Up close with iOS 5: Notification improvements

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Posted 12 October 2011 - 12:10 PM

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#2 BdotEss

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Posted 12 October 2011 - 12:32 PM

Only gripe I have with notifications is that there is no way (that I could find) to have the notification bar STAY there until all the alerts are cleared. Seems to me like the disappearing bar doesn't help much unless you're constantly staring at the screen, in which case notification center becomes redundant.

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Posted 12 October 2011 - 01:28 PM

I am still having trouble updating my iPad and iPod.
I keep getting error messages. Any advice???

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Posted 12 October 2011 - 02:26 PM

mmikaelian0021, on 12 October 2011 - 01:28 PM, said:

I am still having trouble updating my iPad and iPod.
I keep getting error messages. Any advice???

My daughter's iPad upgrade crashed, too. She hasn't tried the iPhone yet. I am 2 1/2 hours into my own iPad upgrade, showing a half hour to go. I would hate to see it crash after all this time.

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Posted 12 October 2011 - 05:59 PM

If you can't choose what calendar to sync what does it show? Every calendar event for a day? Is there control over how many days to show?

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Posted 12 October 2011 - 06:04 PM

VeryOldMacGuy, on 12 October 2011 - 02:26 PM, said:

mmikaelian0021, on 12 October 2011 - 01:28 PM, said:

I am still having trouble updating my iPad and iPod.
I keep getting error messages. Any advice???

My daughter's iPad upgrade crashed, too. She hasn't tried the iPhone yet. I am 2 1/2 hours into my own iPad upgrade, showing a half hour to go. I would hate to see it crash after all this time.

I did get to update after getting error 3 times. I try another USB and it work. I have an iPad 2 for Verizon.

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Posted 13 October 2011 - 05:27 AM

The last paragraph seems to suggest that you can pull down the Notifications pane by swiping the top of the Lock screen. You cannot. That action only works in the springboard or an app, irritatingly.

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Posted 13 October 2011 - 08:37 AM

It looks like the "Reminders" app only gives its notifications as the big-blue-box of previous iOS iterations. Is there a way to make the Reminders notifications appear like all the other notifications: as a banner that flips in briefly and then gets archived to Notification Center?

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Posted 13 October 2011 - 11:01 AM

How many years and still no snooze capability for alerts.

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Posted 13 October 2011 - 06:18 PM

In iOS 4, I could turn off notifications so I wouldn't be woken up at night by the sounds. Is there an easy way to do that in iOS 5, or do I have to turn them off app by app?

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Posted 14 October 2011 - 05:20 AM

JedidiahSorokinAltmann, on 13 October 2011 - 06:18 PM, said:

In iOS 4, I could turn off notifications so I wouldn't be woken up at night by the sounds. Is there an easy way to do that in iOS 5, or do I have to turn them off app by app?

Turn on Airplane mode at night.

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Posted 15 October 2011 - 06:44 AM

While you can see weather information in the Notification Center screen, I was sorry to see that you could not get weather on the Lockscreen.

I was hoping it would display weather like the excellent (jailbreak) LockInfo program.

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Posted 16 October 2011 - 04:02 PM

LexFriedman, on 14 October 2011 - 05:20 AM, said:

JedidiahSorokinAltmann, on 13 October 2011 - 06:18 PM, said:

In iOS 4, I could turn off notifications so I wouldn't be woken up at night by the sounds. Is there an easy way to do that in iOS 5, or do I have to turn them off app by app?

Turn on Airplane mode at night.

The reason why I have my iPhone next to my bed is because I'm on-call. Turning on Airplane mode doesn't help because I will not be reachable anymore.
In some apps, you can turn off the sound, in others you can't... The choice of having a sound yes or no should be with the user, not the app developer or Apple....
Right now, if I can't turn off the sound in settings, I delete the app from notifications...

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Posted 25 October 2011 - 07:30 AM

I agree. iOS on the iPhone needs a "Night" mode where all notifications are stopped but your phone still takes calls.

dutch45, on 16 October 2011 - 04:02 PM, said:

LexFriedman, on 14 October 2011 - 05:20 AM, said:

JedidiahSorokinAltmann, on 13 October 2011 - 06:18 PM, said:

In iOS 4, I could turn off notifications so I wouldn't be woken up at night by the sounds. Is there an easy way to do that in iOS 5, or do I have to turn them off app by app?

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