The Apple iPhone Thread (2 Viewers)

[goonsquad]

Apple Inc. AAPL -0.91% shook up its senior management in its biggest reshuffle since Chief Executive Tim Cook took the reins last year, pushing out two senior executives amid missteps and management tensions at the company.

Apple said Monday that senior vice presidents Scott Forstall and John Browett would leave the Cupertino, Calif., company. People familiar with the matter said both men were asked to leave.

Yep, the maps and siri guy is gone.

I'm sure AAPL will get hammered over this when the market opens on Wednesday, but in the end this should be good for Apple. Forstall did some amazing work for Apple, especially in driving iOS, but there are reports that he and Jony Ive clashed so much they couldn't be in the same room together. With Forstall leaving, Jony has now been given control over 'Human Interface' design as well as hardware design. I would sooner trust Jony's design chops over Forstall, who was the leading proponent of the awful "skeuomorphic" design trend in some of Apple's software. I think we'll see a simpler, cleaner, more cohesive design aesthetic between hardware and software moving forward.

 

[Abraham]

I think the market will applaud the move.

 

[goonsquad]

I think the market will applaud the move.

Hope you're right, but I could see the "experts" claiming that this is another sign of Apple crumbling without Steve Jobs.

 

[culdeus]

In deciding how to manage the crisis, Mr. Forstall argued that the company could address the outcry without apologizing, as Apple had done when it shipped iPhones with faulty antennas a few years ago, one of these people said. Mr. Cook and others disagreed, these people said. Mr. Cook signed his name to the apology instead.

This doesn't compute. They sent out free protective cases for the antenna thing. Seems sloppy/lazy reporting.

 

[zDragon]

Apple Inc. AAPL -0.91% shook up its senior management in its biggest reshuffle since Chief Executive Tim Cook took the reins last year, pushing out two senior executives amid missteps and management tensions at the company.

Apple said Monday that senior vice presidents Scott Forstall and John Browett would leave the Cupertino, Calif., company. People familiar with the matter said both men were asked to leave.

Yep, the maps and siri guy is gone.

I'm sure AAPL will get hammered over this when the market opens on Wednesday, but in the end this should be good for Apple. Forstall did some amazing work for Apple, especially in driving iOS, but there are reports that he and Jony Ive clashed so much they couldn't be in the same room together. With Forstall leaving, Jony has now been given control over 'Human Interface' design as well as hardware design. I would sooner trust Jony's design chops over Forstall, who was the leading proponent of the awful "skeuomorphic" design trend in some of Apple's software. I think we'll see a simpler, cleaner, more cohesive design aesthetic between hardware and software moving forward.

I remember seeing a lot of articles about the clashes. I would rather see them follow the cleaner software design for the UI. The hardware deserves a lot better OS that it currently has.

 

[Foosball God]

Apple Inc. AAPL -0.91% shook up its senior management in its biggest reshuffle since Chief Executive Tim Cook took the reins last year, pushing out two senior executives amid missteps and management tensions at the company.

Apple said Monday that senior vice presidents Scott Forstall and John Browett would leave the Cupertino, Calif., company. People familiar with the matter said both men were asked to leave.

Yep, the maps and siri guy is gone.

I'm sure AAPL will get hammered over this when the market opens on Wednesday, but in the end this should be good for Apple. Forstall did some amazing work for Apple, especially in driving iOS, but there are reports that he and Jony Ive clashed so much they couldn't be in the same room together. With Forstall leaving, Jony has now been given control over 'Human Interface' design as well as hardware design. I would sooner trust Jony's design chops over Forstall, who was the leading proponent of the awful "skeuomorphic" design trend in some of Apple's software. I think we'll see a simpler, cleaner, more cohesive design aesthetic between hardware and software moving forward.

Personally I think Ivey gaining more control is not going to be a good thing for Apple. Ivey is no Jobs.

 

[Buddy Ball 2K3]

I think the market will applaud the move.

Hope you're right, but I could see the "experts" claiming that this is another sign of Apple crumbling without Steve Jobs.

Down 2.XX% thus far

 

[Abraham]

Had a great experience with the Genius Bar yesterday. My daughter dropped wife's iPhone 4 in the tub so I took it in. Even though the screen had been replaced by a non authorized person and the guts showed water damage, the guy let me replace it with a new 4 for $149. While restoring the phone he noticed that my air lacked iLife, which comes standard now. So he loaded that for me for free. Then we noticed that my 5 wasn't picking up any wireless networks so he traded it out for a new one. Took about an hour and a half.

 

[zDragon]

How to you turn off the Game Center? My son logged into it the other day now every time I launch a game it signs him in. So over the last few days I have been trying to disable as I could care less about it. I would cancel and it would prompt me to Disable. I disabled then next day when I launch a game it logs him in. I sign out, it launches I disable, next day it logs in again.

Any ideas how to stop it?

Edit: Looking around at support forums it seems apple forces you to use this piece of garbage and there is no real way to turn it off.

 

[culdeus]

How to you turn off the Game Center? My son logged into it the other day now every time I launch a game it signs him in. So over the last few days I have been trying to disable as I could care less about it. I would cancel and it would prompt me to Disable. I disabled then next day when I launch a game it logs him in. I sign out, it launches I disable, next day it logs in again. Any ideas how to stop it?Edit: Looking around at support forums it seems apple forces you to use this piece of garbage and there is no real way to turn it off.

1) If you have signed up for Game Center and now wish to opt out, launch Game Center. Click on your account name, and select "Sign Out" from the pop-up.2) Launch "Settings" and select "Notifications." Under "In Notification Center" find and select Game Center.3) Turn all the sliders to "OFF," and set "Alert Style" to "None."If this doesn't work and you can J/B there is a way to remove GC entirely.

 

[zDragon]

How to you turn off the Game Center? My son logged into it the other day now every time I launch a game it signs him in. So over the last few days I have been trying to disable as I could care less about it. I would cancel and it would prompt me to Disable. I disabled then next day when I launch a game it logs him in. I sign out, it launches I disable, next day it logs in again.

Any ideas how to stop it?

Edit: Looking around at support forums it seems apple forces you to use this piece of garbage and there is no real way to turn it off.

1) If you have signed up for Game Center and now wish to opt out, launch Game Center. Click on your account name, and select "Sign Out" from the pop-up.2) Launch "Settings" and select "Notifications." Under "In Notification Center" find and select Game Center.

3) Turn all the sliders to "OFF," and set "Alert Style" to "None."

If this doesn't work and you can J/B there is a way to remove GC entirely.

Checked that several times. Thanks for the follow-up though.It seems no matter what I do it decides to relaunch it self. I also dug through a few of the games that had their on settings such as pocket planes and could not find anything that is launching

it or tied to it.

I about to the point of actually jailbreaking it. It really is lacking as an OS experience right now. My only concern is the mentions I have seen of stability issues and the only way to go being a untethered jailbreak. Which at the moment I have not seen for IOS6 and the iPhone 5.

 

[AcerFC]

I know the guy lost his job over it, but I was just in Orlando and the maps got me to and from the airport to where I needed to be 3 times.

 

[[icon]]

I could care less about it.

You could?

 

[zDragon]

Yes and I do today. Thanks for following up with an useful response.

 

[culdeus]

How to you turn off the Game Center? My son logged into it the other day now every time I launch a game it signs him in. So over the last few days I have been trying to disable as I could care less about it. I would cancel and it would prompt me to Disable. I disabled then next day when I launch a game it logs him in. I sign out, it launches I disable, next day it logs in again.

Any ideas how to stop it?

Edit: Looking around at support forums it seems apple forces you to use this piece of garbage and there is no real way to turn it off.

1) If you have signed up for Game Center and now wish to opt out, launch Game Center. Click on your account name, and select "Sign Out" from the pop-up.2) Launch "Settings" and select "Notifications." Under "In Notification Center" find and select Game Center.

3) Turn all the sliders to "OFF," and set "Alert Style" to "None."

If this doesn't work and you can J/B there is a way to remove GC entirely.

Checked that several times. Thanks for the follow-up though.It seems no matter what I do it decides to relaunch it self. I also dug through a few of the games that had their on settings such as pocket planes and could not find anything that is launching

it or tied to it.

I about to the point of actually jailbreaking it. It really is lacking as an OS experience right now. My only concern is the mentions I have seen of stability issues and the only way to go being a untethered jailbreak. Which at the moment I have not seen for IOS6 and the iPhone 5.

Currently there is no j/b for Iphone5 or ios6 on phones newer than 3GS. I don't get the sense they are very close to it and with the Iphone5 hardware it could be a really, really long time.I think most likely people are going to find a way to downgrade people to 5.1.1 and run corona first. There is no improvement whatsoever anyone wants between io5 and io6 which you can't tweak your way up to that I have run across.

 

[zDragon]

How to you turn off the Game Center? My son logged into it the other day now every time I launch a game it signs him in. So over the last few days I have been trying to disable as I could care less about it. I would cancel and it would prompt me to Disable. I disabled then next day when I launch a game it logs him in. I sign out, it launches I disable, next day it logs in again.

Any ideas how to stop it?

Edit: Looking around at support forums it seems apple forces you to use this piece of garbage and there is no real way to turn it off.

1) If you have signed up for Game Center and now wish to opt out, launch Game Center. Click on your account name, and select "Sign Out" from the pop-up.2) Launch "Settings" and select "Notifications." Under "In Notification Center" find and select Game Center.

3) Turn all the sliders to "OFF," and set "Alert Style" to "None."

If this doesn't work and you can J/B there is a way to remove GC entirely.

Checked that several times. Thanks for the follow-up though.It seems no matter what I do it decides to relaunch it self. I also dug through a few of the games that had their on settings such as pocket planes and could not find anything that is launching

it or tied to it.

I about to the point of actually jailbreaking it. It really is lacking as an OS experience right now. My only concern is the mentions I have seen of stability issues and the only way to go being a untethered jailbreak. Which at the moment I have not seen for IOS6 and the iPhone 5.

Currently there is no j/b for Iphone5 or ios6 on phones newer than 3GS. I don't get the sense they are very close to it and with the Iphone5 hardware it could be a really, really long time.I think most likely people are going to find a way to downgrade people to 5.1.1 and run corona first. There is no improvement whatsoever anyone wants between io5 and io6 which you can't tweak your way up to that I have run across.

The articles I was reading seemed to indicate they were waiting for the first bug fixes to come in. Since the 5 is my first iPhone I am not sure what I would be losing between versions. I know I do not care for most of the built in Apps. So probably not a big loss if I could downgrade to an older ROM.With all that being said it does appear that the latest patch has fixed some of the lockups and keyboard glitches I had. Although, I still get erratic network drops on wi-fi and LTE. For some reason I'm not seeing them on 3G once it connects.

 

[Bill Brasky]

Just bought an iPhone, haven't owned one before. Wife has had one for years and we also have an iPad that I've bought several things on. So I can't create a new account and share things I've purchased in the past under my wife's account? That can't be right, can it?

 

[culdeus]

Just bought an iPhone, haven't owned one before. Wife has had one for years and we also have an iPad that I've bought several things on. So I can't create a new account and share things I've purchased in the past under my wife's account? That can't be right, can it?

Yes, 5 devices can share purchases. It may be up to 8 now?

 

[Bill Brasky]

Just bought an iPhone, haven't owned one before. Wife has had one for years and we also have an iPad that I've bought several things on. So I can't create a new account and share things I've purchased in the past under my wife's account? That can't be right, can it?

Yes, 5 devices can share purchases. It may be up to 8 now?

does having the same account to share cause any issues?

 

[Bill Brasky]

what are the must have jailbreak apps?

 

[zDragon]

I never realized how quirky and irritating using an iPhone could be. So here's the latest issue I have which I know the answer will be void your warranty and jailbreak it.

So I wanted to carry some wallpapers to work from our latest family vacation. I had already moved some snapshots over so I thought this would be nice simple and easy. So I drag all the images I want into the folder I'm syncing iTunes with and presto they sync to my iPhone. I get to work plug in my iPhone and my drive comes right up. So I go to navigate to find my pictures and realized it only exposes the camera roll. Nothing else is available to copy across.

So is a jailbreak the best way to get access to MY data on the phone and not just what apple wants me to see?

It is getting to where I hat this thing more and more. Seems like the only thing to do is jailbreak it when a stable release is out.

 

[Reepicheep]

I never realized how quirky and irritating using an iPhone could be. So here's the latest issue I have which I know the answer will be void your warranty and jailbreak it.So I wanted to carry some wallpapers to work from our latest family vacation. I had already moved some snapshots over so I thought this would be nice simple and easy. So I drag all the images I want into the folder I'm syncing iTunes with and presto they sync to my iPhone. I get to work plug in my iPhone and my drive comes right up. So I go to navigate to find my pictures and realized it only exposes the camera roll. Nothing else is available to copy across. So is a jailbreak the best way to get access to MY data on the phone and not just what apple wants me to see? It is getting to where I hat this thing more and more. Seems like the only thing to do is jailbreak it when a stable release is out.

It is something of an annoying shortcoming that the iPhone can't be used as general-prupose removable storage. But why can't you just send the pictures to your work email? If for some reason you have to transfer the files by copying them from one computer, to an intermediate device, then onto the next computer, you'll probably be a lot happier just buying a $5 flash drive, than trying to jailbreak your phone.

 

[[icon]]

I never realized how quirky and irritating using an iPhone could be. So here's the latest issue I have which I know the answer will be void your warranty and jailbreak it.So I wanted to carry some wallpapers to work from our latest family vacation. I had already moved some snapshots over so I thought this would be nice simple and easy. So I drag all the images I want into the folder I'm syncing iTunes with and presto they sync to my iPhone. I get to work plug in my iPhone and my drive comes right up. So I go to navigate to find my pictures and realized it only exposes the camera roll. Nothing else is available to copy across. So is a jailbreak the best way to get access to MY data on the phone and not just what apple wants me to see? It is getting to where I hat this thing more and more. Seems like the only thing to do is jailbreak it when a stable release is out.

Why on gods green earth are you not using a simple cloud drive (DropBox, etc) for something like this?

 

[No. 16]

I never realized how quirky and irritating using an iPhone could be. So here's the latest issue I have which I know the answer will be void your warranty and jailbreak it.So I wanted to carry some wallpapers to work from our latest family vacation. I had already moved some snapshots over so I thought this would be nice simple and easy. So I drag all the images I want into the folder I'm syncing iTunes with and presto they sync to my iPhone. I get to work plug in my iPhone and my drive comes right up. So I go to navigate to find my pictures and realized it only exposes the camera roll. Nothing else is available to copy across. So is a jailbreak the best way to get access to MY data on the phone and not just what apple wants me to see? It is getting to where I hat this thing more and more. Seems like the only thing to do is jailbreak it when a stable release is out.

Should just sell the iPhone and get an android device.

 

[[icon]]

I never realized how quirky and irritating using an iPhone could be. So here's the latest issue I have which I know the answer will be void your warranty and jailbreak it.So I wanted to carry some wallpapers to work from our latest family vacation. I had already moved some snapshots over so I thought this would be nice simple and easy. So I drag all the images I want into the folder I'm syncing iTunes with and presto they sync to my iPhone. I get to work plug in my iPhone and my drive comes right up. So I go to navigate to find my pictures and realized it only exposes the camera roll. Nothing else is available to copy across. So is a jailbreak the best way to get access to MY data on the phone and not just what apple wants me to see? It is getting to where I hat this thing more and more. Seems like the only thing to do is jailbreak it when a stable release is out.

Should just sell the iPhone and get an android device.

Pretty obvious the device isn't a good fit for your needs

 

[culdeus]

I never realized how quirky and irritating using an iPhone could be. So here's the latest issue I have which I know the answer will be void your warranty and jailbreak it.So I wanted to carry some wallpapers to work from our latest family vacation. I had already moved some snapshots over so I thought this would be nice simple and easy. So I drag all the images I want into the folder I'm syncing iTunes with and presto they sync to my iPhone. I get to work plug in my iPhone and my drive comes right up. So I go to navigate to find my pictures and realized it only exposes the camera roll. Nothing else is available to copy across. So is a jailbreak the best way to get access to MY data on the phone and not just what apple wants me to see? It is getting to where I hat this thing more and more. Seems like the only thing to do is jailbreak it when a stable release is out.

google iExplorer. There are similar products to this for cheap.Also, they are really lax about letting apps get through that allow actual directory structure viewing. They'll let those apps slide for a few weeks at a time.

 

[Ignoratio Elenchi]

Can't believe people are still responding to the zDragon shtick in here.

 

[culdeus]

Can't believe people are still responding to the zDragon shtick in here.

oops

 

[zDragon]

I never realized how quirky and irritating using an iPhone could be. So here's the latest issue I have which I know the answer will be void your warranty and jailbreak it.So I wanted to carry some wallpapers to work from our latest family vacation. I had already moved some snapshots over so I thought this would be nice simple and easy. So I drag all the images I want into the folder I'm syncing iTunes with and presto they sync to my iPhone. I get to work plug in my iPhone and my drive comes right up. So I go to navigate to find my pictures and realized it only exposes the camera roll. Nothing else is available to copy across. So is a jailbreak the best way to get access to MY data on the phone and not just what apple wants me to see? It is getting to where I hat this thing more and more. Seems like the only thing to do is jailbreak it when a stable release is out.

It is something of an annoying shortcoming that the iPhone can't be used as general-prupose removable storage. But why can't you just send the pictures to your work email? If for some reason you have to transfer the files by copying them from one computer, to an intermediate device, then onto the next computer, you'll probably be a lot happier just buying a $5 flash drive, than trying to jailbreak your phone.

Resizing them enough would reduce quality if I e-mailed them. That or I would hve to so send a lot of e-mails. Why buy a flash when every other phone can do it. In fact the iPhone lets you mount a portion as a removable storage drive but only your camera roll. Seems silly they don't allow access to all photos.

 

[zDragon]

I never realized how quirky and irritating using an iPhone could be. So here's the latest issue I have which I know the answer will be void your warranty and jailbreak it.So I wanted to carry some wallpapers to work from our latest family vacation. I had already moved some snapshots over so I thought this would be nice simple and easy. So I drag all the images I want into the folder I'm syncing iTunes with and presto they sync to my iPhone. I get to work plug in my iPhone and my drive comes right up. So I go to navigate to find my pictures and realized it only exposes the camera roll. Nothing else is available to copy across. So is a jailbreak the best way to get access to MY data on the phone and not just what apple wants me to see? It is getting to where I hat this thing more and more. Seems like the only thing to do is jailbreak it when a stable release is out.

Why on gods green earth are you not using a simple cloud drive (DropBox, etc) for something like this?

Why would I use a cloud service? The phone does it why would I waste the time when a USB transfer would be faster for large high resolution photos.

 

[zDragon]

I never realized how quirky and irritating using an iPhone could be. So here's the latest issue I have which I know the answer will be void your warranty and jailbreak it.So I wanted to carry some wallpapers to work from our latest family vacation. I had already moved some snapshots over so I thought this would be nice simple and easy. So I drag all the images I want into the folder I'm syncing iTunes with and presto they sync to my iPhone. I get to work plug in my iPhone and my drive comes right up. So I go to navigate to find my pictures and realized it only exposes the camera roll. Nothing else is available to copy across. So is a jailbreak the best way to get access to MY data on the phone and not just what apple wants me to see? It is getting to where I hat this thing more and more. Seems like the only thing to do is jailbreak it when a stable release is out.

Should just sell the iPhone and get an android device.

I don't like the hardware/size of the S3 or EVO. They are just to big. Outside of those everything is pretty much out dated. I thought the iPhone would be just as capable.

 

[zDragon]

I never realized how quirky and irritating using an iPhone could be. So here's the latest issue I have which I know the answer will be void your warranty and jailbreak it.So I wanted to carry some wallpapers to work from our latest family vacation. I had already moved some snapshots over so I thought this would be nice simple and easy. So I drag all the images I want into the folder I'm syncing iTunes with and presto they sync to my iPhone. I get to work plug in my iPhone and my drive comes right up. So I go to navigate to find my pictures and realized it only exposes the camera roll. Nothing else is available to copy across. So is a jailbreak the best way to get access to MY data on the phone and not just what apple wants me to see? It is getting to where I hat this thing more and more. Seems like the only thing to do is jailbreak it when a stable release is out.

Why on gods green earth are you not using a simple cloud drive (DropBox, etc) for something like this?

It's more fun to blame the iPhone for his stupidity?

Why your pretty furious at me for pointing at a flaw in the way the iPHone partitions are setup. Just calm done and take a breath.

 

[zDragon]

I never realized how quirky and irritating using an iPhone could be. So here's the latest issue I have which I know the answer will be void your warranty and jailbreak it.So I wanted to carry some wallpapers to work from our latest family vacation. I had already moved some snapshots over so I thought this would be nice simple and easy. So I drag all the images I want into the folder I'm syncing iTunes with and presto they sync to my iPhone. I get to work plug in my iPhone and my drive comes right up. So I go to navigate to find my pictures and realized it only exposes the camera roll. Nothing else is available to copy across. So is a jailbreak the best way to get access to MY data on the phone and not just what apple wants me to see? It is getting to where I hat this thing more and more. Seems like the only thing to do is jailbreak it when a stable release is out.

Should just sell the iPhone and get an android device.

Pretty obvious the device isn't a good fit for your needs

The size and screen fits my needs perfectly. I find it funny you guys that are big supporters going way back only have insults and lame comments to post.Guess this is the kiss up to Apple thread. Not the discuss the hardware/software issues or just general discussion.Funny how upset you guys get from someone pointing out a flaw.

 

[zDragon]

I never realized how quirky and irritating using an iPhone could be. So here's the latest issue I have which I know the answer will be void your warranty and jailbreak it.So I wanted to carry some wallpapers to work from our latest family vacation. I had already moved some snapshots over so I thought this would be nice simple and easy. So I drag all the images I want into the folder I'm syncing iTunes with and presto they sync to my iPhone. I get to work plug in my iPhone and my drive comes right up. So I go to navigate to find my pictures and realized it only exposes the camera roll. Nothing else is available to copy across. So is a jailbreak the best way to get access to MY data on the phone and not just what apple wants me to see? It is getting to where I hat this thing more and more. Seems like the only thing to do is jailbreak it when a stable release is out.

google iExplorer. There are similar products to this for cheap.Also, they are really lax about letting apps get through that allow actual directory structure viewing. They'll let those apps slide for a few weeks at a time.

Nice application. Reading the docs it seems to expose almost all of the database that the iPhone uses. Definitely worth a look especially since it seems to be the only one that does not require a jailbreak.

 

[No. 16]

I never realized how quirky and irritating using an iPhone could be. So here's the latest issue I have which I know the answer will be void your warranty and jailbreak it.So I wanted to carry some wallpapers to work from our latest family vacation. I had already moved some snapshots over so I thought this would be nice simple and easy. So I drag all the images I want into the folder I'm syncing iTunes with and presto they sync to my iPhone. I get to work plug in my iPhone and my drive comes right up. So I go to navigate to find my pictures and realized it only exposes the camera roll. Nothing else is available to copy across. So is a jailbreak the best way to get access to MY data on the phone and not just what apple wants me to see? It is getting to where I hat this thing more and more. Seems like the only thing to do is jailbreak it when a stable release is out.

Should just sell the iPhone and get an android device.

Pretty obvious the device isn't a good fit for your needs

The size and screen fits my needs perfectly. I find it funny you guys that are big supporters going way back only have insults and lame comments to post.Guess this is the kiss up to Apple thread. Not the discuss the hardware/software issues or just general discussion.Funny how upset you guys get from someone pointing out a flaw.

I'm actually a SG3 users (switched from iphone 4).Just trying to help you out since it seems like you complain about the iPhone 5 every chance you get. The iPhone 5 is good for users who don't crave as much control/customization as you. I don't see the point in dong all this work to make the iPhone suit your needs when there are perfectly capable phones out there.

 

[zDragon]

I never realized how quirky and irritating using an iPhone could be. So here's the latest issue I have which I know the answer will be void your warranty and jailbreak it.So I wanted to carry some wallpapers to work from our latest family vacation. I had already moved some snapshots over so I thought this would be nice simple and easy. So I drag all the images I want into the folder I'm syncing iTunes with and presto they sync to my iPhone. I get to work plug in my iPhone and my drive comes right up. So I go to navigate to find my pictures and realized it only exposes the camera roll. Nothing else is available to copy across. So is a jailbreak the best way to get access to MY data on the phone and not just what apple wants me to see? It is getting to where I hat this thing more and more. Seems like the only thing to do is jailbreak it when a stable release is out.

Should just sell the iPhone and get an android device.

Pretty obvious the device isn't a good fit for your needs

The size and screen fits my needs perfectly. I find it funny you guys that are big supporters going way back only have insults and lame comments to post.Guess this is the kiss up to Apple thread. Not the discuss the hardware/software issues or just general discussion.Funny how upset you guys get from someone pointing out a flaw.

I'm actually a SG3 users (switched from iphone 4).Just trying to help you out since it seems like you complain about the iPhone 5 every chance you get. The iPhone 5 is good for users who don't crave as much control/customization as you. I don't see the point in dong all this work to make the iPhone suit your needs when there are perfectly capable phones out there.

The look, feel and size of the iPhone is almost perfect. If they had went just a little larger say 4.2" then it would have been. I couldn't ask for a better hardware package. I don't want a huge phone in the 4.7" inch range and up. I also don't one that is to plastic. The iPhone 5 is solid, sleek, and just near perfect.The area I have issues with is the software. It does change the workflow tremendously. I'm used to having a very efficient, customizable, and glance-able OS. I'm slowly finding apps that help replace some of the functionality.This is not to say there are not a lot of good features such as the shared photo streams, etc. I'm not really bashing the phone just posting up what I see as issues and looking for answers. Just like with the Photo Album being available on the Mass storage but not the "Synched" photos. Just seems odd. So when I post I'm looking for answers which I got with this one is iExplorer. I also just found the iPhone-Developers site which is a sister site to the XDA forums I frequent for my other devices. A lot of good information over there so I won't have to ask question here any longer so I can get answers with out the ton of responses and a few good ones that give good info such as your reply.

 

[sho nuff]

I never realized how quirky and irritating using an iPhone could be. So here's the latest issue I have which I know the answer will be void your warranty and jailbreak it.So I wanted to carry some wallpapers to work from our latest family vacation. I had already moved some snapshots over so I thought this would be nice simple and easy. So I drag all the images I want into the folder I'm syncing iTunes with and presto they sync to my iPhone. I get to work plug in my iPhone and my drive comes right up. So I go to navigate to find my pictures and realized it only exposes the camera roll. Nothing else is available to copy across. So is a jailbreak the best way to get access to MY data on the phone and not just what apple wants me to see? It is getting to where I hat this thing more and more. Seems like the only thing to do is jailbreak it when a stable release is out.

Should just sell the iPhone and get an android device.

Pretty obvious the device isn't a good fit for your needs

The size and screen fits my needs perfectly. I find it funny you guys that are big supporters going way back only have insults and lame comments to post.Guess this is the kiss up to Apple thread. Not the discuss the hardware/software issues or just general discussion.Funny how upset you guys get from someone pointing out a flaw.

You whine about the iPhone as much as Hucks does about the Big10...then you get one because of the size of the hardware and screen (who actually makes decisions like his) rather than how the phone would work to fix your needs.

 

[sho nuff]

So you bought it because it looks pretty? Are you a chick?

 

[Keerock]

So you bought it because it looks pretty? Are you a chick?

He got one of these to go with it...

 

[Tiger Fan]

I've got 2 things that I can't figure out:

1. I'm using the Gmail app (as in the one I downloaded from the app store, not the stock gmail that you set up...b/c it couldn't do a few things that I needed). when I receive new mail, I get the notification that pops up; but when I click it; often it refreshes gmail and takes a bit to come through. Is this not true push? Is there a fix for this?

2. Is there anyway to snooze calendar reminders? This is driving me crazy!

 

[Reepicheep]

I've got 2 things that I can't figure out:1. I'm using the Gmail app (as in the one I downloaded from the app store, not the stock gmail that you set up...b/c it couldn't do a few things that I needed). when I receive new mail, I get the notification that pops up; but when I click it; often it refreshes gmail and takes a bit to come through. Is this not true push? Is there a fix for this?2. Is there anyway to snooze calendar reminders? This is driving me crazy!

It is not true push. The notification that you have new email is push. But the new emails are not pushed to the app. If you want true push, you need to use the built-in Mail app and configure your gmail account as a Microsoft Exchange account. I am curious what features you are missing that you're willing to put up with the Gmail app for. For the calendar alerts, if I understand your question correctly, the answer is no. For example, you have an appointment at 2:30, and you set it up to remind you 30 minutes before. So the alert pops up at 2:00. There isn't a quick way to tell it, for example, to pop up again in 10 minutes. However, for a given event in the calendar you can set multiple alerts. For things I want to be sure to remember I usually set an alert 1 day in advance and 30-60 min in advance depending on how much lead time I need.So, when the alert pops up, you can swipe it, and it will take you to the event. From there you can hit edit, and add an alert (e.g., 5 minutes before event). Probably not as simple as you wanted but it's better than nothing I suppose.

 

[zDragon]

I never realized how quirky and irritating using an iPhone could be. So here's the latest issue I have which I know the answer will be void your warranty and jailbreak it.So I wanted to carry some wallpapers to work from our latest family vacation. I had already moved some snapshots over so I thought this would be nice simple and easy. So I drag all the images I want into the folder I'm syncing iTunes with and presto they sync to my iPhone. I get to work plug in my iPhone and my drive comes right up. So I go to navigate to find my pictures and realized it only exposes the camera roll. Nothing else is available to copy across. So is a jailbreak the best way to get access to MY data on the phone and not just what apple wants me to see? It is getting to where I hat this thing more and more. Seems like the only thing to do is jailbreak it when a stable release is out.

Should just sell the iPhone and get an android device.

Pretty obvious the device isn't a good fit for your needs

The size and screen fits my needs perfectly. I find it funny you guys that are big supporters going way back only have insults and lame comments to post.Guess this is the kiss up to Apple thread. Not the discuss the hardware/software issues or just general discussion.Funny how upset you guys get from someone pointing out a flaw.

You whine about the iPhone as much as Hucks does about the Big10...then you get one because of the size of the hardware and screen (who actually makes decisions like his) rather than how the phone would work to fix your needs.

So form factor and build quality mean nothing to you? Don't care about the software if it is a boat. A small phone solid phone is what I was looking for. Don't see how that is a bad way to decide. I wouldn't carry that piece of plastic anchor with me everywhere so no matter how good the software it would be worse the the iPhone 5. The smaller android phones are under powered and not very good. Seems like an easy choice to me.I did not realize all of the issues (quirks) i would have. I saw the e-mail, photo stream, etc. It APPEARED to do everything I needed just differently. Just like the photos example. Why expose the Camera Roll (which I had already used to pull pictures off before the return deadline) but not the iTunes synced photos? Just like the Settings where some are in the App and some are in the settings. Just like the Game Center that I can't turn off. I did not see that in the commercials (would be a funny one though). Just like not being able to hold a connection until 6.0.1 came out.Just like the auto-brightness not working.All of those things have been learned over a period of time. When I was in the store looking it all seemed great.

 

[zDragon]

So you bought it because it looks pretty? Are you a chick?

Your so bright and witty.

 

[zDragon]

I've got 2 things that I can't figure out:1. I'm using the Gmail app (as in the one I downloaded from the app store, not the stock gmail that you set up...b/c it couldn't do a few things that I needed). when I receive new mail, I get the notification that pops up; but when I click it; often it refreshes gmail and takes a bit to come through. Is this not true push? Is there a fix for this?2. Is there anyway to snooze calendar reminders? This is driving me crazy!

1. Happened on most of my other phones. The notification came and you opened the e-mail before it got downloaded. I really have not see that on the LTE connection at all.2. No way to snooze I have found. It does seems my exchange account has two reminder times though.

 

[zDragon]

I've got 2 things that I can't figure out:1. I'm using the Gmail app (as in the one I downloaded from the app store, not the stock gmail that you set up...b/c it couldn't do a few things that I needed). when I receive new mail, I get the notification that pops up; but when I click it; often it refreshes gmail and takes a bit to come through. Is this not true push? Is there a fix for this?2. Is there anyway to snooze calendar reminders? This is driving me crazy!

It is not true push. The notification that you have new email is push. But the new emails are not pushed to the app. If you want true push, you need to use the built-in Mail app and configure your gmail account as a Microsoft Exchange account. I am curious what features you are missing that you're willing to put up with the Gmail app for. For the calendar alerts, if I understand your question correctly, the answer is no. For example, you have an appointment at 2:30, and you set it up to remind you 30 minutes before. So the alert pops up at 2:00. There isn't a quick way to tell it, for example, to pop up again in 10 minutes. However, for a given event in the calendar you can set multiple alerts. For things I want to be sure to remember I usually set an alert 1 day in advance and 30-60 min in advance depending on how much lead time I need.So, when the alert pops up, you can swipe it, and it will take you to the event. From there you can hit edit, and add an alert (e.g., 5 minutes before event). Probably not as simple as you wanted but it's better than nothing I suppose.

I would love to not use gmail. My issue is I have three accounts that I need to keep an eye on. So in order to get little red count I need to use both applications. I set up two in the gmail app that are separate from my primary job e-mail that uses the built in app. It would be nice to use one app and have multiple tiles for notification counts.The alert issue is exactly what I mean by quirky compared to other mobile OS's. If I had said something I'd be told to get another phone with this group.

 

[sho nuff]

So form factor and build quality mean nothing to you? Don't care about the software if it is a boat. A small phone solid phone is what I was looking for. Don't see how that is a bad way to decide. I wouldn't carry that piece of plastic anchor with me everywhere so no matter how good the software it would be worse the the iPhone 5. The smaller android phones are under powered and not very good. Seems like an easy choice to me.I did not realize all of the issues (quirks) i would have. I saw the e-mail, photo stream, etc. It APPEARED to do everything I needed just differently. Just like the photos example. Why expose the Camera Roll (which I had already used to pull pictures off before the return deadline) but not the iTunes synced photos? Just like the Settings where some are in the App and some are in the settings. Just like the Game Center that I can't turn off. I did not see that in the commercials (would be a funny one though). Just like not being able to hold a connection until 6.0.1 came out.Just like the auto-brightness not working.All of those things have been learned over a period of time. When I was in the store looking it all seemed great.

Mean nothing to me? No...but its not what I go for to basically make the final decision...which, by your words and how much you complain about iOS seems to be what pushed you to the 5 over other things.

 

[Tiger Fan]

I've got 2 things that I can't figure out:1. I'm using the Gmail app (as in the one I downloaded from the app store, not the stock gmail that you set up...b/c it couldn't do a few things that I needed). when I receive new mail, I get the notification that pops up; but when I click it; often it refreshes gmail and takes a bit to come through. Is this not true push? Is there a fix for this?2. Is there anyway to snooze calendar reminders? This is driving me crazy!

It is not true push. The notification that you have new email is push. But the new emails are not pushed to the app. If you want true push, you need to use the built-in Mail app and configure your gmail account as a Microsoft Exchange account. I am curious what features you are missing that you're willing to put up with the Gmail app for. For the calendar alerts, if I understand your question correctly, the answer is no. For example, you have an appointment at 2:30, and you set it up to remind you 30 minutes before. So the alert pops up at 2:00. There isn't a quick way to tell it, for example, to pop up again in 10 minutes. However, for a given event in the calendar you can set multiple alerts. For things I want to be sure to remember I usually set an alert 1 day in advance and 30-60 min in advance depending on how much lead time I need.So, when the alert pops up, you can swipe it, and it will take you to the event. From there you can hit edit, and add an alert (e.g., 5 minutes before event). Probably not as simple as you wanted but it's better than nothing I suppose.

Thx. As far as what features I'm missing from gmail as exchange:1. Ability to reply from multiple addresses. I have 3 different email addresses linked to my gmail account2. Automatic tagging. I use a lot of gmail filters and the exchange didn't apply the tags appropriately and automatically archive them by simply pressing archive. The gmail app allows this

 

[Abraham]

I setup gmail as an excjange account for push and hav the app if I need to search.

 

[Abraham]

I've got 2 things that I can't figure out:1. I'm using the Gmail app (as in the one I downloaded from the app store, not the stock gmail that you set up...b/c it couldn't do a few things that I needed). when I receive new mail, I get the notification that pops up; but when I click it; often it refreshes gmail and takes a bit to come through. Is this not true push? Is there a fix for this?2. Is there anyway to snooze calendar reminders? This is driving me crazy!

It is not true push. The notification that you have new email is push. But the new emails are not pushed to the app. If you want true push, you need to use the built-in Mail app and configure your gmail account as a Microsoft Exchange account. I am curious what features you are missing that you're willing to put up with the Gmail app for. For the calendar alerts, if I understand your question correctly, the answer is no. For example, you have an appointment at 2:30, and you set it up to remind you 30 minutes before. So the alert pops up at 2:00. There isn't a quick way to tell it, for example, to pop up again in 10 minutes. However, for a given event in the calendar you can set multiple alerts. For things I want to be sure to remember I usually set an alert 1 day in advance and 30-60 min in advance depending on how much lead time I need.So, when the alert pops up, you can swipe it, and it will take you to the event. From there you can hit edit, and add an alert (e.g., 5 minutes before event). Probably not as simple as you wanted but it's better than nothing I suppose.

Thx. As far as what features I'm missing from gmail as exchange:1. Ability to reply from multiple addresses. I have 3 different email addresses linked to my gmail account2. Automatic tagging. I use a lot of gmail filters and the exchange didn't apply the tags appropriately and automatically archive them by simply pressing archive. The gmail app allows this

Can't help On tagging but you can set up three exchange accounts for each different address and they will all come to your main inbox.

 

[Reepicheep]

I've got 2 things that I can't figure out:1. I'm using the Gmail app (as in the one I downloaded from the app store, not the stock gmail that you set up...b/c it couldn't do a few things that I needed). when I receive new mail, I get the notification that pops up; but when I click it; often it refreshes gmail and takes a bit to come through. Is this not true push? Is there a fix for this?2. Is there anyway to snooze calendar reminders? This is driving me crazy!

It is not true push. The notification that you have new email is push. But the new emails are not pushed to the app. If you want true push, you need to use the built-in Mail app and configure your gmail account as a Microsoft Exchange account. I am curious what features you are missing that you're willing to put up with the Gmail app for. For the calendar alerts, if I understand your question correctly, the answer is no. For example, you have an appointment at 2:30, and you set it up to remind you 30 minutes before. So the alert pops up at 2:00. There isn't a quick way to tell it, for example, to pop up again in 10 minutes. However, for a given event in the calendar you can set multiple alerts. For things I want to be sure to remember I usually set an alert 1 day in advance and 30-60 min in advance depending on how much lead time I need.So, when the alert pops up, you can swipe it, and it will take you to the event. From there you can hit edit, and add an alert (e.g., 5 minutes before event). Probably not as simple as you wanted but it's better than nothing I suppose.

Thx. As far as what features I'm missing from gmail as exchange:1. Ability to reply from multiple addresses. I have 3 different email addresses linked to my gmail account2. Automatic tagging. I use a lot of gmail filters and the exchange didn't apply the tags appropriately and automatically archive them by simply pressing archive. The gmail app allows this

On 1, you can definitely change which email address you are sending from in the email composition screen of the default Mail app. If you have more than one address configured, there is a "From" field which you can tap to set the address.For tagging, yeah, that is not there. I have been using Sparrow, which supports tagging, and is really fantastic except that it's on-demand pull only. This is fine for me as I don't get anything time critical via email, so I just check my email a few times a day. But obviously that doesn't work for everyone. Hoping we will see the fruit of Google's acquisition of Sparrow soon, but I'm worried they will keep the goodies on Android.