Update iPhone 4S to iOS6?
 

Should I update my iPhone 4S to iOS6?

Is it buggy slow too much for the 4 sucky maps no real benefit siri still won't talk dirty

Or

Is it a good thing to do even though I'm not getting a 5 yet

I upgraded my iphone 4 (non-S) this afternoon and speed isn't appreciably different. It's still slow.

Do Not Disturb feature was worth it alone. Stupid that Blackberry had it 4 years ago and they're just now seeing a need.

Backup your phone first, get ready to resync all your music/apps etc.

Apples arrogance astounds me.

I did. Not an issue. I think it runs faster. Maps is fine if you have specific requests. Siri is better. Pano pix are cool.

I did it on my 4S, didn't know that I had a choice when it popped-up. The only thing I've noticed different is the keypad for the telephone. What is the "do not disturb" feature and how do I find it? :)

I just upgraded last weekend from a 3GS to a 4GS and did the 6.0 seems fine to me, battery life still sucks even with location services turned off.

Do not Disturb=Settings, forth item down. It has a nice feature that if someone calls twice in so many minutes it rings, (Emergency).

I have just a 4. I upgraded and really don't see much difference except the maps and the new features. Same speed and battery life as far as I can tell.

Same here.

I upgraded to the new system with my 4 and am now able to delete e-mail addresses, that I have sent mail to....was a major issue before

My iPhone 4S seems to run at about the same speed. I must be a bit eccentric, but I really like the new Apple Maps. LOVE flying around stuff in 3D. The directions and turn by turn work great. Very happy.

I just upgraded my 3 year old Samsung Galaxy from Android 2.1 to 4.1.1. Blown away by how much faster it is. Of course its a custom ROM so it took me all of 4 minutes (3.5 minutes to download) to upgrade and it's devoid of all ATT apps. Loving it so far. Might put off a phone upgrade for another year...

OK, I just opened the map for first time. Apparently google maps has been replaced on phone with their own app, which is very, very cool. Yes.

Under Settings, there's a switch to manually turn it on and off. Right under that in Notifications, you can customize it.

I didn't notice too much difference for the few days that I had my 4 running ios6.

However, Apple's new maps are pretty frustrating. It hasn't been finding things as well as google maps did, and overall it has been incredibly slow when to refresh maps, do new searches, etc. In addition, I now have to incorporate a secondary app when trying to get transit directions. So far I am definitely missing Google. Hopefully apple is working hard at improving their maps.

I will admit that th 3D satellite views are pretty sweet.

Just go to maps.google.com and select the "add to home screen" action. You'll get the exact same Google maps as before.

I went to IOS6 on my iphone 4 (nonS). Later that afternoon I got a Galaxy S3 android. I feel like shackles have been removed!

There are somethings that apple does really well on the Iphone ...but i think it's just a matter of getting used to it.

The wife just got an Iphone 5.....same as a 4 really. No appreciable difference. And despite the commercials...Siri is awful.

The two primary things I use my phone for, besides the phone, are e-mail and traffic maps.

I use the Google maps traffic feature to route around slowdown on the highways. The Apple map software blows in this respect. You can use the web-based version of Google-maps mobile, but it loses all settings each time you quit the browser. This also blows. I wish I hadn't upgraded.

I am presently using my Samsung Android Tablet in the car with a hotspot to use the native google maps application. Better than the iPhone application.

Siri is not improved and still does not work in the car, which is where I need it. Surprisingly, Iris (Google's answer to Siri) does work.

+1

Almost. maps.google.com doesn't have street view.

Here's a tip. Before you click "add to home screen," activate what they call "app mode." This allows the application to run fill screen, without the browser buttons. Here's a link with more info:

Make Web Apps Look More Native With The AppMode Bookmarklet -- AppAdvice

If you want even more info, do a Google search on iPhone bookmarklets. They are little snippets of java code that runs in the browser, accomplishing some neat little trick.

Strange comments

Siri works awesome for me - use her constantly. Great improvements on network availability and the types of commands she now understands. Now I can say, " Siri, text my wife and tell her to pick up milk."
Siri says texting wife 'pick up milk'. Siri used to say, texting wife "and tell her to pick up milk."

Very natural method of using voice commands.



Don't understand how you can say the 5 is same as a 4? The 5 absolutely flies. Everything is better.
Screen is better 16:9, more ram, processor is fantastic, wifi reception is improved, wifi simply works better, LTE is the fastest internet I have personally ever used, thinner, lighter, camera action is faster, panoramic feature is very cool, calls sound better on both ends of the conversation, background noise is improved, the phone is louder (my favorite improvement as I can't hear very well these days), the new connector is much easier to use - no more pinching to remove and (knock on wood) zero dropped calls to date.

While the 5 is still the familiar iPhone, it is better then its predecessors in every way.

I haven't gotten into a lot of commands yet was Siri, but the voice dictation for text and post something on things like that has been really good

I've mentioned it before - why can't they make an iPhone competitor that isn't so damn big? If I can't carry it in athletic shorts, I won't buy it. Not everyone wants to carry around a tablet in their pocket.

"is that a tablet in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?"

Breaking news: "According to a New York Times published on Thursday, however, Google will update its mobile Maps website with Street View within two weeks, bringing iOS users an even more robust alternative to the widely criticized Apple Maps app."

http://www.bgr.com/2012/09/27/google-street-view-mobile-release-date/

I got your firmware right here baby!

I will agree with you regarding form factor. The iphone is an ideal size. I am still not used to the dinner plate sized S3...

The software though seems to have a lot more "tweakability", which for a techno guy like me is awesome.

In mail, why did they change spam to junk? That drives me crazy.

What did they do with mail?

Backup is not needed, and resyncing is not necessary.

I upgraded my iPhone4 from iOS 5.1 to iOS 6 without needing to backup everything, and without having to recsync anything -- all my music, notes, settings remained the same. Don't know why people are saying this about the upgrade...

One improvement I saw: the moved the bluetooth switch higher up in the Settings App: it is on the first 'page' and you don't have to drill down to the "General" section. Helpful for those who turn off bt when not in use to save battery life. (I can get 2 days out of a single battery charge! :D )

-Z-man.

Thanks! I just turned mine off. Does it constantly search for BT connections, using a lot of juice? :cool:

Nothing, just changes the folder name from spam to junk. Why, spam was fine with me.

Here is another question. Does iOS6 take up more storage than iOS5? My iPhone 4S won't let me upgrade since I have only 1.5GB free and it needs 2.5GB to install. Okay, I can delete 1GB of stuff. But I'd like to add those apps and music back after iOS6 is installed. This also makes me wonder if I need to plan on a 32GB iPhone 5 instead of the 16GB I usually get.

I found 16g too small if you have some music, a few movies, lots of photos and apps.

The map thing has about driven me to a Samsung Galaxy S III

Looking at them on evil bay...

Yes, it does. I think it polls for bt devices regularly -- not sure what the interval is, but it seems to be less than a minute. Every bit helps.

Some other tips:
- Turn off auto-brightness, and adjust the brightness down to below 50%
- Turn off location services for apps that really don't need them, such as games, web browsers, news apps like AP Mobile...etc.
- Turn off notifications for apps you need to be notified on.
- Close apps when you are finished with them (double click home, hold an App until it wiggles, and hit all the red minus signs to close the apps)
- Turn off integration of contracts with apps such as Mapquest..etc. (In Privacy settings)
- Fetch new mail hourly instead of instant or push
- Log out of applications (don't just shut down the app) such as Facebook when done. Simply shutting down, but not logging off means location services and notifications will still be active, and using battery life.
- If you really want to save battery life, switch the phone to Airplane mode when you know you won't be expecting calls/emails/texts..etc. (Ex: if you are taking a long motorcycle ride and won't be accessing the phone)


I get about 2 days of life out of a full charge (1.5 year old iphone4), but I use my iphone minimally

I am a dolt, to be sure, but I had no idea iOS mail app had/has a junk filter. And I still can't find it! I'd sure like to know how to do this.

"Closing" apps is pointless unless you are running 50 apps.

Apps don't background in the sense you think they do, it's faux multitasking, they suspend/hibernate which is why it takes a lot of "background" apps to affect battery life.

FWIW I don't do any of that and get 2 days of use out of my 4.

I have 5 mail accounts set to fetch every 15 minutes.

In my experience the biggest battery killer is signal strength/availability.

In FL I get a full day, but just barely.

In CA I get a day.

In NY/NJ I always need to charge around 4-5 pm.

In TX, 2 days is normal.

Blue tooth, wi-fi, and screen brightness are by far the biggest killers of battery.

Reduce the screen brightness as much as you can, and kill the other stuff when not in use, and that's the best thing you can do to prolong your phone's charge.

My 4 lasts 3 or 4 days in a full charge. Angry Birds can reduce that time to a few hours. :D

Other than that, normal texting, FB, PP, and calls give me a few days.

Hows everyone feel about 6.01? safe to make the jump to 6 on my 4s and ipad3?