I wont let my cat near mine when it comes in... http://vaultfeed.com/touch-id-on-iphone-5s-works-a-sleeping-finger-and-a-cat/
So did you order a new iPhone?
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I wont let my cat near mine when it comes in... http://vaultfeed.com/touch-id-on-iphone-5s-works-a-sleeping-finger-and-a-cat/
Well, I finally got my new iPhone 5s activated and the number ported over from AT&T to VirginMobileUSA. I don't know what will be nicer, having unlimited texts or unlimited data.
I was always a bit of a grouch when I received texts from people since I wasn't about to pay AT&T $20/mo for unlimited texts on my old account. I figured I'd have to text an awful lot at $.20 a text to reach $20, but that didn't mean I was happy about it.
Now, I see AT&T is doing away with the individual plans in favor for the shared plans. I would have been grandfathered, but I can't see why AT&T doesn't go after the Walmart/Ting/VirginMobile/Boost/Cricket crowd with a competitive offering. I was paying over $45/mo for 250 minutes, 200 MB of Data, and no texts. With VirginMobileUSA, I'm paying $30/mo for 300 minutes, unlimited texts, and unlimited* data. (*unlimited within reasonable boundaries. I can't set up a hot spot and serve torrents.)
I was always a bit of a grouch when I received texts from people since I wasn't about to pay AT&T $20/mo for unlimited texts on my old account. I figured I'd have to text an awful lot at $.20 a text to reach $20, but that didn't mean I was happy about it.
Now, I see AT&T is doing away with the individual plans in favor for the shared plans. I would have been grandfathered, but I can't see why AT&T doesn't go after the Walmart/Ting/VirginMobile/Boost/Cricket crowd with a competitive offering. I was paying over $45/mo for 250 minutes, 200 MB of Data, and no texts. With VirginMobileUSA, I'm paying $30/mo for 300 minutes, unlimited texts, and unlimited* data. (*unlimited within reasonable boundaries. I can't set up a hot spot and serve torrents.
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Well, I finally got my new iPhone 5s activated and the number ported over from AT&T to VirginMobileUSA. I don't know what will be nicer, having unlimited texts or unlimited data.
I was always a bit of a grouch when I received texts from people since I wasn't about to pay AT&T $20/mo for unlimited texts on my old account. I figured I'd have to text an awful lot at $.20 a text to reach $20, but that didn't mean I was happy about it.
Now, I see AT&T is doing away with the individual plans in favor for the shared plans. I would have been grandfathered, but I can't see why AT&T doesn't go after the Walmart/Ting/VirginMobile/Boost/Cricket crowd with a competitive offering. I was paying over $45/mo for 250 minutes, 200 MB of Data, and no texts. With VirginMobileUSA, I'm paying $30/mo for 300 minutes, unlimited texts, and unlimited* data. (*unlimited within reasonable boundaries. I can't set up a hot spot and serve torrents.
So I guess I can randomly text you now.
Mine came in and I charged, setup then tried to activate last night but was too late... Got R' Done this morning but have to put all my contacts in etc.
Now I know what my coworker was talking about with his Sprint S-II at work. My 5s was down to 25% by the time I got home because my workplace is not Sprint 3G or LTE, but shows as "1x", whatever that is. My guess is the cellular radios are working overtime to find a 3G or LTE signal. But, it is a new device under iOS 7 and it may take a week or so before it "learns" my routine.
I was impressed listening to iTunes Radio on the drive in to work. Excellent streaming quality! Checking when I got to work twenty five minutes later, I had used up over 35 MB of data. Amazing how good it sounded for a little over 1 megabyte per minute.
My 32 GB iPhone was limiting me to what I could keep on my phone. I set iTunes to include videos and iPhotos from the last year (up from the last 3 months and no videos) and I still have 20+ GB free. I thought about bringing my whole iPhoto library over, but I don't think I should try my luck by cramming 120 GB of photos into my phone, you know?
I was impressed listening to iTunes Radio on the drive in to work. Excellent streaming quality! Checking when I got to work twenty five minutes later, I had used up over 35 MB of data. Amazing how good it sounded for a little over 1 megabyte per minute.
My 32 GB iPhone was limiting me to what I could keep on my phone. I set iTunes to include videos and iPhotos from the last year (up from the last 3 months and no videos) and I still have 20+ GB free. I thought about bringing my whole iPhoto library over, but I don't think I should try my luck by cramming 120 GB of photos into my phone, you know?
When I was on vacation on the gulf coast this summer, there was virtually no LTE except on the beach itself. And often the 3G would drop to 1X - old flip phone data speeds. And the batteries in ALL three of our iPhones (5, 4s, 4s) suffered terribly. It was very frustrating.
I am quite happy, almost 2 weeks in, with my 5s. Good battery life. The fingerprint id has become second nature, and the camera works very well.
The lifeforce case I picked covers the thumb, but when setting up it wouldn't read my thumb so I set a pass code (first phone I've done that with) ... I thought I could enter my contacts manually, but haven't figured it out yet and am ready for bed so...
I had an interesting observation today. Even though the VirginMobileUSA website shows my immediate area as Strong to Excellent LTE coverage, my iPhone 5s would only indicate 3G. As I mentioned earlier, at work it drops to 1x, even though the LTE map shows it to be in a "Strong" region.
I shot the VirginMobileUSA Support Team an e-mail asking why I'm not seeing LTE coverage and they had me reset the cellular network settings on my phone. I did that by calling a "hash-hash" number they provided and it appears to have worked. However, the LTE tower seems to be further away than the nearest 3G tower, so I get one dot LTE or three dots 3G at home.
I'll need to see what happens tomorrow.
I shot the VirginMobileUSA Support Team an e-mail asking why I'm not seeing LTE coverage and they had me reset the cellular network settings on my phone. I did that by calling a "hash-hash" number they provided and it appears to have worked. However, the LTE tower seems to be further away than the nearest 3G tower, so I get one dot LTE or three dots 3G at home.
I'll need to see what happens tomorrow.
Well that sucks, but I can see why you'd want a heavy duty case.
My kid opted for an Otterbox Commuter for his 5, and that doesn't include the same screen protector he has used. We bought a Zagg Invisible Shield for $8 from Amazon, and while we had a few tough moments installing it (almost ruined the darn thing) we got it on. For me, I am fine without a screen protector, but for him, no way!!!
Hey I have 1 contact in... my Brother texted me while I was at work, now I know how to enter new, just need to try BUMP to get all from my droid...
I upgraded from iPhone 5 to 5s mainly because the 16gb couldn't hold all of my music. So every few days I'd have to sync and pick what music I wanted to play at the gym. So I upgraded to a 32gb. Still have over 8gb free. I gave my wife the 5. (Besides I can't let my wife have the newer phone then me )
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Are you droid contacts sync with Google Contacts? If so, iOS can sync with your Google Contacts. When I was using my iPhone, all my contacts, calender, and mails are from Google. When I switched to the Galaxy Note II, I didn't have to change anything..
And for anything you need to enter manually, just go to your laptop, go to www.icloud.com and log-in with your Apple ID, and you can add/edit contacts with a real keyboard.
Having the time to do that is the thing, I won't when I get home tonight and will be loading up in the morning and camping/hunting for the next week... I'll end up adding the most important contacts by hand as I'll take my droid to use for an alarm at night when I have time up there...Then using the iCloud web tool would be easier.
The battery saga continues. I now think my problem is our office building. Shortly after the merger, the building was re-skinned with foam-filled steel panels and thanks to the Faraday effect, totally isolated everyone using a mobile phone from their carrier. To counteract this, we installed a number of cellular repeaters. The problem is the frequencies are geared toward AT&T and Verizon, not Sprint or T-Mobile.
Today as I was traveling to work, I went from LTE to 3G and back to LTE. As soon as I got to work and walked into the building, wham! 1x… As an experiment today, I tried turning off the cellular data to see if that helped. Nope! I think the phone is trying to stay connected to the Sprint voice network through the walls and is burning through the battery regardless of the data setting.
As soon as I walked out the door, I looked and saw LTE. It's available, I just need to figure out how to get it through the walls.
Today as I was traveling to work, I went from LTE to 3G and back to LTE. As soon as I got to work and walked into the building, wham! 1x… As an experiment today, I tried turning off the cellular data to see if that helped. Nope! I think the phone is trying to stay connected to the Sprint voice network through the walls and is burning through the battery regardless of the data setting.
As soon as I walked out the door, I looked and saw LTE. It's available, I just need to figure out how to get it through the walls.
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