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Apple releases iOS 6.0.1 with improvements and bug fixes

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Re: Apple releases iOS 6.0.1 with improvements and bug fixes

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Post by randallu »

Flow wrote: post #33
rdrake wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Odd. I just launched it on my device under iOS 6.0.1 and it ran just fine. (Using an iPhone 5, maybe that's why?)

iPhone 5 here too. The app started to work after crashing many times in a row. Just weird.

Maybe all the hard work they did to disk cache the layouts of list items is not resilient to OS updates and changing metrics (only joking, I have no idea why it would crash and then work, though it could be because someone posted something new and uncached to the listview...).

Re: Apple releases iOS 6.0.1 with improvements and bug fixes

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Post by klapinat0r »

xoail wrote: post #38
robomartin wrote: post #37

Meh. What they really need to fix is Maps. In my family-and-friends ecosystem at least, that is the single reason NO devices have been updated to iOS 6 and nobody is buying any iPhone 5's. My rough guess that that represents about at least 30, if not 50 devices. Is there a website somewhere that is tracking Apple Maps quality vs. Google Maps? I know tons of people that have put updates and new-device purchases on hol…

The unfortunate thing is people need to use maps in order for maps to get better. I can already see few locations being corrected. But for now, looks like Apple's got a chicken and egg problem.

Could you please elaborate on that? Not sure I follow.

If people use it, get wrong directions, how does it improve? Are users able to make corrections or?

Re: Apple releases iOS 6.0.1 with improvements and bug fixes

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Post by klapinat0r »

ceejayoz wrote: post #13
natesm wrote: post #5

Does anyone else have an issue with "Message Send Failure" for almost every text message (not iMessage)? Wondering if this fixed that.

There've been at least two iMessage outages in the last week or so (widespread enough that iMessage trended on Twitter both times).

> text message (not iMessage)

I think he's talking about cell service.

Re: Apple releases iOS 6.0.1 with improvements and bug fixes

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Post by joshuahedlund »

robomartin wrote: post #37

Meh. What they really need to fix is Maps. In my family-and-friends ecosystem at least, that is the single reason NO devices have been updated to iOS 6 and nobody is buying any iPhone 5's. My rough guess that that represents about at least 30, if not 50 devices. Is there a website somewhere that is tracking Apple Maps quality vs. Google Maps? I know tons of people that have put updates and new-device purchases on hol…

I don't doubt your anecdotes - I waited until last weekend to update my own - but my Google Analytics data for multiple sites shows iOS 6 with more traffic than all the other iOS versions combined for the entire month of October, and on an upward pace. Clearly a large number of people are not so hesitant.

Re: Apple releases iOS 6.0.1 with improvements and bug fixes

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Post by joesb »

klapinat0r wrote: post #42
xoail wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The unfortunate thing is people need to use maps in order for maps to get better. I can already see few locations being corrected. But for now, looks like Apple's got a chicken and egg problem.

Could you please elaborate on that? Not sure I follow. If people use it, get wrong directions, how does it improve? Are users able to make corrections or?

Yes, that's what "Report a problem" is for.

Re: Apple releases iOS 6.0.1 with improvements and bug fixes

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Post by _djo_ »

klapinat0r wrote: post #42
xoail wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The unfortunate thing is people need to use maps in order for maps to get better. I can already see few locations being corrected. But for now, looks like Apple's got a chicken and egg problem.

Could you please elaborate on that? Not sure I follow. If people use it, get wrong directions, how does it improve? Are users able to make corrections or?

Yes, users can submit corrections using the 'Report a Problem' option in Maps. Apple will also be able to correct certain types of data, such as roads, by collecting and aggregating info from iPhones.

Re: Apple releases iOS 6.0.1 with improvements and bug fixes

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Post by mitchty »

klapinat0r wrote: post #42
xoail wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The unfortunate thing is people need to use maps in order for maps to get better. I can already see few locations being corrected. But for now, looks like Apple's got a chicken and egg problem.

Could you please elaborate on that? Not sure I follow. If people use it, get wrong directions, how does it improve? Are users able to make corrections or?

Yes you as the user hit the report button when you see something wrong and it gets updated behind the scenes.

Re: Apple releases iOS 6.0.1 with improvements and bug fixes

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Post by awolf »

hospadam wrote: post #40
awolf wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Your issue is a known issue with LTE. In spotty areas the phone keeps switching from LTE to 4G, and then when in 4G searches for LTE. The searching process, which requires powering separate radios for each protocol, is expensive power-wise. If you keep bouncing in and out of LTE this is bound to happen.

Is there any long-term fix for this? Or do I just have to wait for improved LTE coverage (or keep LTE turned off in those areas)?

It doesn't seem like a software issue to me, so I'd guess no fix will come aside from LTE coverage improving in your area.

It's just the cold hard facts of where the state of cellular radio technology is today. It's pretty amazing as is that the iPhone 5 can be so much thinner, lighter, support a larger hi-res screen, be twice as fast, and support LTE. The spotty LTE issue is just one of those compromises that I don't think much can be done about.

Re: Apple releases iOS 6.0.1 with improvements and bug fixes

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Post by awolf »

jazzychad wrote: post #29

Maybe this will help fix the battery issues. My iphone 5 battery life is horrid, even with LTE disabled and all mail data being set to fetch instead of pull. Is there some known issue about this? I can't be the only one.

Expected behavior with the iPhone 5: ~10-15% better battery life.

You've ruled-out the known spotty LTE switching/searching issue, I'd perform these additional experiments:

1) Disable iCloud sync entirely for a day. In iOS5 there used to be a bunch of battery life problems caused by devices getting caught in an endless loop of pointless background syncing. Maybe you're still hitting something like that.

2) Turn of location services for a day. Maybe you've got something like Find My Friends taking up too much juice?

3) Turn of email "push" for a day. Maybe you've got too many email accounts?

Failing that, maybe you've got a dud? Take it to the Apple store and they can look at your device energy usage logs. They'll most likely tell you to do a fresh iOS install suspecting a software issue.. but in the end they might just switch you to a new device.

Re: Apple releases iOS 6.0.1 with improvements and bug fixes

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Post by smackfu »

joshuahedlund wrote: post #44
robomartin wrote: post #37

Meh. What they really need to fix is Maps. In my family-and-friends ecosystem at least, that is the single reason NO devices have been updated to iOS 6 and nobody is buying any iPhone 5's. My rough guess that that represents about at least 30, if not 50 devices. Is there a website somewhere that is tracking Apple Maps quality vs. Google Maps? I know tons of people that have put updates and new-device purchases on hol…

I don't doubt your anecdotes - I waited until last weekend to update my own - but my Google Analytics data for multiple sites shows iOS 6 with more traffic than all the other iOS versions combined for the entire month of October, and on an upward pace. Clearly a large number of people are not so hesitant.

Interesting. Other sources make it seem like the rate of upgrades has stalled. For instance, this chart has iOS 6 at low 60's percent for all of October: http://david-smith.org/iosversionstats/
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