Actually, I find that thhis works much better with the 5. Yesterday, I listened to an entire football game and only lost the stream once. Andy
----- Original Message ----- From: "Kawal Gucukoglu" <kawa...@me.com> To: <viphone@googlegroups.com> Sent: Monday, December 10, 2012 1:17 AM Subject: Re: Major problems streaming internet radio on iPhone 5 Hello. I have an I phone 5 and have no problems streaming internet Radio. Kawal. On 10 Dec 2012, at 09:03 AM, Grant Hardy <grantha...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > For a few weeks now I've been trying to ignore this problem, or chalk > it up to an unreliable data connection, problem with the station I'm > trying to listen to, or some other thing which isn't the fault of my > iPhone. > > Here's the reality. When placed beside each other on a table and > connected to the exact same WIFI network, streaming the same station > in tandem, my older iPhone 4S can play for hours without any problem. > My 5, on the other hand, constantly buffers, skips, and disconnects > for several seconds. Streaming radio is basically useless on my iPhone > 5, because it just doesn't work reliably. I'd say every fifteen to > thirty seconds there's a hiccup in the stream, usually a pause of > several seconds. > > I really don't get where the problem lies, because I've swapped my > phone a couple of times for unrelated issues and I remember having > streaming problems on those other phones too. It doesn't matter what > station I stream, which app I use (Safari, Ootunes, Tunein, or a > number of other radio apps I tried in the app store). Doesn't matter > which WIFI network I'm on, or if I'm on LTE or 3G. The problem still > persists. > > Have set up as a new iPhone, reset all settings, reset network > settings, done a restore in iTunes, and just can't get the problem to > go away. > > I'd would have thought this was a hardware problem, but weirdly, other > data works impeccably. No issues with Skype, iTunes Match, mail, or > even apps like podcast clients--streaming audio that is not live, > works fine. It just seems to be live, streaming audio that's the > problem. > > Does anybody have any idea what could possibly be the problem? Can > anyone confirm whether they can use apps like Ootunes on an iPhone 5 > with zero issues? > > Grant > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" > Google Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.455 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/5445 - Release Date: 12/07/12 23:19:00 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
