Upgrading to iOS 7?

[Scooter]

So far I like the upgrade on both my iPad Mini and iPhone 5. Different look takes some getting used to, but so far...so good.

[zotman72]

I got hosed big time when I upgraded this morning on my 64 GB 4S. It wanted my passcode later in the morning after sitting idle at my desk. WTF? I did not remember it and on the old OS, I had turned off that passcode request security feature since the very onset when I got the phone two years ago. Now my phone is disabled from guessing the 4 numbers or was it characters password. Came home and connected it to Itunes (which needed to be upgraded to talk to the 4S as well), it says add the passcode to the Iphone to proceed. I guess I have to wipe the phone and hope I can get my backup working from Itunes. Any thoughts lads? I am at wits end here. This is my only phone and I have been completely blindsided by this passcode (password) issue and I know it is not my AppleID password as I have tried that repeatedly. HELP please!

[rattlsnak]

During initial setup it asks you for a passcode, but if you didn't have one on the previous version, there is a link at the bottom that says "skip this step", it will ask you are you sure?, etc, just hit yes and carry on. It sounds like you are past this point and locked though..

[zotman72]

I did the upgrade at 5 AM this morning and that scenario sounds right (I was groggy). I guess it is restore time and hope for the best from the Itunes backup (not cloud) option.
This was painful today.

[onewhippedpuppy]

Safari is much faster on wifi, a little quicker on LTE.

[jyl]

LTE.

Showoff

[zotman72]

Itunes restore and backup from my local storage actually worked, the backup is now halfway through my 4500 songs+! The last step. I hate Itunes and never trusted Apple when they deleted my own MP3s created from my vinyl collection in my local Itunes library a year ago. Nevertheless I think I going to be OK and have my Iphone back. Oh and yes I did right down my Iphone passcode in my paper Franklin Planner this time around. Cheers guys. Back to the glories/follies of OS 7.

[LWJ]

A little different. I jumped 2 os's. Siri is much improved. Not certain if that is 6.x.x or 7 but that makes me happy. Itunes radio is cool as well. I guess Pandora just became a dinosaur.

I probably need to watch some videos on making it work. I am a little lost still.

Larry

[onewhippedpuppy]

Just did my iPad 2, I like it much better on iPad.

[widgeon13]

Anyone know if shutting down apps effects battery life?

Here is some good stuff to get going.

90 iOS 7 Tips and Tricks | Mac|Life

I also just realized that only two years of photos are on my phone and not all the photos on my MBP. Can't figure out why or how to get the rest over to the phone.

[jyl]

Z-man thinks it does. At least it should reduce memory demands. With apps able to update in the background, shutting them down now seems more likely to improve battery life. The app shut process is really convenient with iOS 7. I'd like a setting that automatically shuts down apps not used for a specified number of hours.

I'm finding iOS 7 really quite good. The new look gets the initial attention, but they've made the OS more convenient and smarter in many, many ways, and I have encountered almsot no bugs (just lucky?)

Here are the things I still really, really want in iOS:
- Trainable junk/spam filter in Mail - just like in the Mac OS Mail app.
- Swype keyboard
- Handwriting recognition, for iPad/stylus at least
- Keep developing Siri, don't give up, it could be really great in a couple more revs
- And now, a week-at-a-glance Calendar view

[stealthn]

Upgraded my test iPad mini with no issues. For me the OS isn't anything special.

One more thing....

If you have a business phone that is managed by an MDM platform talk to your IT weenies before upgrading. I made sure ours (MobileIron) was upgraded first to support iOS7, otherwise the devices wouldn't work with it.

[jyl]

Not specifically an iOS 7 thing but does anyone use TouchPal on their iPhone? This seems like a way to get Swype on the iPhone even though apple doesn't really want it there. Useful or not?

[Hugh R]

Hosed my 4S, had to go to factory reset, backed up most stuff, but my Corporate Outlook calendar/email still isn't working. Corporate IT said to bring it in on monday. Yeah, I've got the mobileiron thing too, they said it was upgraded, but still not nada.

I'm not going to bother upgrading the Ipad 1, don't see a point.

[jyl]

Don't think you can upgrade the iPad 1. Mine didn't give me the option . Chip too slow, maybe .

[widgeon13]

Well, I resolved my photo issue of not being able to find all my photos on the phone. They were all there I just had to sort albums by date and I had sorted "manually" in iPhoto. Other than that I would say iOS7 is working pretty slick for me.

[syncroid]

I installed over the weekend on my 4S. Like Hugh, it hosed my phone. Banner messages popping up to open iCloud/ iTunes and you could not close them. Had to go to the Apple Store to get it fixed. Took two techs and a complete wipe and reinstall of the operating system. Currently, so far so good.

[motion]

I installed it on my iPad. Afraid to install it on our iPhones. Not sure if its just me, but I find the new UI rather cheap looking. Some of the icons are like stick figures designed by a 6 year old. I also don't like that they're hiding things, like swipe from bottom or top. This is so anti-Apple. I just spent 2 weeks with a Google Nexus 4 in Russia and was ready to throw the thing down the street nearly every day. It took us a few days just to learn how to answer a call. Everything is hidden away.

I understand that designing an effective UI is extremely challenging, but it seems like they redesigned it just for the sake of a redesign.

[Porsche-O-Phile]

Originally Posted by motion

I understand that designing an effective UI is extremely challenging, but it seems like they redesigned it just for the sake of a redesign.

Bite your tongue! IT / technology professionals would NEVER do that would they?

[targa911S]

Originally Posted by widgeon13

I find it harder to read because the print is less pronounced (could be darker or bolder). My internet connection was intermittent and so it took three efforts and about 30 minutes when it finally loaded.

It's different but not necessarily better in my mind.

Totally agree.