Anyone planning to buy the iphone 17?

[b4pjoe]

You can have folders in Apple's email but what I'm not sure about is ability to set up rules to automatically screen an email and move it to a folder.

You can set up rules to move emails to another folder.

 

[TheForce]

Starting the arduous task of activating my wife's new 17Pro. The process involves updating both old iphone and AW 10 to iOS26. The mini12 took 3 hours. I then backed up the Mini12 to the iCloud account. Now I'm upgrading her new AW10 to iOS26 and it is taking so far 2 hours with one more to go. By contrast, I upgrade both my AW Ultra 2 and iphone 15PM in about 75 minutes. The lady at Apple store told me this is important to do the transfer to the new 17Pro. Must be on iOS26 on both AW and Mini 12 iphone.

I ordered a new case for $9.99 with clear and corner bumpers from Amazon. Best Buy had same one for $49.99.
Also ordered her a new power bank with Mag safe and integrated Apple Watch charger. That was $53 with some coupon codes.

 

[klang]

Just started on my 17 Pro. This is typically pretty painless to restore from an iCloud. Hopefully still true today.

 

[TheForce]

The most difficult was the time to upgrade my old iphone 12 to iOS26 and the Apple watch so it would transfer to the new 17Pro. The download to update my AW10 took 4hrs 10 minutes.
The transfer side by side didn't work as the new phone didn't see the old one right next to it. After 3 tries and resetting the new phone I gave up and installed from icloud backup. That took 7 minutes to get started but continued to download the photo library in the background.

They must have fixed the connection with Verizon because I was able to let the process move my phone number over and then is said my old phone's sim is locked. Made some calls and text and all worked well. Glad Apple fixed that.

Had to re-pair the new phone to both Teslas so it would communicate.

I think I'm all done and just need to wait for the return box to arrive to get my $100 credit.

 

[navychop]

Want some Bactine for those arrows in your back?

 

[Ronnie-]

Just read a report that said the orange and blue models of the pro as showing very obvious scratches on the metal and the back glass on many store display models.

Scratchgate 2.0?

 

[comfortably_numb]

iPhone Orange- Presidential Edition

iPhone Blue- Law Enforcement Edition

 

[klang]

My blue model is in a case so no way the back can be scratched.

As was mentioned in the other thread, the most lengthy part of this was signing back into all my apps with 2 factor authorization.

 

[comfortably_numb]

the most lengthy part of this was signing back into all my apps with 2 factor authorization.

It seems like I've always had to sign back into all my apps when upgrading phones, as far as I can remember.

 

[TheForce]

Had most trouble setting up Apple watch connectivity to the 17Pro. Would not pair until I reset the watch back to factory and then reinstalled the iOS 26 and then it would pair to the phone. The first sign or trouble was Verizon didn't recognize the watch until I restarted both the 17P and the AW10. I had less trouble with just the 17Pro transferring everything than the Apple watch.

One tip I would suggest is not to set up face ID until everything else is working. We set it up initially and when the trouble surfaced everytime I needed to make a change or delete something I had to run around the house and find my wife to proceed. One time she decided to do her hair and it was all wet and Face ID didn't recognize her face with wet hair so had to wait for her to dry her hair before proceeding.

Some things are mission critical apps like the phone to act as a key to drive a Tesla. I finally got the phone to see the Tesla app and unlock the car but never could get the Watch to work. Said I already had too many connections. Tesla only allows two active BT connections. Also why I never could get the game controller or headphones working for the back seat.

 

[klang]

It seems like I've always had to sign back into all my apps when upgrading phones, as far as I can remember.

It seems to me more apps are not maintaining our credentials in a way that survives a restore-from-backup. Maybe it is because of 2FA. I spent a lot more time testing all my apps yesterday than I recall in the past. Done now for this time around.