moving from android to iOS

Thats a very specific list,

why are you switching?

 

I switched from Nexus S to iphone 4s. To answer your questions:
1) Doesn't exist in same sense as file explorer on android. you don't have access to file system without jailbreaking
2) Motion X might do the trick
3) don't know
4) there are many good paint apps. My skatch is pretty good
5) many office apps in app store. Don't use any so i can't really suggest but take a look in App store.
6) doesn't exist without jailbreaking. Apps installation happen through itunes only. For backup you can use icloud and it will do the trick for you.

 

For #3 I believe it's already built in. You just have to add the keyboard.

 

1) there is an app called "router password finder" which gives users the default passwords for many routers.

2) the multitasking bar accessed by pushing the home button two times gives you a neat list of whatis running in the background.

 

Nothing truly runs in the background on iOS (minus key things that cannot be shut down anyway). Everything "running in the background" is actually in suspended animation, saved in ram, ready to be accessed when needed. The only additional things that may drain battery are GPS, location based services, etc. which can easily be set to off.

 

As someone that came from Nexus One to iPhone, I can tell you, you will need to start thinking a bit differently and dont try to make the iPhone act like your Android

Backing up apps? Built in to iTunes, icloud, and the AppStore... you dont even think about them. Backing up settings/etc is built in to iTunes and iCloud. Those kinds of things needed apps in Android land, dont need apps in iOS land.

As mentioned.. there really is no access to the file system , so there is no concept of a file explorer (well ignoring JB)

There is no true "running" in the background save for a few apps like those that stream music. So there is no concept of a true task manager. The double click to see "what is running" is a recent apps list, not a task manager in the android sense.

iOS 5.x has a bug in it that is causing battery life issue for some users, I do not know the percentage impacted. See the "Batterygate" thread for gory details. Some have reported success in fixing the problem by resetting the phone (as in all settings back to default and start over). Others by wiping the phone and starting clean, and others have found no solution. Try lowering your screen brightness, making sure you use wifi (the cliam is it uses less power then 3g, never tested), turn off send diagnostic information, and rope in location services maybe. I do not have a battery problem so can not help you beyond guessing.


Android is all about changing the phone to make it exactly your dream pocket computer... iOS is more about buying in to the Apple idea of that dream. Think different!

 

I'm going to second the above post. iOS is a different paradigm from Android. Jailbreaking mitigates some, but not all of the differences.

I think of it this way: iOS is more about getting things done, rather than having you spend time tinkering with things. Not there's anything wrong with wanting to tinker, but of that's your primary reason for getting a smartphone, then it might be best to stick with Android.

 

Don't overlook the apps subforum as most of your questions are app questions.

Coverage, usage, the usual suspects that affect battery life on any device.

 

Correlation and causation are two different things. iOS5 drains more than previous versions for lots of people. I do not have an answer for you, I am just saying, nothing truly runs in the background on iOS outside of what I already mentioned.