Apple iOS 7 Ping!
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Posted on 03/25/2014 8:38:10 AM PDT by 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.
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We have 4 all experiencing the same issue. Checking around for a fix, the number one suggestion amounts to 'reduce you usage of the device'. Lord it's getting hard to love Apple these days….
In line with my previous, it might be a rogue process that locks on location services, which will drain your battery faster than a Salon writer blames anything on global warming.
The “hard reset” is generally the fix-all. Especially for those power greedy 3rd party apps.
My ipad mini is a 32 and it wanted to upgrade yesterday. The upgrade kept saying there was not enough room I had to delete a lot of apps
True I have a lot of hiking pictures and a lot of iTunes, but it is so hard to delete just some of the pix without going to the computers and synchronizing.
Finally got enough room for it to work.
But, but, but what about my iPad 1 serial number 6? I guess I don't qualify. Stuck at iOS 5.x. I love it
I also have an iPad 1, but I feel that upgrading to iOS 5.x was a mistake. Among other things, I lost the ability to use playlists with video (used to even be able to shuffle them!). Now I just have one big list of all the videos on the device. Annoying.
> Did their report say what percentage of those users are REALLY PISSED OFF about the drastic reduction in battery life with the new iOS
Hey NSA monitoring eats up the juice...seriously though, I think it has to do with the icalendar which I turned off. That made a big difference.
I'm seriously considering just going with a tablet that accepts sim cards for my next unit.
I'm assuming you meant SD cards above.
Good luck. Last time I poked around, it looked like even Android was getting ready to eliminate support for SD cards.
I thInk that’s it ... because I’ve noticed that the location symbol is showing up all the time now, I just went down the list of items that use it and found the ones that are doing that - and I individually turned them off.
The first version became obsolete awfully quickly. I get it. The technology advanced rapidly and far outpaced its capabilites. Part of being an early adopter. The iPad 2 still does a serviceable job. I upped from a 1 to a 3. Hope to make it through 2 more releases before replacing.
Then I would settle for a USB port so I could use a thumb drive.
I did an upgrade to my iPad2 last year and it crashed, losing my music and backups. My first and last Apple product.
I dumped my iphone (4) when the contract was up. My phone kept telling me my device didn’t have enough memory. Happy with my S4.
I thought all users got iCloud for backups, something that is real automatic. I’ve already restored a fresh iPad completely from the cloud that Apple automatically includes. I really have no idea why your cloud backup didn’t work.
But, talking about your music ... I have music from the time that iTunes started - and when I got my iPad ... it was ALL THERE even though it had never been on an iPad before!
AND ... all the TV shows and movies were there too! What a deal!
You may have not realized it, but you don’t lose your music - it’s always “in the cloud” and it can always be restored.
I also got a free alternate backup with Dropbox - just for good measure and it ALSO does ALL DATA backup. It’s just amazing!
If you want to, I can show you how to get your iTunes music back and also show you how to do the restore from Apple’s cloud, and also show you how to get some additional and free backup from Dropbox, and so on.
“Good luck. Last time I poked around, it looked like even Android was getting ready to eliminate support for SD cards.”
My last two purchases were based on support for SD card and a removable battery. I may buy the last device that supports them and use it until I die.
Can you show me how to do that in a rain forest in Central America?
Well ... being a long-time user, I know the importance of starting off right - with enough storage space. And a lot of that depends on your usage. I know what my usage is and I know what I want and so, that’s why I loaded up on 64 GB on my iPad. Next time around, I’m getting 128 GB on it. I’m doing good right now on 64 GB ... but I want some more “maneuvering room”.
Now, I don’t load up the iPhone, but only use it for limited things, because I don’t think it should be my general purpose computer. On the other hand, I do use the iPad for my “general” purpose computer and I want it to have the space.
The key here - for people is to know their usage patterns and get the space that they feel comfortable with - in regards to their usage.
Actually I can. I’ve been looking at some alternate solutions, and there are ways to deal with that!
All I know is that it said there were no backups. The music was not purchased through iTunes, but imported from CD’s stored on my computer, a lengthy conversion process. And I didn’t like the new upgrade but you can’t get the old version back. And I hate all the ads I get; with Android I can install adblockers.
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same with me. I haven’t updated my Iphone or my Ipad. They work fine and don’t want to risk any bs with power.
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