iPhone iOS4 + Nike Plus = Bad Combination

Following the instructions on this page completely solved my problems with the milage stopping mid run!

http://whenwillapple.com/blog/2010/06/29/cant-link-your-nike-sensor-to-you-new-i phone-4-heres-the-fix/

The other thing that I noticed is when you do get it to sync the KM markers on the graphs no longer show up.

Ditto most of this. I have a iPod touch 2G and generally use basic workout. It will sync and start recording pace and distance but it's crashed three times in the last two runs. It does save the partial run up to the crash but it took me a few Ks to notice and start it again :-/

I think the problem is unlocking the device and trying to change music track before the voice has read out my numbers. The read-back is now slower than it used to be, and when I unlock the display shows 0:00:00 briefly (which starts counting up!) before showing me the real time.

This has happened both with a fully-charged iPod and with one low on power. I'd say the battery lasts less with iOS 4 but I might just be imagining that - I don't have numbers to back this up.

Here's hoping for a quick fix!

Using an iPod touch 2G with the new OS, my workouts have also been wiped, although this doesn't bother me much, as they are on the Nike+ site. What I want, and what I am not getting now, is the feedback when I press the home button. I will try the basic workout and see if that helps, as mentioned here.

Also, I have noticed that even if I keep running a short distance after ending the run, and getting the "workout completed" wrap-up, my running graph will show my pace dropping very low, as if the program is still tracking me. Not a big deal, but I don't want that screwing up my pace. I believe it's related to the OS, as it hasn't done this before.

Hi guys
It is sad that I had upgraded my 3GS with the iOS4! The Nike+ data history is gone. I am safe in a way as all the date was uploaded into Nike account. What is bothering me is the annoying messages spoken by "that lady" with strange loud voice. This was not the case when I was using 3GS. Also, like most of you, the pause button become "crazy button" as after pressing that only the time is counted but not the calories, miles or anythingelse. Why the **** the iOS4 developers release such a "IMPROVED VERSION". As many of you, I was happy with the 3GS as it was reliable and accurate and dependable.

It is disheartening to see that you cannot go back to 3GS days! Hope those guys at Apple and Nike found some quick updates before all our workouts become crazily recorded!!

Hi guys at Apple, woke up yaar!!!

In computer world, still I believe strongly, if something works, do not touch it until it is mandatory!! Remember Win-XP is adorable even now but not its successors the crazy, buggy, intolerable vista, and the recent Win7!!

Anyway, as someone commented, we were happy when Apple and Blackberry were just fruits.... not any more!!

cheers

Hey Apple let's get it together...Looks like some folks in the QA department need to be fired...I see why you did not release iOS4 for the iPad. it's been more than a week since the update an no news as to a fix, not even a we are working on it.

I have two issues. I'll post them separately.

(For the record, happy Nike+ guy since 2006. Currently use iPhone 3GS. No problems until I updated the phone to iOS4. Since then, no problems acquiring/keeping sensor link. Lost calibration, but that's what the high school track is for.)

Bug 1: No voice feedback when I press the Home button during distance-based workout.

To duplicate this bug:

1. Do a Settings/General/Reset/Reset All Settings.
2. Hold down the Home button and power switch to restart the iPhone.
3. Double-check Settings/Nike + iPod to make sure that "Spoken Feedback" is set to female.
4. in the Nike + iPod app, start a Distance workout (any distance works). I use "Now Playing" (but see my second bug below).
5. Walk around to activate your sensor. (Where have I heard that before?)
6. Start running. After a few minutes, press the Home button. You should hear the female coach voice telling you elapsed time, distance, and pace, but instead you just get the "run in progress" screen (not sure what the proper term for that is, but it's the screen with the mileage in big numbers.
7. End the workout.
8. Repeat steps 1-3.
9. In the Nike + iPod app, start a Basic workout.
10. Walk around to activate your sensor.
11. Start running. After a few minutes, press the Home button. Now you get audio from the female coach, telling you elapsed time, distance, and pace. Working as intended!

Hope this helps. The Nike + setup makes me run more, and it makes me a happier runner. That's why these bugs are really frustrating.

--Dave.

This is the second of the two bugs I've found since updating to iOS4.

(For the record, happy Nike+ since 2006. Currently use iPhone 3GS. No problems until I updated the phone to iOS4. Since then, no problems acquiring/keeping sensor link. Lost calibration, but that's what the high school track is for.)

Bug 2: Nike + iPod overrides shuffled music on a playlist.

To duplicate this bug:

1. In iTunes, make a nice big playlist (mine is 6 hours of music). Sort the playlist by artist and sync with iPhone so the playlist appears in the iPod app.
2. Do a Settings/General/Reset/Reset All Settings on the phone.
3. Hold down the Home button and power switch to restart the iPhone.
4. Double-check Settings/Nike + iPod to make sure that "Spoken Feedback" is set to female. Check Settings/iPod to make sure "Shake to Shuffle" is off.
5. in the iPod app, find the playlist you created, then hit the "Shuffle" line at the top of the playlist.
6. Listen to at least two songs to verify that the playlist is indeed shuffling.
7. in the Nike + iPod app, start a workout (Basic or Distance). Select "Now Playing" on the next screen.
8. Walk around to activate your sensor. (Sounds familiar, eh?)
9. Start running. As you run, listen to the music (which has been playing this whole time, right?). It should be random, but if the bug is reproducing, you'll instead hear the songs done in artist-name order--the specific order of the playlist as it exists on the phone...no longer shuffled like it was before you started your workout.
10. End the workout.
11. Keep listening. You'll see that even after you've stopped using Nike + iPod, the playlist is no longer shuffling.

Again, hope this helps.

(And I know that there's a "Shuffle Songs" choice on the second workout screen, but I just want to shuffle from within a playlist, not the whole library. iOS3 did that, no problem.)

--Dave.

Is Apple going to respond to this?

same Problem, need a fix!!!!! Apple please give me back my Nike+ and my ipod Touch !!!!

Here is the new problem I've seen:
As soon as we upgraded to iOS4 on our iPod Touches both mine and my wife's iPods struggle on our runs. My wife's won't register anything after then screen goes blank (turning off backlight). She's had a dozen runs like that. Mine won't always register a segment of my run, especially if I stop to drink and pause it. The numbers are all screwy as well. When I unpause it the app has a seizure and jumps ahead 5-10 seconds instantly (say from 23:05:25 to 23:05:30) and then goes back and forth from 23:05:25 to 23:05:26 for 5 seconds until the actual time catches up to it.
Also after I upload a run (when it finally works) the run graph is a flat line, so it isn't keeping track of my pace changes. And, yes, I did check my run graph settings. There are only 2 time points a pace was recorded, both at the end of the run...effers...
Nikeplusedit.com is getting A LOT of visits from my household, and this needs to be corrected

Count me in as another user being affected. Ever since I updated to iOS4, Nike+ has been practically unusable for me during my runs. What consistently keeps happening is that I experience intermittently unresponsive controls, intermittently frozen screens/data display and sometimes no music can be heard although it will display track data and show track time counting down. I can't tell you how frustrating it is to be getting a good pace going and then when the device goes haywire it really interferes with my run. Usually I have to resort to a device reset mid-run! It is so bad that I just use the music app right now.

I have not had any problems with my sensor being linked. Prior to the iOS4 update, Nike+ worked flawlessly for me over the past two years through various updates. I thought that maybe something was wrong with my device hardware but everything else on my iPod works fine. Glad to see it's not just me, what a mess.

I got my 2d gen iPod touch and sensor one day and the next day I downloaded iOS4, so mine has never worked right. It works great until I pause it. When I restart the workout the timer goes but not the miles or the pace. At least now I know it isn't just my iPod & senso

Apple,
Now that you have fixed "Antennagate" can we get a fix for the Nike+ application issues that users are having? Come on get it together already.

I have had the same problems with my iPod touch (2G) and my Nike Plus since the update to iOS4. I lost my run history, miles are no longer tracked during runs, the response time after pausing or restarting the run is incredibly slow, etc. I hope Apple fixes this soon! It is very frustrating.