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LODGE NORTH
Jul 30, 2007

So many people preorder now that you can literally walk into an AT&T store and walk out with a phone no problem.

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EconOutlines
Jul 3, 2004

Have they fixed that load problem now? I historically purchased a month or two after launch date due to F5 madness and servers being down to the point where you'd have better luck at a casino.

101
Oct 15, 2012


Vault Dweller

EconOutlines posted:

Have they fixed that load problem now? I historically purchased a month or two after launch date due to F5 madness and servers being down to the point where you'd have better luck at a casino.

The Apple Store app has always been the way to do it. Kind of means you already have to have an Apple device though

The Lord Bude
May 23, 2007

ASK ME ABOUT MY SHITTY, BOUGIE INTERIOR DECORATING ADVICE
iOS 10 havers, is it true that the stock mail app in iOS 10 will finally let you display conversations with the oldest first? The one reason I don't use mail.app is because it displays conversation threads with the newest email first so I have to go the bottom and scroll up.

carry on then
Jul 10, 2010

by VideoGames

(and can't post for 10 years!)

The Lord Bude posted:

iOS 10 havers, is it true that the stock mail app in iOS 10 will finally let you display conversations with the oldest first? The one reason I don't use mail.app is because it displays conversation threads with the newest email first so I have to go the bottom and scroll up.

The Lord Bude
May 23, 2007

ASK ME ABOUT MY SHITTY, BOUGIE INTERIOR DECORATING ADVICE

I'm so excited right now. iOS 10 could literally just be this and I'd be satisfied.

porktree
Mar 23, 2002

You just fucked with the wrong Mexican.

The Lord Bude posted:

I'm so excited right now. iOS 10 could literally just be this and I'd be satisfied.

Come join us on the dark side.

The Lord Bude
May 23, 2007

ASK ME ABOUT MY SHITTY, BOUGIE INTERIOR DECORATING ADVICE

porktree posted:

Come join us on the dark side.

1. how stable are these betas? Am I likely to run into an issue where my phone/ipad is unusable? One of the things I like most about iOS is how polished everything is, and how I just don't run into problems. I'm not sure I want that to change, especially when iOS 10 is probably a month or two away at best.
2. how easy is it to revert back to a stable branch if I run into problems?
3. what happens when iOS 10 gets released for realsies? do I just get upgraded to the release version?

Quantum of Phallus
Dec 27, 2010

iOS 10 is out in like a month if you can wait

cage-free egghead
Mar 8, 2004

The Lord Bude posted:

1. how stable are these betas? Am I likely to run into an issue where my phone/ipad is unusable? One of the things I like most about iOS is how polished everything is, and how I just don't run into problems. I'm not sure I want that to change, especially when iOS 10 is probably a month or two away at best.
2. how easy is it to revert back to a stable branch if I run into problems?
3. what happens when iOS 10 gets released for realsies? do I just get upgraded to the release version?

1. I've had all of the iOS 10 betas so far and no major issues aside from some flakey performance in the early ones and we're just talking about some apps being slightly slow to load or respond.

2. As simple as it is to sign up, just delete the profile it installs and then restart.

3. I believe you have to delete the profile which will revert you back to official release.

Grassy Knowles
Apr 4, 2003

"The original Terminator was a gritty fucking AMAZING piece of sci-fi. Gritty fucking rock-hard MURDER!"

Lblitzer posted:

1. I've had all of the iOS 10 betas so far and no major issues aside from some flakey performance in the early ones and we're just talking about some apps being slightly slow to load or respond.

2. As simple as it is to sign up, just delete the profile it installs and then restart.

3. I believe you have to delete the profile which will revert you back to official release.

1 a. Scanbot crashes. A lot. Scannable/One Note/Camera apps don't, so you might have to switch OCR apps until they can publicly build against iOS10.

Otherwise, yeah, this is it. I mean, I normally run beta for new version releases, but iOS10 has been less flaky than any previous beta I've participated in--no need to restore from backups or anything.

Endless Mike
Aug 13, 2003



Lblitzer posted:

1. I've had all of the iOS 10 betas so far and no major issues aside from some flakey performance in the early ones and we're just talking about some apps being slightly slow to load or respond.

2. As simple as it is to sign up, just delete the profile it installs and then restart.

3. I believe you have to delete the profile which will revert you back to official release.
1. I've had some weird issues here and there, but they've mostly been fixed with each successive beta. I'd certainly consider the current one good enough for release as far as my usage goes, but I grant there's likely to be cases where that's not the case.

2. No, you do this then have to wait until a release build newer than your current beta comes out. Alternatively, you can do a full restore which will bring you back tot he current stable release.

3. I think the beta track will get you to the GM which, unless there's some major 0-day flaw, will be the same as release. From there it'll put you on the 10.1 (then 10.2, then...) track when that starts.

Happy Noodle Boy
Jul 3, 2002


One of the earlier betas had a horrible phone destroying bug where the iTunes Radio UI pop-up for play more/less of this would be play more / play less on the music app but if your phone was locked and you used the locked screen controls then the pop-up would be play less/play more.

Aside from that iOS10 has been good. What i really want is watchOS 3.

The Lord Bude
May 23, 2007

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I'll probably just wait, and keep using outlook in the meantime.

cage-free egghead
Mar 8, 2004

Happy Noodle Boy posted:

Aside from that iOS10 has been good. What i really want is watchOS 3.

How is the watch nowadays? I've been tossing around the idea of picking one up for cheap as prices seemed to have dropped a little bit used.

Bum the Sad
Aug 25, 2002

by VideoGames
Hell Gem
They'll probably announce a new one in a month with a better battery life and waterproofing.

Michael Scott
Jan 3, 2010

by zen death robot

Happy Noodle Boy posted:

One of the earlier betas had a horrible phone destroying bug where the iTunes Radio UI pop-up for play more/less of this would be play more / play less on the music app but if your phone was locked and you used the locked screen controls then the pop-up would be play less/play more.

Aside from that iOS10 has been good. What i really want is watchOS 3.

Haha, you bought the Apple Watch. Are you happy with that decision?

smr
Dec 18, 2002

Kaizoku posted:

1 a. Scanbot crashes. A lot. Scannable/One Note/Camera apps don't, so you might have to switch OCR apps until they can publicly build against iOS10.

Otherwise, yeah, this is it. I mean, I normally run beta for new version releases, but iOS10 has been less flaky than any previous beta I've participated in--no need to restore from backups or anything.

Counterpoint: Scanbot hasn't crashed for me at all. 6S+ w/latest build of iOS10b. It didn't crash on prior builds, either. I use it a lot :S

Happy Noodle Boy
Jul 3, 2002


Lblitzer posted:

How is the watch nowadays? I've been tossing around the idea of picking one up for cheap as prices seemed to have dropped a little bit used.

It's great at giving you the time. If you have apps to actually use then those are neat too. But it's not something i would call essential.

Michael Scott posted:

Haha, you bought the Apple Watch. Are you happy with that decision?

For the most part, yeah. It feels neglected as far as apps being developed for it but the few I use I definitely enjoy. Run keeper (now that it actually works), TheGrint for golf, ecobee for my thermostat / homekit integration with Siri and actually most Siri stuff works pretty good since you can just go Hey Siri to the watch and set reminders, timers, etc.

The activity tracking and health stuff is nice in that it shames for me being lazy and not standing up or moving enough.

eddiewalker
Apr 28, 2004

Arrrr ye landlubber
"Show only unread" is finally in Mail. That was like the last thing keeping me in a third-party client.

Public beta has been decent except for they keyboard refusing to appear a few times, and my iPod music playing through a handset phonecall once.

EL BROMANCE
Jun 10, 2006

COWABUNGA DUDES!
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Showing new mail at the bottom is actually the default on a new install now. It drove me mad trying to work out why I couldn't see new emails I knew were there. Instantly disabled for me, drove me mad.

tofes
Mar 31, 2011

#1 Milpitas Dave and Buster's superfan since 2013
I just switched to a new iPhone and it keeps prompting me to enter an Apple ID password for a family member's account. My old phone didn't do this, how can I stop it?

Grassy Knowles
Apr 4, 2003

"The original Terminator was a gritty fucking AMAZING piece of sci-fi. Gritty fucking rock-hard MURDER!"

smr posted:

Counterpoint: Scanbot hasn't crashed for me at all. 6S+ w/latest build of iOS10b. It didn't crash on prior builds, either. I use it a lot :S

That negates nothing that I said though? Glad it works for you.

GoatSeeGuy
Dec 26, 2003

What if Jerome Walton made me a champion?


tofes posted:

I just switched to a new iPhone and it keeps prompting me to enter an Apple ID password for a family member's account. My old phone didn't do this, how can I stop it?

Are you signed in anywhere with their account, or do you have apps they originally purchased on the phone?

Hdip
Aug 21, 2002

Bum the Sad posted:

They'll probably announce a new one in a month with a better battery life and waterproofing.

Just one experience but my brother has been surfing regularly (several times a week) with his apple watch for about a year now? 6 months at least. No issues with it. *shrugs*

~Coxy
Dec 9, 2003

R.I.P. Inter-OS Sass - b.2000AD d.2003AD

tofes posted:

I just switched to a new iPhone and it keeps prompting me to enter an Apple ID password for a family member's account. My old phone didn't do this, how can I stop it?

Short answer: just restore the iPhone to get it back to completely new status. (And/or restore one of your own backups to it.)

Long answer: their Apple ID is likely signed in to the App Store, for iCloud backup, or has been used to purchase one or more of the apps still on the device. Sign out, delete apps, etc. and it should stop.

atomic gog
Apr 11, 2005


Winner June 2013 POTM
Should i update my iphone 8gb 5c from ios 8.1 to the latest one? Worried about making it much slower. but read that ios9 takes up less space, or the apps are smaller or something?

Bulgogi Hoagie
Jun 1, 2012

We

atomic gog posted:

Should i update my iphone 8gb 5c from ios 8.1 to the latest one? Worried about making it much slower. but read that ios9 takes up less space, or the apps are smaller or something?

make a backup or whatever way there was to restore to a previous version and then upgrade to try it. if it lags a bit you can disable animations in accessibility settings, that helps a bit

LODGE NORTH
Jul 30, 2007

You can't go back to 8.x. Apple stopped signing it.

A Proper Uppercut
Sep 30, 2008

Hey guys, I know this probably isn't really an appropriate question for this thread but I'll take the risk.

So. I live in Massachusetts and my little brother lives in Florida with our mom. Last night he was killed in a motorcycle accident. This morning i hopped on a plane to Florida to help with everything. He had an iPhone 6 with a pass code on it, that's been blowing up all night. I'd like to get into the phone, as I imagine there's some people who are wondering what the hell is going on.

We tried calling Sprint but they need a death certificate to unlock it for us. Which I understand, and we can do eventually, but my mom is freaking out about getting into the phone.

Is there anything I can do?

Pivo
Aug 20, 2004


Sorry for your loss.

Unfortunately, unless you know the passcode, not even Sprint can get into it. This was kinda the big issue with the San Bernardino shooter's phone that made headline news.

Based on what I know, there is nothing you can do. You can contact Facebook (with the death certificate) to perhaps get access to get his Facebook account to let people know on Facebook.
If you keep the phone charged, you can answer phone calls, at least.

This must be really tough, I'm really sorry.

Pivo
Aug 20, 2004


Oh, I had an idea! You can take the SIM card out (wait, is Sprint still CDMA? Sorry I'm Canadian). Anyhow, you CAN transfer the line to ANOTHER phone that you own that isn't locked (Sprint will probably need a death certificate to do that), and then you can receive text messages and answer them as appropriate, but without his Apple ID password, you won't be able to get his iMessages...

Bum the Sad
Aug 25, 2002

by VideoGames
Hell Gem
Cut his corpses finger off and use it to open the phone.

Why does your mom want access to his dick pics so bad? Tell her to calm down. That was his private poo poo, I know if I die I don't want my mom reading all the hosed up conversations I have with my twisted friends.

A Proper Uppercut
Sep 30, 2008

Bum the Sad posted:

Cut his corpses finger off and use it to open the phone.

Why does your mom want access to his dick pics so bad? Tell her to calm down. That was his private poo poo, I know if I die I don't want my mom reading all the hosed up conversations I have with my twisted friends.

Hey, thanks man.

Josh Lyman
May 24, 2009


Actually, I think if you have access to his body, using his finger might be the only option. You don't need to cut it off, obviously.

Weedle
May 31, 2006




Bum the Sad posted:

Cut his corpses finger off and use it to open the phone.

Why does your mom want access to his dick pics so bad? Tell her to calm down. That was his private poo poo, I know if I die I don't want my mom reading all the hosed up conversations I have with my twisted friends.

You're an rear end in a top hat.

LODGE NORTH
Jul 30, 2007

I want to see who will feed the troll in this thread.

MarcusSA
Sep 23, 2007

Josh Lyman posted:

Actually, I think if you have access to his body, using his finger might be the only option. You don't need to cut it off, obviously.

Having tried that multiple times. I have never been able to get Touch ID to work on a corpse.

Serious post.

Bulgogi Hoagie
Jun 1, 2012

We

MarcusSA posted:

Having tried that multiple times. I have never been able to get Touch ID to work on a corpse.

Serious post.

You should probably heat the fingerprint area back to around body temperature you creepy weirdo.

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Jose Oquendo
Jun 20, 2004

Star Trek: The Motion Picture is a boring movie
Didn't Apple help a family who lost a kid in some sort of accident at sea? It wouldn't hurt to email Tim or even Tweet Apple Support.

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