If there are no known networks around, it does NOT search, hence no battery drain whatsoever. That's the whole purpose of the "Ask to Join Networks" switch. I thought that was clear enough.
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iOS 5 devs: write Apple to add Wifi/BlueTooth switches to top of Notification area!
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If you travel. A lot. Just because you don't use them doesn't mean others won't.
I don't always use the Wifi at work because I am just barely in range. If I know I"ll be sitting in my office for the next couple hours I"ll turn on Wifi. But when I'm walking around the factory, past the office that has the router, and farther away from it I hate waiting for the phone to switch back to 3G.
When you get on a plane you need to turn on airplane mode. If you travel a lot like me and my F-I-L and B-I-L, it would be nice to have it quickly accessible.
The touchwiz toggles on the top of the Android notification area would be absolutely perfect for the iPhone. SBSettings is one of the only reasons that I really jailbreak (for easy access to my wifi, bluetooth, 3g toggles, etc)
Also seems fair that since Apple is suing Samsung for copying them that they might as well copy some of Samsung's touchwiz...
Yeah, because how else is it going to find out if you're around known networks? It needs to search for them. So therefore it must always be searching.
I agree. Add an SBSettings-like toggle area, possibly a tabbed style Where Notifications is one and Settings toggles the other?
I haven't delved much into Obj-C programming, so I'll approach this as a web developer... wouldn't it be pretty simple to implement?
Assuming the Notification area expands dynamically (I don't see why it wouldn't), you just need to add some space at the top, and throw in the buttons which trigger the commands. And the functions are already there in the OS, so there should be relatively little work to do, right?
I mean obviously they're busy finishing iOS 5 but.... hopefully they can squeeze this into their schedule.
Assuming the Notification area expands dynamically (I don't see why it wouldn't), you just need to add some space at the top, and throw in the buttons which trigger the commands. And the functions are already there in the OS, so there should be relatively little work to do, right?
I mean obviously they're busy finishing iOS 5 but.... hopefully they can squeeze this into their schedule.
This is incorrect. It can only tell if the network is one of your known networks by searching, polling that network and finding out it's SSID. This uses the battery. All the "ask" setting does is turn the iOS popup on and off whenever it detects a network.
In areas with lots of networks that don't necessarily have strong signal (such as driving round urban areas) this is a very significant battery drain. I know I find that if I turn wifi off while outside known networks my battery lasts about 40% longer than leaving it on.
Hence I use the wi-fi on off toggle at least six times on an average day. And the UI for it *sucks*. I'm flabbergasted that it's not been fixed.
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It would be a doddle, but then again it would have been simple to implement since iOS 1 and hasn't been.
Phazer
How about a widget in the notification center that does these things instead of stocks/weather (which i'm not really interested in).
Yes, it should be there,
Spotlight, should also be in the Notification Center
This is how it should be done... (I'd also personally move the multitasking bar to Notification Center, but if it remains as it is, it's OK. Spotlight and Switches MUST be there though...)
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Spotlight, should also be in the Notification Center
This is how it should be done... (I'd also personally move the multitasking bar to Notification Center, but if it remains as it is, it's OK. Spotlight and Switches MUST be there though...)
Worst. Post. Ever.
WiFi, BT, and Push email have to be managed many times a day to preserve battery.
I use a JB tweak called SBSchedule which allows me to build settings profiles that can be activated with one touch of any button I choose. I have profiles for:
Home: WiFi on, BT off, Brightness medium, volume, medium, Push off, etc.
Normal: WiFi off, BT off, Brightness high, volume high, Push off, etc.
Sleep: WiFi off, 3G off, Brightness low, volume, low, Push off, etc.
Motorcycle: WiFi off, BT on, Push on, Brightness high, etc.
and several more...
I activate these profiles many times a day as I move to different environments. Saves a bundle of time.
Meh, I don't have use for the Stocks and Weather widgets lol So you go back to YOUR planet!
But yeah, just as the Stocks and Weather widgets have the option to hide them (as far as i know), so should the Wifi/Bluetooth etc toggles.
That way everyone can be happy.
Meh, I don't have use for the Stocks and Weather widgets lol So you go back to YOUR planet!
But yeah, just as the Stocks and Weather widgets have the option to hide them (as far as i know), so should the Wifi/Bluetooth etc toggles.
That way everyone can be happy.
Well, i was reading about your planet on Wikipedia, and it seems 99% of your people agree that weather is a kind of information that should be acessed when 1) the user wants to know it (before going out or planning activities) 2) the user want to be alerted when forecast changes during the day (becose planningss).
As for stocks, people using iOS in your planet would likely to open it once in a year, because their poor precision when they're trying to touch another icon in a hurry (***** again!?! why i cannot rid of this ******* icon!)
I'm sorry, but you're taking this know-it-all tone with everyone when you are the one that's wrong, and it's getting annoying.
If wifi is on, it is constantly searching for connections. If you are driving and you have wifi on, then open up maps, it pops up a box before you can even interact with your map that asks you if you want to join a network it's picking up as you drive by a few houses with wifi.
Also..it won't affect you at all. People are asking for the OPTION of having this easily available. Keep it set to off so your brain doesn't explode.
Hahaha.
On my planet, Apple (Yahoo + Weather Channel) weather is not as accurate for my area as the WeatherEye from TheWeatherNetwork. Plus, they don't have "Feels like" temperatures, as far as I know. Did they add that yet? Then I'll use it.. maybe...
It would be cool to have brightness, wifi, and 3G switches somewhere more quickly accessible than in 2 separate menus deep in settings.
There's two scenarios I work in, when I care about battery life, or when I want to be maxed.
Those are the things I play with if I am trying to conserve power, especially brightness.
There's two scenarios I work in, when I care about battery life, or when I want to be maxed.
Those are the things I play with if I am trying to conserve power, especially brightness.
Yeah brightness would be good too. They added it to the iPad, but I guess they figured iPhones would see less use of the brightness control. But they should have added it anyway, because it's easy to add lol.
I would imagine it takes more code to hide it on the iPhone and show it on the iPad than it does to just show it on both.
Especially when re-downloading a bunch of apps in a row from the "Purchased" section.