iOS 6.1.1 update released by Apple to tackle iPhone 4S signal issues
Apple has issued a new iOS 6.1.1 update, with the software patch landing just hours after network provider Vodafone warned iPhone 4S users off updating to iOS 6.1 due to on-going 3G signal issues.
With the recent iOS 6.1 update reportedly causing a swathe of iPhone 4S users to experience troublesome signal loss issues when attempting to utilise 3G connections, Apple has responded to complaints, rolling out iOS 6.1.1 in a bid to amend the recently introduced issues.
Made available overnight, the new iOS 6.1.1 update appears to currently be exclusive to iPhone 4S users, with our test iPhone 4 and iPad mini units currently showing iOS 6.1 as “up to date.”
Speaking on the new iOS fix, Apple has stated: “This update fixes an issue that could impact cellular performance and reliability for iPhone 4S.”
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Don't upgrade to iOS 6.1 with battery and overheating issues reported
We have started seeing an increase in iPhone issues related to battery life and overheating. All of them seem to be related to users upgrading their devices to iOS 6.1.
A quick search on the Apple Support Communities forum for iOS 6.1 battery shows this is not an isolated problem. Apple released iOS 6.1 on January 28. It appears some users have been having problems ever since they’ve upgraded: complaints have been coming in from that date all the way till today.
The earliest report we could find was created on January 28 and actually comes from a user reporting great battery life on his iPhone 5. Yet the first reply is from another iPhone 5 user who is “seeing the exact opposite” and the thread goes down from there. It goes on for 11 pages, and at the time of writing has 157 replies.
MacRumors is reporting that Vodafone UK today began sending out text messages to iPhone 4S owners on its network, warning them not to upgrade to iOS 6.1 due to issues with 3G performance.
Year-old iPhone 4S spontaneously combusts and oozes acid, but Apple refuses to replace it, woman claims
New York marketing manager Shibani Bhujle says her iPhone spontaneously combusted, burning her fingers, and then oozed acid when she tried to remove the battery.
“My iPhone was on a coffee table and randomly the power went off,” Bhujle told VentureBeat via email. “It was not on a charger or charging. In the next minute, I smelled fumes and picked up my iPhone, which was extremely hot.”
Bhujle says she tried to turn the phone on, which didn’t work, and then as the phone continue to heat up and emitted a burning smell, she panicked and tried to remove the battery by prying open the back of the iPhone. As she did so, the battery, she says, was “in the process of melting and oozing liquid (acid).”
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Photographer Using iPhone 4S to Cover Olympics
You’d think that a modern photojournalist covering the world’s biggest sporting event for one of the UK’s biggest papers would use a serious camera for the job. Not The Guardian’s Dan Chung, who is using an iPhone 4S.
Perhaps we should clarify - Chung is using the iPhone 4S to live-blog the event from a photographer’s perspective. This means lots of small, incidental snaps taken and uploaded immediately. We can think of no better device to do that (well, apart from maybe a Nokia PureView 808).
Even then, he’s needed a little help to get his shots. That help comes in the shape of a clip-on Schneider lens (all the better to get a close-up of Michael Phelps making like a salmon) and the popular Snapseed app for tweaking and editing the images.
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Camera shootout: Nokia 808 PureView vs Apple iPhone 4S
Nokia’s new flagship Symbian handset comes packing a whopping 41-megapixel camera sensor, which is larger than those found on most advanced compact cameras. Having got our hands on a review set, we decided to pit it against the reigning king of smartphone cameras, the iPhone 4S.
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