Re: Curious if iPhones are totally useless if you are not on Wifi
In my experience, I have Cox Cable with cable modem and LTE on my 5s from ATT. I get about the same speeds on both. LTE I believe is their 4g version. Never the less, I can download 4 hundred messages in 1 or 2 minutes give or take. I remember the days of dialup so this is blazing fast! Regards, Alan Teenagers; Tired of being harassed by your parents? Act now! Move out. Get a job. Pay your bills wile you still know everything. Please click on: http://www.home.earthlink.net/~alanandsuzanne/ There, you'll find free files of my arrangements and performances played on the Yamaha Tyros 1 keyboard. I often add files so check back regularly! The albums in Technics format formerly on my website are still available upon request. Thanks for listening! -Original Message- From: Brian Fischler Sent: Friday, October 24, 2014 12:54 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Curious if iPhones are totally useless if you are not on Wifi I am betting the signal in Queens NY must be awful as the few times I have tried to do anything when I am not on Wifi the experience has been miserable. I did not notice how many bars I had at the time of this comedy of errors. At least I was able to laugh it off, yes but it was quite frustrating. Was not sure if FaceTime did work when you are not on Wifi but the one time I needed it it did not. On Oct 24, 2014, at 3:20 PM, Woody Anna Dresner wadres...@att.net wrote: Hi, If you have a good connection, LTE or 4G should work fine. I've downloaded music, used my phone as a hot spot, used GPS apps that needed data, and watched a Space Shuttle lift-off. Of course, if you have a weak signal, all bets are off with any device. Even if it's an LTE signal, if it's only one bar, it may very well not work. But with a reasonable signal, you should be fine. My guess is that you simply didn't have a very good signal for some reason. Too bad, though - it sounds like a very unpleasant experience. Best, Anna On Oct 24, 2014, at 2:09 PM, Brian Fischler brianfisch...@me.com wrote: Hey all, I am curious are iPhones pretty much useless unless you are on wifi? I had heard from some people that 4G and LED are almost as good as wifi, but I have always noticed a lot of apps take forever to load if I am not on wifi or crap out. I was just coming home from the store and the bag my stuff was in ripped and I was so proud of myself as I thought I could FaceTime with my Mom to help me find everything as I was in no man's land with no one around. I pressed the hold button to launch Siri said call Mom, and got what is your Mom's name? Are you kidding me, yes, before today I have called my Mom, and she is listed on my iPhone as Mom, after three times of Siri asking what my Mom's name was, I called her manually. Then I asked her to FaceTime and go figure even though I clicked answer FaceTime would not work and I was on LED. I thought FaceTime worked on LED now? Regardless of FaceTime the fact that apps take forever to load when not on Wifi and I am on ATT are others having an awful experience when not on Wifi? Eventually someone walked by and picked up my stuffs neither my foot sweep of the area nor my guide dog found anything. Thanks, -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information
Curious if iPhones are totally useless if you are not on Wifi
Hey all, I am curious are iPhones pretty much useless unless you are on wifi? I had heard from some people that 4G and LED are almost as good as wifi, but I have always noticed a lot of apps take forever to load if I am not on wifi or crap out. I was just coming home from the store and the bag my stuff was in ripped and I was so proud of myself as I thought I could FaceTime with my Mom to help me find everything as I was in no man’s land with no one around. I pressed the hold button to launch Siri said call Mom, and got what is your Mom’s name? Are you kidding me, yes, before today I have called my Mom, and she is listed on my iPhone as Mom, after three times of Siri asking what my Mom’s name was, I called her manually. Then I asked her to FaceTime and go figure even though I clicked answer FaceTime would not work and I was on LED. I thought FaceTime worked on LED now? Regardless of FaceTime the fact that apps take forever to load when not on Wifi and I am on ATT are others having an awful experience when not on Wifi? Eventually someone walked by and picked up my stuffs neither my foot sweep of the area nor my guide dog found anything. Thanks, -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Curious if iPhones are totally useless if you are not on Wifi
Hi, If you have a good connection, LTE or 4G should work fine. I've downloaded music, used my phone as a hot spot, used GPS apps that needed data, and watched a Space Shuttle lift-off. Of course, if you have a weak signal, all bets are off with any device. Even if it's an LTE signal, if it's only one bar, it may very well not work. But with a reasonable signal, you should be fine. My guess is that you simply didn't have a very good signal for some reason. Too bad, though - it sounds like a very unpleasant experience. Best, Anna On Oct 24, 2014, at 2:09 PM, Brian Fischler brianfisch...@me.com wrote: Hey all, I am curious are iPhones pretty much useless unless you are on wifi? I had heard from some people that 4G and LED are almost as good as wifi, but I have always noticed a lot of apps take forever to load if I am not on wifi or crap out. I was just coming home from the store and the bag my stuff was in ripped and I was so proud of myself as I thought I could FaceTime with my Mom to help me find everything as I was in no man’s land with no one around. I pressed the hold button to launch Siri said call Mom, and got what is your Mom’s name? Are you kidding me, yes, before today I have called my Mom, and she is listed on my iPhone as Mom, after three times of Siri asking what my Mom’s name was, I called her manually. Then I asked her to FaceTime and go figure even though I clicked answer FaceTime would not work and I was on LED. I thought FaceTime worked on LED now? Regardless of FaceTime the fact that apps take forever to load when not on Wifi and I am on ATT are others having an awful experience when not on Wifi? Eventually someone walked by and picked up my stuffs neither my foot sweep of the area nor my guide dog found anything. Thanks, -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Curious if iPhones are totally useless if you are not on Wifi
When I used the iPhone 5 on ATT, there were times when LTE crawled and was very slow. At those times, when I noticed it, I went into settings and turned LTE off. It seemed like I got faster speed when I was on 4G. I haven't noticed any slow LTE signals on my iPhone 6, but I also haven't been on LTE too much with wifi at both home and work. Sorry to hear of your experience, Wayne On 10/24/14, Woody Anna Dresner wadres...@att.net wrote: Hi, If you have a good connection, LTE or 4G should work fine. I've downloaded music, used my phone as a hot spot, used GPS apps that needed data, and watched a Space Shuttle lift-off. Of course, if you have a weak signal, all bets are off with any device. Even if it's an LTE signal, if it's only one bar, it may very well not work. But with a reasonable signal, you should be fine. My guess is that you simply didn't have a very good signal for some reason. Too bad, though - it sounds like a very unpleasant experience. Best, Anna On Oct 24, 2014, at 2:09 PM, Brian Fischler brianfisch...@me.com wrote: Hey all, I am curious are iPhones pretty much useless unless you are on wifi? I had heard from some people that 4G and LED are almost as good as wifi, but I have always noticed a lot of apps take forever to load if I am not on wifi or crap out. I was just coming home from the store and the bag my stuff was in ripped and I was so proud of myself as I thought I could FaceTime with my Mom to help me find everything as I was in no man's land with no one around. I pressed the hold button to launch Siri said call Mom, and got what is your Mom's name? Are you kidding me, yes, before today I have called my Mom, and she is listed on my iPhone as Mom, after three times of Siri asking what my Mom's name was, I called her manually. Then I asked her to FaceTime and go figure even though I clicked answer FaceTime would not work and I was on LED. I thought FaceTime worked on LED now? Regardless of FaceTime the fact that apps take forever to load when not on Wifi and I am on ATT are others having an awful experience when not on Wifi? Eventually someone walked by and picked up my stuffs neither my foot sweep of the area nor my guide dog found anything. Thanks, -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Follow me on Twitter at: www.twitter.com/wcmerritt My websites: www.wayneism.com www.whitecaneday.org -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
RE: Curious if iPhones are totally useless if you are not on Wifi
Hi Brian, I live in a small town in northern British Columbia, Canada, and we don't have LTE yet, only 3G. I can, however, easily make Facetime and Skype calls over 3G and sometimes it's actually way faster to download Audible books via 3G than it is via my WiFi although I think there is another issue at work here since I have a relatively fast internet connection at home, 25 Mb down and 5 up. I have noticed however that when I am in Vancouver or other places where there is LTE that it is way faster than what most people have at home as far as internet goes. In Vancouver last time I did a speedtest and had 42 Mb down and 23 Mb up, that's awesomely fast especially for the upload speed. I would recommend you get the Speedtest app from OOKLA, that is the same as the www.speedtest.net website, and check what sort of speed you are getting when you are on LTE. I would, however, say that if your phone shows you have LTE coverage that there is something wrong since it should easily handle Facetime. Incidently I have often done just what you described, called my Mom or another friend when I dropped something and couldn't find it any more. Now, as for SIRI not knowing who your Mom was, I would go to Settings, General and SIRI and check that your contact is selected there because otherwise SIRI doesn't know who you are and hence doesn't know who any of your relationships are. I have very few issues with SIRI here in Canada except that occasionally an answer gets cut off. Whenever I went to the States (once or twice a year) I always found SIRI doesn't work as good there, maybe it's because there are so many more people in the States than in Canada and it's a server capacity issue. Regards, Sieghard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Brian Fischler Sent: Friday, October 24, 2014 12:09 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Curious if iPhones are totally useless if you are not on Wifi Hey all, I am curious are iPhones pretty much useless unless you are on wifi? I had heard from some people that 4G and LED are almost as good as wifi, but I have always noticed a lot of apps take forever to load if I am not on wifi or crap out. I was just coming home from the store and the bag my stuff was in ripped and I was so proud of myself as I thought I could FaceTime with my Mom to help me find everything as I was in no man’s land with no one around. I pressed the hold button to launch Siri said call Mom, and got what is your Mom’s name? Are you kidding me, yes, before today I have called my Mom, and she is listed on my iPhone as Mom, after three times of Siri asking what my Mom’s name was, I called her manually. Then I asked her to FaceTime and go figure even though I clicked answer FaceTime would not work and I was on LED. I thought FaceTime worked on LED now? Regardless of FaceTime the fact that apps take forever to load when not on Wifi and I am on ATT are others having an awful experience when not on Wifi? Eventually someone walked by and picked up my stuffs neither my foot sweep of the area nor my guide dog found anything. Thanks, -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Curious if iPhones are totally useless if you are not on Wifi
I am betting the signal in Queens NY must be awful as the few times I have tried to do anything when I am not on Wifi the experience has been miserable. I did not notice how many bars I had at the time of this comedy of errors. At least I was able to laugh it off, yes but it was quite frustrating. Was not sure if FaceTime did work when you are not on Wifi but the one time I needed it it did not. On Oct 24, 2014, at 3:20 PM, Woody Anna Dresner wadres...@att.net wrote: Hi, If you have a good connection, LTE or 4G should work fine. I've downloaded music, used my phone as a hot spot, used GPS apps that needed data, and watched a Space Shuttle lift-off. Of course, if you have a weak signal, all bets are off with any device. Even if it's an LTE signal, if it's only one bar, it may very well not work. But with a reasonable signal, you should be fine. My guess is that you simply didn't have a very good signal for some reason. Too bad, though - it sounds like a very unpleasant experience. Best, Anna On Oct 24, 2014, at 2:09 PM, Brian Fischler brianfisch...@me.com wrote: Hey all, I am curious are iPhones pretty much useless unless you are on wifi? I had heard from some people that 4G and LED are almost as good as wifi, but I have always noticed a lot of apps take forever to load if I am not on wifi or crap out. I was just coming home from the store and the bag my stuff was in ripped and I was so proud of myself as I thought I could FaceTime with my Mom to help me find everything as I was in no man's land with no one around. I pressed the hold button to launch Siri said call Mom, and got what is your Mom's name? Are you kidding me, yes, before today I have called my Mom, and she is listed on my iPhone as Mom, after three times of Siri asking what my Mom's name was, I called her manually. Then I asked her to FaceTime and go figure even though I clicked answer FaceTime would not work and I was on LED. I thought FaceTime worked on LED now? Regardless of FaceTime the fact that apps take forever to load when not on Wifi and I am on ATT are others having an awful experience when not on Wifi? Eventually someone walked by and picked up my stuffs neither my foot sweep of the area nor my guide dog found anything. Thanks, -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Curious if iPhones are totally useless if you are not on Wifi
that's very strange! I'm on ATT and get good fast downloads when not on WIFI. I get LTE though, which you might get where you live. also, yes, you can make face time calls and not be on Wifi. - Original Message - From: Brian Fischler brianfisch...@me.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, October 24, 2014 2:09 PM Subject: Curious if iPhones are totally useless if you are not on Wifi Hey all, I am curious are iPhones pretty much useless unless you are on wifi? I had heard from some people that 4G and LED are almost as good as wifi, but I have always noticed a lot of apps take forever to load if I am not on wifi or crap out. I was just coming home from the store and the bag my stuff was in ripped and I was so proud of myself as I thought I could FaceTime with my Mom to help me find everything as I was in no man’s land with no one around. I pressed the hold button to launch Siri said call Mom, and got what is your Mom’s name? Are you kidding me, yes, before today I have called my Mom, and she is listed on my iPhone as Mom, after three times of Siri asking what my Mom’s name was, I called her manually. Then I asked her to FaceTime and go figure even though I clicked answer FaceTime would not work and I was on LED. I thought FaceTime worked on LED now? Regardless of FaceTime the fact that apps take forever to load when not on Wifi and I am on ATT are others having an awful experience when not on Wifi? Eventually someone walked by and picked up my stuffs neither my foot sweep of the area nor my guide dog found anything. Thanks, -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
