TRANSCRIPT FOR EPISODE 314
Welcome to the show I am your host Rob and this is the Today in iOS podcast - First up I want to thank
CARLOS for sending in the music you hear in the background. CARLOS wrote:
Hi Rob,
I'm blind and use VoiceOver. I connected my iPhone
to a Midi Keyboard as playing precise notes using the on-screen
instruments is quite challenging for me. Having said that, Apple has
done wonders with accessibility and making GarageBand mostly
accessible has allowed me the chance to record this song. Thank you
for including it in your podcast.
Regards,
Carlos T
SONG_CARLOS_TAYLOR_140421
Thanks CARLOS for the music and folks I will put the full song at the end of the episode. I also want to thank SCOTT for sending in the Artwork for today's show. SCOTT wrote the following.
Hi rob
This is an image of the National Federation of the Bling logo that I Edited in Phonto on my iPad Mini.
Regards,
Scott S
Well SCOTT Thanks again for sending in this artwork which as you will hear shortly is very appropriate for this episode and folks you can see SCOTT'S artwork in the Tii App in the extras for ep 314
- or if you subscribe via iTunes on your computer as the album artwork and also as a stand alone post in the VIP section and at Facebook.com/todayinios.
If you have some artwork and or music you have created on your iOS device that you would like to share with the audience please email it to me at today in iOS at gmail dot com and please make sure to include which app or apps you used to create said artwork and or music.
02:00
In this segment of how wrong were they we have the following quote quote “This site is dedicated to all information related to tablets competing with and hopefully defeating the iPad. Dubbed iPad Killers, these competitors will hopefully produce a higher quality and cheaper product than Apple’s latest innovation.”
iPadKiller.net, 13 May 2010
And well how is that site doing 4 years later - Well it is dead of course. Shocker - Don't bet against Apple. It is not a good bet.
02:33
For Promo codes - On Ep 313 we offered up chances to win promo codes for the APPs - FORMULAE HELPER and EPHEMERID a MUSICAL ADVENTURE - I will be giving those out later this week - you can find more info about those apps at the beginning of Ep 313
This week we have promo codes for a few apps the first one is
This week we have promo codes for the APP - PUZZLESQUE - Here is the review from the Dev - PLAY PROMO CODE PUZZLESQUE - Thanks to Jesse for his review of his App PUZZLESQUE and for sending in the promo codes to give away. Folks if you would like a chance for a promo code for this app - send an email to todayinos at gmail dot com and put PUZZLE in the subject line.
A QUICK REMINDER if you are an App developer or an iBook Author email me if you want your app or iBook featured in the promo give away segment We Just need the 5 promo codes or more to give away. simply email me at today in ios @ gmail.com and please include a 60 sec or less audio review of your app or iBook - indicating you are the dev or author. Also when you send in the promo codes - please make sure to let me know when they expire.
04:05
http://www.cultofmac.com/286369/tweaks-added-ios-8-beta-3/
Well iOS 8 Beta 3 came out on the 7th - pretty much right on schedule well compared to years past that is. And I did update not just my 3rd gen iPad this time - but also my iPhone 5S - which is my iOS work horse. So far so good.
Per Beta 3 - nothing really big was added - also as expected - but lots of little to mid-size tweaks and adds.
Probably the biggest add in Beta 3 is iCloud drive is now available. Which as it states Quote the easiest way to access your documents across all your devices.To access documents, upgrade all your devices to iOS 8 or OS X Yosemite and turn on iCloud Drive. unquote
Which well I have not updated my Mac to yet - actually I still have not updated my Mac to Mavericks yet. Guess I will be updating that soon.
A new iCloud drive icon has been added to the iCloud settings menu. It can be toggled on and off to allow apps to store documents and data in your iCloud. There’s also an option to allow other people to look you up in apps by your Apple ID email address. More on this in the fall I am sure
Also new in iOS 8 beta 3 Apple added the ability to track your steps and distance using the M7 co-processor - this obviously just for the iPhone 5S, iPad Air and iPad Mini Retina - those are the only 3 devices with the M7. There is also new categories you can manually enter in data - like how much caffeine you consumed. FYI - the 5 hour energy drink I consumed to get this show out - it is 200 mg of caffeine. vs say 330 MG of caffeine for a grande coffee at starbucks or 415 mg for a venti - so yeah - don't give me grief for my once a week or so 5 hour energy drink. It is cheaper than a star bucks too. Sorry but manually entering data about caffeine intake - yeah - not going to do it. Just too lazy.
Now that I updated to iOS 8 beta 3 for my iPhone 5S - I can say one of my most loved new features is the updates to the weather app. You now get by the hour weather out 24 hours. And you get per day weather forecast 9 days out. The 24 hour one is really nice to see what will be happening the next morning through out the morning when planning for the kids activities.
In Beta 3 - they also centered a lot of the weather data. This is the data in iOS 7 that is behind the temp at the top when you tap on it - this is now at the bottom - and you scroll up for it. Plus there is other info like visibility and UV index. Overall - I am very much liking the new Weather app.
There were some more new static wallpapers added. I must say some of the wallpapers available would do well in the New Tacky video from Weird Al - just sayin.
Have not seen that video yet - Oh it is very good - google it. OR bing it or duck duck go it.
One new feature over all in iOS 8 is the ability to see Recently deleted photos and Videos and recover them. beta 3 adds a timestamp to each photo or video showing when each photo is set to be deleted from the deleted folder.
iOS 8 introduces Wifi calling - and beta 3 seems to have it activated for T-mobile beta testers. Not all carriers are supporting this to start - more on this in the future.
In Beta 3 there is now a toggle for Enabling Handoff - this is where continue using apps between all of your iCloud devices. This is set on by default - Battery saving tip - turn it off unless you plan on actually using that service.
Another addition with beta 3 - adding a toggle under Settings then messages - for audio and video messages - you can toggle that on to automatically keep those message - before you needed to manually save each one.
Which I mean is a pain to tap extra keys when your significant other is sending you a private video message seeing how you might not have a free hand at that time. Good things Apples engineers were all over that one.
ok 57 laughs to 6 unsubscribes for that joke - I can live with it.
Ok not sure who this one is for - but now you can turn off Apples quick type keyboard. Go to Settings >> General >> Keyboard >> QuickType.
Again not sure who this is for - but I really like the quick type keyboard. FYI - You always hide the QuickType bar temporarily by swiping down on it, and swiping back up to reveal again. Along with Weather - quick type is one of my top favorite new features in iOS 8.
One more feature kinda for the set up of iOS 8 beta 3 there is now an option to to share App Analytics with App developers. From Apple quote Help app developers improve their apps by allowing Apple to share crash dat as well as statistics about how you use their apps with them unquote. Now if you select this to be on - Extra data and battery usage you will have - and maybe you want to turn it off later on - or maybe you did not turn it on and you feel guilty about not sharing your data with app devs. Ok - the former is more likely that the later - but in any case if you want to change your initial choice go to Settings then Privacy - then Diagnostic & usage - and you will see the Toggle at the bottom. It looks to be an all or nothing share - as in share with all app devs or don't share at all.
Well those are some of the highlights with iOS 8 Beta 3 - which I have to say is running really well on both my devices I have upgraded to it. Which is my 3rd Gen iPad and my iPhone 5S.
I should point out my Pebble Watch is working fine with Beta 3 - I had heard from quite a few people that Betas 1 and 2 - that was not the case.
One feature I found by accident in Beta 3 - and it could have been there in other betas of iOS 8 is when you triple tap one time - you get the Zoom menu box pop up that has the options
Toogle zoom
Window zoom
Choose Filter
and
Show Controller
Toogle zoom - turns zoom on and off.
Window zoom or Full Screen Zoom if you tap on it. Lets you pick between zooming all of the screen or just a section. when it shows full screen zoom in the menu it really means window zoom is active and vice versa - and also the option resize the window zoom lens is there.
Choose filter is a nice option and gives you the options for none, inverted, grayscale, gray scale inverted and finally low light.
Low light is nice as it changes the brightness level of your iOS device - say you are using it in bed - it essentially reduces how bright it can be - think of it as fine adjust for low light brightness.
Any way this looks to be new in iOS 8 beta 3 - and if not new - still new to iOS 8 and new to mentioning on this show.
Again that is a single triple tap on any screen including the lock screen - as long as you have zoom turned on in accessibility.
Again Apple adding great new accessibility features.
Here is some listener feedback on iOS 8 beta 3.
Hi Rob,
Per beta 3 - It is very stable - I put it on my iPad as well as now my iPhone. Still no problem other than longer startup time on my 4S.
Regards,
KK
Hi Rob,
Per Beta 3
I use to write software so I joined the developer team to gain access to tools and the betas. Last year I started downloading the betas at beta 3. This year is started at beta 2.
Beta two was rough.
Now with beta 3 I have new issues.
I like the betas and have a high tolerance for failure (beta 2 pushed it to the limit a few times) that said I don't think beta 3 is ready for prime time.
Keep up the good work
Regards,
BW
14:51
http://appleinsider.com/articles/14/07/10/inside-accessibility-
apple-advances-ios-8-os-x-yosemite-as-android-users-left-frustrated-
Hi Rob,
This shows how bad journalism (Reuters) leads to good journalism (Apple Insider) when reporters actually fact-check. Your contempt for tech bloggers who don’t know what they claim to study is shared by me with regards to the Reuters article.
Regards,
Chelsea
And Chelsea's comments were definitely on the kinder side of what many wrote in on this one - and it is per and lets be blunt here - a horrible schlock article written by Christina Farr and published by Reuters and edited by Edwin Chan and Peter Henderson. Let the guilty be named. And her comments about Apple insider are per Daniel Eran Dilgers article - the best response I read on this.
I want to state normally any time there is public debate about usability issues for those with a disability - that is good. However when there is an article as clearly slanted or just as plain wrong as is the case with Christina Farrs article - it has the potential to do real harm - if there is not a debate especially a strong swift debate. Someone reading her article ONLY would come away with the feeling Apple products are not good for those with a disability - that the National Federation for the Blind is upset with Apple and that Apple does not care about those with disabilities. That messaging beyond being plain wrong - can also be very tragic for those with a disability that then go and make a purchasing decision based on that bad info. Instead of getting an iPhone that has more features out of the box for those with disability they wind up with a far inferior device resulting in a much lower quality of life for the mis-educated user. That is my concern with regards to this article from Christina Farr.
Now lets get into the deets so to speak.
From the article by Farr quote:
Rival Google Inc, whose Android operating system drives more phones than Apple, is also under pressure, but as the creator of the modern smartphone and a long-time champion for the blind, Apple is feeling the most heat.
unquote
Farr wrote with regards to those with accessibility needs
quote Apple hasn't been a steady champion. unquote
HOLLY CRAP - I mean WOW. REALLY. Or as Jim Dalrymple from the loop wrote quote Dear Reuters, you f…ing morons,” unquote.
Can anyone name a single high tech company that has been a bigger or more steady champion for the needs of those with physical disabilities then Apple has been? Any tech company or any company at all? And if so explain why that choice? Because I am scratching my head to think of any company even remotely close. Apple did not jump on the bandwagon of accessibility - Apple was offering up solutions in the 90's and 80's. It has a very very long and consistent history of being THE champion for those with accessibility needs. And this is not something that is hidden knowledge. This is something a simple google search will tell you.
Here is a quote from Seighard W a blind listener of this show - it is from his first email to me on October 5th 2011. Quote I think it would be nice to mention Apple’s commitment to accessibility and how revolutionary IOS devices are for a visually impaired person due to their out of the box accessibility at no extra cost. Previously we had to purchase often very expensive specialty devices which had a fraction of the features of an IOS device at often the same or even more cost. unquote
And from Steve R from June 2012
quote:"I am registered Blind from Surrey in the UK and i am an avid ios & Mac user since i first accidentally came across Voiceover on the iPhone 3Gs. Since that moment a couple of years ago i now own an iPhone 4s & 4, iPad 1 & 3, iMac 27", MBP with 27" Ex Display(i mainly use high levels of zoom) & the apple TV 2. every device has Voiceover which is what the Blind community has been waiting for and i can't tell you how much these products have transformed my life!!" unquote
And I have had many many other emails like that about how iOS devices have drastically improved the quality of life for the users.
It is as if Farr deliberately went out of her way to paint Apple in a bad light. Normally I would say don't blame on malice that which could easily be explained by incompetence - but well this next part of the article has me rethinking that thought process.
Quote
Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook in a 2013 speech at Auburn University described people with disabilities "in a struggle to have their human dignity acknowledged." He said, "They're frequently left in the shadows of technological advancements that are a source of empowerment and attainment for others." unquote.
And here is where I really questions the motivations of the author.
She left out the rest of the quote from Tim cook - essentially changing the entire meaning of what he was saying. Tim continued
Quote
... but Apple's engineers push back against this unacceptable reality, they go to extraordinary lengths to make our products accessible to people with various disabilities from blindness and deafness to various muscular disorders.
"I receive hundreds of e-mails from customers every day, and I read them all. Last week I received one from a single mom with a three year old autistic son who was completely non-verbal, and after receiving an iPad, for the first time in his life, he had found his voice. I receive scores of these incredible stories from around the world and I never tire of reading them.
"We design our products to surprise and delight everyone who uses them, and we never, ever analyze the return on investment. We do it because it is just and right, and that is what respect for human dignity requires, and its a part of Apple I'm especially proud of." unquote
Farr immediatly followed up her questionable truncation of Tim Cooks quote with:
quote
"the company declined to comment on its accessibility strategy or whether developers should be required to make apps accessible." unquote
Making it seem as if Apple was uncaring and unresponsive.
Daniel Eran Dilger mentions Apples entire section of its website dedicated to Accessibility issues and solutions. Which you can find easily enough at
https://www.apple.com/accessibility/
There are sections on Vision, Hearing, Physical & Motor skills - and Learning & Literacy. This is information Apple makes very easy to find and any reporter worth her salt could have found if they remotely tried or wanted to find it.
As Dilger said quote
Reuters turned the story upside-down to portray Apple as indifferent to the needs of disabled users. unquote
And Farr did not even remotely mention or Hint at Tim Cooks comments from the Apple shareholders meeting earlier this year where Tim ripped into the representative from the National Center for Public Policy Research also known as the acronym S C R O O G E - where they wanted apple to commit to only doing things that were profitable - Tim cook said quote "When we work on making our devices accessible by the blind, I don’t consider the bloody ROI," unquote
Lets be clear iOS is years ahead of Android when it comes to Accessibility in Part because of Apples commitment not to ROI but to what is RIGHT - not to point that out in the article or to imply other wise was incompetence at best.
Farr to her defense on Twitter tried to say the article was all about holding apple accountable for all of the app devs out there and getting them to require that their apps have in the proper accessibility features - just like Apples own apps - I added that last part - as she did not even acknowledge that much.
listener Kevin B back on Feb 19th 2013 wrote the following:
Quote
As a blind user of both an iPhone and iPad I can assure you that the Kindle app is useless for blind users.
While Apple does much for making IOS useful for the blind the app developer has to do their part as well.
Amazon generally has given the whole blind community the middle finger; failing to make any of their kindle devices usable by the blind with the exception of the Kindle Keyboard original which was partly usable.
unquote
Apple has created the tools and framework to make apps that are accessible. It has provided guidance and suggestions to developers on how to do this. Do All developers follow these guidelines or suggestions - of course not. Should they - of course they should. But this article whose goal may have been to point this out - did such a bad job of getting that message across as it devolved into what looks like a slanted hit piece either full of malice or incompetence. And worst yet - cast Apple and iOS devices in a disingenuous light when it comes to accessibility features.
As Mark A Riccobono President of the National Federation of the Blind commented on their recent resolution that was passed that called for Apple to work with the NFB to create and enforce policies, standards and procedures to ensure accessibility of all apps and in particular to ensure accessibility is not lost when an app is updated. Which is clearly a real world concern - especially when an App dev does a complete re-write of an app and they push to get the new version out when they may have not taken the time yet to put in the proper labels for all the button for voiceover to be effective. With regards to the resolution passing and the article by Farr here is what the President of the National Federation of the blind said in a blog post
Quote I thought the chatter around the resolution would fade away until some media reports made inaccurate assertions about the resolution, its content, and what actions the NFB will take to carry it out. Many of these inaccurate assertions have been fueled by a provocative and poorly reported article from the Reuters news service, linked here only for reference. Reuters has already been forced to correct the article because it reported, inaccurately, that the National Federation of the Blind once brought suit against Apple, Inc. This never happened, although a demand letter was sent regarding the accessibility of iTunes and iTunes U, and the Massachusetts Attorney General opened an investigation. Those actions resulted in a voluntary agreement with Apple that was a significant step in getting us the accessibility we experience today. unquote
He continues late in the blog with this comment quote
Apple has done more for accessibility than any other company to date, and we have duly recognized this by presenting the company with at least two awards (including our annual Dr. Jacob Bolotin Award) and publicly praising it whenever the opportunity arises.
unquote
For the record - I did reach out to Christina Farr the author and Edwin Chan and Peter Henderson the editors via email requesting they come on the show to talk about Christina's "article" and the rebuttal article by Daniel Eran Dilger from Apple Insider. I reached out to all three on Monday July 14th - none of them replied - but I did reach Edwin Chan by phone the evening of the 15th - I called him - and in that call he said Reuters would not be pulling the article and was standing behind it - He said that even after I mentioned the comments from the President of the NFB. Again I can't say this is malice but if it was - maybe they already cashed he check from Samsung. Just sayin. Honestly I can't understand why Reuters has not pulled this article - it really is that bad.
Once Again this article I believe was supposed to be about issues and frustrations - rightly so of users of apps with disabilities face from those apps that have no usability features or lack too many or worse yet those that when updated - loose features they once had. And clearly that later one is the most frustrating especially if it is an app you rely on. But sadly that is not the message the article ultimately conveyed and its apparent malice, poor reporting and mis-reporting at the end of the day had the potential to do more harm than good.
Apple is committed to usability improvements of iOS 8 - you heard me mention that on this show when I went over the new features for iOS 8 - as mentioned on ep 310 which includes:
Speak Screen
Improved zoom for accessibility
Alex voice for Accessibility
Grayscale
Braile Keyboard for direct 6 dot braile input
and
Multi-device support for MFi hearing aids
Not to mention support for 3rd party keyboards which will definitely help on the accessibility side.
Can apple do more to help on the accessibility side? Yes of course - and will they do more? YES of course they will - how do I know they will - Simply Because no one has been a more steady champion to the needs of those with accessibility issues than Apple - Period.
But it is also up to individual app devs to do their parts and to use the tools from Apple to add in those features needed by all. And to properly test their apps for said features - and most importantly to listen to the feedback of their users. And Now I want to put my money where my Mouth is - two years ago I did a call to action for blind beta testers of the tii and libsyn apps - Thanks for all those that helped out. And we are right now doing a complete rewrite of the Tii And libsyn apps - and we need beta testers again - If you are interested in being a beta tester for the Tii App and the libsyn core app that also powers hundreds of other podcasters apps such as WTF with marc maron, Aisha Tylers apps, Ben greenfields, Mac OS Ken and many many others - please email me Rob at libsyn dot com - and let me know you are interested in being a beta tester - again we are looking for those that use voice over and other accessibility features with iOS apps. Please email me rob at libsyn dot com - l i b s y n - or today in iOS at gmail dot com. whichever one you can remember. and please put beta tester in the subject line. Thanks
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/09/us-apple-
mobilephone-accessibility-idUSKBN0FE12Q20140709
https://nfb.org/blog/vonb-blog/comments-apple-and-nfb-
resolution-2014-12
http://appleinsider.com/articles/14/07/12/national-federation-
of-the-blind-says-apple-has-done-more-for-accessibility-than-
any-other-company
http://fortune.com/2014/07/11/reuters-blows-it-apple-pr-springs-in-action/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNEafGCf-kw
31:41
http://apple-stock-news.com/2014/07/apple-stock-news-q3-
earnings-announced-for-july-22nd/
Apple announced that on July 22nd - they will be doing their quarterly conference call - Yippie - that timing works out well - as the next day I will be presenting at K-Fest again - that is the Apple II Conference here in Kansas city. IT is a yearly thing I love presenting at - as it gets me out in front of the true geeks talking about Apple and iOS.
As always - I will have a post first as a blog post with a recap of the numbers and then a full on episode shortly there after.
The conference call as normal will start at 2:00 PM PT / 5:00 PM ET. Look for the post right before the start of the call and then updates right after. And a push notice as well. If you have the Tii app the post will be in the App - everyone else go to today in iOS dot com.
http://investor.apple.com
32:40
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2014/07/15Apple-and-
IBM-Forge-Global-Partnership-to-Transform-Enterprise-Mobility.html
In Overland Park on Tuesday We were getting a cold front - it was down below 55 degrees when I woke up or went to sleep - they were to close to each other to matter. They Said it was because of a Polar Vortex - this time in the summer - and strangely while it was very cool in Overland Park - it seems in both Cupertino CA and Armonk NY on Tuesday it was so cold Hell seems to have frozen over - That is the only way to describe the joint press release by Appel and IBM that they are forging a global Partnership to transform Enterprise Mobility.
They announced quote an exclusive partnership that teams the market-leading strengths of each company to transform enterprise mobility through a new class of business apps—bringing IBM’s big data and analytics capabilities to iPhone® and iPad®. unquote
Holly ICE SKATES IN HADES Batman.
Also from the press release they said this partnership will be built around four core capabilities which are quote
- a new class of more than 100 industry-specific enterprise solutions including native apps, developed exclusively from the ground up, for iPhone and iPad;
- unique IBM cloud services optimized for iOS, including device management, security, analytics and mobile integration;
- new AppleCare® service and support offering tailored to the needs of the enterprise;
-
- and new packaged offerings from IBM for device activation, supply and management.
- unquote
This is Apple not saying they are taking Enterprise seriously with regards to iPhones and iPads - this is Apple and IBM SHOWING combined they are taking the enterprise seriously for iOS devices.
To learn more go to - apple.com slash iPad slash business
Or look for the link in the show notes and try not to slip on the ice.
Per what Wallstreet thought - well initially they seemed excited the stock opened at a new 52 week high at $97 but at the end of the day it rolled off a cliff and ended at under $95. Seems Wallstreet is much more impressed with rumors these days then hard cold facts - even if the facts are really really positive.
I think this announcement is huge as it helps secure Apples place in the enterprise - in other words - there are very few IT managers these days that I have to say go and fire - Go back six plus years ago and listen to my fire you IT manager rants about IT nazis that would not allow iPhones in the work place.
This announcement while what maybe pushing apple from 98% of the fortune 500 to 98.2% is not much - on that front. But where it will matter is the % of those phones at each of the 98.2% of fortune 500 companies - where maybe many were just 1 or 2% of the work force using iPhones - also known as upper management - now iPhones can work their ways down to the whole work force with much less IT friction and maybe with some IT greasing of the wheels - thanks to IBM and their Apps and sales force.
Again - While Wallstreet was not impressed - Me and the devil - well we are skating figure 8's.
http://www.apple.com/ipad/business/
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/apple-and-ibm-forge-
global-partnership-to-transform-enterprise-mobility-2014-07-15
36:24
VOICEMAIL MESSAGE - Justin_PA_answer_imessage
Hi Rob,
I am just listening to your latest podcast and wanted to respond to Shandy who was disappointed that the Alex voice will only work on the 5S or later (I assume it requires the 64 Bit processor). . I am also completely blind and use Voiceover exclusively. I of course was also curious about the Alex voice and downloaded it (incidently it takes up 809 Mb of space) and I used it probably for all of 10 minutes before reverting back to the default female high quality voice. In my opinion Alex on the iPhone sounds muffled and less clear than the default high quality female voice especially at slightly higher speed.
I know from discussions with other blind people that text to speech voice preferences are very subjective and it will be interesting to see how many like Alex on the iPhone as it is. Maybe Apple will improve this, on the Mac Alex is a very good text to speech voice, but for now at least for me it has little appeal on the iPhone.
Lastly, if Shandy’s contract runs out in September, she can get a free 5S if she renews for 2 years. Actually, my niece and her husband both just upgraded to 5S phones here in Canada and paid $0 with Telus on a 2 year contract. I guess some carriers already started to get rid of older inventory by offering the 5S for free. Maybe she can convince her Mom with the argument that this would also mean she has a phone which is once again covered under warranty; if all else fails maybe a strategic “accident” might have to put the old 4S out of its misery!
Regards,
S for Canada
Hi Rob:
I use Swype on my Android tablet. I love it. If Apple did not allow swipe style keyboards this time around, I was ready to jump ship. I have a muscle degenerative disease. Being able to swipe for a keyboard is absolutely essential for me. I'm glad now that I do not have to jump ship and can keep all my iDevices.
One listener said they will not be able to get Alex voice for VoiceOver on their iPhone 4S. I believe this is not true. iPhone 4S will be updated with iOS 8. iOS 8 will have Alex. I don't believe any betas have it yet. I don't know where they got their info but I haven't been able to find anything that would suggest that iOS 8 with regards to Alex will be different for any iDevice which can be updated.
Regards,
Jim N
East Lansing Michigan
I have searched for a definitive answer per Alex voice work on an iPhone 4S or not - and well to date I have not found that answer - just lots of speculation both ways. If anyone knows the answer for sure and can send a link that tracks back to Apple for confirmation please let me know. Thanks
Hi Rob,
I was writing about the gifting issue mentioned in episode 313. I know you can't send a gift using iTunes credit. The person needs to make sure they have valid payment information on the account which they could do on an iOS device settings > iTunes and App Store > tap Apple ID > sign in and tap payment info or on a Mac or PC in iTunes by clicking on their Apple ID in the iTunes store pane. Hope this helps!
Regards,
Jonathan N
VOICEMAIL MESSAGE - Janet_OH_fdbk_shannon_imessages
Rob,
I am guessing the caller, Shannon, who is having trouble with iMessages is not on AT&T.
AT&T is the only provider I am aware of that allows data use and talk at the same time. If he is getting an iMessage dump after getting off the phone it likely due to his data connection being unavailable until the call ends and iMessages requiring data and not cellular connection to transmit.
If his messages are showing up in green from this issue my best guess would be that the iMessage attempted to send or reveive and could not establish a data connection and then reattempted as a text. I know text uses the cellular connection but I do not know if non AT&T users can talk and text at the same time.
As far as his wife's phone showing his email and his not showing hers for iMessages this is probably due to her setup of iMessages and not having her email selected as a delivery method for iMessages when setting up the phone. To check you go to
"messages" then "send and receive" and you can see what delivery options are selected and can add/delete delivery options.
There is also the unlikely possobility that he does not have his wife's email address saved in her contact on his phone.
Hope this helps.Regards,
-Brian
44:46
https://plus.google.com/communities/105412562215997292912?cfem=1
We are now well over 1,000 members in our Google+ community and growing.
Thanks to everyone that has joined and thanks for the great posts.
Being over 1,000 members on Google+ seems to a mating call of sorts to spammers. Yeah as soon as we hit 1,000 members the number of requests jumped with well over 3/4 clearly being from spammers - I am doing my best to reject spammers from the get go - Some are easy to tell - pictures of good looking woman with a guys name is kind of a give away. Or a business name - note I do not accept business names. Must be a real persons name. For the record I have nothing against good looking women if they are real - heck I am married to one - and if you are an attractive female and you did not get accepted - I am sorry for the symmetrical female facial features with lots of cleavage profiling - just email me and I will get you in. That all said - some will get around my filtering - and when they post spam posts - I will delete the posts and kick them out. Again over 99% of those getting accepted are legit users playing by the rules and putting up good posts. Speaking of which -
One post in the G+ community this past week came from -
Craig Lucas - and it was the most commented on post with 29 comments - His post was quote Ok fellow iOS folks, imagine the iPhone 6 launched tomorrow in 4 inch, 4.7 in & 5.5 in, all come in Gold, Silver & Space Grey, all come in 32, 64 & 128 gig. What iPhone 6 would you pick? unquote
And from the responses this is how it broke out.
(Neither - stay with 5S - 1
4 in - space Grey 64 gig - 2
4 in - space Grey 128 gig - 1
4.7 in gold 32 Gig - 1
4.7 in space grey 32 Gig - 1
4.7 in gold 64 Gig - 2
4.7 in silver 64 gig - 4
4.7 in - space grey - 64 gig - 3
4.7 in - any - 64 gig - 1
5.5 inch space grey 64 gig - 1
5.5 inch gold 64 gig - 1
5.5 inch space grey 128 gig - 1
5.5 inch gold 128 gig - 2
5.5 inch silver 128 gig - 1
5.5 inch any color - any storage - 1
1 Person said stay with 5S
3 went with the 4 in
12 went with 4.7 in
7 went with 5.5 in - including yours truly.
9 went with Space Grey
5 went with silver
6 went with gold
2 did not care on color
2 went with 32 gb
14 went with 64 gb
5 went with 128 gb
1 went with any storage
So email me with your choice
4 / 4.7 or 5.5 inch
Gold or silver or space grey
32 or 64 or 128 gb
What is your ideal iPhone 6 configuration?
Or will you stay with your current iPhone and which one is it?
Send the email to today in iOS at gmail dot com - or respond to the post on Google+ - just don't do both. The google+ post was back on July 7th from Craig lucas.
Let me know - 4 or 4.7 or 5.5 or staying with what I have.
32, 64 or 128 GB
and Silver, Gold or Space Grey for the color.
Sent the email to today in iOS at gmail dot com - or answer in the post in the google+ community for the July 7th post.
Thanks Craig for that post.
- These past couple of weeks there were also dozens and dozens of other new posts in the Tii Google+ community - which is an Android bois free zone and spammer free zone. Yup it is the most civil Google+ community covering iOS.
Folks Go to today in iOS dot com slash community to join in.
And thanks to all 1000+ of you already in the community and contributing.
48:24
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2014/06/30Apple-Announces-
Updates-to-iTunes-U.html
One thing I did not mention on the last show was Apples announcement about updates to iTunes U - and one of the key parts of that announcement was quote The new in-app updates to iTunes U give teachers full course creation capabilities on iPad, with the ability to directly add rich content and learning materials from iWork®, iBooks® Author or any of the over 75,000 educational apps available for iPad. Taking advantage of the built-in camera on iPad, teachers can also capture photos and videos to incorporate real-world subject matter into any course, making relevant content available to all students in an instant. unquote
I had a few teachers email in and say they were really excited about this announcement and looking forward to trying this out next school year - well ok - maybe not looking forward to the summer being over - but interested in trying it out when the summer comings to a tragic end.
Look for the link titled Apple announces Update to iTunes U in the show notes for ep 314
49:32
http://www.cultofmac.com/286893/report-claims-iphone-6-
will-feature-advanced-haptic-feedback-technology/
Hi Rob,
I saw this article. I don't necessarily believe haptic feedback will be in the iPhone 6, but the part that apple would make their own "bulldog" version or license them. Apple has deep pockets. What are your thoughts
Thanks for the Show
Jason H
I think Haptic feedback has to be one of the oldest rumors for the iPhone there is. Going back to even before the first iPhone came out. I am not sure I am even legally allowed to talk about about a rumor that is over 7 years old.
quickly looking through some old notes Back in July 2009 - we reported on an article at Mac Rumors where they talked about a recent Apple patent with regards to Haptic feedback. that was 5+ years ago - that patent was made public and in all that time - NOTHING - NADDA - ZIP - And once again - Haptic was a rumor we talked about prior to the iPhone launching in 2007.
I am going to guess it is not going to happen this time around either.
But thanks for the trip down memory lane - now I just need to find a rumor about removable batteries and physical keyboard and we will be all set.
50:56
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5R0_FJ4r73s
A couple of videos came out this past week showing what is supposed to be the actual front panel sapphire glass of the iPhone 6 - in the videos they tortured the glass - trying to scrape it with keys and a big old buck knife and hit it with a hammer and then try to hammer a nail on it and then twist it and bend it almost 90 degrees - and it survived all that with no scratches - but in one of the videos they then ran it over with a car tire and that finally shattered it.
Remember sapphire glass is NOT repeat is NOT transparent aluminum - It is going to break - people will get the next iPhone with the Saphire glass they will drop it and they will have the screen shatter. Some times that will be just dropping it from their lap. It is not magic - it is not indestructible - you still need to treat it with care. What is should be is harder to scratch than gorilla glass - much harder to scratch - and by default much less likely to shatter from small falls - unless those falls hit just right on something pointy sticking up. Like the bolt on the floor between seats on a south west airliner.
There will be videos within a couple of days of people on youtube bemoaning their new iPhone 6 screen shattered and they are shocked and angry - because they thought it was magical.
If you watch the videos - you will see the glass is very strong and takes a lot of abuse.
The other nice thing was them showing how thin the sapphire glass is and how there is no distortion or color shift.
It looks close to invisible or completely transparent. But just not quite as good as Transparent Aluminum.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cfljtp63Ryo
53:01
http://www.macrumors.com/2014/07/11/a8-2-ghz/
On the rumor front another new rumor is that the A8 processor will be clocked at 2 GHZ - but still stay at dual cores. So essentially just going from 1.3 / 1.4 GHZ for the latest top of the line iOS devices using an A7 to 2 GHZ for the next top of the line devices.
Expect more rumors about the A8 over the next two months.
53:36
http://www.cultofmac.com/286905/apple-reportedly-places-
unprecedented-order-iphone-6-units/
In the hey lets make stuff up an count how many people report it like it is fact category comes a quote report unquote out of Taiwan's Business Weekly - saying that Apple has ordered at least 68 Million units of its new iPhone. Which they claim is twice as large as the order Apple placed for the iPhone 5.
Not to be out done - Taiwan Topology Research Institute when they were not busy pulling monkey's out of their nether region also pulled out these numbers - saying the iPhone 6 would sell around 80 million units by the end of 2014 with the 4.7 inch version accounting for 70 million of those - while the 5.5 inch version would sell between 8 and 10 mil units during that time frame.
First they are skipping over the possibility of a 4 inch iPhone 6. And second did they not look at our results in the google+ community - where only 55% would be going for the 4.7 inch version and over 30% would be going for the 5.5 inch version.
Again email in which version you want.
today in iOS at gmail dot com -
Do you want a 4, 4.7 or 5.5 inch iPhone 6
Do you want 32, 64 or 128 gig storage
and do you want Silver, Gold or Space Grey.
again - sent that to today in iOS at gmail dot com
54:57
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/apple-hires-exec-swiss-
watch-firm-tag-heuer-iwatch-rumors-swirl/2014-07-07
Adding more fuel to the iWatch rumor fire is that Apple hired an exec from Swiss watch firm Tag heuer. Mr Patrick Pruniaux was the VP of sales for Tag Heuer.
It definitely looks like there is a lot of smoke coming from the iWatch rumors for their not to be a fire at this point. Rumors and speculation about how many iWatches would be sold caused Apple stock on Monday to jump almost 2% points at one point in the day.
55:30
http://newsspear.com/apple-iphone-6-struggles-production-issues/
Of course the next day a completely baseless rumor about Apple having iPhone 6 production issues - caused the stock to pretty much give up all it gained on Monday.
For the rumor quote KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo expressed in one of his research notes that problems Apple is facing with the 4.7-inch iPhone 6 are even more challenging for the 5.5-incher, possibly leading to delays.
I am trying to remember back to the last time there was a rumor leading up to the iPhone launch that said there were production delays that would lead to delays - let me think was it last year or the year before that or the one before that or hey wait - this rumor almost verbatim has been floated out there every single year prior to the launch of the iPhone. Hmmm almost makes you think it is not true - again.
The report by Ming-Chi Kuo also stated the 5.5 inch version may not pass the drop tests. because you know he watched a video of a car running over the sapphire glass and saw it shatter.
Some are also saying the 5.5 inch version will not launch at all in 2014 now or just in minutely sparse quantities and not until november best case.
Or again - this could all just be what comes out the back side of a Male Bovine. Just sayin.
57:10
http://www.loadthegame.com/2014/07/12/iphone-6-listed-
amazon-japan-release-date-price/
There were a lot of posts about the iPhone 6 being listed on Amazon Japan with release date, price, display size and what not. So lets look at the possible reasons for this.
1. Apple gave Amazon all this info for their system 2 months early because you know Apple loves to give out info about their products early especially to a competitor that just announce their own smartphone - and the info released is accurate.
2. Someone at Amazon was creating a place holder for what most of the world expects will be the next iPhone based on the plethora of rumors and they just took some educated guesses - but wanted to get that place holder in place so they could do some tests.
Option 1 - Apple spills beans to competitor
Option 2 - amazon doing testing
Oh wait Option 3 - someone at Amazon Japan is just yanking all our collective chains.
Yeah now put them in order of likeliness.
57:10
http://www.redmondpie.com/iphone-5c-outsold-the-mighty-
galaxy-s5-in-may/
We have heard for quite some time the iPhone 5C sales are horrible - pitiful - embarrassing - and yadda yadda.
And now what we are hearing is in May the iPhone 5C outsold the newly release Galaxy S5 - yes - you heard that right - the lowly 5C - the ugly red headed step child of the iPhone 5S that was released in September bested the Mighty powerful Galaxy S5 in its first full calendar month of release.
Impossible all the Android fan boys say - it can not be - if that was the case then Sammy would be reporting much lower than expected numbers - right.
http://blogs.computerworld.com/smartphones/24111/
apple-beats-samsung-galaxy-fades
59:07
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9249591/Samsung_
foresees_Q3_profit_drop_blames_smartphone_market_slowdown
Well yes - Sammy reported a big drop in its numbers for a third consecutive quarter quote citing an overall slowdown in smartphone market growth and increased competition in China and some European markets. unquote.
I will not get into the details of Sammy's woes - I am too busy wallowing in their misery right now to dig for more details.
Thanks to Dr. John and all the others that sent in those links
59:37
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jun/30/impatient-iphone-
users-switching-to-larger-screened-samsung-galaxy-s5
Ok - I am done Wallowing - Here are some details - for May the Galaxy S5 was only the third best-selling phone in the UK – behind Apple's iPhone 5S and 5C.
Actually The 5C was best-selling with 11.1% of all sales, the 5S next with 11%, said Kantar. The Galaxy S5 had 9%, and its year-old Galaxy S4 7.4%. The Moto G had 6% of all sales. Together those five handsets had 44.5% of all sales.
Again The month of May included the first full month of sales for Samsung's new flagship phone, which has a 5.1in screen - much larger than the 4in screens of the iPhone 5c and 5S.
So much for the whole world wanting a 5+ inch size screen - or that the 5C is a flop.
Because if it is flop then everything else is a disaster.
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Hi Rob,
For some wired reason in the apple
Podcast app
When I subscribe to a podcast it downloads all of
The podcast episodes of Show
Regards,
Zachary S
Zach first check your settings in the podcasts app in the settings app - go to podcasts - and look for setting for download episodes - it should be turned off - sounds like for you it is turned on. Default is to turn it off.
For any show you are having issues with in the Podcasts App
Go to My Podcasts - lower left - select the show - tap on the title - then on settings and look for the setting for Download Episodes - make sure it is turned off. Also check on iTunes for podcasts to see what you have your settings at.
That should take care of your issues with the downloads.
Hi Rob – thanks for all of the entertaining shows. I just wanted to write in about the Maps app. I hadn’t used it in a long time, relying exclusively on Google Maps. I was pleasantly surprised, and I really like how well Apple Maps integrates with iOS. When navigating, if you press the sleep button to power down the screen, the Maps app takes over the lock screen, and at important points in the navigation it will automatically turn on showing you the map. At any point if you press the sleep / wake button, the Maps app shows your current position on the lock screen. I didn’t know about this, IMO, great feature and reason to use Apple Maps over any other solution. I wrote you because I bet I’m not the only one that hasn’t used the app recently.
Regards,
Darrin
Thanks Darrin for the feedback - I am an Apple Maps liker - I have for some time - I guess I have been lucky and it always worked very well for me and never close to as bad as others said - that said - many have stayed away - and as you mentioned it has gotten better - so folks if you have not done so recently - give Apple Maps another chance - pull it out of the folder where you hid it next to the newsstand app.
Hi Rob,
I am beginning to experiment with some solutions for tracking your checked bags, and locating these.
I have done testing on just 1 trip so far with:
http://www.thetileapp.com/
as well as Find my iPhone on a spare phone.
I found with the Tile hardware tag and associated Tile iOS app you can typically see when or if your bag is loaded on the plane from your seat on board. However, the audio sound on the Tile is quite low for a noisy baggage claim area, though you are able to hear it in very close range.
I found the sound on Find My iPhone is quite a bit louder and easier to spot.
There are a couple of other products I want to test with including the
http://travelradar.awwapps.com/
which uses iBeacons, and 1-2 others from Amazon.
Before iPhones & Bluetooth I would often use a lower tech device like a wireless doorbell. But these devices will help to consolidate the items I have to bring and also bring more location aware functionality.
I am going on a trip later this week and will test some of the other products.
I will likely do an audio recorded demo at some point. But I wanted to just let you know for now, and see if you have any preliminary thoughts, experiences, things you’ve read about, etc.?
Best,
Mika P
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https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5376479?start=0&tstart=0
Hi Rob,
Regarding the caller that was asking about roaming and Sprint, I did find this discussion from the Apple boards that was written last year:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5376479
And about halfway down, there is a link that specifically addresses Sprint.
Regards,
Larry
https://community.sprint.com/baw/message/645413
1:10:56
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/604134477/swich-
wireless-charger-for-iphone-and-android
Thanks to Max P for this next one. Which is a kickstarter project because yeah we are at the point of the show.
This one is the Swich - spelled S W I C H - it is a wireless charger or as they say quote Swich is a sophisticated wireless charger for smartphones. A mobile accessory made from sustainable materials. unquote.
They had a goal of 25k - they are well over 40k now and have until Jul 29th at 10:21 PM before this is completed.
Essentially this is a wireless charging stand that will also rotate when your iPhone is on it so you can look at in portrait or landscape mode.
Pricing for this is $170 Ummm yeah.
Did I mention it is made with sustainable materials and it swivels and it is wireless charging. And by wireless charging it means a case that you put your iPhone into that then powers the iPhone when charging.
And it is $170 which gets you that case and the charging base.
Search for SWICH - S W I C H at kickstarter dot com or in the show notes for ep 314
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Hey and some maybe good news from the SOSCharger front - they said shipment of SOSChargers that were on the slow boat from China have arrived at the Port and are awaiting custom clearance. And we should be getting our survey shortly. So unless they come back with the shipment was stollen - or set on fire or were exposed to water or the documentation was wrong and they were sent back excuse - I should be seeing my SOSCharger in a few weeks - maybe.
1:12:52
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/shuffle-smart-communications-app-so
-everyone-can-connect-privately
We have an indie go go project to also mention and that is Shuffle - Essentially this is something that has been asked about a few time by listeners - and that is a way to have multiple phone numbers on your iPhone.
Where you can one number for each of your gumahs.
Ok - actually a really useful reason - not that having a different number for each gumah is not useful - but a useful and more morally acceptable reason for having another number is simply one for work calls and one for personal calls.
Or maybe you sell things on craigslist and don't want to give out your permanent number - this lets you create and assign an temporary or throw away numbers.
Privacy is the big thing they are pushing as a reason to use their service as well. Or as they say quote In an effort to protect the privacy of individuals in the modern world where personal information can be harvested and abused in many different ways, Shuffle was created. unquote. ok not the best grammar there.
And well there are plenty of not so morally just reasons for this service that I am sure the walter whites and Michael Sullivan's of the world could find appealing.
They also claim shuffle will offer free voice calls and text messages between shuffle users when on wifi.
Any way if you are looking for a 2nd, 3rd 4th or more phone number for your iPhone - that is what Shuffle is claiming to offer.
This just launched - it had raised $2k towards a goal of $35k.
The rewards are more like plaques - in that you get your name listed on their website and App - because yeah nothing says privacy like having your name listed on their website and someone looking to get a private phone number. Yeah not getting that as a good hook.
1:15:01
http://www.macrumors.com/2014/07/14/apple-ios-7-
adoption-90-percent/
Thanks to all that sent in this next one. And that is iOS 7 adoption rate has hit 90% - that took about ten months.
That means a year from now if iOS 8 does the same uptake we are looking at close to 1 Billion devices running iOS 8 and all with the podcasts app installed and un-deletable. That is big news for Podcasters and podcasting.
Breaking down the rest of iOS adoption at this time - iOS 6 is at 8 and change % and all running earlier is at 1 and change %.
The latest version of Android - KitKat launched back around when iOS 7 launched is at 18% adoption. that is 1 8 % as in less than 20%. Just sayin
1:15:56
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jul/11/factory-wipe-
on-android-phones-left-naked-selfie-photos-and-worse-researchers-find
From Matt S in Winston-Salem comes this next one about the gift that keeps on giving from Android - well Android devices prior to version 4. So if you are someone that has switched over the to light side and ditched an old Android phone this one will be of interest to you - especially if you were taking any naked selfies. Which apparently is something Android owners must like to do A lot before they get rid of their phones.
Seems that researchers looking at used Android handsets that had been quote factory reset unquote actually found hundreds and hundreds of naked selfless and intimate pictures of both men and women. They discovered this after looking at just 20 handsets for units the old owners thought were completely wiped free - the researchers were actually planning on looking at more than 20 handsets - but see naked selflies of Android owners are not quite the same as naked selfless of nubile 20 year old college girls that use iPhones. Apparently the researchers were found huddled in a corner scratching at their corneas and saying over and over 240 lb 50 year old men should not wear thongs 240 lb 50 year old men should not wear thongs. Some things just can not be unseen.
Seems that when the photos were quote wiped unquote - what actually happened is it just deleted the index to the photos - leaving the photos in place. Nice.
I do need to say one issue I found with this whole study is that if you owned an old Android phone and you had compromising photos - and you thought you wiped the photos - this issue comes when you sell that old Android phone and the new owner then goes in and could find the photos. Or so that is how they presented it.
But I really don't see the issue here - it is not like anyone actually buys used android phones do they? - Used Android phones have almost no value left once you drive them off the lot. So I guess we will call this one a theoretical issue -
but I guess if you did have an old Android phone you GAVE to a friend or relative and it had naked photos you thought you erased - Surprise Surprise - lets hope they don't read this article.
1:18:52
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Hi Rob
I have a couple of questions about iCloud storage space. I have an iCloud email and an Exchange one. Is it just the iCloud email account that counts towards iCloud storage space or does the exchange account count towards it as well?
Also with photos, is it just your individual and shared streams that count towards iCloud storage space or does the camera roll count towards it as well?
Regards
Steve in Brisbane
Hi Steve - Exchange email should not be in your iCloud email as far as I know - it should all be up on your exchange server.
Per iCloud storage for Photos - I believe that is just what you put in your photo stream - and not what is in your camera roll unless you have your camera roll set up to be in your photo stream - But on that last item I am less sure - anyone else set up on iCloud storage space and photos - please confirm on that one. today in iOS at gmail dot com. Thanks
Hi Rob
In one of your earlier episodes you mentioned the fact that legacy bugs can propagate as you update to later iPhones via backup of previous versions. I have had every iPhone since the 3G. There are some apps which never seem to restore and I have to replace them manually every time I restore. Thankfully, once I sign in the user information seems to update. I was thinking of starting with a completely fresh operating system and not back up from previous when I get the iPhone 6. My question is whether the various user data such as game progress etc. will be restored when I copy those applications over to my new phone. I have a feeling that I would lose a lot of this stuff. Probably only apps which require a specific sign in or attached to something like game Center would probably work the way I am hoping. For example, I have a simple app which I use to record my blood pressure. I don't have to log into that. My user information would probably not copy over. If that is true, then it's not worth me starting completely fresh. It would take lots of work with the 100s of apps I have and only the minimal reward of a completely fresh account and operating system.
What do you think?
Regards,
Mitch
Winston-salem
Hi Mitch to check how an app would work - find an old iOS device an wipe it clean - do a full restore and put in the apps you are interested in most and see how they work - and that will answer your questions - different apps work different ways. So you will not know until you try - if you don't have an old iOS device just set up the iPhone 6 as a stand alone device not from a backup and see how it works for you - if it is too much of a pain - then do a restore from one of your old backups. You can always do the restore from back up later on if it is too much work. It really depends on if your legacy issues are a bigger pain point then the starting over issues. I have not decided yet which is a bigger pain point for me to tell you the truth. Guess I have about 2 months to make a decision.
Hi Rob,
After I jailbroke my 5S 7.1.2 with Pangu I noticed something interesting. Several of my apps asked me again if they could use my location and send me push notifications after I opened them for the first time after jailbreaking. I never reinstalled these apps, which would usually explain why I would be asked again. I'm curious for a technical explanation of this.
Regards,
Terry
Hey Rob!
Hope you had a great 4th of July! I wanted to share my experience with jailbreaking my iPhone 5s and iPad Air running 7.1.2. I was previously jailbroken on 7.0.6, but I'm the type where if there's a new jailbreak available, I want it! I ran into a few hiccups, but I was able to get it done after some trial and error. The first thing you want to do is update iTunes to the latest version. After you download the latest version of Pangu (1.1), extract the .exe (I used windows) somewhere, like on your desktop. Right click so you can run as administrator. Be absolutely sure that you backup your phone or iPad before you do anything!! After you do that, restore your iDevice using iTunes. That will give you a fresh 7.1.2. There's no turning back now! Feel free to close out iTunes. No need to set up the phone with iTunes. Follow the on-screen steps to restore from iCloud backup. Once you've made it to your home screen, you don't need to wait for all your apps to re-download. Run Pangu 1.1 as administrator. Once it recognizes your iDevice, click "jailbreak". It will have you manually change the date to June 1st. Once the process begins, you will most likely get a red error message saying "check caches failed ".
All you need to do is force restart your iDevice by holding the lock button and home button at the same time until the phone reboots. I would re-launch Pangu too. Again, wait for it to be recognized and click "jailbreak ". It shouldn't give you the error message this time. It should then tell you to click on the "Pangu" icon that was installed. Click and wait for the iDevice to start rebooting. The next step is CRITICAL. Once you see the Apple logo during the reboot, unplug the USB cable from the computer and plug it back in right away! If you don't do this, you'll get a "jailbreak timed out" message, and you'll have to start over! It took a while for me to figure that part out, so make sure you do it! Assuming everything went well, you'll see Cydia!
I'm happy to report that most Cydia tweaks are working just fine. Winterboard isn't available yet. The tweaks I can't live without are working just fine, such as MyWi, Activator (even though it says it isn't supported, it does work), Springtomize, Virtual Home, Zeppelin, Alkaline, flux, Flip Control Center, etc.
I hope this tutorial was helpful!
Regards,
Oshkosh Josh
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1:31:16
http://appleinsider.com/articles/14/07/08/apples-second-secret-ebay-store-launches-
with-certified-refurbished-unlocked-gsm-iphones-5s
Thanks to all that sent in the heads up on this next one.
And that is Apple is back with a new EBAY store to buy refurbished and unlocked iPhones - the iPhone 5 this time.
Pricing is $499 for the 64 GB iPhone 5 GSM version.
$479 for 32gb
and $449 for the 16 GB - so well you are not to smart if you buy the 16 and 32 gb versions based on that pricing scale.
Actually I would say save your money the iPhone 6 is coming anyway.
But if you are a business or parent and looking for an unlocked GSM phone - this is a pretty good price - especially for the 64 GB version.
Link in show notes for ep 314.
1:32:17
https://developer.apple.com/swift/blog/
Thanks to Dr. John for this next one which is for the devs and devs in training - and that is Apple has launched a blog for Swift - it is at developer.apple.com/swift / blog
Link in the show notes of course.
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Hi Rob,
I just got a new Bose Soundlink bluetooth speaker. I love it. Is there any app that turns my iphone into a wireless mic that I can use my speaker as a P.A. System ?
Thanks,
Nicko
Glendale Queens
Hi Rob,
I just wanted to give YOU & the listeners a "heads up" bit of information about Freedompop. I'd like everyone to KNOW that you only get 400 mb of service if you've signed up for the FREE portion of mobile data. They will cut you off at 400 mb unless you have upgraded to the "top up" option, an expense.
ALSO, if you try to downgrade ANY service from FP be prepared for LONG waits on HOLD. You will be the last incoming call taken. I attempted for a total of 75 minutes last week at various times to cancel ONE of 3 accounts I have with them. These were MY precious mobile minutes used to simply HOLD. I tried different times of day, on different days.
Finally at 4:30 on Friday afternoon July 4th I got through to a fairly friendly tech support person who TRIED & TRIED tosell me on keeping the service (offering FREE megabytes if I would do this or that----all upgrades.) I had received a defective device and was pretty frustrated with FP. If you would just Let your audience know to BEWARE. Other than that FP is OK.
Thanks so much,
Rob M
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And Before we go today I want to remind you to send in your feedback to the show - 206-666-6364 - that 206-moon-dog - or record your feedback and email it to the show at today in iOS at gmail dot com - The feedback can be a question or comment per something someone said on this episode or it can be a question or rant you have about something else. An App or product review - good or bad - as long as it is iOS related - it is welcomed. I am always looking for new Artwork to feature that you created on an iOS device - just put some Tii branding on it and send it in. And of course we are always looking for more music created on an iOS device to play on the show. This is your show and your feedback is greatly desired. And don't forget to check out our Moderated Google Plus community by going to todayinios dot com slash community.
And that folks is going to do it for us today.
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