The biggest annoyance for me is that in Twitter apps, I constantly lose my place in the timeline. This is made browsing twitter pretty much unusable on my iPhone.
Mike > On Oct 17, 2013, at 8:22 PM, Geoff Stephens <geoffsli...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I recently had my iPhone 5, purchased in October 2012, replaced just before > the warranty expired. Of course, the replacement phone came with iOS 6 and I > had to upgrade to iOS 7 before restoring my backup from iCloud. > > One thing I noticed was that with the fresh version of iOS 7, it seemed > snappier and not as prone to focus jump. After I restored the backup, it > seemed the same as always. > > I don't know if this applies to your particular issue. In fact, it probably > does not. Still, I thought I would mention it. > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > Sandratomkins > Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2013 4:45 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: VO not holding focus. > > hi Aman, > Yes I have reduce motion turned on. I have automatic background refresh > turned off. and I have followed all the advice for battery conservation and > processes speed etc. I have my switcher pretty much empty, but one thing I > would like to know, if I had apps that might drain the battery but they are > not running will they affect it anyway? > > re the battery backup: I actually do have one which isn't too bad. However, I > prefer to use the iPhone 4 as my battery backup because in that way I get > other functionality as well. i'm guessing that the last thing I'll have to > try is the reset to factory settings option and see if that improves things > at all. because this loss of focus especially on apps such as the one for my > crossword puzzle is a serious one it actually means I cannot use the 4 S for > the things that I can use it for on the 4. > > I will let you know if I managed to find a way to improve things! > Thanks for all your good advice, > Sandy. > > > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On 16 Oct 2013, at 16:35, Aman Singer <aman.sin...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi, Sandy. >> Allow me to second Chris' suggestion about the "reduce motion" setting >> in accessibility. I don't know how much vision you have, but this is >> strictly a visual effect and, besides somewhat reducing battery life, >> I found just the same problems you did when "reduce motion" was off. >> Once I turned it on, the problems seem to be either resolved or so >> close to being resolved that I don't notice them. Note that this isn't >> just a touch screen thing, as you note, the keyboards had the same >> issue as do braille displays. >> Secondly, as to batteries, besides Sieghard's suggestion about >> applications, it may be worth giving an external battery a try. These >> have grown much smaller and much cheaper over the past few years, and >> you can triple your iPhone battery life for €30 or so if you don't >> mind carrying a small device around. >> HTH. >> Aman >> >>> On 10/16/13, Sandratomkins <sandratomk...@googlemail.com> wrote: >>> Hi again, >>> >>> A year ago, I had planned to sell my old iPhone 4 when I got my new 4s. >>> However, because I use these devices as my computer. Reading books, >>> doing crosswords, searching the net, email and all that stuff, I >>> decided to hold on to the old phone to share out the battery power. I >>> decided not to update the 4 to ios7, it has, of course, downloaded, >>> but is sitting waiting for me to give the go ahead. Well, having >>> started life as an ios7 fan, and I do still like many of the bells >>> and whistles, I have to say that for many of my favourite activities, >>> I am going back to my old 4. I mentioned, in the below message, that >>> I can not longer do the Guardian Cryptic Crossword on my 4s with 7. >>> Well, I just took a look on the 4 and what do you think, I can do the >>> CW just as I always could. So, this is definitely a 7 bug for VO and >>> it is, as far as I can judge, something that affects many applications and >>> website functions. >>> >>> Finally, I have turned off all the relevant settings that will >>> drain the battery on my 44s running 7, and still find that the >>> battery drains at an alarming rate! >>> >>> pity 'tis true, but until these issues are addressed, I shall be >>> using my old 4 for the forseeable future. >>> >>> Sandy. >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>>> On 16 Oct 2013, at 10:58, Sandratomkins >>>> <sandratomk...@googlemail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> HI, >>>> >>>> I think there is a genuine problem, using ios7 on my iPhone 4s. >>>> For example, one of my pleasures in life is to do the Cryptic >>>> Crossword in the Gardian, most days: until now, I have been able to >>>> do this using the online app that is used on the website of the paper >>>> together with vo. >>>> However, this has become increasingly flaky. This morning, it seems, >>>> that I cannot do it at all! I don't undrstand why this should have >>>> got worse, but it does eem to have done so. I have performed a >>>> reset, the one with the power and home buttons, but this hasn't fixed >>>> anything. >>>> >>>> Also, when sending a message, such as this one, I type vip into >>>> the "to" field and am offered the address for this list, but once >>>> havingt selected it, especially, when using my BT keyboard, I cannot >>>> move away from that field, I have to touch the screen to get vo to >>>> focus anew and then I can use the arrow keys or flick to find the >>>> edit field for the subject line. >>>> >>>> I know that people have mentioned the problems with focusing, here >>>> on this list before, I just wanted to say that I am still finding >>>> this, after having played with the latest update since the first day >>>> it came out. I wanted to give it time to see what was a bug and what >>>> was user error, and I have to say that this is definitely not user >>>> error. Neither do I think it a bug for non vo users,, so it is >>>> unlikely to be addressed by apple, unless we make them aware of it. >>>> However, I am always loath to submit a suspected bug before I have >>>> assured myself that others are also experiencing the same thing. 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