beta 2, but then when they took it out of Beta 3, it looks like they decided to leave it out of the 3G. Or am I not seeing it for some reason? My phone was able to play through my AirPort Express with Beta 2, but now the little button next to the volume bar is missing.
Free AppleID
Can i just clear up this free AppleID business?
As far as I understand it, it's already free to set up an AppleID, as it's what identifies you to the App Store. It's just the extra MobileMe features that you have to pay for. Obviously if you've already got an AppleID, you can use this for MobileMe so the two become linked.
I know this because I tried to set up both mine and my Wife's iPhone up with Game Centre, so we could both compete with each other over our high scores etc. As we are both using the same iTunes/App store account, both our iPhones are configured with the same AppleID.
Each iPhone needs a unique Apple ID to be able to compete with each other using Game Centre, so all I need to do is set my wife up with a new AppleID (which is free) without having to fork out for the mobileMe Family pack.
It would be much better though if Apple introduced a 'lite' version of MobileMe which was free, as it hardly worth paying the premium if you only use a few of the features.
Can i just clear up this free AppleID business?
As far as I understand it, it's already free to set up an AppleID, as it's what identifies you to the App Store. It's just the extra MobileMe features that you have to pay for. Obviously if you've already got an AppleID, you can use this for MobileMe so the two become linked.
I know this because I tried to set up both mine and my Wife's iPhone up with Game Centre, so we could both compete with each other over our high scores etc. As we are both using the same iTunes/App store account, both our iPhones are configured with the same AppleID.
Each iPhone needs a unique Apple ID to be able to compete with each other using Game Centre, so all I need to do is set my wife up with a new AppleID (which is free) without having to fork out for the mobileMe Family pack.
It would be much better though if Apple introduced a 'lite' version of MobileMe which was free, as it hardly worth paying the premium if you only use a few of the features.
Unique Text tone for each contact
I don't know when they added this feature, but on the 4.2 GM (iPhone4) you can set a unique Text tone for each contact. Finally!!!!
I don't know when they added this feature, but on the 4.2 GM (iPhone4) you can set a unique Text tone for each contact. Finally!!!!
I'm running iOS 4.2 GM on my iPad and have both an Airport Express and the new Apple TV. I don't see the new AirPlay button in the multitasking bar or anywhere else in the OS. What I am doing wrong here?