TRANSCRIPT FOR EPISODE 357
Welcome to the show I am your host Rob and this is the Today in iOS podcast - First up I want to thank STACY for sending in the music you hear in the background. STACY wrote:
Hi Rob,
I created this song called GEOSYNCHRONOUS with the App Korg Gadget - and the track was "mastered" within Audioshare using the inter-app audio apps AUFX:Peak EQ, AUFX:Push generic:subtle preset
This is from my Album Orbiting Moodswings where all the songs were created on iOS devices. You can find my music by searching for Spectral Sevenths two words in Spotify.
Regards,
Stacy P
SONG GEOSYNCHRONOUS
Thanks STACY for the music and folks I will put the full song at the end of the episode. I also want to thank LOU for sending in the Artwork for today's show. LOU said the following:
Hi RoB,
To create this artwork I used dafont.com for the Tii text and the apps Font Killer and Laminar to put it together.
Regards,
Lou Valencia
Thanks LOU, for sending in this artwork and folks you can see LOU'S artwork in the FREE Tii App via the BONUS button for ep 357 - or at instagram.com/todayinios 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.
02:03
In this segment of how wrong were they we have the following quote quote ““the iPad is a disappointing effort that fails to live up to the hype. The iPad is both an oversized iPod Touch and an under-powered netbook.
“The iPad is a not so ‘magical’ e-reader. Expect to hear a lot of: ‘I spent a cold night in line for this?'”
Scott Moritz , TheStreet.com, 9 March 2010
Scott I am guessing what you heard a lot more of after the iPad came out was the following question - I payed ten dollars a week to the street.com for this advice? Just Sayin
02:38
Sadly no new promo codes this week. Bad App or iBook Marketer are you if you have a paid app and did not send in the codes.
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 FOR FREE 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.
03:21
http://9to5mac.com/2015/07/22/ios-9-public-beta-update/
Right after the last Episode - Apple went and released the 2nd public beta to testers. This is the same one as the 4th beta for devs. Just looks like they are releasing to devs first and then a day or so later to the public testers.
Makes sense - if anything major pops up - they keep it limited to those that are more understanding of issues.
Before you start doing beta testing - here is an email I need to read.
Hi Rob,
I wanted to talk about my experience with iOS 9 public beta. I really wish I would have followed your advice and not have installed it. The first week was smooth. So I continued to use the iOS, but then I started experiencing massive bugs. My phone screen would turn blue and then restart itself over and over. My apple music app would crash, and during text my phone would freeze causing me to have to hard reset. Long story short the iOS cause so much issues I couldn't even update to the official iOS 8.4 without factory resetting my device. Hopefully this email will help to discourage those daring enough to download the beta especially on their main device.
Regards,
Zatise B
Normally I don’t report on Bugs in Betas - just features - and really I am not reporting on bugs I found in iOS 9 - just really a reminder to those thinking of doing the public beta - beta means testing phase - and testing phase means find bugs - and bugs there are to find. So again if you are not someone that can live with issues like freezes and reboots and unresponsiveness or Goat Simulator not working right (my son told me to mention that). Then stay away from the Beta’s. Beta’s are for those that have multiple devices and don’t rely on their device for work or as their main device.
05:15
http://www.appleworld.today/blog/2015/7/22/smart-move-apple-
disables-app-reviews-for-those-running-ios-9-beta
If you are running the iOS 9 betas one thing you can’t do that those on iOS 8.4 can - is write reviews of Apps. This is actually a good thing - as it seems those running the public betas were writing negative reviews for Apps that were not working correctly with the iOS 9 beta. Like as my son reminds - that Goat Simulator is not working correctly. Why this is a good thing - especially for devs - is that it is not fair to negatively review an App because it does not work 100% with a beta. It is still a beta. Devs need time to get their apps fixed and then submitted and then approved in the App store. Which is why the last beta will likely be somewhere around Mid August or the week after.
So if you are a public beta tester of iOS 9 - do not be upset you can not write App reviews - as really you should be concentrating on the bugs and issues you find with the Beta itself and reporting them back to Apple - and not putting in 1 star reviews for an App that is not playing nice yet with a beta.
06:25
http://social.techcrunch.com/2015/07/21/apple-music-users/
So how is Apple Music doing - well Apple did not give specific numbers - they did say quote Millions and millions of customers are already experiencing Apple Music and the number is growing substantially every day unquote
Obviously in the free 3 month trial period - those numbers if there were even specific numbers would not mean a lot - the question will be come 3, 4, 5 months from know what % stay with the paid service - and what is that number.
Since Apple does need to pay record labels and the like - it is possible leaks will happen and we will find out what those real numbers are maybe Apple will even give those numbers - Ummm - No.
Spotify has about 20 Million Paid monthly subscribers. With that service likely to take the biggest hit - as Pandora has said so far Apple music has not effected it user numbers at all.
Right now as of July 28th - iOS 8.4 has been installed by 55% of iOS users. So really right now Apple music is only available to about half the iOS users.
Oh and snap and update on this already. Looks like the Major labels are already talking and saying that Apple Music already has over 10 Million Active users. Now the question really comes down to can Apple fix the bugs people are reporting before the 3 month subscription period is over and before users get frustrated enough to figure out how to turn off the auto subscription option.
https://mixpanel.com/trends/#report/apple_music_release/
from_dat
http://www.computerworld.com/article/2953652/mac-apps/can-
apple-music-keep-its-10-million-users.html
08:22
VOICEMAIL - Don_NYC_amazon_echo_fdbk
Hey Rob - I have Spotify Premium as a freebie my from telco here in NZ, so won't be subscribing to Apple Music but i have been enjoying the free trial.
The integration with Siri is amazing. It's awesome to be able to say 'Siri play Lyin Eyes by the Eagles' for instance, but even more incredible to able to say 'Siri, play me the Top 20 songs from 1984', and they just start playing.
I find the interface a bit messy, but the suggestions and Siri integration make a compelling product.
Regards,
Simmo
Wellington, NZ
Hi Rob,
A tip for those of us running low on storage.
Make sure you delete any old videos from text messages, especially duplicates that you have on camera roll.
Regards,
Mike R
Hi Rob,
Good news for HSBC uK customers: Apple Pay is up and running.
Regards,
Tosin O
Hello Rob,
I just found a feature in iOS 9 public beta 2 That I have not seen mentioned anywhere yet.
In the Mail app, I was composing an email. I noticed an old email address that was no longer in my contacts. So I tryied to remove it. In iOS 8, I would tap ion the (i) info icon next to the email address to delete in the suggested email. In the contact info dialog, tap "Remove from recents". However, In iOS 9 "Remove from recents" is gone!
I did find the following under Settings -> Mail, Contacts, and Calendars:
If I toggle "Contacts Found in Mail" off and back on, all old email addresses not in Contacts was removed.
I hope Apple brings back the old "Remove from Recents" so, I can individually remove old email addresses.
Regards,
Steven (In Houston)
VOICEMAIL - Jerry_indy_fdbk_applewatch
15:19
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Regards,
Skip
Rob,
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Sean
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18:06
https://plus.google.com/communities/105412562215997292912?cfem=1
We are now well over 2,000 members in our Google+ community and growing.
Thanks to everyone that has joined and thanks for the great posts.
One new post in the G+ community that went up since the last episode came from STAN BENTLY who posted the following question
Quote
Can someone point me to a resource that I can use to get Sync over Wi-Fi to work? I have 4 devices, all running iOS8.4, the latest iTunes version, Sync over WiFi checked in the Summary section for all devices. However when I attempt to perform a wifi sync, I get a "Looking for iPhone" popup, then it and the device on the menu disappear. I've reset everything I can think of but still no use.
I'm trying to be able to sync my apps with iTunes so I only have to download the apps once, rather than for each device.
Thanks in advance.
Unquote
Some of the replies he had were the following.
From Robert Kelly quote I've had that problem for many years regardless of iPhone model or iOS and iTunes software.
The only thing that seems to work for me, currently, is making sure my phone is on and unlocked during the entire sync. unquote
And from Francisco Tapia quote The sync over wifi is very buggy. I usually have to sync over a cable with each device that is buggy.
I typically
1) deselect sync over wifi
2) sync
3) enable sync over wifi
4) sync once more.
Then disconnect and I am able to sync once again. unquote
Since the last episode there were also dozens and dozens of other new posts in the Tii Google+ community - which is an Android fan 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 2000+ of you already in the community and contributing.
Also from the Google Plus community was this post from Tosin Oladini who wrote:
quote Just thought I'd put this out there for any folks having any issues on the iOS 9 beta which have developed since the 2nd public beta or wasn't fixed by it, it might be worth trying "reset all settings ". I had issues with VoiceOver in the first public beta and then notification centre and control centre would not work in the 2nd. Simply resetting all settings fixed it though I had already reported it to Apple via the feedback app. Definitely worth a try. You never know unquote
20:55
http://www.engadget.com/2015/07/22/apple-watch-shipments/
Lets talk about what the likely number of Apple Watches sold were by looking at all the data out there from Apple and from Slice and other sources.
Last quarter - Other Products was $2,641 Million - The previous quarter it was $1,689 and $1,767 for the year ago quarter.
For the year ago quarter iPod’s were $442 Mil with Accessories $1,325 Mil
The year before that it was $773 and $1,179
If we project to this year - iPod Sales were probably around 300 Mil at most. with Accessories at 1,100 Mil.
That leaves 1,241 Mil for Apple Watches - which jives with what was also said in the conference call. That Apple Watch accounted for well over 100% of the growth for that category with declines in both iPods and Accessories.
If we look at the slice data for an ASP - they found that the ASP of their customers came in at $505. While we can through out their estimates on unit sales - the ASP number should be close to reality - as that is not a sample and projection - but rather from looking at actual unit sales pricing and getting an ASP for their customers - which is a large enough sample it should be within a couple of % points of reality.
If we take $1,241 Mil and an ASP of $505 = 2.457 Million units.
How does that jive with Tim cooks comments it out sold the iPad in its comparable launch window.
The original iPad launched on April 3rd 2010 - and through June 26th 2010 - Apple Sold 3.27 Million units - during what was an 85 day window. We do know they sold >300,000 units on the first day. That leaves 2.9 Million units over 84 days = 35,357 per day.
The Apple Watch went on Sale April 24th and the quarter ended on June 27th. That is 65 days. If we take the 35,357 per day sales and multiply it by 64 and then add 300,000 you get 2.562 Million units - or slightly more than the 2.457 Million I estimated above. How do I explain the difference - simple we know that in the first 45 to 60 days of the iPad being on sale after the initial push - it was in short supply. That means for many of those days because of supply constraint - the iPad was not selling anywhere near that average number. In reality the iPad would have sold easily well below the 2.457 Million number in the first 65 days.
Or you could say the ASP’s from Slice were a little high. In any case what we get is Apple Watch sales last quarter below well below the 3 Million unit mark. And way way below the Engadget article saying there was 4 Million units sold.
Again this 2.5 Million or even 2.6 Million unit number is not bad considering that Apple was supply constrained. And it is much higher than any other smartphone watch sales to date. It is just lower than what the folks on Wallstreet were estimating.
Endgadget had an article titled - Apple Already took 75% of the Smartwarch Market - and they based that on Apple selling 4 Million units. Which again if you look at the facts just can not be.
These numbers come from Strategy Analytics - that had the Global Smartphone market at 5.3 Million units last quarter with Apple being 4 Million.
If we adjust that to 2.6 Million (best case for Apple Watch) and add in the 1.3 Million for everyone else - we get 3.9 Million units - which I don’t even need a calculator to say Apple had 2/3rds of the smartphone market last quarter - which is still a great number.
Johnny Evans at Computer world had an article on this and said we should throw out any estimates below 3 Million - I think he reversed that - we should throw out any estimates above 3 Million.
http://watchaware.com/post/14166/slice-intelligence-apple-
has-sold-3-million-apple-watches-to-date
http://www.computerworld.com/article/2951558/wearables/
whos-gonna-win-the-apple-watch-guesswork-war.html
26:51
http://www.idownloadblog.com/2015/07/23/iphone-6s-front-panel-leak/
From the rumor mill comes a potential photo of the front panel on what they are saying is the iPhone 6S. And shocker it looks just like the front panel of the iPhone 6 - which is pretty much what everyone is expecting.
At this point Apple suppliers have to be ramping up production on the next gen iPhones components. So see pictures of the next gen housing is not surprising at all.
The one thing we have not seen photos of yet - and likely will not see until close to the end of August is the finished rear panel with the camera mounted - will it be flush with the 6S and 6S+ ? If it is - it bodes well for the LynX rumor - if not then it will mean another year at least for the LynX camera module - which I am really rooting and hoping for in the iPhone 2015 generation.
27:58
http://www.wsj.com/articles/nike-apple-agree-to-settle-
nike-fuelband-class-action-suit-1438016873
This next one is about a class action suit that was put forth towards Nike and Apple - This is with regards to the Nike+ Fuelband - and the suit alleges the companies misled consumers about the accuracy of the device. If you are someone that purchased one between Jan 19th 2012 and June 17th 2015 - you are now eligible for settlement check of $15 or a nike gift card for $25. The suit which was originally brought against both Nike and Apple in 2013 - alleged that quote false and/or misleading statements were made regarding the Nike+ fuel bands ability to accurately track steps and calories unquote and there were other claims - but that is the big one.
My son has the Nike+ Fuelband - so I went and put in for the the $15 Check. I will have a link in the show notes for Ep 357 titled - Nike+ Fuel Band Settlement - that will take you to the page where you can apply for the settlement.
You will need the serial number of your fuel band or bands to get the check or checks or gift card or cards.
Both Nike and Apple deny the claims in the suit - And Nike will be the one responsible for the settlement payments according to the terms of the settlement. Guess with All of Apples Cash over seas - they really did not have any spare change laying around.
My Son loves his nike+ fuel band - so I don’t have the heart to tell him about this. I will just take the $15 and get him an iTunes gift card and tell him it is for being an awesome son or wait for him to do something nice for someone or something.
http://nikefuelbandsettlement.com
29:49
http://thehackernews.com/2015/07/android-phone-hacking.html?m=1
Remember all the media brew ha ha - about when you had a friend send you a text message with some special characters - and it could cause your iPhone to reboot. This had lots and lots of press coverage from mainstream press to almost every tech blog. This was known as the effective Power bug and you can google that to see the over reporting on this issue. An issue that was completely patched in iOS 8.4 by the way.
Well what if I told you there was an exploit - where all someone had to do was send you a text message and if you choose to read it or not i.e. where you take no action at all - it would give the sender of that message control of your device if all they knew was your phone number. Something that effects over 900 Million devices.
Let me read a quote from Zimperium a mobile security blog - quote
Attackers only need your mobile number, using which they can remotely execute code via a specially crafted media file delivered via MMS. A fully weaponized successful attack could even delete the message before you see it. You will only see the notification. These vulnerabilities are extremely dangerous because they do not require that the victim take any action to be exploited. Unlike spear-phishing, where the victim needs to open a PDF file or a link sent by the attacker, this vulnerability can be triggered while you sleep. Before you wake up, the attacker will remove any signs of the device being compromised and you will continue your day as usual – with a trojaned phone. unquote.
Now If this exploit was for iOS - it would be front page USA Today news - front of CNN.com news - it was be the most talked about exploit - and have a Gate name assigned like TrojanGate or ZombieGate. But Luckily for us iOS users - this is not an iOS exploit - but it is a real Android exploit - and it is for any devices running Android 2.2 to 5.1 - which is over 950 Million Android phones. This is due to an exploit in Stagefright the multimedia component in Android - So I guess you should call this StagefrightGate if we are being fair and all - And being fair I should mention that Google has a patch now for this and is sending to manufacturers - that will then send to Carriers and who knows - 6 months from now - maybe up to 25% of devices will have the patch - but many will never be patched. Kind of sucks to have an Android Phone - Just Sayin
Will be interesting to see how widely this one is covered in the press. Oh and a quick update - seems that some in the press are covering this - NPR, Forbes and Engadget three of the bigger names that covered this so far. Just google - Stagefright MMS exploit - to see more on this - and I am not going to say I get any type of satisfaction out of this type of story - because that would be wrong to say - out loud at least.
And looking at USA Today - the top of the tech stories the morning after this news broke - was OnePlus2 2 Hopes to be a new flagship killer to rival iPhone - Yeah no news bias at all.
I did reach out to Paul Asadoorian - CEO of Security Weekly - for his opinion on this - his recommendation for any Android users are
quote - - Patch your device (if and when its available)
- In the mean time turn off the feature that automatically receives MMS
messages (instructions are in that post)
And then trade in your Android device and get an iPhone if you really care about security. ok - that 3rd point I added - but isn’t a no duhhh addition. If you care about security after all would you not already be on an iPhone.
And by the way take a look at where stagefrightgate.com takes you.
http://blog.zimperium.com/experts-found-a-unicorn-in-
the-heart-of-android/
http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2015/07/27
/426613020/major-flaw-in-android-phones-would-let-
hackers-in-with-just-a-text
35:31
VOICEMAIL -Scott_dc_mark_all_not_working
Hi Rob,
Thought you might find this PDF of Apple Patent interesting. I was working on a patent search today for a client and came across this. Someone stealing an iPhone would know to turn it off so that it could not be located. This Apple patent shows a phone that periodically powers up so that it may report its location even when turned off.
Regards,
Bill
Bill thanks for sending over Patent US 8,840,303 B2 from Sep 30th 2014 - titled Apparatus and method for determining a wireless devices location after shutdown.
And from the Abstract - quote A wireless data processing device is described which periodically exits an unpowered state and transmits location data. unquote
So in a nut shell every so often ET wakes up and phones home with its GPS or Wireless triangulation data. Apple has yet to say this is an available option - Maybe it will be in iOS 10. This does seem like a pretty valuable option to add to iOS devices.
Hi Rob,
What happened to the YouTube app on the Apple TV?
Thanks,
Laura B
Google Killed the API’s that powered it. So if you have a 2nd gen Apple TV - no more Youtube for you. This was something we talked about a little back in April when it was first announced and happened. But then we were expecting a new Apple TV in June - and well that did not happen. So many of us with Apple TV - 2nd gen - no longer are apple to get episodes of Annoying Orange or see Pugs saying I Love You. Or those minecraft videos from the guy with the British accent that has pugs. Yup all those videos are gone as is the entire Youtube App for 2nd gen owners - if you are 3rd Gen Apple TV owner - you should be able to get the new Youtube app - if you make sure you are updated to the latest version of software for your Apple TV - by going to Settings - General - Update Software.
VOICEMAIL - Voiceover_and_the_notes
40:53
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1041610927/
znaps-the-9-magnetic-adapter-for-your-mobile-devic
Just a quick update on the ZNAPS Kickstarter project - On the last episode I said they were just over $500k in funding and 19,000 backers. Now they are over $1.3 Mil and over 47,500 backers. Kudos to the team.
For those that don’t remember or did not listen to the last episode - this is the adapter that turns your lightening port into a mag safe lightening port. Go to kickstarter dot com and search for Z N A P S - lets see who the first listener is to actually get this product delivered. Right now they are saying November 2015 - No way - Again - if I get this before Easter next year I will be happy.
By the way them getting over 1Mil dollars means they have unlocked all their stretch goals for this device - with the next stretch goal being at 2 Mil Canadian dollars (right now they are over 1.7 Mil Canadian dollard) and that stretch goal being for a version for a USB-C connector / adapter. Hopefully they get to that goal - which would mean more money from me - as I definitely would get that. Per the stretch goals that were unlocked - one of them was putting a power LED indicator on both sides of the adapter - Another was special designs. But really the dual side for LED indicator was the one I really liked.
You have until August 14th at 11:09 AM CT to fund this one.
42:48
http://reservestrap.com
Hey Rob, thought you'd like these two products:
This first one I don't think has been mentioned on the show yet. It's an Apple Watch band that charges the phone while you wear it through the watch's hidden accessory port. I haven't heard of anyone who's been able to access that port yet, let alone use it for anything like charging:
http://reservestrap.com/
The holy grail would be a usb directly on the watch band allowing you to plug it into your computer for recharging and even data transfer!
Also thought you might like this selfie stick / microphone combo on indiegogo:
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/solocam#/story
Hard to explain, just check out the photos and you'll get it.
And lastly thanks for the tip from your listener about using iMovie for my wife's slideshow this weekend, I think I'll do that!
Regards,
Aric B
Hi Aric - thanks for the heads up on these two items.
The first one is the reserve strap - which is similar to one we talked about on ep 344 called the Wipowerband - which right now on their site - does not look to good. With just a coming soon message - that one was supposed to cost $99. While that one got a lot of press - right now it does not look like they have a product. Can you say VaporWare.
Aric - the one you are talking about the Reserve Strap - has an Order now button - and a price of $250 for either the 38 or 42 MM size - if you go to order this make sure to select the correct size as it defaults to 38 mm. This one they are claiming gives you 2.7 X the power - for an additional 30 hours of usage. Essentially taking your from 1 1/2 days to over 3 days of solid usage.
The Reserve strap also comes in three colors - White, Grey and Black - so yes - for all those looking to get a black strap there you go.
Some other specs - They say it is water resistant. It has a micro USB charging Port. It does not look like it will charge from the inductive charging port. You will need to plug in a micro USB connector.
They also say it adheres to Apple’s Official Band design guidelines.
And it does look very nice.
At $99 I would pull the trigger right away but at $250 - I am going to have to wait until they are shipping and hear how it goes - this is one of those bands that will connect to the hidden connector under your strap. If anyone does order the Reserve Strap - please call in with a review once you get one. Or if the folks there at Reserve Strap have press units - you know you can always send one my way. Just sayin.
And the Folks at Reserve Strap did answer my question on Delivery - November 3rd is their ship date for the strap.
46:17
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/solocam#/story
Aric per your second item you mention the SoloCam - it is a selfie stick that at the end you hold - it has an HD mic a bluetooth connection and a smart App where it all combines to be a mini video recording studio.
Pricing ranges from $49 for the basic Selfie stick and HD mic to $149 for the Super HD Mic, upgraded stick, adapters, stereo connector and a custom Bag. To $499 for the Ultra HD mic, stereo connector, Adaptors, Custom Case, upgrade stick and custom logo on the mic flag.
Glad I just do audio. But for your video podcasters or Youtubers - this is something you will want to check out - search for Solocam - one word at indie gogo dot com.
Right now they have $30k in funding with a goal of $40k.
you have until August 5th to fund this project.
47:18
http://www.iphonehacks.com/2014/08/change-dns-iphone-ipad.html
Hi Rob,
I Wonder if this works
Regards,
Tash
Thanks Tash - and the this Tash is referring to is an article on iPhone hacks that goes over how to change the DNS server on your iOS device.
If you are noticing really slow internet connections when surfing - this might be one possible solution - it is where you over ride the default DNS your ISP provides with a new one you select - in the article they make reference to a free and supposedly faster DNS from Google and another from OpenDNS - you know if you don’t want the NSA - I mean Google spying on what you are looking at. This is something I am going to test out with my Wife’s iPad mini - as she has been complaining recently about internet speed.
Of course - I would recommend before you do any of this - if you are seeing slowed wifi performance on your iOS device - first try the old standby of force quitting all open apps - then go to settings - reset - reset network settings - and see how it works after the reboot - if it is still slow - then give this a try.
Look for the link in the show notes titled - How to change the DNS server on your iPhone and iPad
47:18
http://itechtriad.com/2015/07/27/apple-watch-coming-to-
best-buy-on-august-7th/
Word on the street is that Apple Watch will be available at Best Buy stores starting on August 7th at over 100 Locations. This is expected to expand to over 200 locations in time for the holiday shopping season in the US.
In addition to the Apple watches - they are supposed to also offer up over 50 accessories for the Apple Watch.
49:43
VOICEMAIL - Kevin_crossman_fdbk_daniel_UK
Hi Rob,
I'm flying out of the country soon and need to unlock my wife's 5S. She's still on 8.0.2 but I stopped jailbreaking a while back so I'm not sure what's available to jailbreakers.
If I jailbreak her 5S is there an unlock tweak like there was back in the day?
I called ATT and they refuse to unlock unless I pay ETFs and give up my Grandfathered Unlimited data plans. So I need another solution.
BTW, Are IMEI unlock sites scams? How can they override AT&T?
Regards,
Mazin
Rob,
Just wanted to write in with a little feedback on iPhone 6/6 Plus call quality. I have a 6 Plus (first in line on launch day 😊) and my sister had an iPhone 5 until a few weeks ago when she bought a 6. Her and I immediately noticed an increase in voice quality with our calls. It actually sounds like she's talking over my shoulder rather than over the phone. We both have AT&T. Kudos to Apple on a nice improvement that probably flew under the radar for most users.
Regards,
Lou V
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VOICEMAIL - Daniel_UK_fdbk_applecare
55:40
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/apple-adjusts-its-app-
store-algorithm-impacting-some-ipad-austin-m
Some interesting info for App devs - seems Apple is adjusting its App Store Algorithm again.
Originally the App store ranking algorithm was pretty simple - it was the number of new sales / downloads in the last 7 days with a weight average for the last 24, 48 and 72 hours. I proved this out early on. But then Apple made changes and pulled in other criteria - like amount of times the app was launched - so usage came into play. It is also believed that Average ranking is also at play. No one really knows all the components any more - but it is clear from time to time it gets adjusted and a bunch of apps drop and some jump up initially after said change - and one of those events happened on or around July 17th.
If you are an app dev - here is my best recommendation - don’t worry about rankings - make a good app - and add in incentives to get your audience to rate the app. Don’t be overly spammy with pop up ads and types of actions that get in the way of using the app. Easy of use and a smooth flow from action to action with minimal or no need to click the X to get rid of the ad - will help in getting a good rating.
If you are an App dev - look for the article - Apple Adjust its App store algorithm in the show notes for Ep 357 at today in iOS dot com.
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VOICEMAIL -lee_portland_quest_app_rejected_cydia
Hi Rob,
After listening to tii 356 this week & your shenanigans using your  Watch to pay, I thought I'd share my sightings of  Watches compared to other Smart Watches.
Since the launch of  Watch I've spotted 5, & each owner when extensively interrogated, love their  Sport Watches. Each 1 of them has told me it's an extension of their iPhone that effectively releases them from their iPhone. Also each person reports 2 days battery. I've also seen 2 pebble original (1 was my own) in the same time. I loved mine but only bought it to justify the existence of smart watches. They are basic but do what they do very well. In the same time I've seen no android wear watches. I'm not surprised about that!
Thanks for all you do educating us on the ways of the 
Regards,
Craig
Liverpool
VOICEMAIL - Brent_okc_quest_itunes_playlists
Hi Leo
After listening to the July 17th episode, I felt a strong need to write and defend my love for the iPod Touch. I know my situation is probably totally unique but I love my iPod touch and have even considered buying a backup in case they stop selling them as you have suggested. First things first, I am a 49 year old female. I have had an iPod Touch for years, long before my first iPhone. the 5c. I would give up my phone any day before my Touch. I use my Touch strictly for podcast & music. Just as I prefer reading books on a Kindle rather than my tablet, I prefer to keep it all separate. In addition, my employer does not want to see phones lying on our desk during work hours but they have no problem with a listening device. Last but not least, for reasons I can not explain, I get much better battery life and Wifi connection from my iPod Touch than I ever have from my iphone.
Just a fan letting you know we're still out here.
regards,
Sharon Fultz
Well Sharon - I am guessing you were trying to get ahold of Leo Laporte from that show with the completely un-original name that way to similar to the name Today in iOS. I have no qualms with the iPod 6th generation. I think it is a very nice device. Especially if you are a dev of iOS devices or a pre-teen or just looking for a small wifi only device that fits in your pocket - like you are. I was very very happy to see the iPod Touch 6th gen updated and released. My only neg comments per it - was with regards to the 16 and 32 gb capacity units - I would not recommend either - if you are serious user - go to 128 gb - 2 or 3 or 4 years from now you will be very glad you did. 64 GB is the min storage level I would recommend.
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VOICEMAIL - Dustin_tx_Try2
1:07:21
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Next week the episode will likely be delayed to the end of the week - I will be going to Podcast Movement this weekend in Dallas Texas where Libsyn will be exhibiting and I will be speaking. These events I typically don’t get anything done outside of answering fires on email. So it will be the end of next week likely before I get back to show notes. But hey 5 eps released in July - not bad. Thanks to everyone that sent in feedback this month - your feedback is what makes this show - and I just want to say it is greatly appreciated. You are the best audience ever - ok - lets wrap this up before we all start crying.
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