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iOS 4.2 Now Available
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I plugged my phone back into the computer, launced iTunes and clicked sync, it didn't actually copy any new music over (as this isn't the computer that I sync with) and after that, clicking on my ipod app said "rebuiding database". after about 3 mintues my content showed on my iphone (3GS)
I hear you. I tested AirPrint (just for fun) but had to download an OS X App to make it work with my old printer. It does work, and I can see that it might be useful.
There are a few other minor improvements, and obviously bug-fixes and security fixes; although this is a useful update, it lacks 'WOW' factor 😀
Lame
Not a single useful feature for my iPad in this overhyped update. What happened to orientation lock? How do I activate it now?
Not a single useful feature for my iPad in this overhyped update. What happened to orientation lock? How do I activate it now?
Xtremehkr
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As a whole 4.2.1 makes the phone feel a lot tighter than it previously did. The OS isn't displaying any lags at all anymore, before it would hang here and there but it wasn't that perceptable.
It feels like iOS is really starting to come together as a full fledged operative system with the same solid feel that OSX has when you're using it.
Initially my iPhone displayed 'no content' but then I pressed the sync button and everything reappeared without syncing.
There's even one app from when it was jailbroken still there.
As a whole 4.2.1 makes the phone feel a lot tighter than it previously did. The OS isn't displaying any lags at all anymore, before it would hang here and there but it wasn't that perceptable.
It feels like iOS is really starting to come together as a full fledged operative system with the same solid feel that OSX has when you're using it.
Initially my iPhone displayed 'no content' but then I pressed the sync button and everything reappeared without syncing.
There's even one app from when it was jailbroken still there.
Yea as i said in a slightly earlier post, you can only beam video that has been synced from itunes, from the photos app, or the youtube app. Making it useless for now. Why did they not implement it in safari? Seems to me to be the most useful place to put it. Reading the news....there is a embedded video.....beam it to TV....watch it....back to the ipad to finish reading the article....
AirPlay Does Not Support Camera Roll Videos
I was extremely excited about AirPlay that I gathered the entire family around the TV and turned on the AppleTV. I was about to show them how a video I just recorded on my iPhone could not be streamed live only to be met with disappointment.
AirPlay does not support iPhone 4 Camera Roll videos...seriously? I then tried AirVideo and it also doesn't support that. So I have to connect my iPhone 4 to my iMac, sync it to iTunes, then sync it back to my iPhone in order for it work? Wouldn't it then just be easier to play it from my computer thus ruining the entire purpose of AirPlay. C'mon Steve Jobs how could you overlook this.
I was extremely excited about AirPlay that I gathered the entire family around the TV and turned on the AppleTV. I was about to show them how a video I just recorded on my iPhone could not be streamed live only to be met with disappointment.
AirPlay does not support iPhone 4 Camera Roll videos...seriously? I then tried AirVideo and it also doesn't support that. So I have to connect my iPhone 4 to my iMac, sync it to iTunes, then sync it back to my iPhone in order for it work? Wouldn't it then just be easier to play it from my computer thus ruining the entire purpose of AirPlay. C'mon Steve Jobs how could you overlook this.
C R A P update. Still HD video Stutters, Still subtitles don't work, still lots of metadata missing, still no folders on folders for movies and tv shows and freaking playlists. What the hell did this update do ? Airplay ? well thats a very over hyped feature.
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Cant stream iphone4 movies to appletv via AirPlay. YouTube streaming works fine. Anyone experience with this?
Cant stream iphone4 movies to appletv via AirPlay. YouTube streaming works fine. Anyone experience with this?
Have you actually done this yourself or are you just assuming it to be the case? With rentals you're dealing with DRM, so I'm curious if I have a rental on my iPhone if I can go over to a friend's house and stream that rental to their Apple TV.
To all the people who are having the no content problem in the iPod app, there are many posts above explaining how to fix this. Connect your iDevice to iTunes on your computer, then within the computer's iTunes (not the app on your phone), either play a song on the iPhone or add/delete a single song from it.
I called my wife in to show off and found the same thing. You can Airplay photos but not videos that you have taken with the iPhone itself. This makes no sense to me.
Seriously? Though I don't have an iPad, I do recall multi-tasking being a great addition to iPhone OS.
Double-click the Home button to show the App switcher, then swipe left to bring up extra controls -- including screen orientation.
lazyrighteye
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As far as I can decipher, the "big deal" was aligning all iDevices under the same iOS version.
Meh.
tigres
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iPhone rocks even more now
I fully agree, i just cant be without SBSettings, i tend to turn on/off my BT/WLAN allot and having access to the fast switches is so nice.
I tend to buy all my appz but i just cant be without this simple app.
I have always missed the scrollbar since long pages are so damn annoying when you reload and you want to get far down so thanks allot for the tips on QuickScroll.
I see another great feature in 4.2 which is the search for text. I really miss this as well when browsing. iOS is getting better and better.
The last thing i would love to have is iTunes sync with iTunes, sadly the existing solutions have some limits and i would love to get this from Apple, here's one hoping we get it in the next patch 🙂
ps. iPhone simply is the best device i have ever owned even if it can be so much greater if Apple wast so strict with their term of use or regulations, anyway i just love my iPhone 😀
It only streams video sunced from itunes, the youtube app, or the photos app....nothing else works! Hoping app updates will change this otherwise im pissed.
On my iPhone 4 i have many new SMS tones, but on my girlfriends 3GS she just has the standard tones. Both updated to 4.2.1
Is this a new feature of the 3GS? Less tones than iPhone 4?
Is this a new feature of the 3GS? Less tones than iPhone 4?
Chief Oddball
macrumors regular
Speaking of which, is it still only possible to lock the screen in portrait orientation, even on the iPad using the new iOS version?
ATC
macrumors 65816
Find My Iphone setup
Anyone having trouble setting up Find My iPhone as per this?
I get to the point where I enter my Apple ID and password and it says "User name or password is incorrect". Typed it correctly a whole bunch of times and no go. Weird.
EDIT: Jeez, as soon as I post this it worked fine on the eleventh try.
Anyone having trouble setting up Find My iPhone as per this?
I get to the point where I enter my Apple ID and password and it says "User name or password is incorrect". Typed it correctly a whole bunch of times and no go. Weird.
EDIT: Jeez, as soon as I post this it worked fine on the eleventh try.