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Minor iOS 8.1.3 Update Likely Coming Next Week [Updated]
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We don't want to share exact numbers, primarily for competitive reasons. But the total number of hits from iOS 8.1.3 devices now numbers in the thousands...does that help?
Thousands!? Now see? That gets the ol' rumor juices flowing. I wouldn't have guessed that many at all. Now it's even more surprising that they release stuff with so many bugs.
Thousands!? Now see? That gets the ol' rumor juices flowing. I wouldn't have guessed that many at all. Now it's even more surprising that they release stuff with so many bugs.
Seeing that it was released to all the retail employees for testing the number should be large.
Background refresh is NOT a significant battery drain. The OS decides when apps can perform background tasks (it usually defers them until the phone is already doing something that the background task needs (ie, when you're using the phone and the WiFi or cellular radios are on because of a task you're doing, then that's when the system will allow the background task that needs WiFi/celluar to occur)).
From Apple: "To save battery, apps running in the background refresh at certain times, like when your device is connected to Wi-Fi, plugged into a power source, or being actively used. iOS learns patterns based on how you use your device and tries to predict when an app running in the background should refresh. It also learns when the device is typically inactive, like at night, to help keep apps from refreshing when you're not using your device."
From Apple: "To save battery, apps running in the background refresh at certain times, like when your device is connected to Wi-Fi, plugged into a power source, or being actively used. iOS learns patterns based on how you use your device and tries to predict when an app running in the background should refresh. It also learns when the device is typically inactive, like at night, to help keep apps from refreshing when you're not using your device."
Hope it fixes the numerous bugs I have had since day 1 on my 6 plus: rotation issues (especially the annoying bug that means everything swivels 180 degrees after unlocking device out of the pocket), interface glitches (why are some apps like the phone portrait only on the plus, nor do they even work upside down despite home screen functionality that way) and - most annoying of all - the constant safari crashing since at least the most recent update
So far, not one of the many ios 8 minor bug fix releases have solved any of these problems.
And just WHEN are they going to fix the keyboard shift key affordance problem introduced in ios 7.1???
So far, not one of the many ios 8 minor bug fix releases have solved any of these problems.
And just WHEN are they going to fix the keyboard shift key affordance problem introduced in ios 7.1???
What you said makes little to no sense, mathematically or otherwise.
Software versioning is not math, and doesn't have a decimal point.
On topic: Any updates that fix bugs are appreciated. Unless the update happens to break more than it fixes. With no public beta, I'd say we have a 50/50 shot.
Please fix the glitch in iOS Safari that keeps the pages in iCloud Tabs after swiping and deleting them from the list. It takes relaunching the app for it to update the list when prior to 8.1, I think it was, it worked as it should.
You don't even know that. It could be a log scale, for all we know!
That is a good point, and there was an admin on here that explained it. I was hoping for an 1/y axis, and the amount of hits dropped precipitously.
Not understanding what information you guys need. The point is there were no hits NOW there are and its growing more and more. For the purpose intended that is enough info. how does it help any of you complaining knowing whether it was 50 or 5000? Again I think you all are missing the point that there is now a spike of traffic coming from an iOS version that hasn't exited before indicating that it being tested more and more in recent days, plain and simple.
Got it... and the explanation of the admin earlier makes sense too. It's just that some of us are engineers, or detail oriented, and would like to quantify the data, rather than the chart presented. As another poster put, we're not sure if it's 1 hit going to 7, or 5103 going to 35721.
Again, the admin cleared it up.
If you are going to report on a story, why only report on half of the information? Why not let the reader decide what is relevant or not?
Well I guess because its their story. They are saying, Hey our website is now getting hits from an iOS version that only Apple has access to. That's all they really wanted to say about it and it gets the point across that there is an iOS being used to access their site that previously didn't exist. How is that only 1/2 of their story? Just saying their point was not to determine how many devices have it installed today at 3:00 verses yesterday at 8am. The relevance of THIS story is the fact that they are seeing hits now that previously they weren't indicating there is activity from a new iOS.
However the admin already stated precisely why they didn't divulge specific numbers. My point is, knowing that specific info doesn't really help anything. We now have the scoop that Apple has an iOS 8.1.3 and its being used over the past few days indicating most likely they are readying for a release. Anyway I understand what they say about about inquiring minds
My 6+ screen "freezes" occasionally, I assume that's the graphical lag you mention. And Safari "stalls" sometimes when loading a page. Are these common problems we might hope software will fix? I'm still confused about parts of some apps loading on only half the page in landscape mode, with a menu pane to the left. I feel like that's operator error, but haven't figured out the pattern or solution yet.
iOS 8.1.2, >200 apps. Battery life is great, as noted by others.
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I have no frame of reference. I bought an iPod Touch 5G 64GB refurbished model. It came with 8.x. It's hard to tell if I'm getting my rated battery life (unless I want to run it through just watching movies for 7-8 hours). I've been getting about 3-4 hours with a mixture of gaming like Bejeweled plus some internet surfing over WiFi. That doesn't seem like much battery life, but it's possible games and WiFi chew through it in which case I'd prefer a thicker unit (it's almost too thin) with a larger battery. I'd like 8 hours of real honest to goodness use, not just playing music in the background with WiFI turned off. I could just use my 1st Gen Touch if music is all I wanted to use it for.
Now whether 8.x has less battery life than 7.x, I have no idea since it came with 8.x.
I returned my 6 plus for the 6 and honestly, even after setting them up as new phones, the plus had worse battery life for me. The 6 is fine here, and my old 5S is getting good battery life too.
Have any of you complaining about the battery tried turning down your brightness?
Have any of you complaining about the battery tried turning down your brightness?
Double-tap the Home button.
Slide *up* any apps you don't need.
Takes seconds and quite often solves the battery life problem, as some apps just misbehave and fixes in iOS won't do anything about that.
Also, slide up from the bottom of the screen to bring up the Control Center.
Turn off Wi-Fi and/or Bluetooth when not needed. No point having those wireless systems enabled searching for networks when there are none to be found.
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Elaborate on what is inadequate. Be specific. We're listening.
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Get a battery case. It will give you the extra battery life, plus the extra bulk.
200!?
Anyway, sometimes opening a folder or closing an app results in lag or a low frame rate. This isn't the A8 because I never experienced it on the A5 with iOS 5. Also, swiping away a safari tab in landscape mode almost always freezes. My iPad 3 is full of bugs, but since iOS 8.1 most of my iPhone 6 ones are solved.
Oh! There are still some camera rotation bugs where the time and batter show up in the viewfinder, but not in the pictures.
Please fix the rotation issues on the 6+ and the slow wifi. Late 08 MBP is getting my full 60Mbps while my 6+ and my girlfriends 6 max out at 35Mbps.
Earlier this week, Apple started letting employees get the iOS betas, at their own risk. Not unlike how they did seeds to employees of Mavericks.
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You mean the one that only pops up if you are using gmail calendar sync. So it is likely a gmail issue
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You mean the one that only pops up if you are using gmail calendar sync. So it is likely a gmail issue
I really hope this is a software issue because this is bugging the hell out of me too.