Couch either this is you first iphone or you never downloaded anything from the appstore when you had one (maybe didnt have a data plan) ? The limit was 25mb before over cellular data
First time downloading anything this large, I guess.
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First time downloading anything this large, I guess.
Happy to hear that this is the case on Android (new carrier plan + Note 2 incoming in a few days
). So annoying those times you want to install a 60MB app while on the bus or something.
Couch either this is you first iphone or you never downloaded anything from the appstore when you had one (maybe didnt have a data plan
It actually use to be up to 100mb
What carrier are you on? I would be interested in knowing if it is the carrier or apple. Two different limits would mean carrier. It was 100mb on att last I checked.
Since you are jailbroken is covered
keep in mind Couch if you still have any plans on keeping the iphone 5 in the end to wait for the new moto or nexus you better keep the one you have now ! I dont think is possible to get a new iphone 5 anymore with ios pre 6.1.3.----------
It actually use to be up to 100mb
What carrier are you on? I would be interested in knowing if it is the carrier or apple. Two different limits would mean carrier. It was 100mb on att last I checked.
First time i see someone with that limit
https://www.macrumors.com/2012/03/07/apple-boosts-over-the-air-app-store-download-limits-to-50-mb/
Since you are jailbroken is covered
Yeah... which sort of sucks because if I do keep it, I want the updated one that runs on Tmobile's 3G that's being released April 12th. But no jailbreak for that. :T
Since you are jailbroken is covered
Yeah... which sort of sucks because if I do keep it, I want the updated one that runs on Tmobile's 3G that's being released April 12th. But no jailbreak for that. :T
Is it really a hardware tweak ? I think i saw somewhere that it was firmware specific, maybe someone can make magic happend
It actually use to be up to 100mb
What carrier are you on? I would be interested in knowing if it is the carrier or apple. Two different limits would mean carrier. It was 100mb on att last I checked.
I don't think this is correct. I'm on AT&T and it's 50MB for me--but I also have My3G installed so I haven't had a problem with it in a while. I believe it originally was 10MB, was bumped to 25MB and later increased again to it's current limit. I also don't recall it being carrier specific but rather a limit set in iOS (though I certainly could be mistaken).
It actually use to be up to 100mb
What carrier are you on? I would be interested in knowing if it is the carrier or apple. Two different limits would mean carrier. It was 100mb on att last I checked.
Tmobile.
seems like you are right, it went from 10--20--25--50 (on att). I don't know why I thought it was 100
For a guy who owns an iPad and previously an iPhone 4, you are quite clueless about iOS.
Every day, you have just proven to us how little you know about iOS.
The iPhone does have sooo many features, you will discover new ones every day, even after years.
You may be right or you may be wrong, but his statement about 50 MB limits on downloading apps over cellular network isn't wrong. Is there a way to bypass that? I mean, since you have some superior knowledge.
Right. Because my WiFi-only iPad would have trouble downloading only-WiFi-donwloadable apps.
As for the iPhone, what can I say, I never attempted to download an app over 50 MBs before. It's a shame the world's most advanced mobile OS can't.
Of course it's queuing. When I'm creating a playlist, I'm queuing up the songs or albums I want to play and in what order.
What about it?
No, my mind is not blown by what Android keyboards can do.
Right. Because my WiFi-only iPad would have trouble downloading only-WiFi-donwloadable apps.
As for the iPhone, what can I say, I never attempted to download an app over 50 MBs before. It's a shame the world's most advanced mobile OS can't.
There is a restriction on app size in Google Play as well, thats why certain apps usually games download extra data after the initial install.
Again, not about how advance the OS is. Google Play store had a 50MB limit too. Did you call Android a crappy OS because Google Play store had a 50MB limit?
It's about what Apple and AT&T or the carriers negotiated.
That was when AT&T offered unlimited data, so the limit was negotiated.
But I guess downloading over 50MB isn't that important if you don't even know about it.
Then again, you are trying very hard to find things to complain about. Even make up stuff that is untrue or incorrect.
Do you complain about how crappy Android is because AT&T blocks Google Play movies to stream over 3G/LTE?
http://www.geek.com/mobile/att-blocks-google-play-movies-over-lte-and-3g-1506515/
At least I'm smart enough to know this issue is with AT&T and not Android.
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Ya - that's a key difference.....
Android generally requires two separate installs for large apps (mostly games). The first from the play store is usually relatively small....you get the big download when you try to open the app for the first time.
Given all the complaining from clueless people and data overages, all I see the cap as is a "save our ass" move - by both Apple AND the carriers....they could clearly increase the cap or get rid of it. As hyteckit said, nothing to do with "advanced" or not.
I always considered the limit to be entirely self explanatory ... along with the simple as can be, wait till you're near wifi solution.
It never occurred to me to post anything on the internet about it.
Weeping is entirely optional.
It never occurred to me to post anything on the internet about it.
Weeping is entirely optional.
Except the problem with onthecouchagain is that he is complaining about what iOS lacks, when those features actually exist on iOS.
So it's less about discovery and more about willful ignorance on onthecouchagain's part.
I laugh at data caps!
Isn't it time this thread lightened up a bit? Seems to be very hostile the past few days.
Chill out people!
Isn't it time this thread lightened up a bit? Seems to be very hostile the past few days.
Chill out people!
I hate you.
I still hate you.Isn't it time this thread lightened up a bit? Seems to be very hostile the past few days.
Chill out people!
Michael
I laugh at data caps!
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Isn't it time this thread lightened up a bit? Seems to be very hostile the past few days.
Chill out people!
God lord wth do you download/watch ?!
My landline broadband peaks out at around 2 meg on a good day, my Nexus regularly hits over 20 meg so I mostly tether rather than use our second rate "broadband".God lord wth do you download/watch ?!
Every bit of internet heavy lifting is done on my phone.
Steam downloads, streaming BBC iPlayer/YouTube/Netflix, computer updates...
I just can't rely on my broadband to keep up when streaming and such.
Not really. As long as you set your Google Play setting and your data management settings to allow it, you'll only see a warning/confirmation. I've download large apps over 1gb with no problem using data.
On iOS they give you no choice but to jailbreak and use a tweak like unrestrictor.