IOS7 and sychchronicity

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I have two follow-ups on IOS 7.

More on iOS7 –

Hi Jerry,

Just a follow-up on my previous note. The performance issues do look to be limited to the iPhone 4: http://arstechnica.com/apple/2013/09/new-lease-on-life-or-death-sentence-ios-7-on-the-iphone-4/

Here’s a review on other old hardware: http://arstechnica.com/apple/2013/09/dont-let-me-down-apple-ios-7-on-the-ipad-2/

There are a number of bugs, including one rather severe security issue: http://appleinsider.com/articles/13/09/19/apples-control-center-used-to-bypass-ios-7-passcode-lock

The largest issue I’m seeing is that a ton of applications aren’t compatible – either they don’t work, don’t work properly, or have annoyances.

So to add more nuances to my previous note, I would not recommend installing on an iPhone 4, think twice about an iPad2, and wait everywhere else for your apps to be updated, and Apple to release the first bug fix pack.

Cheers,

Doug

Hi Jerry,

I guess I am not one of the naysayers who always come out of the woodwork when something new turns up, but having completed the update of 2 iPhone 4s, 1 iPhone 4S and 2 iPhone 5s, along with an iPad series 3 and 4, I can, with confidence, state that iOS7 works well and is a worthwhile upgrade.

There are some features missing from the iPhone 4 but they should not come as a surprise and are described adequately by Apple on their web site, if you look for them. Bottom line is all users I have met with have loved iOS7 and found it to be a clean, easy and smooth upgrade. It tackles a number of usability issues and for those that dislike the thinner fonts, you can play with them. Lest you think I am some young bright eyed youth with excellent eyesight, I am 64 and all the people I know who did the upgrade are on the ‘wrong’ side of 50.

The one and only problem I have had, which is simply a matter of retraining my slightly older brain, is the delete is now a right to left swipe and not a left to right.

Great upgrade and a superb job by Apple.

Cheers,

Peter M. Jackson

I confess I have not been as active in updating my systems as I should have been, so it turns out to take a while to install IOS7 on my iPhone 4S. I may get an iPhone 5 mostly for the camera and the larger screen. Meanwhile I am jumping through the installation hoops. Apparently older IPhone 4 users might want to wait a bit on installing IOS7, but those with the latest will be happy with the new OS.

I’m still thinking about a new iPhone. I like the camera in the 4S, but the larger screen may be attractive. My vision isn’t what it used to be…

Of course the IOS7 installation did not work. See below.

I’ve been fooling around with hearing aids. They have one salutary effect, which is to keep my from talking so loud; I hear my own voice very loudly when wearing them. It’s a mixed bag as to what they do otherwise. I certainly hear KUSC better, and I can turn the TGV down a bit lower, but the comprehensibility isn’t all that improved; some people just talk really fast, fast enough that the subtitles can’t keep up with them, and neither can I. I’m still experimenting with them.

My hearing problems date from a long time ago, and my hearing losses are selective. Some people I understand very well. Some buildings have acoustics that allow me to understand what is being said. I have to confess that I haven’t understood three consecutive words of the homily since about 2009 when the full effects of the radiation therapy took effect – they seem to have added to the problems I have had since 1950, selective losses in certain frequency notches coupled with full hearing capability in other frequencies. And I always talk too loud. The hearing aids do help in keeping me from shouting at people when I didn’t intend to (usually; I rarely find any reason to shout). I haven’t tried public speaking with the things.

The problem is that I don’t use this Mac stuff much. At one time I was going to convert to Mac but Windows 7 came along and I wasn’t fleeing from Microsoft any more, and things got lax. With the Mac everything is very simple or else it is impossible, but this business of synchronizing and updating is going beyond me.

Now my attempts to install IOS7 run into the warning that I have unsaved apps that will be lost. I don’t know what they are and attempts to synchronize with iStore get references to a mysterious Summary Button that I can’t find, and while I am sure it is all very clear to habitual Apple users it is all very confusing to me. I’ll try to fight my way through it. I used to do this stuff all the time. Dammit I am smarter than the techwriters who have graduated from that school in which they are taught how to explain things so that they can prove to an expert that they have done it, but keep the explanation incomprehensible to normal sane people.

So I am at the state where I am offered a way to install IOS7 but I first must synchronize my iPhone with iStore. That ought to happen automatically but clearly does not. Now what?

I’ve taken the iPhone off the system and told it to update itself by wireless. The wifi here is strong. And my iPhone has now decided it is already updated and is verifying this and is now reduced to the white bitten apple and a tine progress bar.  This looks as if is going to take a while.  I find this disturbing.

 

And after about ten minutes it all appears unchanged. My iPhone shows a white bitten apple and what looks like a progress bar stuck at 20% with no sign of change. I am gong to go have lunch.

 

And I no sooner wrote that than I saw a tiny motion on the progress bar, so I suppose something is happening.  We can all hope.

It’s over half now. Something seems to be happening. Meanwhile it’s lunch time.

OK, it has installed. It’s beautiful. So far no problems at all and in fact it had me reset some stuff I had nearly forgotten anyway.  First impression, IOS7 is fine on an iPhone 4S. I will have more experience shortly. So far there is one major glitch.  IOS7 installs a 4 digit pass code to allow access to the iPhone after it has been on for a while. That adds no real security, and I hate it. Hate it.  But so far I have been unable to turn that “fracture” which was designed by arrogant twerps for use by sheep – there is no way to turn that feature off.  With Apple everything is simple or impossible.  I am hoping this is an exception. I’d rather have the old IOS than have to remember yet another number. 

Does anyone know how to turn off the pass code access feature?

HAN.  Settings. General. There is if you scroll a passcode thingy.  After entering the passcode a couple of times you will be able to turn off the pass code. Maybe one should not do that, but you can do it, so I feel better about it.