Having just plugged my iPhone in to update the podcasts on it – there is a firmware update available for the phone. In the release notes it shows this:
So I wonder now if this will fix my occassional audio drop outs I have been experiencing? I hope so.
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When I checked the iPhone updates last night there was an update for Stanza – and having installed it the app is now working. However do I transfer my loyalty back to Stanza (until it breaks again) or stick with the supported app MegaReader.
I think I will stay with MegaReader.
I sent some ideas across to Patrick Thompson, the developer of MegaReader and he sent me this back:
Hi Clive,
Thanks for the write-up on your blog!
I’ve been getting a lot of great feedback from former Stanza users and I’m starting to make some headway. I just released my first post-Stanza update with the brightness swipe feature and configurable tap-zones; both of which were super popular requests. I continue to gather feedback at megareader.uservoice.com, where you can vote for you favorite enhancement requests and add new ones. This will help me to prioritize the work.
All the best,
Patrick
So I got the update and the backlight is now controlled by dragging your finger on the screen and the configurable tap-zones means I have MegaReader fully customised for comfortable reading in bed!
It looks like MegaReader is a good app to invest in if you want to read epub books on your iPhone.
Now if Patrick can just sort the app to list the books under an Author Heading first, from which we can then drill down to see a list of their books, that would be great as it will shorten my list of installed ebooks.
It has come too late to help me, but for the future, Apple has provided a solution to automatically transfer copies of your iPhone photos to your PC (either a Mac or Windows machine).
iCloud, which comes with iOS 5 can be configured to transfer the photos via wifi. I had to install a control panel for iCloud on my Windows 7 laptop (download it from here) and create an account on my iPhone using iCloud in the Setting app. In the same app I turned on the “Photo Stream”. In the Windows iCloud control panel I went with the default settings so the photos are stored in folders in my Pictures folder – this is convenient as this folder is included in the my Online Backup software and so they are also backed up offsite.
I tried it out, I turned the iPhone wifi on and my laptop was connected to the office network. I took a photo and it then took only a few moments for it to appear on the laptop.
Just what I needed.
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Over the past months I have had to restore several iPhones and iPads for clients and as part of my “solution” for my failed iPhone speaker (see here) I have had to restore my phone several times, all with no issues. I have also updated the iOS on my phone a number of times. So yesterday I embarked on updating my iPhone 4 to iOS 5 without much concern.
As part of the process I followed the Apple prompts – with one of them saying iTunes was backing up my iPhone before proceeding. However during the restore I got a “ding” from my PC with an announcement from iTunes that the backup was corrupt or incompatible with this iPhone and the update stopped. I then spent the next couple of hours trying to recover the iPhone but with only limited success. I got my Apps back – so I did not have to purchase them again, but all my custom settings and my photos were gone.
These were the photos from my trip last week to the West Highland Way – which I had not yet copied to my PC – I wasn’t worried iTunes said it had backed them up. On the up side, I had uploaded the best images to my blog as I went along and Richard has the photos he took. With hindsight I should have manually copied the photos from the iPhone before starting the upgrade, but when iTunes says it has backed up the iPhone what was I to think. When I checked the backup folder the file size of the backup file was only 278MB – other backups were over 10GB – I am glad the backup software I use to backup my client’s data is more reliable than iTunes. Some type of verification, by iTunes, would have been a good idea before proceeding to the upgrade.
So for anyone about to upgrade to iOS 5 copy your photos first.
Will Apple care about this – probably not.
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It is working again!
I have done nothing to try and fix the problem since last Thursday evening – but it works again.
I think it is time an “Apple Genius” had a look at it – I’ll go to an Apple shop when I get home from the walk.
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All packed & ready (for anything) | richardgoeswalking.
So tomorrow I am off to Scotland, and the West Highland Way, with my optimistic walking companion Richard. See his blog entry above.
I have everything packed, but it looks a very small pile of kit – although I have included two backpacks! I had packed my Karrimor 25l day pack, but I have changed my mind and I now have decided to use my Golite Jam 2, it compresses quite well and will give me the extra comfort and space for the day we have to carry our overnight kit (there is one B&B where it will cost too much to ship our large case there).
Another thing I needed to sort before leaving – my iPhone has gone wrong again. See this post – I have tried the “putting the earphone plug in and out” and the “restore my iPhone completely” options but still no phone audio. I was really impressed by one of the Apple Support suggestions – “turn the volume up!”. So I am off to Scotland with a phone that only half works, I will be using the blue tooth earphone and hope the charge on the iPhone lasts all day!
You can follow our adventure, day by day, by following the links below to the daily blog entries and photos…
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