iOS 7 now running on 85% of iPads, iPhones, iPods, says Apple

MacWorld UK ^ | Tuesday, March 25, 2014 | Ashleigh Allsopp

[Star Traveler]

Apple has revealed that iOS 7 is now running on an impressive 85% of iOS devices, compared with just 2.5% of Android devices running the latest version, KitKat.

In a change to its developer website at the end of on 25 March, Apple revealed that its newest mobile operating system is now running on 85 per cent of iOS devices, according to data collected over the 7-day period ending 23 March. That's up from the 74 per cent Apple boasted at the beginning of December, and the 78 per cent touted at the beginning of January. The increase comes at the expense of iOS 6, which dropped from an 18 per cent share of devices to just 12 per cent - good news for Apple. Just three per cent of iPads, iPhones and iPod touches are still running earlier versions of iOS.

Apple released the significantly redesigned iOS 7 on 18 September alongside its new iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c. It's an impressive figure to reach within just six months, particulary when you compare it with the Android figures collected by Google in the 7-day period ending 3 March, which show that just 2.5 per cent of Android devices are running KitKat, the latest version of the operating system, while 62 per cent are running iterations of the earlier Jelly Bean version.

[Elle Bee]

does anyone know if Apple has come up with a delete all option for email on the iPhone?

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[Second Amendment First]

Thanks for your input.
1. I didn’t actually lose the backups. They were on my computer. iTunes was not able to restore them.
2. The music is still on my computer, just lost it in iPad and iTunes. I can reinstall to the iPad again but have to convert all over again to AAC format.
3. Yes ads on the web pages, and occasionally one opens in a new tab. On my computer I use Firefox with addons to block the ads.
4. Perhaps it is a problem with my iTunes software. Everytime I start it I get this message “The registry settings used by the iTunes drivers for importing and burning CD’s and DVD’s are missing. This can happen as a result of installing other CD burning software. Please reinstall iTunes.” I have reinstalled at least a half dozen times and I do not have other burning software on the computer.
5. Forgive me if I expected few problems with the device. I am used to twenty years of Microsoft hassles.

[moehoward]

I agree it’s idiotic advice. Google iOS “7.1 battery drain” and you’ll see several articles about it being the most notable addition with the upgrade. Our phones have all been affected. My iPhone 5 most notably. It’s gone from 24 hrs on a charge to less than 6.

A hard reset is usually the fix all, and it it simple, and quick. Restore is a PITA and time consuming, and unless you are restoring to a previous iOS will probably not fix the issue.

[GailA]

I have a Iphone 4, it wants to update soft ware, It can’t, I have all my music and photos on it. And they are not coming off. AT&T can’t solve the problem. Phone works fine, no scratches on face plate.

Samsung Gal 3 is big battery drainer, get task killer, but you have to task kill every time you use the phone. Down side of it.

[moehoward]

The wife and daughter have 4s models. The youngest has a 4. Me a 5.
The wife keeps hers bursting at the seams with photos too.

For you to update a phone loaded up with images and music you need to hook it up to your computer and open up iTunes. But you might want to wait for an update which is undoubtedly coming soon.

[Not gonna take it anymore]

No issues for me for the last update. But, I do close open apps (one time I counted and I had 27 open, oops ;)

[Not gonna take it anymore]

“The(n) hold the power button and home button in simultaneously until the device shuts down.”

Doing this (just now) just restarted it. It did not completely shut down.