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iOS 5.0.1 goes live… promises to fix battery woes and more
This morning iOS 5.0.1 has gone live to the public and according to the release notes, among other things, will fix battery issues from iOS 5 and will improve voice recognition for dictation with an Australian accent. No doubt it will also seem a lot snappier, smoother and faster then any previously release of iOS as well… but don’t all new updates?? See below for full details of the update.…
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Posted in All, iPad, iPhone, iPod touch
iPhone alarm now working again as predicted
For those of you blighted by the iPhone’s second alarm failure, you can breathe a sigh of relief… for now. I just tried a non-repeating alarm and as per the predictions from 9to5 Mac, this is now working again. What made the alarm fail for the first two days of the year is somewhat of a mystery right now, but we’ve contacted Apple for comment and will let you know if we receive a response. Interestingly, this doesn’t seem to be restricted to just the iPhone: I set my iMac to boot-up at 6am every morning via System Preferences, however this didn’t work on the 1st or 2nd either, but did today so it would seem that this glitch goes deeper than just iOS.
One thing is for certain: Apple need to sort this out. It’s astounding to me that with all the innovation and powerful, game-changing features built into iOS, the real core features of a smartphone such as alarms and calendar entries continue to either evade Cupertino’s mastery or appear to be unimportant to them. Bugs that cause alarms to go off early or not at all and birthdays to appear a day late in calendars are all things that, given the maturity of iOS, need to be stamped out right now.…
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Posted in All, iPhone, Other News
Vodafone acknowledges 3G issues, fix coming
Last week, we reported on allegations of serious issues with Vodafone’s 3G network, including network drop-outs and failed calls and messaging. A couple of days ago Vodafone formally acknowledged the issue in their forums offering an IT Crowd-style “turn it off and back on again” work-around which was less than ideal, but at 5pm yesterday evening an update was posted to advise that a fix had been identified and that it would be rolled out as soon as possible. Read on for Vodafone’s announcement and post your reactions.…
Read MoreApple aware of NZ’s alarm clock plight, software update on the way
For those of you still frustrated with the alarm clock situation, don’t panic. We already know that iOS 4.2 will fix the issue when it lands in November, but today we received word from an Apple spokesperson that they’re aware of the situation and that a software update is forthcoming. Unfortunately, however, they couldn’t confirm whether this software update was iOS 4.2 itself or an interim bug-fix update for 4.1. New confusion arose when the issue appeared to have fixed itself over the weekend, but then mysteriously stopped working again this morning. It’s great to know that Apple are aware of the situation and are open to talking to us about it, but let’s hope this gets fixed sooner rather than later as changing time zones in Time Zone Support isn’t ideal.…
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Posted in iPhone, Other News
Alarm clock glitch fixed in iOS 4.2 beta 2
If your body clock is still reeling from this week’s unwelcome surprise, you’ll be as glad as I was to learn that the issue is fixed in iOS 4.2 beta 2 which hit the internets just hours ago. The final release isn’t set to go live until November, so you’ll need to get creative in the meantime but it’s good to know that there’s light at the end of the tunnel.…
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Posted in iPhone, iPod touch, Other News
Apple discover ‘simple and surprising’ cause of iPhone antenna issues; Software fix ‘within a few weeks’
Apple have issued a press release over-night in which they address the antenna issue reported by many iPhone 4 owners. The root cause, they say, is both ‘simple and surprising’: according to Apple, the phenomena of reduced signal strength when the device is being held is not new, has happened on past iPhones and other non-Apple devices, and the real problem is that Apple got the formula on which they calculate the number of bars to represent the signal strength ‘totally wrong’.
According to the press release, users who experience this signal loss when applying the so-called ‘death grip’ are actually in areas of weak coverage at the time, but they’re unaware of this because Apple’s flawed signal-strength formula displays much better reception than they are actually receiving. Apple claim this issue was also present in the iPhone 3G and 3GS and that a software update in which they will adjust their formula to match AT&T’s recommendations will fix this in the ‘within a few weeks’.
So, Apple are effectively claiming that the issue is one of perception of signal strength rather than an actual design flaw. Do you buy this? Head past the ‘read now’ to read the full press display and to give us your thoughts.…
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The iPhone 4 antenna problem: round-up and what you can do about it
If you’ve been cruising the interwebs over the past couple of days, you can’t have missed the plethora of stories, some factual and some not-so-much, about the problem with the iPhone 4′s antenna. In a nutshell: the stainless-steel rim of the iPhone 4 is actually two antennae. The two antennae are separated via notches in the rim, one of which (on the lower-left of the phone) is positioned where many people (particularly lefties) ‘bridge’ the notch with their fingers or palm. This ‘flesh-bridge’, if you’ll forgive the term, connects the two antennae and causes loss of signal. So what can be done about it? Read on.
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Whitcoulls app update fixes bookmark issues
Just a real quickie to let you know that an update to the Whitcoulls app is now live on the store and it fixes the show-stopping bookmark error that we found in our review and that has caused the app to receive such abysmal reviews in the App Store. With the functionality fixed, we expect this to start attracting the ratings and business that it deserves. Go get it!…
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Issues with your carrier logo after jailbreak?
As you may be aware we don’t support jailbreaking here at iPhonezealand so you may be asking why we are posting about this? Well we do support our Carrier Bundles and a number of people have been asking about lost carrier logos after they have jailbroken. Hopefully this post will give you a heads up about how you can resolve the issue. …
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OS 3.0.1 available, completely safe for XT users
Apple have released an iPhone update this morning - 3.0.1. The update is a very minor one which does nothing more than patch an SMS vulnerabity highlighted yesterday. Do not confuse this with 3.1 which is still in beta – tethering for XT remains unaffected by updating to this release so go ahead and download it. Remember to hit ‘Update’ rather than ‘Restore’ to save you the task of having to re-apply our carrier bundle.
To continue development with iPhone SDK 3.0 on your iPhone, iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS running iPhone OS 3.0.1 will need to perform the following: Click Here…
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