I had it resolved when I did a clean install of 15.4. Not sure what triggered it to happen again. Very frustrating to find a fix for a issue and it only gets broken again.
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iOS 15.4.1 ― Bug Fixes, Changes, and Improvements
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Curious how it affects battery life. It looks like it darkens the colors to make them stand out.
I’d guess quite little—all the settings I mentioned enabling theoretically should have a negligible and/or potentially positive (especially reduce motion/reduce transparency) effect on battery life.
In particular, I would assume a net-neutral effect with increase contrast enabled since darker tones approaching black tend to draw less power on OLED displays while lighter tones toward white are better for devices with LCD, and ‘contrast’ would suggest more pronounced differences between the two.
And since the UI elements (other than the darkness of app backgrounds or unusually-gigantic iMessage bubbles) the setting affects tend to be really quite small, I would think the battery drain would be pretty neutral overall, perhaps even positive since I prefer dark mode (which often can be made darker with increased contrast) and use OLED…at least on the more expensive device I use most with the battery about which I am more concerned, my iPhone.
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What I have noticed about the Safari text marking issue is it does not happen if I am on the last page of the thread.
If I am on any other page of the thread the text marking goes whacked out.
In other words, I find a post that I want to reply to that is on any other page of the thread other then the last page and the text marking does not work correctly for me.
If I am on any other page of the thread the text marking goes whacked out.
In other words, I find a post that I want to reply to that is on any other page of the thread other then the last page and the text marking does not work correctly for me.
Hmmm, just turned it on, not sure how I feel about it yet. 🤔
Give it a bit of time, I hope your eyes can get something out of it — even if you switch back!!
What if time isn’t on my side? 🤔😂
Look, I’m liking it and not liking it lol.
Some of the grey & blue colors are already @$&&@ me off. 😂
I’ll stick with it though.
Hopefully it becomes more natural for you, but again, it’s understandable if not. We all have our preferences and some Apple purists may not want to “mess with” the designers’ vision.
By the by, there’s one last setting, under Motion, I forgot to mention: Prefer Cross-Fade Transitions 🙌 Pairs perfectly with the smooth, subtle, not-jarring-or-motion-sickness-inducing fade of Reduce Motion 😍
Shame, they haven’t been designing anything for a while now, when it comes to iOS. 🙄
I see what you mean, definitely smoother on the eyes, think I’ll stick with stock settings for now.
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That number 5?
If you can be bothered go for it, next beta can’t be that far off, might be worth waiting for it, Instead of putting yourself through another 3 hour restore.
This would be my second clean install, not restoring from backup.
I do clean installs for fun just because I can!
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Clean installs are the way to go but do you turn on iCloud and use back up via iCloud?
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He can. I’ve started to do clean install too. Just use iCloud as backup and transfer everything over. Does that count? 😆He can’t keep getting away with this
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Not going to lie Pro-Motion has been buttery smooth. Feels like it’s scrolling a lot faster now. I love it 😍
Clean install is very time consuming, I’d wait for the next beta, before going the clean install route.
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Try doing back up as iCloud. Then do a clean install of iOS and turn iCloud back on. Everything should be there.
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Question 🙋🏻♀️: What does increase contrast do?For whom it may help, I’ve found that Safari seems—ahem—snappier and seems to chew through less battery after breaking my years-long use of AdGuard Pro and switching to Wipr which apparently is better optimized and just feels much lighter. Granted blocking may not be as thorough as that to which I was accustomed but so far the trade-off seems quite worth it.
Also, while Adguard filters update seemingly many times a day, Wipr’s only get updated twice a week—meaning I am finally rid of the AdGuard icon on my home screen and the unhealthy habit of compulsively checking for filter updates.
P.S. Reduce motion/reduce transparency/increase contrast/bold text/button shapes/on-off labels FTW
It darkens/emphasizes certain interface elements, I think? The effect in my opinion is pretty subtle on iOS versus on the Mac (where it totally changes the UI’s look and feel) while still feeling a bit easier on my eyes.
Give it a shot and see what ya think!