iPhone 5 + iOS 6 Catch-All

PyromanFO wrote:
Axon wrote:

Trying to answer a simple question. Will iCloud have podcast functionality? It seems Apple are going for a standalone platform with their iOS devices so that should mean an updating of their current handling of podcasts.

I know about Podcaster (use it myself) but it would be nice to have something similar to Google Listen for the iPhone.

Downcaster does this pretty well, IMO. It's what I use to replace Google Listen.

I like Instacast. The interface is a bit weird, but it does everything I wish the built-in app did, including streaming. Once I've suspended and resumed it a bunch of times it can decide it wants to stop playing though, so I do have to restart it on occasion.

So, iOS5...the inability to stash the newsstand in a folder is pissing me off.

Ah found a solution. it's tricky/you need to be quick, but it works.

juv3nal wrote:

Ah found a solution. it's tricky/you need to be quick, but it works.

I just banish it and the rest of the preinstalled apps I don't use to the last page.

*Legion* wrote:

I just banish it and the rest of the preinstalled apps I don't use to the last page.

Yeah, but I like to keep everything on one page. I'm weird like that.

juv3nal wrote:
*Legion* wrote:

I just banish it and the rest of the preinstalled apps I don't use to the last page.

Yeah, but I like to keep everything on one page. I'm weird like that.

My solution was to put something in there that I might actually read if they have a good issue out. That solved the "not in use - can't get rid of it" mentality for me.

Then again I seem to be be more lenient as I try to keep everything within 2 pages.

How is everyone's battery life with iOS 5? With Mrs. Gravey's 3GS and my 4, we're both noticing our batteries drain about twice as fast now. I can't think of any culprits—Find My Friends can't be polling my location constantly, and anyway the battery was draining noticeably before I installed it; and iCloud isn't syncing stuff all the time, or any time actually since I'm not changing any data on my phone.

Do you have a bunch of background apps running?

LeapingGnome wrote:

Do you have a bunch of background apps running?

Not any more than usual. My usage hasn't changed at all since upgrading, which means I never go through the multitasking/previously-opened dealie to close apps since I trust the memory management to take care of that for me. In iOS 4 that meant two days of normal use before charging up. Now it's almost every evening.

No change after a restart either.

Aaron D. wrote:

I updated (iPhone 4) and noticed rather quickly that my battery life took a substantial hit.

Wonder if there's a settings guide to get general battery life back to where it was before updating.

Google reveals a million solutions. Well not really, but they seem to boil down to:

a) turn off everything
b) turn off everything you don't need
c) turn off iCloud
d) turn off wireless syncing
e) turn off Weather location service
f) remove your e-mail accounts, restart, and re-add them
g) some combination of the above

I'll try some of those later (probably wireless synching and some location services), but hope a 5.1 update fixes the issue. Wireless syncing is a convenience I can live without since I plug my phone into my computer to charge it anyway; but iCloud is too much of a neat feature, and I assume it only needs to do its thing when prompted, not be a constant drain.

Anyone using this on an iPad? Is it safe or necessary for an original iPad? While the features look intriguing, I tend to wait for a long time before grabbing new iOS updates.

I updated (iPhone 4) and noticed rather quickly that my battery life took a substantial hit.

Wonder if there's a settings guide to get general battery life back to where it was before updating.

This link had some good tips (which were basically "turn background crap off").

I am using it on the iPad 1. It is "safe".

Hedge wrote:

Anyone using this on an iPad? Is it safe or necessary for an original iPad? While the features look intriguing, I tend to wait for a long time before grabbing new iOS updates.

Do you primarily use your iPad in landscape mode? If so, then you should definitely get for the split keyboard alone. That alone makes this an essential iPad update.

Well, I flip it a lot. But that does sound good. I had just heard there were some bricking issues at first.

Aaron D. wrote:

I updated (iPhone 4) and noticed rather quickly that my battery life took a substantial hit.

It shouldn't. I'd follow those instructions to try and optimize battery life, but I suggest also contacting Apple Support so the issue can hopefully be found and fixed. The most important thing I've found for keeping the battery full is exiting to the dashboard whenever I'm not using the phone.

I've definitely noticed that my 4S, using a restored backup that originated on my iPhone 4, doesn't get nearly the battery life that the 4 does with a freshly activated, from scratch, setup. Might be time to try the Reset All Settings thing again, or even Restore and rebuild my setup from scratch.

There are some location settings for traffic, calibrating the compass, and detecting timezone based on location, that I don't remember being there before. Also, I'm used to Fetching mail on a schedule rather than dedicating battery to Push, but there doesn't seem to be a non-Push option for iCloud. Is there?

As somebody that has used a jailbroken 3GS with Lockinfo for 2 years, Notification Center is just not doing it for me. The settings for it says that it should display however many unread emails, but if I've ever read them in the past and marked them again as unread, it simply doesn't show them. So unless I have absolutely fresh emails/popups, Notification Center is pretty much empty except for the weather panel... real useful.

I mean, if Notification Center would simply show up on the lockscreen I'd be much happier, but iOS has practically never bothered with their precious lockscreen in general. Heck, I thought it would've been a no-brainer to make NC the new lockscreen... but alas, no such luck.

Can't wait until the jailbreak comes out so I can get a tweak to disable NC and reinstall Lockinfo.

Also, check out Pocket Casts if you need a podcast app. The latest version is absolutely fantastic and it's only two bucks.

I haven't updated my iPad 1 due to my love of Lockinfo and and gestures. The latter work absolutely fine on the iPad 1, so I can't see any reason for the lack of them other than forcing people to upgrade. Once an untethered jailbreak is available, I'll probably update.

I updated my iPhone 4 to iOS 5, and haven't had any drop off on battery life. I disabled stocks from notification centre almost immediately, since I have no money, no shares and no interest. Other than that, I haven't turned anything off.

I think I might be in the minority, but I (almost exclusively) use my iPad just for browsing the Web and watching YouTube videos. Thus I can turn almost all the options off without penalty.

Kurrelgyre wrote:

I've definitely noticed that my 4S, using a restored backup that originated on my iPhone 4, doesn't get nearly the battery life that the 4 does with a freshly activated, from scratch, setup. Might be time to try the Reset All Settings thing again, or even Restore and rebuild my setup from scratch.

There are some location settings for traffic, calibrating the compass, and detecting timezone based on location, that I don't remember being there before. Also, I'm used to Fetching mail on a schedule rather than dedicating battery to Push, but there doesn't seem to be a non-Push option for iCloud. Is there?

Yeah, never restore your iphone from one device version to the other. It's just bound to cause conflicts and problems. iCloud data is fine but not apps, music and settings.

jollyeskimo wrote:

Also, check out Pocket Casts if you need a podcast app. The latest version is absolutely fantastic and it's only two bucks.

This looks nicer than Instacast, which I currently use. Sold!

I disabled "Location-based iAds" and a few other location services for things that had no need to know where I am, but that's it. The biggest battery-eater by far is 3G. I think the iPhone 4 gets 5 hours of 3G time before the battery is drained. The 4S is supposed to be better though. I haven't noticed Notification services affecting battery life. They did so tremendously a few years ago, but that's long since been fixed.

An update to iOS 5 to address battery woes is coming in a few weeks.

I have tried almost everything to resolve my battery issue, with no results. An iOS update is my penultimate hope so until then, here's hoping. Otherwise I might try the final, nuclear option: wipe and re-add everything manually.

I just bought a 4S and coming from a blackberry not-so-smart-phone, it seems to chug down the battery real fast. I'm not sure it will last me through a day.

What's the normal time I should expect for a battery? My old BB lasted at least 3 days or so, and I thought it was a hassle to charge :p

Mex wrote:

I just bought a 4S and coming from a blackberry not-so-smart-phone, it seems to chug down the battery real fast. I'm not sure it will last me through a day.

Take a look at the link in the post above yours. It sounds like you're one of the victims of the issue in question.

Mex wrote:

What's the normal time I should expect for a battery? My old BB lasted at least 3 days or so, and I thought it was a hassle to charge :p

Less.

But right now, batteries are chugging a bit faster than they should, and that will be addressed in the iOS 5.0.1 update, which is out to developers in beta now. (EDIT: as referenced by Gravey above)

That will likely help, but it won't be like a Blackberry.

Yeah, I heard that not everyone has the battery drain problem, so I'm wondering if this is what I should expect from my phone now (ie charging every day).

Using 3G consumes battery life pretty quickly, so a lot depends on how much you talk on the phone or do away from WiFi. But the 4S is supposed to be a lot better than even the iPhone 4 for voice comms over 3G. They do some weird dual band thing where voice traffic is sent over a lower-power network.

I just bought one of these for my iPhone 4:

http://www.amazon.com/BOOST-Case-Pro...

Works for the 4s as well.