The Apple iPhone Thread (2 Viewers)

[mad sweeney]

I think this was asked earlier but I can't find it. Is there more resale value in a 4S that's running the most recent ios6 or the new 7? Does it matter?

unlocked and jailbroken phones usually command a $50 premium. Now that unlocking is so easy that premium may have diminished quite a bit. I haven't checked lately.

In general if you want to sell your phone in the future do NOT update OS on each drop.

They may drop a 614 j/b at the same time as the 700 for legacy devices. 614 j/b is in beta now.

I've never unlocked or jbed a phone. I just put it on eBay usually as is. If I'm reading your post right, the previous software is more desirable (+$50) because whoever buys it can jb it more easily. Is that right?

 

[drummer]

I think this was asked earlier but I can't find it. Is there more resale value in a 4S that's running the most recent ios6 or the new 7? Does it matter?

unlocked and jailbroken phones usually command a $50 premium. Now that unlocking is so easy that premium may have diminished quite a bit. I haven't checked lately.

In general if you want to sell your phone in the future do NOT update OS on each drop.

They may drop a 614 j/b at the same time as the 700 for legacy devices. 614 j/b is in beta now.

Does JBing break the warranty?

 

[Hawks64]

One annoying thing I have noticed is that now if my phone is locked it disconnects from wifi. That's a problem since often I am at clients were cell phone reception is terrible to non existent but often they have wifi. When the phone locks no wifi means no notifications of messages/emails. That's a problem.

 

[Leeroy Jenkins]

One annoying thing I have noticed is that now if my phone is locked it disconnects from wifi. That's a problem since often I am at clients were cell phone reception is terrible to non existent but often they have wifi. When the phone locks no wifi means no notifications of messages/emails. That's a problem.

My wifi is still on while locked

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

I was having trouble with a serious "keyboard lag" after the update (iPhone 4).

How to fix it:

Settings > iCloud > Documents&Data

Toggle the switch to disable. WALA

 

[AcerFC]

I was having trouble with a serious "keyboard lag" after the update (iPhone 4).

How to fix it:

Settings > iCloud > Documents&Data

Toggle the switch to disable. WALA

once you switched it off, it worked ok. I have a 4 and will upgrade eventually

 

[culdeus]

I think this was asked earlier but I can't find it. Is there more resale value in a 4S that's running the most recent ios6 or the new 7? Does it matter?

unlocked and jailbroken phones usually command a $50 premium. Now that unlocking is so easy that premium may have diminished quite a bit. I haven't checked lately.

In general if you want to sell your phone in the future do NOT update OS on each drop.

They may drop a 614 j/b at the same time as the 700 for legacy devices. 614 j/b is in beta now.

I've never unlocked or jbed a phone. I just put it on eBay usually as is. If I'm reading your post right, the previous software is more desirable (+$50) because whoever buys it can jb it more easily. Is that right?

Yes.

 

[culdeus]

Let me say this the $50 premium for non current IOS really dates back to the days where you needed a j/b to unlock. Now that you don't need a j/b to unlock the premium may have shifted to unlocked phones. J/B really doesn't mean all that much to people despite the fact that upwards of 15-20% of IOS users worldwide have used a j/b at one time or another.

I'm not even sure you can run a j/b unlock right now. I haven't looked into it lately.

 

[AcerFC]

Culdy,

Aren't you an android guy now

 

[stbugs]

Culdy,

Aren't you an android guy now

Looks Asian in his pic.

 

[[icon]]

7 is growing on me

 

[-jb-]

If you were going to replace your iPhone every other release, would you rather go from 4 to 5, or 4s to 5s?

 

[Gianni Verscotchie]

Skip the s versions

 

[Abraham]

Skip the s versions

Yup. Each major change has come on the 3G, 4, and 5.

 

[-jb-]

Skip the s versions

Yup. Each major change has come on the 3G, 4, and 5.

Sure, but you could also argue that you're getting the "improved" version of the major change. I tend to agree with you, though.

 

[Leeroy Jenkins]

How is 7 on the iPad?

 

[Leeroy Jenkins]

Are there other dynamic wallpapers?

 

[culdeus]

Culdy,

Aren't you an android guy now

On my main phone.

 

[-jb-]

Are there other dynamic wallpapers?

Saw something cool where you can use the panorama function on the phone to create your own lock screen. I would imagine you could do something similar with wallpaper.

 

[Limp Ditka]

Any way to change this ugly gray backdrop for the folders?

 

[Iwannabeacowboybaby!]

I don't like 7, I don't mind change in general but the look is to pastel or something. I don't like the password thing at the beginning of unlocking, it just slows me down and is annoying. It may not allow someone to use my phone as easy if they steal it but how does that get my phone back to me?

Sometimes we just change to change and the amount of work that goes into that change doesn't equal the outcome.

I'm sure I'll like it more in time, but I doubt it'll be worth the effort that it took to create it.

 

[Sinn Fein]

I don't like 7, I don't mind change in general but the look is to pastel or something. I don't like the password thing at the beginning of unlocking, it just slows me down and is annoying. It may not allow someone to use my phone as easy if they steal it but how does that get my phone back to me?

Sometimes we just change to change and the amount of work that goes into that change doesn't equal the outcome.

I'm sure I'll like it more in time, but I doubt it'll be worth the effort that it took to create it.

you can turn the password off, it was always that way...

 

[Sinn Fein]

How is 7 on the iPad?

Meh. Still getting used to the changes. I like the new search/url bar in safari, but it seems like it used to recognize my bookmarks and favorite sites faster.

 

[Billy Bats]

Any way to change this ugly gray backdrop for the folders?

It all depends on the color of your wallpaper.

 

[Limp Ditka]

Any way to change this ugly gray backdrop for the folders?

It all depends on the color of your wallpaper.

This sucks.

 

[Billy Bats]

Any way to change this ugly gray backdrop for the folders?

It all depends on the color of your wallpaper.

This sucks.

Multiple pages now inside folders, so there's that.

 

[Wooderson]

I don't like 7, I don't mind change in general but the look is to pastel or something. I don't like the password thing at the beginning of unlocking, it just slows me down and is annoying. It may not allow someone to use my phone as easy if they steal it but how does that get my phone back to me?

Sometimes we just change to change and the amount of work that goes into that change doesn't equal the outcome.

I'm sure I'll like it more in time, but I doubt it'll be worth the effort that it took to create it.

you can turn the password off, it was always that way...

Yep. I think it just changed to default after the update. I changed mine back to 15 minutes like I used to have it. But you can also turn it off.

 

[Whitetail Hunter]

I thought the 5s was supposed to go on sale at midnight? None of Apple, ATT or BestBuy have them.

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

I thought the 5s was supposed to go on sale at midnight? None of Apple, ATT or BestBuy have them.

midnight pacific I've heard

 

[ILUVBEER99]

anyone else staying up to order the 5s online or am i the only one?

 

[Mr. Nasty]

anyone else staying up to order the 5s online or am i the only one?

I'm with you Beer. Although I am in CA, so it's probably not considered staying up late, but still ready to buy. Have a 4s and figured the 5s has enough of a 'kick' to entice me.

 

[ILUVBEER99]

anyone else staying up to order the 5s online or am i the only one?

I'm with you Beer. Although I am in CA, so it's probably not considered staying up late, but still ready to buy. Have a 4s and figured the 5s has enough of a 'kick' to entice me.

i'm in same boat, 4s to 5s. Gonna be 2am when ordering opens up here. East Coast is even worse at 3am

 

[Mr. Nasty]

anyone else staying up to order the 5s online or am i the only one?

I'm with you Beer. Although I am in CA, so it's probably not considered staying up late, but still ready to buy. Have a 4s and figured the 5s has enough of a 'kick' to entice me.

i'm in same boat, 4s to 5s. Gonna be 2am when ordering opens up here. East Coast is even worse at 3am

Best of luck to you

 

[Whitetail Hunter]

I ordered a 64gb grey one from AT&T at about 4am est.

7-14 business days.

 

[Abraham]

I'll be eager to hear how you guys like the 5s. I'll probably stop by the store today to play with one.

 

[Billy Bats]

I ordered a 64gb grey one from AT&T at about 4am est.

7-14 business days.

Wow the Mrs read the 64s would be a limited supply. She's out there now in line at an ATnT store.

 

[Ignoratio Elenchi]

Wow, I just installed iOS 7 on my iphone 5 and I absolutely hate it. Any way to go back to the old look?

 

[Billy Bats]

Wow, I just installed iOS 7 on my iphone 5 and I absolutely hate it. Any way to go back to the old look?

iTunes>Restore backup

 

[Ignoratio Elenchi]

Wow, I just installed iOS 7 on my iphone 5 and I absolutely hate it. Any way to go back to the old look?

iTunes>Restore backup

It can't be that easy, can it? I seem to remember it was complicated/impossible to undo an OS update in the past...

 

[Billy Bats]

Wow, I just installed iOS 7 on my iphone 5 and I absolutely hate it. Any way to go back to the old look?

iTunes>Restore backup

It can't be that easy, can it? I seem to remember it was complicated/impossible to undo an OS update in the past...

It should be simple, that's what I did when I removed the iOS 7 beta a few months back. Wasn't a big deal.

 

[Ignoratio Elenchi]

"Choose a backup to restore. This will restore only the contacts, calendars, notes, text messages, and settings, not the iPhone firmware."

 

[Billy Bats]

"Choose a backup to restore. This will restore only the contacts, calendars, notes, text messages, and settings, not the iPhone firmware."

Huh, that's interesting, thought it would work. I just googled it and read "you could uninstall the beta version of iOS 7, there is no way to remove final public version of iOS 7".

Sorry man, just assumed you could.

 

[thecatch]

"up to 3 weeks to ship" from Sprint. <_< I suppose it beats trying to find one at a store around here.

 

[Billy Bats]

Report on scene from Mrs Bats "no ATnT store received the white or gold phones, only black available". How can Apple be so unprepared?

 

[AcerFC]

Guys that stayed up to order online, why not just go to the store and buy it today. Shouldnt all stores have them in stock

Just curious

 

[BigJohn]

Guys that stayed up to order online, why not just go to the store and buy it today. Shouldnt all stores have them in stock

Just curious

Look up 1 post.

 

[AcerFC]

Guys that stayed up to order online, why not just go to the store and buy it today. Shouldnt all stores have them in stock

Just curious

Look up 1 post.

yeah, but there is Best Buy and Wal Mart and Att store. Apple stores are not the only ones that sell these things

 

[lumpy19]

After installing 7 on my wife's iphone I couldn't get facetime or imessages to login. Ended up backing up her phone, erase everything and then doing a restore to backup to fix it. Kind of annoying but it did fix the problem.

 

[Whitetail Hunter]

Guys that stayed up to order online, why not just go to the store and buy it today. Shouldnt all stores have them in stock

Just curious

I didn't stay up once I realized the release was at midnight PST. I happened to wake up an hour after launch. I am at the airport now so being at a store wouldn't have worked.

I was pleasantly surprised to get the phone for "free". I thought they charge me at least $200.

 

[Whitetail Hunter]

#######s are now quoting a ship date of October 21-30. I ordered an hour after launch. Stf is wrong with them?