iOS 5.1 discussion

squerble · 7 Mar 2012 at 21:39

Pulling away from the iPad launch thread...

I'm happy so far. The camera on lock screen is a nice touch, and for whatever reason, Personal Hotspot is now an option that I didn't have before 5.1 (O2, 4S). I haven't really had any battery problems with phantom usage, but maybe I'll see an improvement in overall life.

Edit: As pointing out in the launch thread, as soon as you upgrade to 5.1, all Apple apps require an update (this isn't restricted to GarageBand, Pages etc, it even means iBooks, Remote, iTunes U etc).

Spikey · 7 Mar 2012 at 21:42

For me the best part of this update is the ability to delete individual pics on photo stream!

Marky · 7 Mar 2012 at 21:45

I will be especially interested in whether or not this fixes the battery issues some people are experiencing

MikeHunt79 · 7 Mar 2012 at 21:46

I'm sticking with 5.0.1 as I'm jailbroken, being able to delete photos from the photo stream would be handy however

squerble · 7 Mar 2012 at 22:02

I'm still waiting for the day Apple just let your wallpaper show on the lock screen whilst charging instead of the humongous battery logo!

rctneil · 7 Mar 2012 at 22:04

I really like the static camera button on the lock screen. Really nice to use.

ScoobyDoo · 7 Mar 2012 at 23:13

Battery usage seems sorted on my ip4.
2hrs standby and 45mins usage and im on 98%.
Before 5.1 I'd be down to the low 90s easily

PaulyD · 7 Mar 2012 at 23:21

rctneil said:
I really like the static camera button on the lock screen. Really nice to use.

Can pull it down afterwards too to go back to the lockscreen, i like that

Combat Fighter · 7 Mar 2012 at 23:26

I take it this is not jailbroken then?

PaulyD · 8 Mar 2012 at 00:14

Nope and probably won't be for a long while

Mattus · 8 Mar 2012 at 00:42

Not really worth the upgrade until a jailbreak comes out. Hope it gets jailbroken nice and quickly. With the length of time it took for 5.0, though, I'm not too hopeful.

MikeHunt79 · 8 Mar 2012 at 00:51

Mattus said:
Not really worth the upgrade until a jailbreak comes out. Hope it gets jailbroken nice and quickly. With the length of time it took for 5.0, though, I'm not too hopeful.

Agreed, I'm not having battery issues so I'm more than happy with 5.0.1 for now

Turbo-G · 8 Mar 2012 at 04:01

Anyone else having problems with the lock screen camera icon? Mine makes the screen bounce?!

Turbo-G · 8 Mar 2012 at 04:02

Just realised you swipe the lock screen up to reveal camera. Nice!

lokkers · 8 Mar 2012 at 07:16

Very much hoping 5.1 solves the low memory Safari crashes on my wife's 1st gen iPad. She's all but stopped using it recently because it crashes so frequently.

IceBus · 8 Mar 2012 at 07:19

I'll tell you when it's downloaded in 24hrs...

Mobius 1 · 8 Mar 2012 at 07:20

IceBus said:
I'll tell you when it's downloaded in 24hrs...

mine downloaded for my 4s in about 8 minutes last night?

anyhoo. took it off charge about 2am last night, and its still at 100% now. so maybe it has made a difference.

i have flicked 3g off though...

Vertigo · 8 Mar 2012 at 08:24

Has made little difference to battery life for me.

Fully charged last night then taken off charge just before I went to bed at around 11.30pm. Used for about 15 mins so far this morning and I have:

Usage: 1h27m
StandBy: 9h40m
Battery:87%

When I looked at it this morning the battery was at 94%, so 6% in about 8 hours which wasn't too bad but it's dropped another 7% since then.

Red and White · 8 Mar 2012 at 09:32

anyone had any trouble installing. downloaded quick enough but has been "preparing the update" for 20 minutes or so

edit: its moved on now. taking ages though. hate doing this crap.

PaulyD · 8 Mar 2012 at 10:22

Currently at:

48%
Usage: 2 hours 51 minutes
Standby: 10 hours 16 minutes

Which is a big improvement to me personally. My phone was only replaced by Apple last Friday too so battery could probably do with some more cycles as well