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An iPhone operating system / operating environment.

I had it for a day and didn't particularly like it. Maybe it would have grown on me, but I ended up immediately upgrading to iOS 16.

• 2022-11-01 - Replaced by iOS 16

• 2022-10-31 - 15.4, 15.7.1 on an iPhone SE 3

  • See also Brave 1.44.1 (22.10.25.19) notes

2022-10-31 - 15.4, 15.7.1 ∞

• I can't download their book.

• There is no manual included

  • Their tiny piece of paper says to go to https://support.apple.com/guide/iphone
    -- What if I don't have an internet connection?
  • It says I can download it from https://books.apple.com/book/id6443146864
    -- That requires an Apple ID.

• I can't set it up without an internet connection.

  • https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7811709
  • If I try to do things manually, it still requires a PC with iTunes (and internet).
• The screen locks too quickly (1 minute).
• I miss the unlock strokes of Android; I don't like numbers. (No I won't use a fingerprint)
• The home screen is cluttered as fuck. There are three pages, all of which are cluttered as fuck.
• Half the time I don't know to tap or press the home button.

• I skipped all kinds of shit when setting up, but I need to go to the Apple Store to view the manual and apparently the Apple Store requires an Apple ID.. but I don't know how to set that up.

  • https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204316
    -- https://appleid.apple.com/account
  • I couldn't make an Apple ID via the web form. I suspect I found a bug where it thinks the phone number is invalid but it's because the password given is too long.
  • I found a way to make an Apple ID with the Apple Store on the phone itself. However it had a limitation of a 32 character password and required payment information.
    -- Why would it require payment information if I never intend to pay money?
• 1803 pages of manual..
• I like the zoomed-in mode a lot; likely because the device is smaller than my daily driver.

• The screen suddenly went dim and never recovered, and yet there doesn't seem to be automatic brightness control.

  • I would later go looking, and yes it's turned on; it just doesn't work.
• Thankfully I read through some tips, otherwise I wouldn't have known to double-click home to switch between apps.
• Damn I miss Android's swipes; it's so much easier to navigate that way.
• Long-click to move a home icon makes everything wobble in a disconcerting way.
• I updated from iOS 15.4 to 15.7.1; it was straightforward.
• There are various circumstances where when I go to another tab/page it doesn't start at the top of the new content; I have to scroll to see stuff hidden above the top of the screen. This has caught me multiple times.
• I can't use grouped icons in the bottom row. They must be created on Home and then dragged down. Then additional items can be dragged into a group at the bottom row. Strange.
• I can't move Home screen icons anywhere I want; they are always appended into one lump.

• If I click and hold in a text box to get the magnifier, and I'm at the top of the screen, I can't see the magnified text; it's chopped-off.

Well shit, apparently iOS 16 out..

https://support.apple.com/ios/update

Maybe I needed to have the phone plugged in and charging to get that option, or I simply overlooked it!

• Home screen widgets are fucking stupid.. they're so hard to get to the right size and place. Some aren't compatible with the size I want.

• "Messages" has an exclamation point, and I can't figure out why; it's empty.

  • Settings > Messages and turn iMessage off.

• Settings > Messages has a place for me to tap and enter a password, but tapping does nothing. I had to tap my username to have it try to log in.

Last updated 2022-11-01 at 16:33:23