Who Uses Newstand anyway?

[Mac7]

There is a way to hide it in a folder without jailbreak

 

[pooleman]

No one uses it.

 

[nwcs]

I have three magazines I use through Newstand in addition to Zinio. So I like it. But I definitely agree that Apple should provide a way to hide unwanted/unneeded stock icons/folders.

 

[pooleman]

There is a way to hide it in a folder without jailbreak

Care to share how with the rest of the class?

 

[djransom]

It's decent for the iPad, but has no place on my iPhone.

 

[Mac7]

http://www.idownloadblog.com/2012/10/08/hide-newsstand-iphone-5-no-jailbreak/

 

[boshii]

Care to share how with the rest of the class?

You have to be on an older firmware. I think it's 5.0.1.

When you created a folder, you would have to quickly slide Newsstand in that same folder as the folder creating animation was going on.

EDIT: Didn't know about the above post. Still, you shouldn't have to do stuff like this to hide it.

 

[pooleman]

You have to be on an older firmware. I think it's 5.0.1.

When you created a folder, you would have to quickly slide Newsstand in that same folder as the folder creating animation was going on.

But not for ios 6?

 

[boshii]

But not for ios 6?

That trick doesn't work with iOS 6. There's a method a couple posts up though.

 

[Mrbobb]

what's the difference between newsstand and directly browsing into the magazine's web page?

 

[dw3bb10]

I have it hidden in a folder. Lucky me, I never see it.

 

[hovscorpion12]

I use it to read Forbes, Time, Xbox magazine...etc. without spending $$$ and have useles paper lying around the house, it's a great to have subscriptions on iPhone, iPad.

 

[jabingla2810]

No one uses it.

I do

 

[Mac7]

That trick doesn't work with iOS 6. There's a method a couple posts up though.

Yup, stiflestand works on ios 6. The above screenshot is of my iPhone 5

 

[pooleman]

I do

I don't believe you.

 

[ineedamac]

I don't use it. I agree it would be nice to download it if we want to use it.

 

[Frenchjay]

I don't use it either. I just put the icon on the last page of my display.

You can just hide Newsstand completely a long with the rest of the apps you don't use without Jailbreaking.

http://www.idownloadblog.com/2012/10/20/how-to-hide-multiple-apps-no-jailbreak-required/

And yes, it works on 6.0.2 and the iPhone 5.

 

[MassiveAttack]

On top of being a totally useless app it's probably the ugliest icon on any platform ever. A wooden shelf? seriously! i wish Apple wasn't the control freaks that they are so the user could have the ability to uninstall it.

 

[Shrink]

I for one do not use it and would love the ability to hide it or get rid of it, wondering who else feels this way?

I feel your pain, bro. It's just so horrible.

I really hate those those plastic thingy's on the end of shoelaces.

Life is hard...

No one uses it.

I swear, on the life of my espresso machine...I use it.

 

[zman2100]

I use it on my iPad; not on my iPhone. So since this is the iPhone thread, I'll say that I'd prefer that I be able to move it. Fortunately I was able to drop it in a folder when iOS 5 first launched and I haven't moved it out since then.

Newsstand as a concept doesn't make a whole lot of sense on the small screen of an iPhone.

 

[NewAnger]

I don't use it either but then, I don't use 90% of the apps on my phone either. Some are paid and some are free. Because of this, I think I've only downloaded two apps in the past year.

 

[Jimmy James]

I boycott it. I dislike having it imposed upon me.

 

[ATC]

I use Newsstand on my iPad, not so much on my iPhone. Would love to be able to get rid of it.

Having said that, there is a way to stuff apps into Newsstand shelves in iOS6 (unlimited number of apps for that matter) without Jailbreaking. It makes Newsstand kinda useful to tidy things up, at least I think so.

Not sure if anyone's posted that here, I'm sure someone already has, but for the lazy here's one of the links to show how to do it. Link with video

 

[BlueMoonForever]

I had no trouble putting it into a folder.

 

[Tunnelrunner]

Put me in the "never use it" pile as well.