The iPhone Thread - The Airpods thread in disguise

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colachute: Mar 15, 2015

Whenever I text people who have androids (some not all), it�ll say �Number changed to primary.�

I guess this is a common bug but all of the fixed I have seen on various forums don�t do anything to alleviate the issue permanently.

Has anyone experienced this? Have you fixed it? It�s one of those things that really doesn�t matter, it�s just kind of annoying.

# ? Jul 16, 2019 13:39

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# ? May 19, 2024 11:46

Henrik Zetterberg: Dec 7, 2007

I had that happen to me on my phone when I put 13 on my iPad. Some people on Apple products said I left group conversations somehow and i kissed a bunch of messages.

# ? Jul 16, 2019 14:37

japtor: Oct 28, 2005

KKKLIP ART posted:

How can I stop web pages from being full screen when I do add to home screen on my XS? They are like an app, which I don’t want.

101 posted:

It's a PWA thing I think, and as far as I know you can't stop it from doing that.

Yeah it�s coded into the site to do that. A really ghetto workaround is using Shortcuts (give it a URL, open URL) and making that into a home page icon, but the way it launches is kinda messy. It might be better in iOS 13 at least cause Shortcuts seem to be a lot more integrated.

A theoretical workaround is if there�s some extension that kills that, or some way to tweak the page source, then you could take out whatever bits that tell it to save as a web app instead of just a page bookmark.

# ? Jul 16, 2019 19:21

Gucci Loafers: May 20, 2006; Ask yourself, do you really want to talk to pair of really nice gaudy shoes?

If my iPhone has two or three bars but constantly spins when trying to load whatever website, application or even crashes with a message there�s no internet connectivity - despite being on LTE.

Is this the provider? I rarely had this problem with Verizon and recently switched to T-Mobil on a new iPhone 8.

# ? Jul 17, 2019 21:01

Pants Donkey: Nov 13, 2011

Tab8715 posted:

If my iPhone has two or three bars but constantly spins when trying to load whatever website, application or even crashes with a message there�s no internet connectivity - despite being on LTE.

Is this the provider? I rarely had this problem with Verizon and recently switched to T-Mobil on a new iPhone 8.

This happened to me last year, but only when searching with google (be it the site itself or the address bar). It was loving bizarre, and my �fix� was to switch the default search engine to Bing. I experienced the same issue on Chrome and Safari, and I never got around to fixing it since upgrading to an 11 solved the issue.

# ? Jul 17, 2019 21:09

Macichne Leainig: Jul 26, 2012; by VG

"Bars" are only a single metric of cell signal performance. The tower you're connected to could be congested, or the fact that T-Mobile signals often struggle indoors unless you have a phone that supports a newer lower band like Band 71 (which the iPhone 8 does not.)

# ? Jul 17, 2019 21:10

FlapYoJacks: Feb 12, 2009

Sock The Great posted:

Anyone with a touchID phone in the iOS 13 beta having serious issues getting Apple Pay to come up reliably? The phone unlocks to the home screen before I can even get the second tap on the home button.

On an 8+ of that makes a difference.

I'm on an 8 and it works fine for me.

# ? Jul 17, 2019 21:26

Gucci Loafers: May 20, 2006; Ask yourself, do you really want to talk to pair of really nice gaudy shoes?

Protocol7 posted:

"Bars" are only a single metric of cell signal performance. The tower you're connected to could be congested, or the fact that T-Mobile signals often struggle indoors unless you have a phone that supports a newer lower band like Band 71 (which the iPhone 8 does not.)

What about T-Mobile is bad for indoor performance?

# ? Jul 17, 2019 21:42

Krispy Wafer: Jul 26, 2002; I shouted out "Free the exposed 67"
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Tab8715 posted:

What about T-Mobile is bad for indoor performance?

T-Mobile uses higher frequency radio spectrums. Higher frequencies handle more bandwidth, but penetrate walls worse.

When the merger with AT&T failed they took the 5 billion dollar breakup fee and bought some lower frequencies. So they�re better than they used to be, but still worse indoors than Verizon, who owns a lot of those low band frequencies.

# ? Jul 17, 2019 21:53

XBenedict: May 23, 2006; YOUR LIPS SAY 0, BUT YOUR EYES SAY 1.

Krispy Wafer posted:

T-Mobile uses higher frequency radio spectrums. Higher frequencies handle more bandwidth, but penetrate walls worse.

When the merger with AT&T failed they took the 5 billion dollar breakup fee and bought some lower frequencies. So they�re better than they used to be, but still worse indoors than Verizon, who owns a lot of those low band frequencies.

As a former Verizon customer now with TMo, I can confirm this. The Big Pink sucks inside a building.

# ? Jul 17, 2019 23:16

Sock The Great: Oct 1, 2006; It's Lonely At The Top. But It's Comforting To Look Down Upon Everyone At The Bottom; Grimey Drawer

ratbert90 posted:

I'm on an 8 and it works fine for me.

So weird. It works fine if I double tap with a finger that�s not tied to my TouchID, but if I use either of my thumbs then it just opens right to the lock screen.

# ? Jul 17, 2019 23:44

japtor: Oct 28, 2005

Protocol7 posted:

"Bars" are only a single metric of cell signal performance. The tower you're connected to could be congested, or the fact that T-Mobile signals often struggle indoors unless you have a phone that supports a newer lower band like Band 71 (which the iPhone 8 does not.)

Alternatively there's also whatever throttling the provider can do, whether it be cause hitting the cap on whatever "unlimited" tier you're on, or just customer prioritization (related to congestion), which is also according to service tier. It's not necessarily a no service situation, but it can get slow enough that it might as well be, depending on the use.

# ? Jul 18, 2019 02:13

Matt Zerella: Oct 7, 2002; Norris'es are back baby. It's good again. Awoouu (fox Howl)

ATT was always garbage for me when I worked in midtown and had 5 bars. It was especially bad at MSG when I'd go to Rangers games.

Conversely I'm usually at one bar for Tmo but I get at minimum acceptable performance for iMessage or light app usage.

I don't think we have the low bands here in NYC but I think my XS supports them so that will be nice when it gets flipped on.

# ? Jul 18, 2019 03:00

Jose Oquendo: Jun 20, 2004; Star Trek: The Motion Picture is a boring movie

Bars don't mean poo poo. I have ATT and at my house I get one bar pretty much all the time but I have zero issues with data or voice calls.

# ? Jul 18, 2019 03:18

LODGE NORTH: Jul 30, 2007

Jose Oquendo posted:

Bars don't mean poo poo. I have ATT and at my house I get one bar pretty much all the time but I have zero issues with data or voice calls.

There was an article or post or something a few months ago about how bars don't equate to signal strength, but what the perceived signal were to be if you made a call right then and there. Like, your speeds aren't slower on 1 bar vs 5 bars, but your reception may be bad on 1 bar versus 5 bars.

# ? Jul 18, 2019 03:29

Macichne Leainig: Jul 26, 2012; by VG

japtor posted:

Alternatively there's also whatever throttling the provider can do, whether it be cause hitting the cap on whatever "unlimited" tier you're on, or just customer prioritization (related to congestion), which is also according to service tier. It's not necessarily a no service situation, but it can get slow enough that it might as well be, depending on the use.

Probably less of a concern for T-Mobile cause their threshold is like 50 gigs for deprioritization and unless the other goon was on prepaid or something he should have priority.

T-Mobile is just janky. Does have some poor cell service quality I�ve noticed but I�m on wifi most of the time and it�s cheap as hell so I�m not going to complain about it.

# ? Jul 18, 2019 05:06

Zero One: Dec 30, 2004; HAIL TO THE VICTORS!

For those using Waze, CarPlay, and Ford I got this message today:

# ? Jul 18, 2019 15:44

Gucci Loafers: May 20, 2006; Ask yourself, do you really want to talk to pair of really nice gaudy shoes?

Protocol7 posted:

Probably less of a concern for T-Mobile cause their threshold is like 50 gigs for deprioritization and unless the other goon was on prepaid or something he should have priority.

T-Mobile is just janky. Does have some poor cell service quality I�ve noticed but I�m on wifi most of the time and it�s cheap as hell so I�m not going to complain about it.

I flipped to T-Mobil but as someone who travels all the time for work it�s just not that great.

Who has the absolute best coverage? Verizon or ATT?

# ? Jul 18, 2019 17:47

xzzy: Mar 5, 2009

I think they're pretty much equal. I use ATT and coverage was great on a recent road trip (Chicago->Montana->Jasper and back). The only black holes were in remote mountain valleys where no one will have coverage.

But all my family in Montana uses Verizon and they're happy with their coverage there too.

Ten years ago it was bit more sketchy, ATT was only decent when you stuck to the interstates but Verizon's rural "LTE" was barely providing 3G speeds. But now it feels like there's good parity.

# ? Jul 18, 2019 17:53

TVs Ian: Jun 1, 2000; Such graceful, delicate creatures.

Yeah, nationwide, Verizon & AT&T are about on par. The coverage does tend to vary a bit between regions though.

In cities they tend to be pretty equal, but if you spend any time in rural areas it couldn�t hurt to check the maps, as well as a map for whatever your home area is regardless. I live out in the sticks, and it tends to be that AT&T (which I use) is really weak, Verizon comes in a tiny bit better, and Sprint is totally unusable. No idea on T-Mobile, but they don�t have much presence around here so I�m guessing not great. People here tend to use one of those three or one of the prepaids that use their networks.

# ? Jul 18, 2019 18:20

emdash: Oct 19, 2003; and?

13.0 public beta 3 is out

# ? Jul 18, 2019 18:43

enojy: Sep 11, 2001; bass rattle
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Jose Oquendo posted:

Bars don't mean poo poo. I have ATT and at my house I get one bar pretty much all the time but I have zero issues with data or voice calls.

Same -- I have Verizon, and I'm at one bar so frequently in my apartment, that if it actually climbs to 2 bars once in a blue moon, I notice it like moths to a flame. Doesn't matter, though, as I've never had a single issue with reception.

# ? Jul 18, 2019 18:52

fourwood: Sep 9, 2001; Damn I'll bring them to their knees.

emdash posted:

13.0 public beta 3 is out

Aw yeah, might be time to think about diving in.

# ? Jul 18, 2019 18:54

Rolo: Nov 16, 2005; Hmm, what have we here?

I follow the details link in the update page and it still won�t tell me what�s in build 3. Someone help me out here.

# ? Jul 18, 2019 19:13

Rageaholic: May 31, 2005; Old Town Road to EGOT

emdash posted:

13.0 public beta 3 is out

Niiiiiiiice, thanks for the heads up!

# ? Jul 18, 2019 19:26

Happy Noodle Boy: Jul 3, 2002

Hopefully it�s not total poo poo (on an iPad)!!!

# ? Jul 18, 2019 19:29

Endless Mike: Aug 13, 2003

Happy Noodle Boy posted:

Hopefully it�s not total poo poo (on an iPad)!!!

Good news! It won't install on an iPad, so you don't have to worry about that!

# ? Jul 18, 2019 20:20

Happy Noodle Boy: Jul 3, 2002

Endless Mike posted:

Good news! It won't install on an iPad, so you don't have to worry about that!

I�m about 2 minutes from being real angry then!!!

# ? Jul 18, 2019 20:21

TraderStav: May 19, 2006; It feels like I was standing my entire life and I just sat down

Endless Mike posted:

Good news! It won't install on an iPad, so you don't have to worry about that!

Worked perfectly for me.

# ? Jul 18, 2019 20:27

Endless Mike: Aug 13, 2003

TraderStav posted:

Worked perfectly for me.

Very strange since iOS 13 doesn't exist for iPads!

# ? Jul 18, 2019 20:45

Question Mark Mound: Jun 14, 2006; Tokyo Crystal Mew
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I seriously don�t get the rebranding to iPadOS. It looks like iOS, runs like iOS and uses iOS apps. It�s iOS.

Hopefully PB3 on iPad is less of a mess.

# ? Jul 18, 2019 20:52

Happy Noodle Boy: Jul 3, 2002

Question Mark Mound posted:

I seriously don�t get the rebranding to iPadOS. It looks like iOS, runs like iOS and uses iOS apps. It�s iOS.

Hopefully PB3 on iPad is less of a mess.

Bluebeam is still crashing almost immediately so not great for me! Doesn�t seem to be crashing from quickly swapping between apps, though.

# ? Jul 18, 2019 20:56

Krispy Wafer: Jul 26, 2002; I shouted out "Free the exposed 67"
But they stood on my hair and told me I was fat; Grimey Drawer

Question Mark Mound posted:

I seriously don�t get the rebranding to iPadOS. It looks like iOS, runs like iOS and uses iOS apps. It�s iOS.

Hopefully PB3 on iPad is less of a mess.

iPadOS will be MacOS in a couple more years. They're just getting everyone ready.

Maybe separating them forks their development process too.

# ? Jul 18, 2019 21:01

japtor: Oct 28, 2005

Question Mark Mound posted:

I seriously don�t get the rebranding to iPadOS. It looks like iOS, runs like iOS and uses iOS apps. It�s iOS.

Hopefully PB3 on iPad is less of a mess.

Ideally a good iPad app is expanded more over the iPhone version, whether cause sheer screen size or the additional UI elements/interactions provided on the iPad. I'd guess the rebranding is to push for better iPad designed apps, besides the iPad itself, also cause Catalyst for Mac apps. Their spiel was a good starting point there was a good iPad app, which itself is more than just a big canvassed iPhone app.

# ? Jul 18, 2019 21:26

tuyop: Sep 15, 2006; Every second that we're not growing BASIL is a second wasted; Fun Shoe

My activities app is doing this.

Does the grey area override the workouts.app? Are they additive? Should I not use the workouts app and only use the strong app when I�m lifting?

# ? Jul 19, 2019 02:23

TraderStav: May 19, 2006; It feels like I was standing my entire life and I just sat down

Endless Mike posted:

Very strange since iOS 13 doesn't exist for iPads!

You're a hoot at parties I bet.

But he didn't say iOS. He said 13.0 public beta 3 is out.

# ? Jul 19, 2019 02:39

actionjackson: Jan 12, 2003

hello, I'm having a recurring issue with my archaic iPhone 6. When I plug in headphones (lol headphone jack) the sound won't play through them, however when I unplug them sound comes out of the speaker just fine. However if I restart the phone, everything works again. I'm not sure what the issue is. It's almost as if when the phone plays sound through the speaker (like with an alarm) it somehow disables the ability for the headphone jack to work. Any ideas?

# ? Jul 19, 2019 02:54

tuyop: Sep 15, 2006; Every second that we're not growing BASIL is a second wasted; Fun Shoe

actionjackson posted:

hello, I'm having a recurring issue with my archaic iPhone 6. When I plug in headphones (lol headphone jack) the sound won't play through them, however when I unplug them sound comes out of the speaker just fine. However if I restart the phone, everything works again. I'm not sure what the issue is. It's almost as if when the phone plays sound through the speaker (like with an alarm) it somehow disables the ability for the headphone jack to work. Any ideas?

Any Bluetooth audio devices on and around?

# ? Jul 19, 2019 02:57

actionjackson: Jan 12, 2003

tuyop posted:

Any Bluetooth audio devices on and around?

I do have a pair of bluetooth headphones that I setup, but they weren't anywhere nearby when this happened. I'll try turning off bluetooth anyway - thanks.

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Jose Oquendo: Jun 20, 2004; Star Trek: The Motion Picture is a boring movie

I would blast some canned air in the headphone jack and lightning port. A hard reset wouldn't hurt either.

# ? Jul 19, 2019 03:17

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