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Is anyone elses unlock sound still missing?
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Thought I'd post here rather than start a new thread.
Not a fan of the new lock sound.
It's a bit Ba-Doom-Tish for my liking and it's very loud. No chance of closing your phone surreptitiously any more.
Um.. turn off the lock sound problem solved.
Next.
Really? Why?
Perhaps because it was pointless.
The lock sound would confirm for you that the screen locked, handy when using a Smart Cover etc
But generally when you are unlocking the screen you are looking at it so you don't need a sound to confirm you unlocked it, just look
Annoying is when someone says something and you follow up with multiple questions to double-check they are actually talking about the same thing, they reply to your questions laughing them off (kind of like "why do you keep on asking me that when I already told you") and then keep on talking about it only later to admit that they were completely off and those questions were in fact meaningful, but it doesn't matter to them, and they instead turn to putting down the whole discussion even though they don't even care about it and spent a good time taking it in the wrong direction (even if unintentionally somehow). Yeah...that's annoying.
On the promo video it seems like the is a little jingle when you unlock the phone using Touch ID. Perhaps it's part of the promo, not sure until we see real reviews online.
Edit - can't seem to find a video that lets you hear if there is a sound when unlocking using Touch ID. Probably just added to the promo video for effect by Apple.
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I think it is a bug personally.
The sound setting has a toggle for "Lock Sounds".
I suppose you could argue two things here, firstly it is plural - it could mean Lock sounds that encompass both Lock and Unlock... however you could argue it just says Lock sounds (as in just when you lock it), but surely it should just say "Lock Sound" in the singular.
That's my logic anyway.
The sound setting has a toggle for "Lock Sounds".
I suppose you could argue two things here, firstly it is plural - it could mean Lock sounds that encompass both Lock and Unlock... however you could argue it just says Lock sounds (as in just when you lock it), but surely it should just say "Lock Sound" in the singular.
That's my logic anyway.
When I pointed this out (I think in another thread), someone said that in their language it was renamed from the plural to singular.
Though seeing as we've had 2 people in this thread make false claims about un/lock sounds, I'm not sure if I believe them....
So, let us all contact Apple support and ask for this bug to be solved as soon as possible:
http://www.apple.com/feedback
Instead of adding new lock/unlock sounds, they have decided to remove ONE of the two? It doesn't make any sense, so I guess it's not intentional.
Also, the ringtones' volume is lower than ever before.
First
problem ever (for me).
(I was on beta 5, then restored my iPhone 5 to 6.1.4, then upgraded straight from the phone).
http://www.apple.com/feedback
Instead of adding new lock/unlock sounds, they have decided to remove ONE of the two? It doesn't make any sense, so I guess it's not intentional.
Also, the ringtones' volume is lower than ever before.
First
problem ever (for me).(I was on beta 5, then restored my iPhone 5 to 6.1.4, then upgraded straight from the phone).
I'm late to the game, but I'll add this bit in:
When I updated my 4S from 6.1.something to the release version of iOS 7 OTA, I had the unlocking sound. I distinctly remember thinking that it sounded strangely distorted, as if the phone was having trouble playing it. A short while later, in an attempt to fix hitches in the UI (pause when accessing search, strange pauses when trying to type, skipping transitions, etc) I reset all settings. I haven't heard the unlocking sound since (and the UI issues are gone too).
When I updated my 4S from 6.1.something to the release version of iOS 7 OTA, I had the unlocking sound. I distinctly remember thinking that it sounded strangely distorted, as if the phone was having trouble playing it. A short while later, in an attempt to fix hitches in the UI (pause when accessing search, strange pauses when trying to type, skipping transitions, etc) I reset all settings. I haven't heard the unlocking sound since (and the UI issues are gone too).
I'm smiling at how we got to 7 pages on this subject !
I guess the unlock sound is really iconic!