Q: how do i uninstall IOS7
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Oct 12, 2013 12:39 AMby modular747,Dropping wrote:
Your posts in this topic don't add anything to the discussion. I would even go as far to call it trolling.
That is perfectly descriptive of your "contributions" to this thread, and all of Apple Communities. This entire thread has been little more that a whine-fest, and it's clear that you haven't read all my posts here.
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Oct 12, 2013 5:31 AMby flibbertygibbet,That is perfectly descriptive of your "contributions" to this thread, and all of Apple Communities. This entire thread has been little more that a whine-fest, and it's clear that you haven't read all my posts here.
He doesn't have to have read ALL of your posts to be able to form an opinion of you; there hasn't been a single one in this particular thread that has been what one might call "helpful", and very few have even been vaguely polite.
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Oct 12, 2013 10:00 AMby AIB01,A few people on here don't seem to get where the majority of people are coming from with this issue so let me give you an analogy.
When I buy a new car I don't just buy the first one I see. I look at price, quality, look, functionality, performance, size and end up with a short list that I eventually whittle down to 1. Once I've chosen which car, I then specify things that I want to tailor it to my specific needs and preferences i.e. colour, seat fabric, wheels and parking sensors.
I do the same when choosing a new phone.
If I took my car to the garage for a service I don't know exactly what they do but I have a good idea. I wouldn't expect them to say; "we updated your car"... you now have a new look dashboard; we've added a few things, moved a few things about and changed the overall look. We've changed the fabric on your seats too and the seats can now spin the opposite way round. It may be I'd like the changes, but there's a good chance I won't because I chose the car based on the features it had originally. I may find some of the added features useful, or there again may never use them. I may have lost features are really liked.
If it were a car I could turn round and say, “I'm sorry you should have told me first, I don't like what you've done put it back to how it was”. If they didn't the law would be on my side to ensure they did.
I feel the same way about my phone. I'd like it back how it was please and if you can't or won't do that Apple then fine, I'd like a refund instead.
What a load of bull. The update was purely optional, Apple asked you if you wanted to update and YOU AGREED.
YOU had plenty of time to do research and find out what iOS 7 was about BEFORE YOU AGREED to update.
I'd like it back how it was please and if you can't or won't do that Apple then fine, I'd like a refund instead.
There you are I rest my case. Which bit of my post is you struggling with and think to be “bull”?
The fact that if a garage were to change somebody’s nice new car so as it looks or performs differently wouldn’t be an issue? Or that the company would be obliged to put it back how it was if the customer wasn’t in agreement?
I do however wish I’d visited this site before installing IOS7. I’m no computer geek and have to say I wasn’t aware of the ramifications of what was about to happen. I was expecting the usual bug-fix/enhancement update.
In my defence if I had gone to the official Apple website would I have been told that for example the screen will be harder to see particularly when outside, some of my apps won’t work, I’ll never be able to revert back and unless I install the latest version of iTunes I can’t back-up and synchronise my phone? I think not; but would be obliged if you can tell me where Apple provides this information, otherwise to suggest I should know all this without the aid of a crystal ball is truly bull!
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Oct 12, 2013 1:46 PMby modular747,flibbertygibbet wrote:
there hasn't been a single one in this particular thread that has been what one might call "helpful", and very few have even been vaguely polite.
Really? Then what compelled you to post this:
flibbertygibbet wrote:
Modular, that is a very fair point. I guess the question is whether or not Apple went too far
In reality, the only truly helpful post was the 3rd, on page 1, which answered the OP's question on how to downgrade. Virtually everything ensuing regarding iOS 7 is off topic of the question and violates the forum ToU by not being a technical support question or answer, or constructive advice.
The fact that the forum hosts have been very liberal here only opens the door for others with different views on both iOS 7 (and the ranting nature of many posts) to respond. Apparantly, you and the others trying to declare ownership if the thread can't tolerate any other views and will gang up, usually with the predictable brain-dead name calling (fanboy, tool, puppet, "toadie", etc.) - archetypical troll tactics.
The only thing you regard as "helpful" is to join in on your iOS 7 whine-fest, preferably if it includes Apple-bashing remarks.
In fact, I have posted criticism of iOS 7 in an attempted constructive way, but failed to bash Apple and was ignored by the denizens.
modular747 wrote:
iOS 7 does have features that leave things to be desired, in my view. The psychedelic icon colors seem to be designed to appeal to certain Asian markets now being developed. The animations become annoying even if you don't have visual or balance impairment issues. The gray on white fonts can be improved with the bold fonts setting, but I don't get the point of having it in the first place There should be settings to completely disable the animations, mute (not just reverse) colors, and improve readability of the stock font set,
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Oct 12, 2013 11:08 PMby Proteous714,That one reached 120 pages within 1 month. There are several others. The comparison has to more to do with the imbecilic proclamations of Apples demise. This thread has an equal level of stupidity, though less participation.
I'm sure that tracking the IP addresses of the participants will show large overlap. Many of the "new, just joined" posters showing up here have actually to this forum here many times before.
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I dont think many people here are seriously predicting Apple's demise, but rather a loss of a significant percentage of many long time users. Apple has way too much cash in the bank to be in danger of demise anytime soon.
Also I suspect little overlap exists between compainers in this thread and the maps thread; for me maps was, and is, a non issue. I kept one iDevice running ios 5 until Google maps released their own app and then updated to IOS 6 at that point.... No biggie. Not the same as this scenario at all. A lot of the complainers are new to the forum bc they have never felt a need to be here before ..they do a google search for how to uninstall ios7 and Bam, you've got yourself some new forum members
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Oct 12, 2013 11:26 PMby Proteous714,
People will cling to 6 cause it is simply better, then get fruntrated with thes than move to a uglyire and lees featured apps that have new ui that will be totally unliked.Brilliant post, except for the fact that everything you said is dead wrong. iOS 7 has by far the highest adoption rate of any prior iOS release.
http://bgr.com/2013/09/26/ios-7-adoption-rate-60-percent/
https://mixpanel.com/trends/#report/ios_7
Out of curiosity did you happen to read the comments on the BGR article you were quoting? I was actually surprized to see you link to this as the majority of comments there do not support your position at all. An example:
"Everything we read now coming to light is that a whole lot of Apple's users hate iOS7. Because of so much white drowning out the content, flat icons on moving backgrounds having users throwing up from motion sickness and so much more. This may be the biggest backlash against a mobile device OS in years!
There is just so much unrest, disillusionment, hate and anger about this move to copy Microsoft's GUI w/o going the whole 9yds on a real revamped UI. They could have at least made it simpler to learn this new OS MS/Google Copy style!
Seems iOS 7 is going through "Abandon Ship" drills right now and I don't expect this to just blow over either. Because it's at an even greater disapproval ratings than Windows 8 or Vista! ........only Apple's Vista is just a cheap copy of all their competition combined and thrown into a huge hodgepodge of almost innovation, but not quite and not quite even their own! .....the only thing they own is having the Buggiest Mobile OS launch in history with the only things new being brought by their biggest competitors. Meaning their A7 chip isn't even theirs. It's actually just a customized version of ARM & Samsung's Exynos renamed and customized for Apple!"
As to your second point regarding IOS 7 adoption in real time, it seems like word of mouth is getting around, the adoption rate has been pretty much flat for about the past two weeks now.
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Oct 13, 2013 1:13 AMby modular747,Yet the facts are that iOS 7 is more popular than previous versions, with a much higher adoption rate than iOS 6 when it was released. Apple is gaining more new customers than it's losing, and that's what they care about. There are certainly things that need to be fixed and improved, but the rug isn't getting pulled under Apple's feet.
Regarding the overlap of "complainers", unlike yourself, there are a significant number of trolls and paid shills (i.e.Samsung) who will glom onto anything that they can inflame. You see them posting in clusters, switching multiple identities, saying virtually the same scripted crap, often using the same awkward syntax. Not hard to spot, and some have the same look and feel as what was in the Maps thread.
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Oct 13, 2013 1:41 AMby flibbertygibbet,flibbertygibbet wrote:
there hasn't been a single one in this particular thread that has been what one might call "helpful", and very few have even been vaguely polite.
Really? Then what compelled you to post this:
flibbertygibbet wrote:
Modular, that is a very fair point. I guess the question is whether or not Apple went too far
You're right; I apologise for that oversight.
I'm not quite sure why you might think that I am trying to "declare ownership of the thread", but heh, never mind.
I also think that you are confusing "adoption rate" and "popularity". Just because people have, misguidedly as it turns out, allowed their device to be upgraded (adoption) does NOT mean they are necessarily happy (popularity). This thread, and others like it, show that there is a sizeable number of iOS users who are extremely unhappy; maybe not the majority, but a large number nevertheless. Or are they all Samusung users posing as iOS users, which is no doubt what you would like to believe...?
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Oct 13, 2013 1:43 AMby modular747,There is just so much unrest, disillusionment, hate and anger about this move to copy Microsoft's GUI w/o going the whole 9yds on a real revamped UI. They could have at least made it simpler to learn this new OS MS/Google Copy style!
What are you talking about? iOS 7 is nothing like MS GUI, or do you lump bright colors as the GUI.
Seems iOS 7 is going through "Abandon Ship" drills right now
More nonsense - delusion or disinformation.A7 chip isn't even theirs. It's actually just a customized version of ARM & Samsung's Exynos renamed and customized for Apple!"
More regurgitated propaganda. All Apple chips are based on ARM CPU instuction set (which you clearly know nothing about) as is Exynos. The latest Exynos 5 released by Samsung is entirely different from the A7 and is 32 bit. You drink deep from the Samsung coolaid well...
As to your second point regarding IOS 7 adoption in real time, it seems like word of mouth is getting around, the adoption rate has been pretty much flat for about the past two weeks now.
The same flattening out was seen with iOS 6 and iOS 7 remains ahead at the same interval
