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iOS 6 All the Little Things

Apple removes 3G/EDGE Switch in Beta 1 of iOS6

Just noticed.

Apple *removed* the 3G/EDGE switch (both on iPhone 4 and iPhone 4s) 😱

Hopefully it will find its way back, especially in rural countryside its easier to switch to Edge right away (saves battery and gets better reception)
 
rosenkrieger said:
Just noticed.

Apple *removed* the 3G/EDGE switch (both on iPhone 4 and iPhone 4s) 😱

Hopefully it will find its way back, especially in rural countryside its easier to switch to Edge right away (saves battery and gets better reception)
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Agreed. Also, some areas when there are a lot of people on the network (sporting events, fairs, etc.) the data doesn't work or barely works on the 3G network, but dropping back to EDGE makes it work with no problems. Hopefully they're just removing it temporarily to make for an EDGE/3G/LTE switch, to be released with this year's iPhone.

But unfortunately, I have a hunch that it'll get the axe completely.
 
db1408 said:
I quick sample of UK access and it looks from the response, that Siri knows what MMA is and may introduce it as a results feature.
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Is that "Master" as in the Master as in opposite to the Doctor?
Or is that "Master" as in "yes, my master" as in Igor doing his master's bidding? 😀
 
rosenkrieger said:
Just noticed.

Apple *removed* the 3G/EDGE switch (both on iPhone 4 and iPhone 4s) 😱

Hopefully it will find its way back, especially in rural countryside its easier to switch to Edge right away (saves battery and gets better reception)
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Yes, that's one of the mayor flaws I saw on this Preview.

They should get that switch back. On 5.1.1 I always had 3G on, but occasionally I would switch to EDGE because I knew I needed that extra battery life for the day.
 
shandyman said:
Battery life usually sucks in the first couple of betas. It's been that way since beta 3. Also it doesn't suck for everyone. I unplug from charge at 100% at 6.30am, I have pretty much the same things in use that you list, I listen to music for about 3 hours, a good few hours of FB, browsing, messing around, take a few pics, mess with instagram. I get home at 8pm with about 40% battery left, that's been every day of iOS 6 so far, apart from the first day of use.
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I have seen the same. To be honest I almost feel that battery life is a little better than iOS 5. I use my phone just as I did before. The only caveat to that is that maps really do suck a lot of juice right now. Aside from maps though I feel the battery life is similar to possibly better

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mrapplegate said:
That's pretty cool. I never thought to try that.
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Tell us what happens if you go from wifi to cell. I have always had issues with that with music streaming apps. It always seems fine going cell to wifi, but going wifi to cell it never seems smart enough to switch smoothly
 
utwarreng said:
I'm hoping that this opens the door to Apple allowing you to save groups of contacts.
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I hope so. You can already save groups of contacts to your iOS device but you have to do it in Address Book on your Mac first. It would be good to be able to do it directly from your iPhone though since its supposed to be PC free now.
 
cheeseplane said:
Yep. Just like turn-by-turn. Not sure why though.
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It's pretty processor intensive, even on a 4S. Add satellite imagery and it starts to slow down. The 4 would probably have unacceptable lag.

I did confirm that navigation caches the route and maps. I was way out in a national park and lost all signal and Siri was still routing me even once the cached maps ran out (see attached picture)

Oh and charging while navigating is atrocious. I started out at 80% and had it charging the entire 1.5hr drive and when I unplugged the phone it was down to 20%. I'm sure Apple will fix that.
 

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mrapplegate said:
Don't feel bad, for some reason I don't even see them on my 4S. Amber Alerts and Emergency Alerts are not on my or my Wife's phone, both 4S.
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My guess is that it is Verizon-only at this point.
Can anyone confirm if they have this option and are not on Verizon?
 
QuarterSwede said:
It's pretty processor intensive, even on a 4S. Add satellite imagery and it starts to slow down. The 4 would probably have unacceptable lag.

I did confirm that navigation caches the route and maps. I was way out in a national park and lost all signal and Siri was still routing me even once the caches maps ran out (see attached picture)

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Navigation has already be activated in an iPhone 4 with jailbreak. I don't know if it has lag, though.
 
rosenkrieger said:
Just noticed.

Apple *removed* the 3G/EDGE switch (both on iPhone 4 and iPhone 4s) 😱

Hopefully it will find its way back, especially in rural countryside its easier to switch to Edge right away (saves battery and gets better reception)
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I hope so! It's a great way of saving battery if your using the iPhone to speak. Have any developers reported this to Apple?
 
rosenkrieger said:
Just noticed.

Apple *removed* the 3G/EDGE switch (both on iPhone 4 and iPhone 4s) 😱

Hopefully it will find its way back, especially in rural countryside its easier to switch to Edge right away (saves battery and gets better reception)
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Where is this switch normally?
 
I rarely scale back my 3G connection to EDGE but I agree that it's a good option to have.

I really hope Apple includes an option to include certain toggles (Bluetooth, wifi, and a slider for brightness, for example) in Notification Center and/or the multitasking bar (to the left of the volume slider).
 
QuarterSwede said:
I think it's implemented fine the way it is to be honest.
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You'd rather have to go back and forth between the email app and photos?! Madness!

Sometimes I'm in an email back and forth and I wanna send a photo in a reply, I have to go from email to home screen, into photos, locate the photo, copy it, go back to email and paste it. In iOS 6 I can just insert image straight there saving time and effort....

Many people have been asking for this for years. It's great to have this function. You can still do your complicated way tho so all good....
 
shandyman said:
You'd rather have to go back and forth between the email app and photos?! Madness!

Sometimes I'm in an email back and forth and I wanna send a photo in a reply, I have to go from email to home screen, into photos, locate the photo, copy it, go back to email and paste it. In iOS 6 I can just insert image straight there saving time and effort....

Many people have been asking for this for years. It's great to have this function. You can still do your complicated way tho so all good....
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I thought you meant the new popup menu insert picture or video was badly implemented. I love it!

I just reread what you said. Oops! Sorry for the misunderstanding.
 
QuarterSwede said:
I thought you meant the new popup menu insert picture or video was badly implemented. I love it!

I just reread what you said. Oops! Sorry for the misunderstanding.
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I was kinda puzzled by your reply as you do seem quite a sensible fella Lol. No worries 🙂 I love the new thing, much needed. So many little things that tons of people on the forum have been nagging for for years have been included in iOS 6 that's it's almost like they've been noseying at the wish lists on here lol
 
Could someone check this in iOS 5 for me?
I thought I'd ask how long it'd take to fly somewhere. Siri got it totally right.

Now, does it only work because I'm the UK, and the UK now has directions etc? Or is this new to iOS 6? Or have I completely missed this feature?
 

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