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What's your most annoying iOS issue?

The Doctor11 said:
Yes that is. After the 100th time apple should really get the idea that I do that on purpose and don't care.
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Warning pop-ups like mobile data being switched off for contacts when I open the contacts app, mobile data being switched off for notes when I open the notes app, and - amazingly - mobile data being switched off for settings when I dive into the settings menus. These 'alerts' drive me potty! Mobile data is switched off for these apps because I want it to be. I also have NO idea why my settings, notes and contact apps would need mobile data anyway??
 
Having that one email that just won't get marked as read. I open it several times and it looks like it's fully loaded, but it won't switch to read unless I restart my phone. Been happening since 6.x.

Also the turn on wifi for accuracy pop up. Sometimes I turn it off when my wifi signal is weak! I don't need wifi to check the weather.
 
sunking101 said:
Warning pop-ups like mobile data being switched off for contacts when I open the contacts app, mobile data being switched off for notes when I open the notes app, and - amazingly - mobile data being switched off for settings when I dive into the settings menus. These 'alerts' drive me potty! Mobile data is switched off for these apps because I want it to be. I also have NO idea why my settings, notes and contact apps would need mobile data anyway??
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It is extremely annoying! But notes and contacts use data to contect to icloud settings can check for software updates and your icloud settings.
 
Nickpocalypse said:
Landscape mode in iOS 7 music app. It'll often open the app in landscape mode even if the phone is in portrait and I'll have to swing it around a bunch to get back into portrait mode. Unbelievably annoying.
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this used to happen for me as well :D really annoying..
 
sunking101 said:
Warning pop-ups like mobile data being switched off for contacts when I open the contacts app, mobile data being switched off for notes when I open the notes app, and - amazingly - mobile data being switched off for settings when I dive into the settings menus. These 'alerts' drive me potty! Mobile data is switched off for these apps because I want it to be. I also have NO idea why my settings, notes and contact apps would need mobile data anyway??
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This. And the trust this computer message. If I didn't trust the computer, I wouldnt plug my iphone into it!
 
sunking101 said:
Warning pop-ups like mobile data being switched off for contacts when I open the contacts app, mobile data being switched off for notes when I open the notes app, and - amazingly - mobile data being switched off for settings when I dive into the settings menus. These 'alerts' drive me potty! Mobile data is switched off for these apps because I want it to be. I also have NO idea why my settings, notes and contact apps would need mobile data anyway??
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iCloud sync?
 
iMessages that won't send/don't sync/send to only one of the receiver's devices, even though they have the settings correct.
 
Zoom inconsistent

The failure of double tapping. It is not system wide. It appears to be under individual app control.

I want everyscreen to be double tap zoomable.
 
Wow. Just one thing? It seems like with every update, I lose some feature that I enjoyed. I would have to say that iOS 7 on the iPads feels poorly optimized. Overall, it feels like Apple is just buying time until iOS 8 to make the new design shine. Here's to hoping it does.
 
7thson said:
Wow. Just one thing? It seems like with every update, I lose some feature that I enjoyed. I would have to say that iOS 7 on the iPads feels poorly optimized. Overall, it feels like Apple is just buying time until iOS 8 to make the new design shine. Here's to hoping it does.
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Yes, hopefully iOS 8 includes many optimizations. My main annoyance with iOS is general speed/optimization. And if a tiny iWatch runs full iOS, Apple will have a stronger reason to heavily optimize iOS to use less resources.
 
Call me negative, but are many of these issues what we have come to expect from Apple since iOS 7?

Yes, iOS 6 was fairly polished up to that point because it had been a gradual evolution. I just wonder how many "Scott Forstall's" would have been fired if they were responsible for iOS 7..... I would guess at 3.

Whereas the "J.I" branding continues to sell without question.
 
C DM said:
Do what with 3 fingers, and where?
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I forgot to attach the screenshot.
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byke said:
Yes, iOS 6 was fairly polished up to that point because it had been a gradual evolution. I just wonder how many "Scott Forstall's" would have been fired if they were responsible for iOS 7.....
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Only the ones that Cook perceived to be a threat.
 
mangomind said:
Yes, hopefully iOS 8 includes many optimizations. My main annoyance with iOS is general speed/optimization. And if a tiny iWatch runs full iOS, Apple will have a stronger reason to heavily optimize iOS to use less resources.
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What phone do you have? iOS 7 runs smoothly on my 5 but I suppose that's expected since it runs identical software to the 5c which is a newer product of theirs.

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richwoodrocket said:
This. And the trust this computer message. If I didn't trust the computer, I wouldnt plug my iphone into it!
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Well it you plugged your phone into a public computer to charge, you wouldn't want rogue data to be sneaking onto your phone.
 
richwoodrocket said:
This. And the trust this computer message. If I didn't trust the computer, I wouldnt plug my iphone into it!
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And it keeps asking this everytime I plug it to the same computer.

The new shift key is a joke as well. That alone is a proof that Apple doesn't do usability testing before releasing anything. If their designers liked something, they immediately release it without doing anything else.
 
CutterSlade said:
And it keeps asking this everytime I plug it to the same computer.

The new shift key is a joke as well. That alone is a proof that Apple doesn't do usability testing before releasing anything. If their designers liked something, they immediately release it without doing anything else.
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I found the old shift key confusing and I find the new shift key confusing.

I seriously doubt your claim apple doesn't do usability testing.
 
I7guy said:
I seriously doubt your claim apple doesn't do usability testing.
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Well, I don't see how things like a shift key that behaves the exact opposite way as the other buttons or a brightness slider that lets you adjust the brightness only when you can't see the actual brightness of the screen (due to the darkening effect) can pass a proper usability test. Either they don't do it, or they do it while they're drunk. It takes not more than a minute for a normal user to realize these problems. So I think someone whose job is to test these things would have realized it too.
 
The shift key doesn't really bother me, but having the entire keyboard swap between upper and lower case would be a MUCH better implementation.
 
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