TRANSCRIPT FOR EPISODE 313
Welcome to the show I am your host Rob and this is the Today in iOS podcast - First up I want to thank
Jeff for sending in the music you hear in the background. Jeff wrote:
Hi Rob,
I made this song with my iphone 4s using the GarageBand app. For free downloads and more music follow me @jeffj6 on twitter.
Regards,
Jeff J
SONG_Compare to you.mp3
Thanks Jeff for the music and folks I will put the full song at the end of the episode. I also want to thank GEOFF for sending in the Artwork for today's show. GEOFF wrote the following.
Hi Rob. I created this artwork as your podcast quenches my thirst for IOS news. I made it with an app called 'Share Your Can' and tidied it up with 'Photo Eraser' and then cropped it. Hope you like it,
Regards, Geoff, London, England.
Well GEOFF Thanks again for sending in this artwork and folks you can see GEOFF'S artwork in the Tii App in the extras for ep 313
- 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.
02:14
In this segment of how wrong were they we have the following quote quote “The forthcoming (June 29th 2007) release of the Apple iPhone is going to be a bigger marketing flop than Ishtar and Waterworld combined. Because its designers forgot Platt’s First, Last, and Only Law of User Experience Design (“Know Thy User, for He Is Not Thee”), that product is going to crash in flames. Sell your Apple stock now, while the hype’s still hot. You heard it here first.”
David S. Platt, Suckbusters!, 21 June 2007
That is still one of my favorite Pre iPhone launch quotes - I like to pull it out around the anniversary of the iPhone. If you did sell your apple stock when David said to well I am sorry. But if you did the opposite and purchased Apple stock at that time - $100,000 worth of Apple stock on June 21 2007 would have been worth $527,700 on June 29th 2014 - the 7 year anniversary of the iPhone launch. Where as if you had $100,000 in the S&P 500 on June 21st 2007 - it would be worth just $130,173 on June 29th 2014. Just Sayin.
03:39
For Promo codes - On Ep 312 we offered up chances to win promo codes for the APPs - TICKERTALK, MUSHMOUTH and PICSYM - I will be giving those out later this week - you can find more info about these apps at the beginning of Ep 312
This week there are a couple of Apps we have promo codes for the First one is the APP - FORMULAE HELPER - TWO words Here is the review from the Dev - PLAY PROMO CODE FORMULAE HELPER - Thanks to the dev for his review of his App FORMULAE HELPER 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 HELPER in the subject line.
The Second App we have promo code for is the App - EPHEMERID A MUSICAL ADVENTURE - Here is the review from the Dev - PLAY PROMO CODE FOR EPHEMERID - Thanks to the Dev for his review of his APP EPHEMERID 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 EPHEMERID - E P H E M E R I D in the subject line.
As Always - just send in one email for one specific App. If you send in multiple emails or ask for multiple apps in a single email - then well - No Soup for you.
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.
07:11
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6297?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
Ok Last week I heard a rumor at the end of the week iOS 7.1.2 would come out and - well they were close - Apple choose to wait until Monday of this week to release it.
So Yes iOS 7.1.2 is available - Once again Remember Rob's rule for any updates. Force quit all open apps - Go to Settings app and then General - Reset network settings. After reboot - reconnect Wifi and then backup - sync - back up - the iOS device to your computer - then do the upgrade. Yes - this is where two or three of you send me an email and say I did not do that and it went fine. And you were lucky this time. This is also where a couple of people say I did not do that and I wished I had. And finally there are those that listen and have no issues at all - I am in that last group - I updated and followed my own advice and have not had any issues with the devices I updated.
Now I did hear from Max P who sent me a link to an article on iMore about some people having their iOS devices freeze during the update to iOS 7.1.2. This happened to Max - The answer if this happens to you is to hold down the home button and the sleep/wake button and keep them held down until the screen turns off and then comes back on again with the Apple logo - you know a hard reset. I did Ask Max if he followed my recommended update procedure - and he said ????????
Hi Rob,
Nope. I am one of the ones that never follow your suggestion on this and never had a problem. Now I realized that maybe I should consider doing that next time.
Thanks for the suggestion!
Regards,
Max P.
See it does pay to listen to me from time to time. Just sayin.
So what is new in this update - Security and bug fixes - Some of which are per bugs previously mentioned on the show where they could get access to the most previously used app. From Apple.
- Impact: A person with physical access to a locked device may be able to access the application that was in the foreground prior to locking
Description: A state management issue existed in the handling of the telephony state while in Airplane Mode. This issue was addressed through improved state management while in Airplane Mode.
What it means - that bug is squashed.
We also reported in the past about someone being able to get access to Mail Attachments again if they physically had the device that was on ep 306 - and it was the one where the Sad German Security expert put up a blog post about how Mail attachments were not encrypted - well that bug is squashed - no word if the German Security Expert is now Happy or not. In Ep 306 we did say that likely would get patched in iOS 7.1.2. Thanks Apple for making us look good.
There was also previously a report about being able to disable find my iPhone without entering an iCloud password. while it was not easy to do and required have some knowledge - it was still possible and will that bug was squashed.
There was the bug where you could get siri to display all your contacts if you could get siri to display multiple contacts - also reported in the past on the show and also squashed.
I believe all the bugs previously mentioned on the show with regards to iOS 7.1.1 - were squashed. I did go back and check - maybe I missed one - but from what I can see at least - it does seem like Apple did a lot of bug squashing this time around.
There is a link in the show notes for ep 313 at today in iOS dot com titled About the security content of iOS 7.1.2 - this is a link to Apples list of what was fixed in iOS 7.1.2.
There was a google+ post from Nick B which said - Just updated my iPad Air to 7.1.2 and now the podcast app crashes. It will open for a few seconds then crash to the home screen. Tried a reset network settings etc. No fix. Read forums that it crashes in iOS 8 beta's also and for some users in iOS 7.1.2.
Anyone else getting this happening?
And Billy W, Robert F also commented they were having the same thing happening and guess what so did I today. What I did to fix - was forced quit all open apps - went to settings - general - reset - reset network settings - then after the reboot - I logged back into my wifi - and launched the podcasts app and all worked well - I also canceled the downloads in progress - I noticed it was trying to download two files when the issue happened - then I went and one by one downloaded the files It was downloading and that worked out for me.
As with all updates even double dot updates - don't be the first to download it if you don't like when things go wrong and if you are not having any issues - always good to give new updates a week or two before installing.
http://www.imore.com/ios-712-update-freezing-you-theres-reboot-fix
13:36
http://appleinsider.com/articles/14/06/30/apple-testing-two-step-
verification-for-icloudcom
Thanks Tim G for the heads up on this next one - which is well about potentially more security Apple is providing or about to provide for its users and ecosystem.
And what is this you ask - well it is two-step verification for iCloud web apps. According to Apple insider quote Apple is expanding its two-step authentication security feature beyond Apple ID management and iCloud-connected features to the iCloud.com Web app suite. Prior to the change, iCloud.com was accessible via a simple password. unquote
Apple insider said they were apple to confirm this new iCloud security feature is indeed Apples normal two-factor authentication service. However they said it was unclear if it was in testing or nearing a rollout. Some Apple ID accounts they tested required the second verification while others did not.
No official word I could find on this from Apple.
14:41
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2014/06/26Apple-Brings-
Vibrant-Colors-iSight-Camera-to-Most-Affordable-iPod-touch-Model.html
Sticking with the Apple news from Apple theme - on the 26th of June Apple announced in the 3rd person quote Apple brings Vibrant colors & iSight Camera to most affordable iPod touch model. unquote - link to full article in show notes - but a very quick summary - Well Apple killed off the lower end last gen iPod touch - and now all iPod touches are the latest gen. 16, 32 and 64 GB storage is the only differences between the devices - if you don't count the color differences. Pricing is $199 for 16GB, $249 for 32 GB and $299 for 64 GB. Interesting that apple just went to a $50 dollar increment for differences in storage - traditionally it was $100. And by Traditionally I mean right now for every other iOS device except the iPod Touch. iPad Mini Retina - $399 for 16GB - $499 for 32 GB and $599 for 64 GB. HMMMM why is memory so much cheaper for the iPod Touch. Same differences again for every other iOS device except for the iPod Touch.
To me this new pricing structure of $50 between levels of storage is the biggest potential news for future pricing of new iPhones and iPads in the fall. I think it will be hard for Apple to stay with their $100 increments for those products now.
Also Apple started a back to school promotion where you get a $50 gift card when you buy an iPad or iPhone - Per the fine print Purchases must be made from the U.S. Apple Online Store for Education Individuals, or from a U.S. Apple Retail Store, or by calling 1-800-MY-APPLE from July 1, 2014, through September 9, 2014. Purchaser must be eligible for Apple Education Individual Pricing.
So you also get the education discount as well - if you know qualify for it. Or if the girl that babysits your kids qualifies or your niece or nephew qualifies. Or that kid you buy the beer-verages for that cuts your lawn qualifies - ok - that last one would be wrong - I mean unless you were getting a mac book Pro and cinema display.
17:01
http://www.digitaltrends.com/home-theater/apple-tv-adds-aol-
espn-miramax-series-and-movies/#!6IYZN
Ok last item with iPod touch news and this next one is Apple TV news. Yeah baby - we are covering the full spectrum of iOS devices today - and Yes - Apple TV is an iOS device.
Last Week Apple added an App store for Apple TV - oh wait - never mind - that was a dream I was having.
Ok What Apple did do last week with regards to Apple TV was add four more tiles - or channels or lets optimistically call them 4 more Apps. These new apps include - ABC News - This will allow you access to a lot of current news story with some additional related news stories as well as access to 50 years worth of archives - which includes this week in history - which hey is updated you guessed it weekly. If you are in NYC, LA, Chicago, Philly, San Fran, Houston, Fresno, Raleigh and Milwaukee?? you will also get your local news. All access to content on this App is free.
The second App added is the AOL ON app which brings a bunch of video content as in over 900,000 videos - of which less than half involves cats. These are mostly short clips from AOL and AOL partners like Huff Post, TechCrunch, ESPN and the New York times. Supposedly there is some long form original content coming and again this is all free content as well.
The 3rd App is the PBS Kids channel - This is actually the one I as a parent thought was the best. According to PBS quote PBS KIDS programming on Apple TV includes thousands of videos, with new content updated weekly.. Users can access episodes and clips from favorite series such as CURIOUS GEORGE, DINOSAUR TRAIN, PEG + CAT, DANIEL TIGER’S NEIGHBORHOOD, ARTHUR, WILD KRATTS and SESAME STREET. Apple TV viewers can watch this content for free and personalize their PBS KIDS experience by creating a profile and identifying their local PBS station. unquote
I did not see anything about Kaiu or Cat in the Hat.
And the 4th App - well it is a sticky Wicket of an App. It is the Willow TV App.
Ok that was a bad use of the term Sticky Wicket - of which the definition according wiki pedia is quote The phrase comes from the game of cricket. The pitch in cricket is also known as "the wicket" (According to the Laws of Cricket, this usage is incorrect, but it is in common usage and commonly understood by cricket followers). It can be affected by rain and the sun, causing the ball to bounce unpredictably: a pitch which had been wet would become increasingly difficult to bat on, as it dried out. Such a pitch was referred to as a "sticky wicket" for a batsman because the ball's bounces are unpredictable. unquote.
Well if you ever used that phrase but never watched a cricket match - now is your chance to rectify that situation. Yup Willow TV is all Cricket all the time. Somewhere someone listening had a poster of Imran Khan or Brian Lara up on their wall as a teenager and is going Oh Yeah my Apple TV is finally complete. Hey no offense to the Muthiah Muralitharan or Sunil Yoshi fans out there. Oh and if you are a fan of Sir Don Bradman - well chances are you you still have flip phone. Not to take anything away from Sir Don.
22:47
Into the email bag we go.
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25:58
VOICEMAIL MESSAGE - Joe_CA_Cellular_data_and_wifi
Hi Rob. You probably covered this in previous episodes, but at my age you don't remember as good as you used to. Is there a way of locking the orientation when you're in the maps program?
Thanks, Scott in Milwaukee
Hi Scott - First up there are two different types of Orientation lock - there is the one available for iPads. This allows you to use the mute button to be the orientation lock button. Which lets you lock it in either Landscape or Portrait mode. You do this via the general settings - there is an option there just for iPads right below Multitasking - Use Side switch to: One option is Lock Rotation the other is to mute the device. On iPhones and iPod touches running iOS 7 - this option is not there.
For iPhones and iPod touches - there is a software orientation lock - but it is only for locking it in portrait mode. To activate this on an iOS 7.x device swipe up from the bottom of the screen - in the top row of icons on the right is the activation lock. tap it and it locks the device into Portrait mode.
If you have an iOS device running iOS 6 - double tap on the home button and swipe right - and you will see the option to lock the orientation. But sadly again it will only lock it in the Portrait orientation. There is no way to lock it in landscape mode in iOS 6 or 7 for an iPhone or iPod touch.
And Scott - I don't know if we ever covered it in that much detail -so thanks for the question. Honestly - I thought you could lock the iPhone in landscape mode - but that apparently is not the case.
Hi. My name is Shandy. I'm going to rant about a new VoiceOver feature that will be coming in iOS 8. Now, this is a great feature that I, personally, have been looking forward to for years. I'm talking about the Alex voice coming to iOS 8. I am really happy and really angry and depressed about this, all at the same time. Let me explain. I am a totally blind Mac user. I've been using the Mac for the past four years, and I don't use any other text-to-speech voice besides Alex when I use VoiceOver. Alex is my favorite. This may sound crazy, but I listen to Alex sometimes the way I listen to music. I love this Text to speech voice so much. It's the best I've ever heard in my life, and believe me, I've heard a lot of text-to-speech. Absolutely nothing compares to Alex. So, you can imagine how excited I was when I found out that Alex was coming to iOS. In fact, the Alex voice is one of the main reasons why I really wanted to upgrade to iOS 8, as soon as I can. Well, a few days after WWDC ended, I found out, sadly, that Alex will only run on the iPhone 5S and later, and I'm really upset about this because the latest model iPhone I have is a 4S. My iPhone 4S works great, so I don't really need a 5S. Do I? After all, my mom always tells me that, if you just want something but don't really need it, you should not try to get it.But, I want the Alex voice so badly in my iOS installation, and the only way that's going to happen is if I get an iPhone 5S. I've been trying to talk myself out of asking Mom to get me a 5S for the passt couple of days, and it's not working! I can't believe I have to get a new iPhone just for the new text-to-speech voice! It isn't fair, especially since Alex runs just fine on my old Mac book from late 2009. Why can't it run on an iPhone 4S? I just don't understand! The only thing that makes me feel a little better is that my two-year contract for my 4S expires this September, right around the time iOS 8 is coming out. Still, it'll be really hard to convince Mom to get me a new iPhone just so I can enjoy the Alex voice, especially since I already use it on my computer all the time. Anyway, that's my rant.
Regards
Shandy W.
Well Shandy - I would say come October - you may be able to sell your iPhone 4S - and then buy a used 5S for not that much more. If the iPhone 6 is half what it is rumored to be - there will be a bunch of people breaking contracts to upgrade early and then looking to sell their old 5S. Hang in there - September is closer then you think.
31:15
https://plus.google.com/communities/105412562215997292912?cfem=1
We are now well over 900 members in our Google+ community and growing.
Thanks to everyone that has joined and thanks for the great posts.
One post in the G+ community this past week came from -
Stephen williams and he was simply asking what is the maximum distance between 2 devices that airdrop will work. And since it uses wifi and bluetooth as noted in the responses it is limited to about 30 feet or 10 meters. Seems if you use meters to measure you get a few extra feet. Really the limit on the range is the bluetooth part - again it does require both Bluetooth and wifi to work - essentially the devices need bluetooth to connect securely and wifi to do the heavy lifting of file transfer.
There were quite a few conversations about the latest jailbreak - which we will get to at the end of the episode.
- This past week 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.
Ok - Well usually the most civil - last week I booted someone for not being civil - but it is definitely the best moderated G+ community when it comes to iOS
Folks Go to today in iOS dot com slash community to join in.
And thanks to all 900+ of you already in the community and contributing.
32:55
http://appleinsider.com/articles/14/06/25/costco-restarts-sales-
of-apple-products-offering-discounts-on-iphone-and-ipad
Hi Rob,
Saw this at the Irvine, CA. Costco today. Nice to see Apple and Costco working together again. Costco also had Beats headphones discounted to $199.
Best,
Greg in L.A.
THanks to all that sent in this one - which us about Apple being back at Costco after a long absence. So now when you are buying your 3 pound back of pistachios or your 5 pound bag of dried cherry's. You can also pick up an iPad - which right now they have some discounted prices. Some of the tablets are up to $100 off - but you will need to check with your local costco to see what versions and deals they have - seems quantities are limited as are the options.
34:01
http://9to5mac.com/2014/06/22/foxconn-reportedly-hiring-
100000-new-workers-to-assist-with-iphone-6-production/
Almost a rumor - more common sense or just a yearly ritual. Seems Foxconn is reportedly hiring new workers to assist with the next gen iPhone build. Shocker.
This time FoxConn is reportedly hiring 100,000 new workers. Pegatron is also reported to be ramping up their hiring of new workers as they too are supposed to be getting up to 30% of the new iPhone build orders.
I guess I would just say - if this rumor was not circulating at this time I would be concerned - that it is circulating seems like just par for the course. Or maybe one under par.
34:51
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-06-24/apple-s-big-iphones-
said-to-start-production-next-month.html
Ok - so if we accept that Foxconn is now ramping up production of the next gen iPhone - which if it is launching in September they definitely would need to be doing now.
What is it likely that they are building.
Well rumors are pretty much consolidating around two different versions - a 4.7 inch and 5.5 inch version.
Most rumors have it being a little thinner and a little more rounded on the corners and edges.
There are also now photos of what is supposed to be the 5.5 inch display coming from Sonny Dickson - who in the past had other samples that proved to be the real deal.
The other thing the rumors are agreeing on is that the sleep wake button has been moved from the top to the side.
There is the rumor that the screens will be sapphire - well some say it will be both - some say it will be the 4.7 inch version only - some say the 5.5 inch version only.
There are other rumors about higher resolution displays for both, Improved chipsets - kind of a given. A new barometer - mentioned on the last show. And just a single flash replacing the dual flash used for true-tone - but likely still a true tone flash.
But one thing I have not seen in any rumors - not a single one is the introduction of a new iPhone at 4 inches - the current size screen.
I believe there will be a new iPhone at 4 inches sporting the A8 chip - which is likely what will be the new processor for the iPhone. I don't see the 4 inch size being completely given up on.
http://9to5mac.com/2014/06/21/here-are-the-first-photos-of-
the-5-5-inch-iphone-6s-purported-lcd/
http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/24/tech/mobile/iphone-6-
rumors/index.html
36:56
http://appleinsider.com/articles/14/06/26/rumor-apple-to-
limit-128gb-iphone-6-option-to-55-inch-model
How about if Apple releases 3 versions a
4, 4.7 and 5.5 inch and prices all three the same.
Huh you say.
Well Think about this - getting all the electronics into the smaller package makes it harder to design and layout for manufacturability - a 5.5 inch device is likely to cost much less to manufacture then a 4 inch device - but will have a slightly higher material cost due to the larger screen and battery - but over all it could be a wash between the 4 inch and 5.5 inch in total cost when you look at everything from design to testing to manufacturing costs to bill of materials and to yield.
That would be really interesting if they did that - and then only made the 5.5 inch version with the 128 gb capacity.
hmmmm
Ok - wait this is Apple - of course they will raise the prices for the larger units. What was I thinking. But there may only be $50 increments in price differences as we saw with the update iPod touch line.
To the email bag.
Hi Rob,
Do you think apple will get away from a "budget" iPhone 5C and just use older models as the lower cost options?
Regards,
Michael
It is possible What apple could do is kill off the iPhone 4S - kind of a given - and kill off the 5S - and then make an upgrade to the 5C to maybe be the 6C - and put in the A7 processor. And that becomes your only 4 inch device. With the iPhone 6 and 6+ being the 4.7 and 5.5 inch devices. Of course that is not what I expect - I do expect as just mentioned - 3 sizes of the latest iPhone running the A8. But wanted to throw out another scenario so I could cherry pick that alternative in September and say look I nailed it. Oh wait never mind I don't write for BGR.
But it is possible that the 5C just lives on as is - and becomes the low cost device with absolutely no change at all - and the more I think about it - that to me seems like the most likely scenario.
Maybe the line up will be 5C 16GB lowest cost - Zero dollar subsidized, 5S 16 GB - mid price point - $99 subsidized, 4.7 inch 16GB low end storage and the traditionally standard price point - $199 subsidized , And 5.5 inch with 32 GB low end storage at $249 subsidized.
I would expect a lot of the rumors over the next two months to start to focus on the pricing aspect - as on the technical side the rumors all seem to have come together and there is not much else new to say there.
40:13
http://mashable.com/2014/06/21/iwatch-nba-stars/
Thanks to Dr. John for this next one. And that is the other place we should expect to see the rumors heating up on for the next couple of months and that is the iWatch.
There was a post on Mashable saying the Apple is testing the rumored iWatch with NBA star Kobe Bryant who would be one of several Pro athletes to test mythical iWatch.
They are reportedly working with some top athletes from the MLB, NHL, NBA. They did not say anything about Cricket for some reason. hmmm. They also speculate Kobe Bryant was picked because of his relationship with nike and also his high popularity in China. But in that case why not just work with Long Ma or Zhendong Fan or on the women's side - Ning Ding.
No photos by the paparazzi to back any of this up at this time - but there is a report Kobe Bryant was spotted on Apples campus last month where he supposedly met with Johnny Ive.
Hard to say if this backs up the rumor or is what caused the rumors creation in the first place. It is just possible Kobe is an Apple fan boy and Ive is a Kobe fan boy and they just were meeting to say hi.
41:41
http://www.redmondpie.com/major-security-flaw-discovered-
in-android-play-store-affects-most-apps/
Thanks to Brent for this next one. Which is about YAMSFWA - Yet another major security flaw with Android. This time it has to do with the Android google play store. And quote there appears to be a fundamental flaw in the play stores infrastructure that leaves users potentially vulnerable to having their passwords and personal credentials logged without explicit consent unquote. Or put another way - if this was happening on iOS - would have been the lead story on the local and national news. Just sayin.
No granted this is an exploit discovered by a Professor and PHD student - and no proof anyone nefarious types are taking advantage of this unknown and luckily very hidden secret. Yup nothing to worry about here on the Android side.
42:19
http://www.fireeye.com/blog/technical/2014/01/android-hehe-
malware-now-disconnects-phone-calls.html
Hi Rob,
Thought this was somewhat interesting and one more reason to stay away from the Android OS. However, I don't really know much about FireEye Labs and their credibility.
Regards,
Respectfully,
Marshall M
And what Marshall is referring to is a new Trojan horse for Android called Android.hehe - which was found by FireEye Labs and also reported on by symantec - quote Android.Hehe is a Trojan horse for Android devices that blocks incoming calls and SMS messages from specific numbers. The Trojan also steals information from the compromised device.
unquote
And well it is good to be using iOS that is how I look at all this news.
43:29
VOICEMAIL MESSAGE - Ryan_Quest_techblogs_rumors
Hi Rob every time I try and tweet something from the Tii App I get a pop up with the message:
The tweet - Yada Yada cannot be sent because the connection to twitter failed.
I have deleted the app and put the twitter app back on my iPhone and this Msg is still popping up what am I doing wrong.
Regards,
Sharde
I sent Shared the following - Hi Sharde,
Are you logged into to Twitter on your iOS device.
Go to the settings app - then scroll down to twitter - and tap it and see if you have your twitter account info entered.
Regards Rob
She replied - Hi Rob,
ok I see now I did not put my password in the settings area for the twitter app thats preinstalled on my iPhone thanks rob its working now
So folks if you ever have an issue with any app sending a tweet - you need to make sure you are logged in at the Settings level for twitter and also Facebook for that matter.
Hi Rob,
I thought Safari now provided unlimited browsing after initially being restricted to nine pages open, but this morning it refused to allow a 25th open page. Yes, I admit I need to be more organized - I am about to work my way through them all, I promise - but was I wrong to think unlimited browsing was on the cards?
Regards,
Russell E in Adelaide
Hi Rob
One thing I hope iOS 8 will address is the continual annoyance of getting a popup saying "cellular data is off for an app" when you access the app in question. If you have turned it off, you shouldn't have to be reminded that you have done so. The workaround in the meantime is, say if this happens when you access the notes app, turn on cellular data for notes specifically, but turn off the main cellular data button at the top of the screen. This will mean the popup is disabled and you can access notes without it appearing. Hope that helps.
Regards
Steve in Brisbane
Hi Rob,
Do you have tips to save data on a iPhone or iPad because I all ways go over my data
Sincerely Zachary S
Hi Zachary - thanks for the email. First thing to do is go into the settings app - Then tap of cellular - then scroll down to Use Cellular Data for:
And turn off every app that makes no sense or you could care less about allowing to have access to data - many of these apps only have access to data to deliver you ads. Like Angry birds or candy crush or well you get the picture. Restricting the apps you let get access to cellular data is important - then look at those remaining and see which ones are you biggest data hogs. And then turn them off too. You can always turn them on again later - but by turning off your biggest data hogs - you will at least be able to decide later on do you really need to watch that video on ESPN right now or can you wait until you have wifi and so on.
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https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/plxdevices/legion-
meter-charge-your-smartphone-92-faster?ref=email
Previously I pledged on the Legion Meter - that is the multimeter for your iOS charger. Well good news - I just got my survey from kickstarter - that is where they ask for your address - usually this is not done until right before they are getting ready to ship - which seems odd at the end of June for an October shipment - but maybe they have these done early. That would be a shocker and not something I am used to with kickstarter.
Their kickstarter page still shows October for delivery.
Sadly my SOS Charger has gone completely dark - the last word from them was the Chargers were done and getting ready to be shipped via ocean freight - or put another way literally on a slow boat from China. That was on May 29th - no word since then. Ok - I did look it up and it is 29 to 35 days on average for transit time from China to most locations in the US. And it take up to a week for your cargo to be loaded and another week for it to be cleared at the destination port. So we are looking at end of Middle of July end of July before they have product. Yeah - don't think I will be seeing it before my next conference in Mid august - drat.
Previously on the show we mentioned the iFind tag Kickstarter project part of what I said on Episode 310 when I featured is was quote Per how it works - they claim it recycles electromagnetic energy and stores it in a unique power bank. It has a 200 ft - 60 Meter detection range and loud alarm.
Will be interesting to see if this one works as advertised. To be honest the fact that tags previously did require batteries is a big reason I was not a fan of tags. But this one has me rather interested. I am almost willing to plunk down $30 to get two just to see if this is as good as advertised. unquote.
Well Keven J was one of those that did actually pledge for it and on June 26th he received an email that said the following
quote:
This is a message from Kickstarter’s Trust & Safety team. We’re writing to notify you that the iFind - The World's First Battery-Free Item Locating Tag project has been suspended, and your $120.00 USD pledge has been canceled. A review of the project uncovered evidence of one or more violations of Kickstarter's rules, which include:
- A related party posing as an independent, supportive party in project comments or elsewhere
- Misrepresenting support by pledging to your own project
- Misrepresenting or failing to disclose relevant facts about the project or its creator
- Providing inaccurate or incomplete user information to Kickstarter or one of our partners
Accordingly, all funding has been stopped and backers will not be charged for their pledges. No further action is required on your part.
unquote
Ummm well I guess we will not get to see how it works after all.
At the time they killed it - there was over half a million dollars in pledges from almost 10,000 people. The comments thread on kickstarter is best enjoys with popcorn.
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From Mike R
Is anyone like me and your jaw drop at the price of $200 headphones?
I found some for $50 that I like and others might too.
They are made by or sold by "MobileSpec" called "studio" model MS51BK for black. They have a inline mic for answering calls with a push button but no volume control. Of course dual ear headphones are not legal for driving and these do a pretty good job of background noise isolation. They sit on your ears not around but are comftorable for at least a couple hours. 48mm drivers. 10hz to 20,000 hz frequency response. Bass response sounds good to me and that's what sold me.
Sold at most truck stops in the USA and amazon. Most truck stops have a demo display to listen with your iPhone.
I'll be getting a second pair. There are two models on display, these for $50 and another for $10 less.
Regards,
Mike R
Texas
Hi Rob,
I was curious, with how easy it is to access tethering from your iPhone on a mac, does that also work with iPad? I'm currently considering switching to sprints unlimited plan and it comes with 5 GB of tethering for my iPad, but since I'm not a developer, I don't have access to the betas.
Thanks for the show,
Regards
Jason H
Hi Rob, I was thinking about jail breaking my iphone 5 but I don't know much about it. I was wondering what are the cons of jail breaking? Would the security of my info be at risk while jail broken? Can I still use icloud with my Mac? I use online banking, can I still do that safely while jail broken? And lastly can you give me a link of how I can jail break it?
Regards,
-Mat
Hi Rob,
Are we trusting the Pangu jailbreak for ios 7.1.1?
http://www.redmondpie.com/pangu-ios-7.1.1-jailbreak-released-
heres-everything-you-need-to-know/
Regards,
Justin
Hi Rob,
Just wondering what you think of the new jailbreak Pangu?
Regards,
Levi M
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http://9to5mac.com/2014/06/23/pangu-untethered-ios-
7-1-x-jailbreak-released-but-proceed-with-caution/
Ok - First I was right and wrong when it came to a jailbreak for iOS 7.1.1 - I said I did not see the jailbreak dev team releasing a new one for 7.1.1 - and well they did not - but there was one released. This comes from Pangu in China. And not only does it work for 7.1.1 - it also still works for 7.1.2
Ok - first since this came from China - there were many skeptical and scared about the validity or safety of the jailbreak.
Because you know all those other jailbreaks by other hackers not in China were so safe with no possible chance of anything going wrong. All Jailbreak devs are hackers which means they break rules - which is not a bad thing - but also not the most secure thing. no jailbreak was done by Apple - and jailbreaking means you are reducing the security of your device. But you know you can always trust a guy with a pinapple on his head.
Ok - that all said - when the Pangu Jailbreak first launched they did offer by default a piracy app store along with Cydia - that was not cool - and that is what gives jailbreaking a bad name.
That said - PanGu 1.1 is now available and for the English version at least only Cydia will be installed by default. It works with iOS 7.1, 7.1.1 and 7.1.2
One thing they also did with Pangu 1.1 - is they changed some of the code they were using - seems they had lifted or borrowed some code from @iOn1c - and he was not happy.
One of the things Pangu does do to make the jailbreak possible is it uses expired enterprise certs and as MuscleNerd from the Devteam said - they don't do that because of legal issues.
Stefan Esser who is iOn1c - said Pangu's jailbreak technique might be a bigger deal later on as it uses quote many secret vulnerabilities unquote. Also from Esser - quote “The Pangu jailbreak does not only use one info leak bug but several from my training. And there is basically my code linked directly into it, unquote
On top of all that Pangu 1.1 stopped using Essers code and used some new code - which means that might be two different vulnerabilities the Pangu team made Apple aware of and now has time to fix / patch before iOS 8 is launched.
So while this does mean right here - right now - you can jailbreak your iOS 7.1.2 iOS device - it may mean your iOS 8 device will not be jailbroken - not for a while after it launches at least and could take longer than even the iOS 7 jailbreak took. And that is bad news for all interested in jailbreaking.
All of that said - what is the verdict on the street about whether this jailbreak is safe?
It seems to be a consensus feeling from those that are technical that have gone over this - that there is nothing malicious with regards to what it could do to you the end user.
Does that 100% mean it is safe - HECK NO. And if you use your iOS device for work and have sensitive info on your iOS device that if you divulged you would loose your job - or cost your company lots of money or embarrassment - yes this jailbreak or any jailbreak for that matter is not for you.
Should you jailbreak right now - I would say wait until the next episode - which will likely not be for about two week - I am taking a week off as I travel to NY.
I say wait - just because well it works with iOS 7.1.2 - and the long 4th of july weekend will give more people to dive into the code more and re-confirm nothing bad is going on.
Again from what I read - it does seem safe. I will not be jailbreaking until I get back from NY. Just don't want to before traveling.
I will not put up a tutorial for some time on this. But there is a link in the show notes:
http://www.reddit.com/r/jailbreak/comments/29dw9b/
pangu_110_is_now_available_to_download/
http://www.cultofmac.com/285201/pangu-jailbreak-put-
ios-8-jailbreak-even-reach/
http://www.redmondpie.com/top-3-reasons-to-update-to-ios-
7.1.1-and-jailbreak-using-pangu-right-now/
1:02:56
http://9to5mac.com/2014/06/23/how-to-jailbreak-ios-7-1-
and-7-1-1-with-pangu-video/
Look for the link titled - How to jailbreak iOS 7.1 and 7.1.x with Pangu - again in the show notes for ep 313.
If you feel you must jailbreak early.
Here is some early feedback on Pangu from listeners.
Hey Rob,
So I restored from iOS 8 beta 2 to 7.1.1 and jailbroke my phone using pangu. Seems to work without a hitch. Cydia is changed buttons have moved. My fav app virtual button on 5s still works.
Regards,
Dev
Well I bit the bullet and did the Pangu JB on my iPad mini
I followed the instructions and the jailbreak was successful.
Currently restoring Apps.
At one point my AVG anti- Virus did pickup up a Trojan Virus associated with Pangu Jailbreak. The Pangu tool itself.
going thru the App update for 7.1.1. Thats working as I type. Cydia did the basics at start. But many of my tweaks are not currently compatible with 7.1.1. Must wait for JB developers to update them.
If your still happy with your previous JB. You might want to stick with it awhile longer. Not sure yet if I regret the new JB. Still many iOS 7 Apps can be updated.
Regards,
- Chris In London
I just finished Jailbreaking both my iPhone 5 and iPad mini retina. Jailbreak went very smooth and it's so nice not having random spring board crashes. Even Siri sounds sexy lol. Got 90 of tweaks back on only a few I found shoot the devices into safe mode. The Jailbreak itself was a breeze.
Regards,
Jade Starr
Hi Rob,
I've been having a frustrating battle with my iPad 3rd gen. over the last few months. (On iOS 7.0.4) The spring board kept crashing when I used multitask mode. I was excited to hear about the jailbreak release and decided to take a chance. I backed up then updated my iPad 3rd gen. to iOS 7.1.1 (via DFU mode). I also updated iTunes (this is a must). Then downloaded the jailbreak and with a few easy steps I was jail broken. So far over the past 3 days I've had no issues and this solved my CRASHING springboard issue!! I have however noticed that many of the Cydia tweaks are not updated yet. (Activator)
Just giving my two cents..
Regards,
Justin
At this point I have not heard any negative stories about this jailbreak. But as Chris points out if you are happy with your current jailbreak and not having any issues - no real reason to upgrade at this point.
Lets see where we are when Ep 314 comes out. Obviously some of you will be jailbreaking before them - please send you feed back to today in iOS At gmail dot com or better yet call it in - a little lite on the voice mail feedback lately. Give us a call - 206 666 6364 thats 206 moon dog.
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Hi Rob, Help - I am so irritated. Every time I try to gift something thru the iTunes Store it won't work. I log in - it shows I have a credit so I know I'm logged In. I go to the album I want to gift & hit send gift & it asks for the password AGAIN! I put it in & it won't proceed - just sleeps asking for password over & over again. So I log off & go reset my password. Log back in & same thing AGAIN! Help.
Regards,
Laurie
Hi Laurie - I never saw that - but then I have only gifted things a few times. If anyone has seen this issue and knows of a fix - send an email or give us a call.
Hi Rob,
I wanted to give a review of my new Photon Hot Spot device from Freedompop. After taking a look at their website, without making a purchase, Freedompop sent me an email offer to get a free Photon hotspot device plus 500 free MB of data, all I had to pay was 9.99 for activation, plus try their premier service for one month (cancel at any time). So I did, and it was shipped free of charge within 5 business days. The Photon is a tiny flat square and very light. It came with a USB cord to charge it. I have to say this 4G hotspot works great, as I have been using it flawlessly everywhere I traveled within Northern NJ and Metro NY. I use it mostly with my Verizon Retina iPad Mini 4G and it works as well as Verizon's 4G Prepaid service. Also, I downloaded Freedompop's free app onto my iPhone 4s and they gave me an additional 200MB of data for the first month. After about 20 days I called customer service to cancel the premier trial, because I'm not ready to do it as of yet, and within 5 minutes the customer service person canceled the service without a hassle. I was not expected that. So far Freedompop does what they say and I highly recommend trying their products and services.
Thanks
Dave O
Thanks Dave - and Dave is a long time listener sending in emails for the past 3+ years - so no he is not a FreedomPop plant. And well I will be giving my Freedom Pop a work out this next week when I travel to NY - will be interesting to see how it does at the airports between flights.
Hi Rob,
Do you think now with Amazon launching their new phone they might bring podcasts into their store? It's not iOS but it would be kinda cool that they are better than google?
Cheers
Craig
Ok - It is not iOS - but it is podcasting and well - to answer your question - I hope so - because Android is vast waste land of lost opportunity for podcasters. If I have said this a twice I have said it a 100 times - Google is not a podcasters friend - the ratio of Podcasts download for iOS vs Android in May - over 6 to 1 in favor of iOS. Android needs some help and Amazon might be the one to do that - they at least with Audible has some incentive - after all what is the best advertising platform for Audible - Podcasts. So who knows Craig but in my Utopian future - Yes there is a native podcatching app on Android devices. But right now Android is really just a distopian waste land - something Officer Rockatansky would feel at home in. +5 pts if you got that reference with out googling it.
Hey Rob, am I the only one having major problems with the last podcast app update? First it crashed continually, then after bringing a fresh copy from the cloud it's insisting on downloading EVERY subscribed podcast I'm signed up for. I finally had to remove it all together. Are there any solutions for the original app?
Steve R
Remember - the Podcasts app really really needs the latest version of iTunes installed on your computer - even is you are not directly sync'g with iTunes on your computer - there seems to be interaction between your podcasts list on your computer and the podcasts app even via just iCloud - and in all cases when I heard of the podcasts app crashing and burning after the last update - once the person updated iTunes on their computer - then the podcasts app worked fine. So again make sure you update iTunes on your computer if you plan to update the podcasts app on your iOS device.
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