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Apple’s iOS 5 Update Now Available For iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch

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Re: Apple’s iOS 5 Update Now Available For iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch

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Post by ceejayoz »

bluelu wrote: post #43
ceejayoz wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And how are you imagining SMS messages work currently?

Well, I doubt that my SMS messages are routed through an external third party outside my country if I send a local SMS. I rather have my local government control who can access my information, then a US company.

If that's your concern, then, Settings > Messages > iMessage to [OFF]. Hardly difficult.

Re: Apple’s iOS 5 Update Now Available For iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch

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Post by davidhperry »

Anyone know how to do a restore without backing up first? Like a lot of others, the restore is failing for me when it communicates with Apple and every time I retry, it does a backup that lasts about 30 minutes. I'd love to just keep retrying without doing the backup each time.

Re: Apple’s iOS 5 Update Now Available For iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch

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Post by falling »

bluelu wrote: post #43
ceejayoz wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And how are you imagining SMS messages work currently?

Well, I doubt that my SMS messages are routed through an external third party outside my country if I send a local SMS. I rather have my local government control who can access my information, then a US company.

I'm assuming you have the same concern about your emails, right?

By the way iMessages are encrypted end-to-end (but I wouldn't expect you to believe or trust Apple on this).

Re: Apple’s iOS 5 Update Now Available For iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch

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Post by danh »

glhaynes wrote: post #22

List of things Apple is releasing today (perhaps incomplete?): iOS 5 (iPhone, iPad) Mac OS X 10.7.2 (and maybe 10.6.9?) Apple TV 4.4 Update updates to Pages, Numbers, and Keynote for iOS iPhoto 9.2 Aperture 3.2 Safari 5.1.1 (Mac, Windows) iCloud Control Panel for Windows the iCloud web apps Cards (and associated print/delivery service) Lion Recovery Update iTunes Movie Trailers app Find my Friends app AirPort Setup u…

Also: Xcode 4.2

Re: Apple’s iOS 5 Update Now Available For iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch

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Post by noisebleed »

bryanh wrote: post #38

Various errors when trying to install iOS5 on my iPhone 4. I'm getting everything from error 3194 "This device is not eligible for the requested build" to a generic error 3200 "Unknown error". Coupled with some crazy Lion crashes lately, my anecdotal experience is that Apple software is not "just work[ing]".

Yeah... trying to update has actually completely screwed up my phone. I can't even get it to restore.

edit: finally got it to work again after going through the 'force into restore mode' process about a dozen times.

Re: Apple’s iOS 5 Update Now Available For iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch

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Post by CamperBob »

bluelu wrote: post #43
ceejayoz wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And how are you imagining SMS messages work currently?

Well, I doubt that my SMS messages are routed through an external third party outside my country if I send a local SMS. I rather have my local government control who can access my information, then a US company.

What in the world is a "local SMS?" It still goes through the cellular network, even when you're texting the person in the cube next door.

Re: Apple’s iOS 5 Update Now Available For iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch

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Post by artursapek »

jbondeson wrote: post #45
cj wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The fact that the iPhone has a 5% market share does not mean it represents 5% of all SMS messages sent. Smartphone users text message more frequently than your grandmother with an LG handset.

I would argue that the frequency of SMS usage has very little to do with the type of phone you have, and much more to do with the demographic. There are plenty of iPhone users (such as my mother) who don't use SMS at all, and plenty of 14 year olds without smart phones (like my cousin) who text dozens of times a day. Either way, I've never seen a breakdown of SMS usage by either category.

I had peers in junior high/high school (before I even had a cell phone) who sent hundreds a day. One girl bragged about reaching something like 30,000 one month.

Re: Apple’s iOS 5 Update Now Available For iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch

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Post by veyron »

guelo wrote: post #42
joeguilmette wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

if i had a 3GS i would wait until the next iOS update comes out unless there is a resounding "Wow!" from 3GS users.

I don't follow your logic, if there isn't a performance penalty I don't see why anyone would keep using the older OS.

jailbreaks?
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