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[lexicon]

I have updated my IPad to iOS6 and I cannot get my apps to install, has anyone else found this a problem, I have 3.6 gig spare

[fjpoblam]

I don't know whether this is a bug or not. (Heh, maybe it's a feature.) On both of our iPads, at power-up, the slide-to-unlock slider has become *very* stubborn. To the point that, almost always, we have to wait until the screen goes dark, press Home, then use the slider again to get action. Has anyone else run into this? (Both are 32G iPad 2s.)

[fjpoblam]

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I don't know whether this is a bug or not. (Heh, maybe it's a feature.) On both of our iPads, at power-up, the slide-to-unlock slider has become very stubborn. To the point that, almost always, we have to wait until the screen goes dark, press Home, then use the slider again to get action. Has anyone else run into this? (Both are 32G iPad 2s.)

Correction: 64G

[Rayne350z]

My iPhone 5 indicates it is on my WiFi network, but my data usage has been very high. 0.672GB in 2 days (compared to my last 12 months of usage having never gone above 1.4GB). I have a speed test app that I have used on all 5 iterations of iPhones I have owned (Edge-5). I tested my phone with cellular turned on, and off.
The phone reverts to the fasted data transfer available. Since LTE is faster than my home network, it uses the LTE network. Yet it still indicates I am connected to my home network. If I turn either cellular off or just LTE, then the wifi network is used and works properly.
I called Apple and when I told the rep what I had tested, he told me I had solved my own problem and to just turn the cellular data off when I was on a WiFi network. This is an unacceptable solution!
If this is not an isolated issue, but a iOS issue, how many people are going to be presented with outrageous data plan charges because they didn't realize what was going on in time?

[calver]

I noticed a 3x increase in data usage even though I use my phone mostly for email. My battery stays charge about 7.5 -8 hours. I don't know if that is considered ok or not..

[xray01]

I've had a couple oddities since upgrading to iOS 6.
I was able to send some iMessages, but then a couple days later, iMessage shut itself off and everything was sent out as text messages. Had to manually reset iMessages back on. Scattered app crashes which seem to have improved with a hard reboot.

[kitko]

Battery life of my iPhone4 and iPad2 actually improved with iOS6 while they feel snapier.

But I'm turning off apss from the multitask bar, run limited location services and on the iPhone I turn on mobile data only when I download mail or wanna surf. There is no reason to have it on if I can access email, etc. from a computer. 2G is excellent in my area so emails download quickly anyway. And I turn radios off for the night.

Trouble is people are obsessed with mpg of their cars yet use phone's resources in a non-efficient manner. I'm on 51% on the iPhone. I took it from the charger on Sunday morning.... Standby 5 days 16 hours, usage 4 hours 16 minutes.

[lightnquick]

I found that since upgrading to iOS 6 the wifi sync with iTunes doesn't work any longer on my iPad, using my regular network. To make it work I have to create a local network on my MBP - kind of annoying. Very little to that in the forums - the recommended 'reset' didn't work, and the also recommended 'uninstall and re-install iTunes' doesn't work either, because OS 10.7 doesn't let you uninstall iTunes. Any ideas?

[possumken]

DO NOT DOWN LOAD IOS 6 !!!!!

It is a disaster. I am getting another phone. GOODBYE APPLE.

[possumken]

IT IS TOO BAD THAT APPLE HAS MADE SUCH A TERRIBLE MISTAKE. I will never download another Apple software.

[amazme1]

The big annoying issue for me is that when updating or purchasing apps, tapping the "Free" button no longer responds immediately. It takes many attempts before I get a response. I have an iPhone 4S on iOS6 and will not be rushing to buy more trouble.

[Stewie3G]

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DO NOT DOWN LOAD IOS 6 !!!!! It is a disaster. I am getting another phone. GOODBYE APPLE.

That's a little extreme. You could also just go back to 5.1.1. At least if you get on Android you will most likely never feel this way about a system update, they rately get them...

Most of the people I know had about the same reaction when upgrading to iOS 6 : "nothing's changed". They have no more trouble than before, or no less either, and what's new, different or improved is often not obvious, i.e. most regular users didn't know what to expect - a minority of users read this kind of publication - and for them at first everything is just the same. Then, as they use it they discover little changes here and there and once in a while bigger changes. When I tell them that officially there are around 200 new features they simply don't believe me.

[Stewie3G]

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I found that since upgrading to iOS 6 the wifi sync with iTunes doesn't work any longer on my iPad, using my regular network. To make it work I have to create a local network on my MBP - kind of annoying. Very little to that in the forums - the recommended 'reset' didn't work, and the also recommended 'uninstall and re-install iTunes' doesn't work either, because OS 10.7 doesn't let you uninstall iTunes. Any ideas?

I would look at your router... and did you do the updates to iTunes and Lion at the same time you upgraded to iOS 6?