Q: how do i uninstall IOS7

iOS 7 is the first major change in the appearance of the Phone since iOS 1, so there is nothing to compare to.  20% disapproval is not out of line for any major change in anything that's been around for years, and it gradually fades over time.  A more apt example is the OS 9 to OS X transition and the Tiger to Leopard, which were met with vehemence, even though downgrading was possible. 

option to revert back, something Apple could easily do but has chosen not to.

Downgrading has never been an option for any iOS version, for the simple reason that allowing it makes hacking and jailbreaking vastly easier as well as opening doors to security and malware attacks.

BUT did anyone find out how to stop the auto responses coming

Yes, long ago, and posted repeatedly in this thread

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You may find the attached article of interest as further down it shows you how you could downgrade, that is until Apple removed the option to download all earlier operating systems from its site. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2425030/How-use-Apple-iOS-7-featu res-slammed-difficult-unfamiliar.html

Had a satisfaction survey been undertaken prior to the upgrade I think the result would have been in the upper 90% satisfied users. For this to drop to 75% following all the time, money and effort Apple have put in to developing the new IOS somebody somewhere should be very concerned and looking urgently to remedy the situation. How many companies would welcome this as a good outcome?

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AIB01 wrote:

 

 

I'm actually surprised it’s as high as 25% hate it.

It isn't as high as 25%. There's a built in bias in the polling process; those who hate it are much more likely to post than those who love it or those who are indifferent (probably the largest single group). It's probably closer to 1% who hate it, 90% indifferent. But that's just a guess.

Look at this thread as an example. About 1500 posts. Most of them repeat posts from the same couple of dozen individuals. Compared to 300 million who have installed it. The haters are just reinforcing each other, not contributing to the discussion or being representative of the entire community. Like the Tea Party.

Had a satisfaction survey been undertaken prior to the upgrade I think the result would have been in the upper 90% satisfied users. For this to drop to 75% following

If you took a survey of iOS 6 shortly after release (with the new Maps), dissatisfaction would have been even higher.  Repeat the iOS 7 survey in 6 months, satisifaction will be higher (and involving more users than iOS 6)

These "surveys" are basically meaningless and as useless as the Republican/Tea party polls on election eve  showing a guaranteed win by Romney over Obama. 

The bottom line for Apple is that new iPhone sales are better than ever and their stock has increased over 7% since iOS 7 release.

None of this means that iOS 7 can't be significantly improved, as it likely will with future updates.

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Yes I would expect satisfaction rates to be higher 6 months down the line as many of those that were dissatisfied will have replaced their device with something they prefer. Those buying new Apple products wouldn’t be buying them if they didn't like what they saw so overall satisfaction rates will improve but not necessarily for the right reasons.

The same thing could be said of iOS 6 - those that hated maps moved on...  At the end of the cycle, there were many more iOS 6 users than there were iOS 5 a year before.  They gained far more than they lost.

With iOS 7, there will by a significant number who will get used to the new look, appreciate future corrections, and not slide off the rather modest learning curve.  Others will leave.  What you didn't take into consideration is the many new iPhone customers who prefer iOS 7 and didn't care for 6, not being glommed onto its look and feel..

Apple has never catered to customers resistant to or incapable of change.  They're willing to see them go now, just as they have in the past.

modular747 wrote:

 

The bottom line for Apple is that new iPhone sales are better than ever and their stock has increased over 7% since iOS 7 release.

 

 

Sep 18th - 463.18 opening.  Oct 14th - 496.04 closing.

I'm a very happy shareholder, lol!

modular747 wrote:

 

Apple has never catered to customers resistant to or incapable of change.  They're willing to see them go now, just as they have in the past.

Perhaps the best example of this goes back to 1984. Before release of the original Mac Apple ran extensive focus groups on its user interface. Some liked it, others didn't, but one thing that was almost unanimous was that the mouse was a terrible idea that would never work in practice and that would never catch on. It's been tested over and over. In 2007 the entire tech press community said that Apple was foolish to enter the cell phone market, that they couldn't possibly succeed against entrenched giants like Motorola, Nokia or HTC. Then a couple of years later these same pundits said there was no market for tablets, and that users would never buy them. Apple has proven over and over that they know what customers want better than the customers do themselves. While this thread can argue forever about whether Apple's iOS 7 is a mistake like all of those other "mistakes" that Apple made, we will all know in a few weeks who was right. Arguing about it here will not change the outcome.

At the same time, Apple does respond to customer complaints.  A good example is tha last major Aperture release which removed or eff-ed up important functions used by pro photographers.  These were fixed in later releases. 

There are bugs and sub-optimal features in iOS 7.0.X which likely will be addressed.

Visually impaired people CANNOT get used to an operating system that is unusable to them.  Even with all visual accessibility options on, ios 7 is unreadable.  Not everyone on this thread are whiners resistant to change-many of us find ios 7 impossible to use because we cannot read anything on the screen.  If you actually spent the time Googling this problem, you will find a lot of complaints from visually impaired users stating that they cannot use the new ios.  Some of them have said they made comments in this forum, only to have them deleted and/or told to just live with it.  Ios 6 was visually impaired friendly, ios 7 is most definately not.  To be told we need to get used to it is just insulting.

Thank you, irishelf67.

Meganuts wholeheartedly agrees with your position. Meganuts simply cannot understand how designing an operating system that is harder to see - with significantly reduced legibility - in any way benefits anyone.

(Mr. Ives should approach this design direction with caution. Mr. Ives is entering the age of presbyopia.)