The iPhone Thread - The Airpods thread in disguise

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saihttam: Apr 15, 2006; Enter sadman

So my text message sound is off when I'm in my car. Is this a phone setting somewhere or is it just how it works with bluetooth in cars?

# ? Sep 23, 2014 09:17

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japtor: Oct 28, 2005

Bottom Liner posted:

By the way, 6 Plus is a lovely name on the level of Nintendo's handhelds (3ds, 3dsxl, 2ds, new 3ds). Ugh.

They could always start using Extreme again. Or Pro. And I just realized Plus was an old Mac thing too.

kernel panic posted:

I got my new 6 today and everything seems perfect, except for the fact that whenever I scroll on a light background there seems to be something like a bar pattern on the screen - light and dark, about 8 different sections, almost like a backlight defect. Has anyone heard about or experienced anything like this? Googling turned up nothing.

Can you link a specific example? Kinda curious wherever it's just a solid light color or if there's a subtle pattern, the latter can cause some funky effects on LCDs.

Damo posted:

They surmised the lovely FPS has to do with the down scaling the 6+ has to deal with constantly. I figured the 6+ would take a hit in GPU performance due to the scaling, but yeah, pretty surprised how big the hit actually is. I'm sure it only noticeably impacts the performances of the phone in games with complex graphics, so you likely won't see it in normal day-to-day usage. Hopefully.

Not the scaling*, simply the raw resolution. The 6 is drawing about a million pixels, the Plus has to draw 2.74 million pixels, with what appears to be the same GPU.

*And I vaguely recall OpenGL and other stuff being able to draw directly to the screen pixels without scaling so the scaler should be a moot point anyway.

# ? Sep 23, 2014 09:19

Damo: Nov 8, 2002; The second-generation Pontiac Sunbird, introduced by the automaker for the 1982 model year as the J2000, was built to be an inexpensive and fuel-efficient front-wheel-drive commuter car capable of seating five.; Offensive Clock

Ah ok, makes sense what you said about just having to push twice the pixels. I guess having half the FPS makes sense when it has to draw twice the pixels. I'm no expert on this stuff, I was just repeating what I read. Maybe I got it wrong or (less likely) they did.

I'm a little surprised Apple was fine with that and didn't include a better GPU to lessen the effect. Seems a shame to have that huge screen but not enough power to push high quality graphics at an FPS comperable to the 6.

I wonder how it's going to affect games. Will they keep things a little less graphically intense so they perform well on 6 and 6+, or will the 6+ versions just have lower quality compared to the 6 versions to keep the FPS similar across both?

Then again, these are 3DMark tests, who knows if the FPS will be quite that different in real world applications.

Damo fucked around with this message at 09:59 on Sep 23, 2014

# ? Sep 23, 2014 09:55

Brock Landers: Jul 28, 2004; You're a donkey. I like that.

japtor posted:

They could always start using Extreme again. Or Pro. And I just realized Plus was an old Mac thing too.

iPhone 7fx

# ? Sep 23, 2014 11:58

Cough Drop The Beat: Jan 22, 2012; by Lowtax

I'm glad there's a toggle for Reachability because it's terrrrrrrible. Whoever decided binding it to almost the same double tap motion as the multitasking screen should be shot on sight. It should have been some type of pinch gesture. I was accidentally enabling it every 15 minutes before I switched it off for good. What a laughable concept with the cheapest execution.

Cough Drop The Beat fucked around with this message at 12:38 on Sep 23, 2014

# ? Sep 23, 2014 12:35

noirstronaut: Aug 10, 2012; by Cowcaster

Killer Queen posted:

I'm glad there's a toggle for Reachability because it's terrrrrrrible. Whoever decided binding it to almost the same double tap motion as the multitasking screen should be shot on sight. It should have been some type of pinch gesture. I was accidentally enabling it every 15 minutes before I switched it off for good. What a laughable concept with the cheapest execution.

It'd be pretty funny to make a feature that is meant for people who are trying to use one hand use two hands to activate.

# ? Sep 23, 2014 12:50

wooly: Jun 5, 2005

Killer Queen posted:

I'm glad there's a toggle for Reachability because it's terrrrrrrible. Whoever decided binding it to almost the same double tap motion as the multitasking screen should be shot on sight. It should have been some type of pinch gesture. I was accidentally enabling it every 15 minutes before I switched it off for good. What a laughable concept with the cheapest execution.

Pinch would need to use more than one digit. Reachability works when operating the phone with just your thumb. I always thought Apple could use the whole of the bottom bezel as a multitasking slider thing.

# ? Sep 23, 2014 12:52

webmeister: Jan 31, 2007; The answer is, mate, because I want to do you slowly. There has to be a bit of sport in this for all of us. In the psychological battle stakes, we are stripped down and ready to go. I want to see those ashen-faced performances; I want more of them. I want to be encouraged. I want to see you squirm.

Damo posted:

Ah ok, makes sense what you said about just having to push twice the pixels. I guess having half the FPS makes sense when it has to draw twice the pixels. I'm no expert on this stuff, I was just repeating what I read. Maybe I got it wrong or (less likely) they did.

I'm a little surprised Apple was fine with that and didn't include a better GPU to lessen the effect. Seems a shame to have that huge screen but not enough power to push high quality graphics at an FPS comperable to the 6.

I wonder how it's going to affect games. Will they keep things a little less graphically intense so they perform well on 6 and 6+, or will the 6+ versions just have lower quality compared to the 6 versions to keep the FPS similar across both?

Then again, these are 3DMark tests, who knows if the FPS will be quite that different in real world applications.

Considering 99% of phone gaming is Clash of Clans/Flappy Bird/Candy Crush etc, 3DMark benchmarks are spectacularly useless for phones. I'm not surprised that they exist, but I genuinely don't get why people would pay any attention to them other than the obvious fanboy dickwaving reasons.

# ? Sep 23, 2014 13:00

fordan: Mar 9, 2009; Clue: Zero

saihttam posted:

So my text message sound is off when I'm in my car. Is this a phone setting somewhere or is it just how it works with bluetooth in cars?

Yeah, I suspect it's playing the alert to bluetooth audio and if you aren't listening to something from your phone it'll be ignored. The "correct" way for your car to handle it is to use the Bluetooth Message Access Profile to get notified about new messages and alert you, but not that many cars do that. Most only deal with audio playing and the hands free protocol for phone calls.

# ? Sep 23, 2014 13:50

smackfu: Jun 7, 2004

Is there any way to delete all the photos off my old iPhone? I want to use it as an iPod touch and free up space for music/podcasts but I can't figure out how to delete photos en masse.

Maybe I just need to delete the whole phone and start over.

# ? Sep 23, 2014 14:07

mes: Apr 28, 2006

smackfu posted:

Is there any way to delete all the photos off my old iPhone? I want to use it as an iPod touch and free up space for music/podcasts but I can't figure out how to delete photos en masse.

Maybe I just need to delete the whole phone and start over.

If you have a Mac, then you can easily do it with Image Capture, I have no idea if you have a Windows machine.

# ? Sep 23, 2014 14:14

Nostalgia4Infinity: Feb 27, 2007; 10,000 YEARS WASN'T ENOUGH LURKING

Killer Queen posted:

I'm glad there's a toggle for Reachability because it's terrrrrrrible. Whoever decided binding it to almost the same double tap motion as the multitasking screen should be shot on sight. It should have been some type of pinch gesture. I was accidentally enabling it every 15 minutes before I switched it off for good. What a laughable concept with the cheapest execution.

Number of times I've activated reachability when I didn't mean to: 0

I didn't think someone could mess up pressing a button twice yet here we are.

# ? Sep 23, 2014 14:16

smackfu: Jun 7, 2004

Nostalgia4Infinity posted:

I didn't think someone could mess up pressing a button twice yet here we are.

OTOH, I didn't think you could invent a new way to touch a button, but Apple did it.

# ? Sep 23, 2014 14:22

Damo: Nov 8, 2002; The second-generation Pontiac Sunbird, introduced by the automaker for the 1982 model year as the J2000, was built to be an inexpensive and fuel-efficient front-wheel-drive commuter car capable of seating five.; Offensive Clock

smackfu posted:

Is there any way to delete all the photos off my old iPhone? I want to use it as an iPod touch and free up space for music/podcasts but I can't figure out how to delete photos en masse.

Maybe I just need to delete the whole phone and start over.

Just connect your phone via USB like normal, the iPhone shows up as a digital camera in My Computer, then just open it up and delete the image files/folders like you would any other files on your computer. Super easy.

Or, if you are on a mac and use iPhoto, it gives you the option to delete photos from your phone after you've imported them to your computer.

Damo fucked around with this message at 14:31 on Sep 23, 2014

# ? Sep 23, 2014 14:26

Damo: Nov 8, 2002; The second-generation Pontiac Sunbird, introduced by the automaker for the 1982 model year as the J2000, was built to be an inexpensive and fuel-efficient front-wheel-drive commuter car capable of seating five.; Offensive Clock

Nostalgia4Infinity posted:

Number of times I've activated reachability when I didn't mean to: 0

I didn't think someone could mess up pressing a button twice yet here we are.

Seriously. I don't have my 6+ yet but I honestly cannot imagine accidentally double touching the home button enough times for it to be a reoccurring problem. I guess there always has to be someone to complain about any given feature or change.

Oops, meant to edit my last post. Sorry for the double post.

# ? Sep 23, 2014 14:28

choobs: Mar 25, 2004; Never bring a duck to a cock fight.

SeANMcBAY posted:

It's amazing to use when driving especially if you use your phone for GPS like I do. I just wish you could make it so the Siri screen dismisses on its own.

Saying "Hey Siri go away" works. "Get out of here" works too.

# ? Sep 23, 2014 14:31

Boris Galerkin: Dec 17, 2011; I don't understand why I can't harass people online. Seriously, somebody please explain why I shouldn't be allowed to stalk others on social media!

Is there a way to reset all app notification permissions?

# ? Sep 23, 2014 14:34

DarkestLite: Feb 27, 2007; "Can we fix it?"
"No, it's fucked."

choobs posted:

Saying "Hey Siri go away" works. "Get out of here" works too.

I was going to say this but got self conscious because I thought that even though it worked on my iPad, it might not work on the iPhone? (I just want my 6 Plus, drat it.)

I did once say "Hey Siri, gently caress off." and legitimately felt bad because she seemed pretty sorry for bothering me.

'Her' is going to be a reality some day, guys.

# ? Sep 23, 2014 14:34

Happy Noodle Boy: Jul 3, 2002

DarkestLite posted:

'Her' is going to be a reality some day, guys.

I hope not. The last thing I need is for my phone to start ignoring me too.

# ? Sep 23, 2014 14:51

gohmak: Feb 12, 2004; cookies need love

My only gripe with the 6 plus reachability is I still can't comfortably reach the left side of the screen to swipe back a page. I wish they would have allowed a left to right swipe anywhere at the screen bottom.

# ? Sep 23, 2014 15:24

Elucidarius: Oct 14, 2006

Nostalgia4Infinity posted:

Number of times I've activated reachability when I didn't mean to: 0

I didn't think someone could mess up pressing a button twice yet here we are.

When I first got the phone I kept accidentally doing it by resting/hovering my thumb over the home button. I thought it was some keyboard glitch until I read about reachability here. At which point, I immediately turned it off.

# ? Sep 23, 2014 15:25

Thwomp: Apr 10, 2003; BA-DUHHH; Grimey Drawer

Having an iDevice on a dock and the Hey Siri feature really does feel like Star Trek.

When you're really busy with something else in the room but need to look something up, yelling at your house and getting an accurate response is Jobs-level magical.

I can see it being a big hit in the kitchen while cooking and having Siri look up measurement conversions without walking away from what you're doing. Also, having both hands full with a baby/child and still being able to get info hands-free is a real thing I appreciate.

# ? Sep 23, 2014 15:29

Nostalgia4Infinity: Feb 27, 2007; 10,000 YEARS WASN'T ENOUGH LURKING

Hey Siri is cool but it has a hard time figuring out what I'm saying on Michigan's lovely roads.

# ? Sep 23, 2014 15:48

xzzy: Mar 5, 2009

Nostalgia4Infinity posted:

Hey Siri is cool but it has a hard time figuring out what I'm saying on Michigan's lovely roads.

Use your captain kirk voice.. big pause between each word and enunciate each syllable.

# ? Sep 23, 2014 15:50

various cheeses: Jan 24, 2013

dutchbstrd posted:

Nice. For reference they both look like this after 2 years.

Mine are all like this now. I had no idea Apple would actually replace them though.

# ? Sep 23, 2014 15:58

sourdough: Apr 30, 2012

gohmak posted:

My only gripe with the 6 plus reachability is I still can't comfortably reach the left side of the screen to swipe back a page. I wish they would have allowed a left to right swipe anywhere at the screen bottom.

So what you're saying, is you'd prefer reachability be more like this:

# ? Sep 23, 2014 16:14

xzzy: Mar 5, 2009

I won't be satisfied until the phone can actually read my mind and do the thing I want it to do without any interaction at all.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMy1zO8m8sM&t=21s

# ? Sep 23, 2014 16:17

noirstronaut: Aug 10, 2012; by Cowcaster

RVProfootballer posted:

So what you're saying, is you'd prefer reachability be more like this:

This is more or less what I would like if I ever used Reachability for anything.

# ? Sep 23, 2014 16:17

asecondduck: Feb 18, 2011; by Nyc_Tattoo

RVProfootballer posted:

So what you're saying, is you'd prefer reachability be more like this:

While that image made me throw up in my mouth a little, what he was really asking for was just a larger swipe area (which the iPad apparently has?).

I've compensated for the small swipe area by using my left hand as my main phone interaction hand.

# ? Sep 23, 2014 16:19

THE BIG DOG DADDY: Oct 16, 2013; Rasheed was, with Aliases, the top 7 PvPers in Bone Krew.

No one talks about this.

noirstronaut posted:

This is more or less what I would like if I ever used Reachability for anything.

Maybe a finely crafted Samsung Galaxy Note 4 would be more up your alley, then.

# ? Sep 23, 2014 16:20

Nostalgia4Infinity: Feb 27, 2007; 10,000 YEARS WASN'T ENOUGH LURKING

Santas Ainol Elf posted:

Maybe a finely crafted Samsung Galaxy Note 4 would be more up your alley, then.

I too wonder if that would suit his needs.

# ? Sep 23, 2014 16:22

noirstronaut: Aug 10, 2012; by Cowcaster

Santas Ainol Elf posted:

Maybe a finely crafted Samsung Galaxy Note 4 would be more up your alley, then.

Ah, perfect. I'll sell my iPhone to get an Android phone because it incorporates a feature I never use better than iOS does. Perfect.

Anyway, how would someone go about removing service from a Verizon phone if they want to sell it? With AT&T, you just remove the SIM.

# ? Sep 23, 2014 16:22

WIFEY WATCHDOG: Jun 25, 2012; Yeah, well I don't trust this guy. I think he regifted, he degifted, and now he's using an upstairs invite as a springboard to a Super Bowl sex romp.

Sure wish my big iphone had a way to negate that huge screen and just show a tiny shrunken moronic patch for my baby fingers, instead of a quick and easy double tap every once in a while.

# ? Sep 23, 2014 16:23

noirstronaut: Aug 10, 2012; by Cowcaster

I'm sorry I would hypothetically use this feature differently than you guys.

# ? Sep 23, 2014 16:26

cage-free egghead: Mar 8, 2004

noirstronaut posted:

Anyway, how would someone go about removing service from a Verizon phone if they want to sell it? With AT&T, you just remove the SIM.

Take out the SIM card if it's a 4G LTE phone. If not, I believe you just have to activate another phone on the same line to deactivate the other.

# ? Sep 23, 2014 16:27

Question Mark Mound: Jun 14, 2006; Tokyo Crystal Mew
Dancing Godzilla

dutchbstrd posted:

Nice. For reference they both look like this after 2 years.

Mine all went like that on the Lightning end but not the USB end. I had no idea that replacement was an option! Looks like I'll be bringing a bunch of cables with me next time I'm near an Apple store.

# ? Sep 23, 2014 16:29

noirstronaut: Aug 10, 2012; by Cowcaster

Lblitzer posted:

Take out the SIM card if it's a 4G LTE phone. If not, I believe you just have to activate another phone on the same line to deactivate the other.

This would be the case for a 5, yeah? I'm asking because I had a loaner 4S from a friend and even after taking out the SIM, it still showed Verizon in the status bar and had service (didn't test calling, took out the SIM so I couldn't connect to data).

# ? Sep 23, 2014 16:30

sourdough: Apr 30, 2012

Dr. Tim Whatley posted:

Sure wish my big iphone had a way to negate that huge screen and just show a tiny shrunken moronic patch for my baby fingers, instead of a quick and easy double tap every once in a while.

Maybe showing a tiny shrunken moronic patch for baby fingers could be a triple tap on the home button.

# ? Sep 23, 2014 16:30