iOS8

Steve · Sep 17, 2014, 18:03:43

iOS8 is now out, of course being eager I'm downloading it on the iPad now!

Edit: well I thought it was updating, but it reports as update requested . we'll see.

Tacitus · Sep 17, 2014, 18:32:52

Quote from: Steve on Sep 17, 2014, 18:03:43
iOS8 is now out, of course being eager I'm downloading it on the iPad now!
Edit: well I thought it was updating, but it reports as update requested . we'll see.

Best to give it a couple of weeks and let others have all the grief that comes with a new release.....

Looks like OSX Yosemite will be out next month. I usually wait until the .2 or .3 release before I upgrade. Gives time for the bugs to shake out and software developers to get up to speed with new releases.

Steve · Sep 17, 2014, 18:43:03

Lets see if the internet holds up , it normally gets a little busy with an iOS release. It's 1.1 Gb for the iPad and I may have it within the hour but not holding my breath.

https://www.linx.net/pubtools/trafficstats.html?stats=day

Gary · Sep 17, 2014, 18:56:36

Mine downloaded it in about 30 minutes now its preparing it

My iPad gave an error which I think was busy servers.

Steve · Sep 17, 2014, 20:45:26

Well it works, Safari seems rejuvenated, my typing is slicker, but other wise rather underwhelming which I think is good in many ways.

The ability to carry on browsing from where you left off on say my MacBook is rather well done. Handoff is it's proper name and of course uses icloud.

Simon · Sep 17, 2014, 20:50:38

I was going to skip this on the 4S, but I doubt I'll be able to withstand temptation. That said, I definitely won't be doing it till the weekend, as I remember when I upgraded to iOS 7, it took hours, and I was waiting for it to finish so I could get to bed!

Steve · Sep 17, 2014, 21:09:14

The Apple map app shows completely no screen information unless it's in satellite/hybrid mode.

Simon · Sep 17, 2014, 21:25:29

Oh dear! The Apple Map App has a rather difficult history!

Steve · Sep 17, 2014, 21:30:10

I'll take it back as I assume the information comes from the data centre which presumably is fairly busy tonight.

@Simon. http://www.macrumors.com/2014/09/17/ios-8-iphone-4s/

What I don't like on my nearly 2 year old iPad is that if I scroll from the top to the bottom of a web page or vice versa I end up with blank screen for a couple of seconds . This is not new data it should be cached already.

Simon · Sep 17, 2014, 22:15:36

Thanks for the heads up, Steve. Think I'll give it a miss then.

Steve · Sep 17, 2014, 22:31:29

Don't about giving it a miss but maybe just worth leaving it for a week or so to see what the early 4S adopters think.

Simon · Sep 17, 2014, 22:40:20

I'll have probably caved in and ordered the 6 by then.

Gary · Sep 17, 2014, 23:13:36

Quote from: Steve on Sep 17, 2014, 21:09:14
The Apple map app shows completely no screen information unless it's in satellite/hybrid mode.

Mines working ok, Steve.

There is a warning not to install it on the 4S at this time. Its not really designed for the screen size, and its sluggish. Seems fine on my 5s and iPad 4 so far. http://arstechnica.com/apple/2014/09/ios-8-on-the-iphone-4s-performance-isnt-the-only-problem/

Gary · Sep 18, 2014, 08:13:19

Well iOS8 is definately buggy, I had to do a soft reset to get facetime working on the ipad, but both my ipad and iPhone and my mothers and my mates all get this in the logs when the phone sleeps. stacks+backboardd errors that say "thermal data unavailable" Hopefully 8.0.1 will be along soon

Glenn · Sep 18, 2014, 08:25:55

Others are reporting problems too http://metro.co.uk/2014/09/18/apples-ios-8-bugs-apps-on-older-devices-failing-to-work-with-latest-update-4873185/?

Gary · Sep 18, 2014, 08:32:26

Quote from: Glenn on Sep 18, 2014, 08:25:55
Others are reporting problems too http://metro.co.uk/2014/09/18/apples-ios-8-bugs-apps-on-older-devices-failing-to-work-with-latest-update-4873185/?

Those older devices have either half or quarter the ram, Glenn. The iphone 5s and 5 both have 1GB and I cant see a diference in speed on the 5s at all, although with predictive text a larger screen would now be more useful when typing with apps. Predictive works the same as it does for android with the suggestion above the keyboad. an iPhone 6 (not 6 plus its way to big) may have to be bought once some revues come out.

Gary · Sep 18, 2014, 09:33:19

Seems that stacks+backboardd error has vanished as of this morning,

Maybe it needed to contact Apple or something who knows.

zappaDPJ · Sep 18, 2014, 09:39:10

Just about to brick... I mean update my iPad now

Steve · Sep 18, 2014, 09:39:49

It should be ok.

zappaDPJ · Sep 18, 2014, 09:43:13

I'm actually a little nervous about it after the problems I had with my iPhone last time. At least I won't have a problem with that device this time.

Gary · Sep 18, 2014, 09:45:03

Have to say My iPad 4 is actually running very well with it, I like the widget function in notification centre, I'm still going to grab a new iPad this year when they update them though, my Mothers having this one.

Gary · Sep 18, 2014, 09:46:13

Quote from: zappaDPJ on Sep 18, 2014, 09:43:13
I'm actually a little nervous about it after the problems I had with my iPhone last time. At least I won't have a problem with that device this time.

My iPad went smoothly. I would suggest after it has updated leave for a while then soft reset using the power and home button, that seems to cure any glitches. Facetime was very crackly on mine till I did that.

zappaDPJ · Sep 18, 2014, 10:02:36

Everything seems to have gone smoothly although I did get a little more nervous reading through a list of problems people have encountered applying the update, while I was applying mine

It all looks the same to me so far apart from the 'Tips' app and some changes to Safari which I don't like at all including the history pain... sorry, pane hanging left with it's pale blue background. That's going to annoy me intensly

Gary · Sep 18, 2014, 10:49:51

Quote from: zappaDPJ on Sep 18, 2014, 10:02:36
Everything seems to have gone smoothly although I did get a little more nervous reading through a list of problems people have encountered applying the update, while I was applying mine

It all looks the same to me so far apart from the 'Tips' app and some changes to Safari which I don't like at all including the history pain... sorry, pane hanging left with it's pale blue background. That's going to annoy me intensly

Is that in landscape mode? I dont have that in portrait mode at all. In Landscape I have a bunch of options at the side but they are not pale blue

zappaDPJ · Sep 18, 2014, 11:19:44

Quote from: Gary on Sep 18, 2014, 10:49:51
Is that in landscape mode? I dont have that in portrait mode at all. In Landscape I have a bunch of options at the side but they are not pale blue

Yeah, landscape mode only it seems. I'd post a screen shot but for some reason neither my iPad or iPhone are not showing up in Windows Explorer today