Don't do it like that! It's a LOT easier AND cooler if you just put both of your thumbs in the middle of the screen, then slide them to the side! Check it out, it's pretty cool!
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iOS 5: All the Little Things (Undocumented Features)
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Don't do it like that! It's a LOT easier AND cooler if you just put both of your thumbs in the middle of the screen, then slide them to the side! Check it out, it's pretty cool!
OMG, probably my favorite feature by far!
Just like in Lion, you can slide four/five fingers UP to view MISSION CONTROL
eek. Slide four/five fingers from side-to-side to slide between apps. And "pinch" with five fingers to go to your home screen (aka LAUNCHPAD!).
So pretty much now, for all of us nerds who can't manage to push down the home screen button, there are NO LONGER ANY BUTTONS that you need to press!!!!! EVER!!!!
Also, put your thumbs on the keyboard and then "pull" them across the screen (see the iOS5 introduction video on Apple.com) and the keyboard splits in two! 0_o
I've only used it for about 15 minuets and total so far, so I'll tell you if I find anything else new.
Just like in Lion, you can slide four/five fingers UP to view MISSION CONTROL
eek. Slide four/five fingers from side-to-side to slide between apps. And "pinch" with five fingers to go to your home screen (aka LAUNCHPAD!).So pretty much now, for all of us nerds who can't manage to push down the home screen button, there are NO LONGER ANY BUTTONS that you need to press!!!!! EVER!!!!
Also, put your thumbs on the keyboard and then "pull" them across the screen (see the iOS5 introduction video on Apple.com) and the keyboard splits in two! 0_o
I've only used it for about 15 minuets and total so far, so I'll tell you if I find anything else new.
OMG, probably my favorite feature by far!
Just like in Lion, you can slide four/five fingers UP to view MISSION CONTROL
Also, put your thumbs on the keyboard and then "pull" them across the screen (see the iOS5 introduction video on Apple.com) and the keyboard splits in two! 0_o
I've only used it for about 15 minuets and total so far, so I'll tell you if I find anything else new.
I'm glad you are as exited as I am with the Multitasking gestures, but this thread is for undocumented features... And you even mentioned:
so those features are pretty much documented!
not exactly a feature, but I have noticed one less inconvenience in ios 5. every night I charge my iphone on a speaker dock, and it has always come up with an annoying little message that says 'this device is not optimized for charging the iphone blah blah blah DISMISS' (even though it charged it anyway).
Since ios 5 there haven't been any annoying popups concerning this, even on much older speaker docks
Since ios 5 there haven't been any annoying popups concerning this, even on much older speaker docks
This was actually introduced back in iOS 4.2 or so I believe--still a pretty good feature to finally have.
yea love this feature. I know it was mentioned but I just discovered that if you swipe to the right when in the camera app you can view your previous pics.
I remember when iOS 5 was introduced I didn't find it to be much of an upgrade other than notification center. I thought iOS 4 was a bigger upgrade at the time. Now after using it for about a week I disagree. iOS 5 is a pretty huge upgrade. A lot of new features big and small, and a lot of new customizations and settings you couldn't see/do in any other iOS.
Music app on iPad
remember we used to tap on a song and automatically showed to you the album art in full screen?
it's not there anymore (not automatically)
if you play a song and tap on the tiny album art next to the music player, it'll show album art on fullscreen and you can swipe left/right to change between songs.
remember we used to tap on a song and automatically showed to you the album art in full screen?
it's not there anymore (not automatically)
if you play a song and tap on the tiny album art next to the music player, it'll show album art on fullscreen and you can swipe left/right to change between songs.
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not exactly a feature, but I have noticed one less inconvenience in ios 5. every night I charge my iphone on a speaker dock, and it has always come up with an annoying little message that says 'this device is not optimized for charging the iphone blah blah blah DISMISS' (even though it charged it anyway).
Since ios 5 there haven't been any annoying popups concerning this, even on much older speaker docks
Oh thank the gods they got rid of that useless message!
My phone would always show it when I dock it on my JBL Soundstage, even though it works *perfectly* with it.
Hey,
When you sync your music, do you have the 'manually manage music & videos' option checked under the Summary for your iPhone? I keep manually making changes to my music in iTunes but their not updated on the iPhone. It used to be when you made changes in iTunes they were automatically updated on the iPhone (with the Sync in Progress message).
I tried the uncheck and check Music tab option and it still didn't help.
Thanks for any insight you may have.
When you sync your music, do you have the 'manually manage music & videos' option checked under the Summary for your iPhone? I keep manually making changes to my music in iTunes but their not updated on the iPhone. It used to be when you made changes in iTunes they were automatically updated on the iPhone (with the Sync in Progress message).
I tried the uncheck and check Music tab option and it still didn't help.
Thanks for any insight you may have.
I'd love to help...
but i don't know what IS and ISN'T documented to begin with :/
I can delete songs now, but only from the white background screen.
but i don't know what IS and ISN'T documented to begin with :/
I can delete songs now, but only from the white background screen.
I sync a playlist to my iPhone, and I was hoping that deleting them from the phone would remove them from the playlist, but it just adds them back when I sync next. Doesn't make much sense to me...
If you want the song off your iPhone I think you would need to delete it from the playlist on your iPhone.
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It gets added back because it's still in the playlist on your home machine.
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It gets added back because it's still in the playlist on your home machine.
Sharing iCloud Reminders and Calendars
I came across this in regards to sharing iCloud Reminders and Calendars that is not documented and REALLY cool. Created a Grocery list and shared it with my wife and we could both add and check items - just the way it should work.
http://justinfrench.com/notebook/sharing-todo-lists-with-ios-5s-reminders-app
I came across this in regards to sharing iCloud Reminders and Calendars that is not documented and REALLY cool. Created a Grocery list and shared it with my wife and we could both add and check items - just the way it should work.
http://justinfrench.com/notebook/sharing-todo-lists-with-ios-5s-reminders-app
That's badass. Thanks! Too bad you can't share Reminder lists from the phone itself.
but i don't know what IS and ISN'T documented to begin with :/
I can delete songs now, but only from the white background screen.
Anything you can read from Apple.com and anything you can learn from Apple's videos are "officially documented" features.
Calendar/Maps
I use my Outlook Calendar a ton and the Location box never populated with a hyperlink when looking at the event on the iPhone. If I copied the address to the Notes section of an event, it would be a hyperlink that jumped directly to Maps, but I'd forget to do that a lot. iOS 5 now has made the Location field a hyperlink so it will jump directly to Maps, as it always should have.
The numerous small improvements in iOS 5 make the user experience so much better. Very happy with it.
(Still don't understand why Apple refuses to put in a 'Snooze for 5,10,30,60 minutes' option for Calendar alerts)
And I don't want to steal the thunder away from this thread, but here are a big chunk of the features documented: http://techzoom.org/ios-5-complete-list-of-200-new-features/
I use my Outlook Calendar a ton and the Location box never populated with a hyperlink when looking at the event on the iPhone. If I copied the address to the Notes section of an event, it would be a hyperlink that jumped directly to Maps, but I'd forget to do that a lot. iOS 5 now has made the Location field a hyperlink so it will jump directly to Maps, as it always should have.
The numerous small improvements in iOS 5 make the user experience so much better. Very happy with it.
(Still don't understand why Apple refuses to put in a 'Snooze for 5,10,30,60 minutes' option for Calendar alerts)
And I don't want to steal the thunder away from this thread, but here are a big chunk of the features documented: http://techzoom.org/ios-5-complete-list-of-200-new-features/
You can. My wife and I share an iTunes/iCloud account. Yesterday, she set a reminder from her iPhone 4 (while at home) and set it to alarm when "leaving: work". Because we share the account, this reminder was sync'd to my phone 4S. When I left work, it alarmed on my 4S.
Honeydo lists in the 21st century.