iOS 5 Update Available 473
tekgoblin writes "Apple has released the iOS 5 update. To update to iOS 5 just open iTunes with your iDevice connected to your computer and press update. I recommend doing a manual backup of your iDevice and make sure all your apps are transferred."
umm... (Score:4, Insightful)
This is advertising (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:umm... (Score:3, Insightful)
Doesn't the hate and bashing ever get tiring?
Re:As usual, not the first for the basics (Score:5, Insightful)
But Time Machine just rolls it all up to work perfectly with no learning curve.
...except when it doesn't work, ditches your backup volume, and requires a complete new backup. Please stop pretending that Apple technology is more than it is.
Re:Is there a technical reason for no OTA updates? (Score:2, Insightful)
Because iOS 4 doesn't have OTA updates. Don't you Slashdot people know how to read?
is OTA really a good thing (Score:2, Insightful)
so are OTA updates a way to kill off jailbreaking for good.
once an exploit is out in the open, congrats you've been upgraded to 5.1 while you were sleeping enjoy.
Re:That didn't take too long to fail (Score:4, Insightful)
Savor your walled garden, secure in the knowledge that because you're not trusted enough to meddle with it, nothing can go wrong. This is, after all, what users want.
Re:hardware requirements (Score:4, Insightful)
iOS 4 runs so craptastically on my 3G that it probably shouldn't have been available for that phone in the first place. There was absolutely no surprise whatsoever that it is only available on the 3GS and better.
Wrong Comparisons (Score:4, Insightful)
Troll? Re:That didn't take too long to fail (Score:5, Insightful)
Are you trolling? I don't think anything at all you've said in your posts is right?
1) A brand new full iTunes download is 103mb, not 700 as you claimed.
2) I've never ever had to do anything remotely like you claim about removing kernel extensions and rebooting 3 times with iTunes, and in the past month I have bounced forwards and backwards between several beta versions. (b8 -> b9 -> b7 -> 10.5 all worked flawlessly). Just download a new version of iTunes and the installer will upgrade it anyway.
3) I just dragged iTunes to the trash. OSX asked for my password. I entered it. It deleted.
4) If you're not comfortable with GUI instructions and are at all competent with a bash/csh commandline, just fire up terminal and using su or sudo delete to your heart's contact. kextstat / kextunload / kextload can be used to view, load, and unload kernel extensions, but I've only ever had to use those commands when I was developing one. sudo rm -fr /Applications/iTunes.app/ etc
5) Absolutely false what you claimed about Apple expecting a crashed iPhone to just drain off the battery.
I'm afraid I've only fed into your ego honey pot, but whatever...
Re:And ease of use has tanked since Steve died... (Score:4, Insightful)
Thanks Apple. It just works- until it doesn't, and then you're fucked because there's no obvious way to fix anything since it's all locked away in the shiny box.
Re:umm... (Score:2, Insightful)
Yes, it's simply because it's shiny and made by Apple that people prefer it to Android. It's not the fact that it's easy to use, doesn't drain battery life, has apps people want, and isn't riddled with malware.
You must be wrong! (Score:2, Insightful)
It's Apple. It just works. Right?
Sarcasm above of course. I hate people telling me how great Apple products are when all I've ever had with them is trouble. Thankfully the only 2 things I've bought for myself (and wife) in the last decade or so are iPods and I regret that purchase. Unfortunately on occassion at a different job I had to do things on a Mac. Only upside was dealing with a hard disk failure on an eBook taught me to stay the hell away from CrApple.