Perhaps not much or not to everyone, but the difference seems to be present and at least some are at least curious about it.
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If I'm sleeping then my phone may as well be having a rest too and besides, I could do with conserving some battery. I always switch my mobile off at bedtime and don't see the point of leaving it on unnecessarily. I have a wired alarm clock, and never leave my phone charging unattended.
....how do I do that exactly (never done this before!) ? Is there a link where I need to post info about the bug?!
I guess that works. For more and more people a landline is something they don't have and don't need. I think mainly there are more people out there who don't power off their phones much (and certainly not regularly).
The main reason I don't turn mine off is because I use it as an alarm. 10-15 years ago with dumb phones I seem to remember the mentality was much more orientated towards turning off at night. Alarms could turn those phones back on then. I won't say that's the only reason people don't turn off as much now (because of alarms), but it's one reason. Probably also significant is that the phones do much more and people want to pick them up and go straight away in the morning.
The closest I'll get to turning my phone off at night now is DND + Airplane mode, the latter to save battery.
off topic ramblings, sorry.
The closest I'll get to turning my phone off at night now is DND + Airplane mode, the latter to save battery.
off topic ramblings, sorry.
...hmm - that link doesn't seem to be working for me, however, if I manually Google 'Apple Bug Reporter' it brings up the same link which does work...?!?!
Also - the website says that I can only log a bug if I am a developer - which I am not...!!! Not very helpful.......!!
..the only bug reporting link I can find is this one:
https://developer.apple.com/bug-reporting/
...however, there is no 'Feedback' link on there (from what I can see)
...hmm - that link doesn't seem to be working for me, however, if I manually Google 'Apple Bug Reporter' it brings up the same link which does work...?!?!
Also - the website says that I can only log a bug if I am a developer - which I am not...!!! Not very helpful.......!!
https://developer.apple.com/register/index.action
...thanks for the link. So basically I need to register as a Developer before I cab submit a bug? That's a little weird....?! If I register as a Dev first, is that gonna effect any of my iCloud services or anything on my iDevices?!
well I don't have a landline and people I care live in a different time zone, so my phone is always on
but I can understand in your case it's not the same.
....what about when Apple release Beta updates to the iOS - do these get pushed to dev accounts automatically (I wouldn't want this feature!) or do Devs need to manually download them off the web?
You have to have a paid developer account to get the betas AFAIK. And you have to manually install one the first time to get subsequent beta updates pushed over-the-air.
...ok great - thanks for clarifying!
Looks like the only way to report a bug then is to indeed register a dev account!
I'll do that now so I can file my bug.....!!!!!
..the only bug reporting link I can find is this one:
https://developer.apple.com/bug-reporting/
...however, there is no 'Feedback' link on there (from what I can see)
You can report bugs here, you don't need to be a developer:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html
That's just feedback which is different from bug reporting. Registering as a free developer is pretty quick and simple too.
You can still register bugs there. It isn't only those with developer accounts who spot bugs.
You can certainly mention bugs in the feedback, but it's not really treated the same way as actual bug reports--you really don't hear anything back in relation to providing feedback unlike bug reports where you might actually hear something back in relation to them (even if just to say what you submitted is a duplicate, meaning they actually know about the issue already). Plus it's really questionable if much of that feedback gets looked at and how seriously any of it is really considered even when someone does look at it, whereas with bug reports it seems at least a bit more actual attention is paid to those.
Why does someone who drops X amount of dollars to open a developer's account suddenly become more capable of reporting a bug?
...and why does the link I provided have a drop-down menu with 'bug reporting' as an option, if Apple completely disregard it? Surely their millions of users are just as important when it comes to finding and reporting issues with Apple software?
I would have thought that the developer bug reporting link is purely for reporting issues with the way iOS handles apps, and not general usage problems. I could be way off the mark here but why would a developer be interested in anything but the smooth running of their own apps?
Once again, you can become a developer for free, only certain aspects of being a developer require a subscription, and things like bug reporting isn't one of those.