Apple iOS Update Ping!
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Posted on 03/09/2015 1:10:38 PM PDT by Swordmaker
It is time to go to your Setting/General/Software Update on your iOS devices because Apple has release iOS 8.2 for general release.
Today at their Spring Forward event Apple made a number of announcements. One smaller but still important update to come from the event was the release of iOS 8.2. The main purpose of iOS 8.2 is to add support for Apple Watch so that devices are ready when it begins to ship next month. It includes the new Apple Watch application, and likely many changes under the hood to prepare devices for when the Apple Watch becomes available.
Health app improvements
- Adds the ability to select the unit of measurement for distance, body temperature, height, weight and blood glucose
- Improves stability when dealing with large amounts of data
- Includes the ability to add and visualize workout sessions from 3rd-party apps
- Addresses an issue that may have prevented users from adding a photo in Medical ID
- Fixes units for vitamins and minerals
- Fixes an issue where Health data wouldn’t refresh after changing data source order
- Fixes an issue where some graphs showed no data values
- Adds a privacy setting that enables turning off tracking of steps, distance and flights climbed
Stability enhancements
- Increases stability of Mail
- Improves stability of Flyover in Maps
- Improves stability of Music
- Improves VoiceOver reliability
- Improves connectivity with Made for iPhone Hearing Aids
Bug fixes
- Fixes an issue in Maps that prevented navigating to some favorite locations
- Addresses an issue where the last word in a quick reply message wasn't autocorrected
- Fixes an issue where duplicate iTunes purchased content could prevent iCloud restore from completing
- Resolves an issue where some music or playlists didn’t sync from
- iTunes to the Music app
- Fixes an issue where deleted audiobooks sometimes remained on device
- Resolves an issue that could prevent call audio from routing to car speakers while using Siri Eyes Free
- Fixes a Bluetooth calling issue where no audio is heard until the call is answered
- Fixes a timezone issue where Calendar events appear in GMT
- Addresses an issue that caused certain events in a custom recurring meeting to drop from an Exchange calendar
- Fixes a certificate error that prevented configuring an Exchange account behind a third-party gateway
- Fixes an issue that could cause an organizer’s Exchange meeting notes to be overwritten
- Resolves an issue that prevented some Calendar events from automatically showing as 'Busy' after accepting an invite
As you can see, there are a fair number of improvements in this release. The size of the update will depend on your device. On an iPhone 6, the OTA update came in at 476MB, while the release for the iPad Air 2 was only 391MB due to the fact that it doesn't include the new Apple Watch application.
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The most irritating thing about the iphone (in my opinion) is the inability to arrange the "desktop" as I choose to arrange it.
The second-most irritating thing is the built-in "crap-Apples" that cannot be removed from the device (by normal users):
On my phone I have moved Passbook, Health, Podcasts, Newsstand, Calculator, Tips, Facetime, etc. in to an icon I've named "Useless Bulls##t". I have no use for any of these apps and would love to be able to remove them from the device - but apparently somebody at Apple knows better than I do what I need on my phone.
If my company issued device was not required to be an iphone, I would probably have a Galaxy S5.
Does this have the new Net Neutrality monitoring app built in too?
I'll download the update and hope for the best.
Other than removing apps you don’t want, how would you like to “arrange” the desktop?
I’d like to be able to place icons anywhere I want them on the screen.
Amen!
Long time Droid Maxx user.
I tried out an Apple iPhone 6 for a week and Strongly dislike the 10 hr battery life, inability to customize desktop, slow network interaction, slow data and talk performance, weird / limited way of editing info on screen, camera pixilation of image at moderate zoom in.
Traded it in within the 15 day trial for a S5.
I’ve had my new Samsung S5 for a week now and am in love with it.
IMHO it is The Perfect smart cell phone.
Almost tempted to buy another one at discount once it’s discontinued by vzw.
BTW: I decided against jailbreak in it so as to maximize security privacy.
Disabled geolocation, anything Google related, and other options that exfiltrate data.
Installed f-secure to add a layer of security for app behavior and secure browsing.
Also only using Firefox Mozilla and Startpage.com for internet.
He makes Peter Pan look like General Patton
Sounds to me like you’ve already gone about arranging your desktop. So move the apple watch ( which is the Apple Store for the watch) to your useless bull crap folder and be done with it.
You can arrange the apps anywhere you want.
Really? I do not think so.
For instance, let’s say I have 8 icons on the first screen of my desktop, and I do not like having them arranged in two rows of 4 icons each.
How would I go about placing, say, the “Phone” icon and the “Safari” icon next to each other, in the two middle positions, one row up from the bottom of the “page”.
The answer is, I cannot: because the iPhone does not allow me to place the icons in any arrangement other than rows which populate from the top left corner of the screen. I can arrange the 8 icons in my example in any order I want, but they will always be grouped in 2 rows of 4, starting at the top left position.
You guys go first!
Not me.
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