9.2?
― calstars, Wednesday, 9 December 2015 22:58 (eight years ago) link
Has spotlight search on iOS 9.2 ceased working for anyone else? Mine just doesn't work, I used it all the time to find and launch apps. Restart doesn't help. I haven't done a restore, because that's a PITA.
― Jeff, Tuesday, 22 December 2015 12:07 (eight years ago) link
oh god that's like the only way I open stuff anymore, I am NOT going to update if it's going to fux w/ that
― cory artangel (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 22 December 2015 19:51 (eight years ago) link
I use S Light all the time and mine is working fine...I know there is a setting that controls what it looks for...
― calstars, Tuesday, 22 December 2015 20:03 (eight years ago) link
maybe try unchecking everything, restarting, then checking everything again
― calstars, Tuesday, 22 December 2015 20:04 (eight years ago) link
Had that happen too, try repairing permissions
― 0 / 0 (lukas), Wednesday, 23 December 2015 03:20 (eight years ago) link
On iOS?
― Jeff, Wednesday, 23 December 2015 04:19 (eight years ago) link
works fine on 9.2 for me.
― sofatruck, Wednesday, 23 December 2015 04:47 (eight years ago) link
;)
― 0 / 0 (lukas), Wednesday, 23 December 2015 08:08 (eight years ago) link
srs though I guess it was inevitable that iOS devices would get complex and flaky enough that we'd operate on rumor and superstition
― 0 / 0 (lukas), Wednesday, 23 December 2015 08:09 (eight years ago) link
it's been that way since people decided closing applications in the task switcher would make their phone run faster, when background tasks didn't exist
― μpright mammal (mh), Wednesday, 23 December 2015 18:23 (eight years ago) link
nah that made a difference because even if they didn't _run_ in background they could still eat ram while paused.
― big WHOIS aka the nameserver (s.clover), Thursday, 24 December 2015 02:22 (eight years ago) link
many xps but I whole-heartedly embraced a case, man, I have this Native American pattern case from some etsy shop and it is pretty corny but i dig it and I've dropped my phone a bunch of times with no damage
― marcos, Thursday, 24 December 2015 03:07 (eight years ago) link
btw the music app completely blows, so fucking tedious to use, idk why doing certain things requires so many more navigation steps than before
― marcos, Thursday, 24 December 2015 03:09 (eight years ago) link
xxp yeah, but it'd release them or swap them as you launched things, and there wasn't a guarantee that "closing" it would return the memory immediately
― μpright mammal (mh), Thursday, 24 December 2015 03:29 (eight years ago) link
i def observed behavior where some app was crashy because it couldn't handle low memory conditions well and force quitting a few other things made it less so -- like even if often it was a pointless step it seemed like there was some legit validity behind it actually making a difference at other times.
― big WHOIS aka the nameserver (s.clover), Thursday, 24 December 2015 03:52 (eight years ago) link
yeah :/
― μpright mammal (mh), Thursday, 24 December 2015 03:54 (eight years ago) link
There was one iOS release (one of the 8.x ones?) that turned all iPhone 4s into tar sand and force quitting did appear to psychologically help
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 24 December 2015 10:53 (eight years ago) link
fell asleep with my laptop in my lap and woke up to a broken display. just had the display replaced a month ago (at the tail end of my AppleCare) for free
this is going to be expensive, isn't it
― the late great, Saturday, 26 December 2015 00:11 (eight years ago) link
i think you should just fall asleep again and maybe it was all a dream?
― police patrol felt the smell of smoke and found that goat burns (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 28 December 2015 16:59 (eight years ago) link
If you see a cheap i-pod touch on e-bay that is described as i-cloud locked does that make it unusable ? I even know what i-cloud is and would buy one of these if it meant music could be still loaded onto it.
― calzino, Tuesday, 12 January 2016 13:52 (eight years ago) link
I don't* even know
― calzino, Tuesday, 12 January 2016 13:53 (eight years ago) link
it means it's basically unusable because someone owned it and locked it to their account. it's a theft-prevention measure. so someone didn't check it before buying it, or it's stolen.
if you ask someone at apple very nicely you might be able to convince them to unlock it, but probably not
― μpright mammal (mh), Tuesday, 12 January 2016 14:53 (eight years ago) link
Thanks for that mh. I'm glad my bid failed because I don't want stolen or lost gear.
― calzino, Tuesday, 12 January 2016 15:18 (eight years ago) link
You're having trouble using hyphens aren't you.
― fields of salmon, Wednesday, 13 January 2016 02:24 (eight years ago) link
You're having trouble being a worthwhile human being aren't you.
― Mr. Snroombes (mattresslessness), Wednesday, 13 January 2016 02:28 (eight years ago) link
Blue light reduction on iOS is pretty great
― calstars, Friday, 15 January 2016 02:14 (eight years ago) link
About time for color calibration
― calstars, Friday, 15 January 2016 02:15 (eight years ago) link
omg i can't wait for that
― police patrol felt the smell of smoke and found that goat burns (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, 15 January 2016 14:18 (eight years ago) link
get it now! just sign up for the beta program and download away
― calstars, Friday, 15 January 2016 14:22 (eight years ago) link
https://twitter.com/cdespinosa/status/627290421438210048
― Copy rights, pleasing all star wars fans, hiring professionals. (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 17 January 2016 21:01 (eight years ago) link
nice
― Nhex, Sunday, 17 January 2016 21:25 (eight years ago) link
What's up with the vibration motor in the 6S? I finally upgraded from a 4S and I'm missing calls and texts all the time now. I can feel it if I'm holding the phone in my hand, but on my desk, in my bag, and even in my pocket I don't notice it. Never had that issue with the 4S.
And is it normal that my screen goes black/phone goes back to sleep within seconds of the alarm going off? If I want to snooze I have to remember in my half-awake state to not use my thumb to wake up the phone so I can hit snooze, otherwise Touch ID logs me in and turns off the alarm.
Kinda hating Apple right now.
― early rejecter, Wednesday, 16 March 2016 19:29 (eight years ago) link
Apple has the worst user forums. The answers are always wrong, and always have the same smug "It's not Apple, it's you" attitude. And the people giving these unhelpful, incorrect answers are always "level 10" or whatever, which means they must be sitting on the forums all day doing nothing but giving bureaucratic, obstructive "answers". Is this what DMV employees do for fun?
― Dan I., Wednesday, 16 March 2016 20:35 (eight years ago) link
Like look at this one. This poor guy is trying to clear the cache, the CACHE associated with a particular app on his phone; and it's like the other users are intentionally misunderstanding him, telling him to delete files from his Dropbox account. https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4982518?start=0&tstart=0
And every thread I've ever seen on there is exactly like this! The consistency is amazing.
― Dan I., Wednesday, 16 March 2016 20:37 (eight years ago) link
the larger the platform, the more self-styled technical experts who browse the forums
― μpright mammal (mh), Wednesday, 16 March 2016 20:44 (eight years ago) link
The cache issue bugs me for a lot of apps. Wish you could clear it on a per app basis.
― Jeff, Wednesday, 16 March 2016 21:43 (eight years ago) link
it's pretty easy, you just have to delete your dropbox account (see upthread)
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 16 March 2016 21:53 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, but that's annoying too. Although I have done it.
― Jeff, Wednesday, 16 March 2016 22:01 (eight years ago) link
i found the 6s vibration too weak so I had to switch to one that vibrates 5 times in a row and it's much more noticeable
― dan selzer, Wednesday, 16 March 2016 23:24 (eight years ago) link
did you guys know you can make custom vibration patterns? it's a little hidden but you can tap out your own
― μpright mammal (mh), Wednesday, 16 March 2016 23:52 (eight years ago) link
yes tied to different incoming numbers if you want - possibly my favorite feature
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 16 March 2016 23:59 (eight years ago) link
just think about it folks, we are the first humans who have ever lived who regularly experience a buzzing sensation in our pants pockets that then turns out to not actually be happening
― El Tomboto, Thursday, 17 March 2016 00:03 (eight years ago) link
who the fuck is linc davis, how does he reply to every thread i've ever seen and why do his solutions never work? so many mysteries that haunt the apple support forums
― dynamicinterface, Thursday, 17 March 2016 00:09 (eight years ago) link
do any of you have experience w/ using a prepaid SIM w/ an unlocked iPhone? I just got the unlock OK from AT&T and it says to wipe it and then restore it and my phone will be ~unlocked~
And then once I get to Europe, do I just buy the SIM and pop it in? Will I have to restore it again?
― sexy dander (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, 18 March 2016 13:23 (eight years ago) link
Once it's unlocked you can swap sims as much as you like, unless you get one of the sims that bloody lock the phone again. I think Three UK did that, not sure if they still do.
The changing numbers can also confuse iMessage a bit, need to watch for that.
― stet, Friday, 18 March 2016 13:33 (eight years ago) link
yes you can just change sims. no restore/reset. takes a minute to connect to the network. sometimes imessage gets confused for a while (more common in the US ime).
change to ting in the us now you're unlocked imo
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Friday, 18 March 2016 13:43 (eight years ago) link
So I'll just have a new phone number for a week and a half, that's fine. Is there any way to still check my actual voicemail during this time w/o popping the sim back in?
― sexy dander (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, 18 March 2016 13:56 (eight years ago) link
Yes, most networks have an external number you can call so long as you've set up a pin
― stet, Friday, 18 March 2016 14:29 (eight years ago) link
I think the unlocks go over the air now, but previously the way to do it was to connect to a computer and sync in iTunes, it'd download the unlock
― μpright mammal (mh), Friday, 18 March 2016 14:40 (eight years ago) link