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What good is control center bluetooth for connecting?
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Once a device is paired then just flicking Bluetooth on from the Control Center will connect it straight away. The only time i use Bluetooth is for a headset that i only use when in the car and even then not all the time so i dont have Bluetooth on to save a bit of battery. Its paired already so now to connect it all i have to do is bring up the control center on the lock screen, flick Bluetooth on and they connect to each other...saves a load of messing about unlocking and going through menus to do it.
Yep. Also turning it off for battery purposes... Airdrop purposes... I use it often.
Thats only for the initial setup though.
Once you've paired to the device all you have to do is toggle it from the control panel.
At least this is how it works in my car.
Once you've paired to the device all you have to do is toggle it from the control panel.
At least this is how it works in my car.
I know that but for "on" I think it should be a shortcut to settings since for bluetooth devices that you keep off like speakers, you have to go there to connect.
Mike
With the shortcuts in recent versions of Android, you can press and hold the icon to go to the relevant settings page.
I agree with the OP. Toggling BT on/off in control center doesn't work when my cars mysteriously can't find the signal. I have to drill down into the settings to find the particular device.
And how is the behavior of an Android phone relevant here? Some of you guys think as long as the "other guy" implements something wrong then somehow it's ok for Apple to do this same. LOL!
There is no implementing "wrong". The toggles are on/off switches. I do not know where his expectations of it going into bluetooth settings is coming from considering the closest implementation to this toggle that is not Apple is present in Android and it doesn't do that either. Does Blackberry have a bluetooth toggle that actually goes to bluetooth settings?
I agree that Apple should had implemented the device list to be popped out for bluetooth at control center just like what Air Play does at control center.
I had created a youtube video to show how the bluetooth in control center should work, let's hope apple make it in the next update!
What the bluetooth control center should be on iOS 7
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndgcmxDUjxk&feature=c4-overview&list=UU3OdWzs5Y77FvHBHa2krzmQ
I had created a youtube video to show how the bluetooth in control center should work, let's hope apple make it in the next update!
What the bluetooth control center should be on iOS 7
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndgcmxDUjxk&feature=c4-overview&list=UU3OdWzs5Y77FvHBHa2krzmQ
I think at this rate of having more deeper settings adjustment, the entire settings page and apps will end up in Control Centre.......
Then that will bring out brigade of other people who will complain that Control Centre is too cluttered and is cumbersome to use....
Then that will bring out brigade of other people who will complain that Control Centre is too cluttered and is cumbersome to use....
It actually does do that.
Press and hold down on the Bluetooth, Wifi, whatever toggle and it'll take you to the respective settings page.
I think that's backwards.
On my Nexus when you tap it goes into settings. If you long press it toggles.
If by "does" you mean that it actually "doesn't" do that, then, yes, you would be correct then.
Auxo for jailbroken iPhones used to do exactly this - tap the toggle to turn on and off, or press and hold to skip to the settings page.
iOS7 most certainly should have copied that. There also seems to be some weirdness where iOS7 doesn't reconnect to wifi points with http redirects for login pages after the toggle is pressed, or at least takes much longer to do so, unless you go into the full settings section.
That's also most irritating.
iOS7 most certainly should have copied that. There also seems to be some weirdness where iOS7 doesn't reconnect to wifi points with http redirects for login pages after the toggle is pressed, or at least takes much longer to do so, unless you go into the full settings section.
That's also most irritating.
That exists in the, in this case, control panel.
Don't see why more functionality = a bad thing. Other than people just wanting to disagree.
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You're correct, its the other way around:
"The second change is a tweak to Quick Settings. You can now long press on the Bluetooth and Wi-Fi squares to use them as actual toggles."
Tapping the toggle takes you to the appropriate settings for bluetooth and wifi. Sorry for the confusion.
I'm not disagreeing with you. I'm just wondering if the iOS framework allows for this type of behavior.