The iOS 11 Thread/Discussion

Help me understand something here...I understand that some people like app developers need to run beta versions of an upcoming new iteration of an operating system (in this case, iOS 11), but why do some people, who don't need it in a professional way, bother to put themselves through the trauma and effort to get it installed, and working, on their devices?

Why don't they just wait for the official public release, which would of course be much stable than any beta, like the rest of the world?

Is any current iteration of an operating system so boring that you can't use it for a whole year?
 
wazup said:
Help me understand something here...I understand that some people like app developers need to run beta versions of an upcoming new iteration of an operating system (in this case, iOS 11), but why do some people, who don't need it in a professional way, bother to put themselves through the trauma and effort to get it installed, and working, on their devices?

Why don't they just wait for the official public release, which would of course be much stable than any beta, like the rest of the world?

Is any current iteration of an operating system so boring that you can't use it for a whole year?
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Not at all that it is boring. It's a choice given, some will take it and some won't, for various reasons.
Inquisitive minds. Nerds. Plain just curious to see what is new and fiddle with it? Lot's of reasons.
 
Augmented Reality - iOS 11 most underrated feature? - GSMArena

[video=youtube;6Ns5I7OyZG4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ns5I7OyZG4[/video]
 
In iOS 11, Apple has added an "Emergency SOS" feature that's designed to give users a quick and easy way to summon emergency services should the need arise. As it turns out, there's a secondary benefit to Emergency SOS - it's also a way to quickly and discretely disable Touch ID.

Emergency SOS is activated by pressing on the sleep/wake button of an iPhone five times in rapid succession. When the requisite number of presses is complete, it brings up a screen that offers buttons to power off the iPhone, bring up your Medical ID (if filled out) and make an emergency 911 call.


Along with these options, there's also a cancel button. If you hit the sleep/wake button five times and then hit cancel, it disables Touch ID and requires a passcode before Touch ID can be re-enabled. Touch ID is also disabled if you actually make an emergency call.

This is a handy hidden feature because it allows Touch ID to be disabled discretely in situations where someone might be able to force a phone to be unlocked with a fingerprint, such as a robbery or an arrest. With Touch ID disabled in this way, there is no way to physically unlock an iPhone with a finger without the device's passcode.

It's also worth noting that there's no real way to tell that Touch ID has been disabled in this manner. Once you hit the sleep/wake button and then tap cancel, it's locked in the same way and with the same message that the iPhone uses when it's been more than 48 hours since a device was last unlocked with a fingerprint.

Apple's Emergency SOS feature will be available on all iPhones that run iOS 11. Along with disabling Touch ID, SOS can also be used to summon emergency services and alert your emergency contacts when an accident occurs.

iOS 11 is available to developers and public beta testers at the current time and will be released to the public in September alongside new iPhones.
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https://www.macrumors.com/2017/08/17/ios-11-emergency-sos-disables-touch-id/

A quick and discrete way to disable TouchID is a brilliant idea.
 
faniebraai said:
and if the skelms know about this feature they pop a cap in your knee to be a little more convincing??? :p
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It's not just skelms though, there can be any number of times when you might want to prevent someone getting into the phone and suddenly your fingerprint failing to work and having forgotten your passcode because it's 8 digits long can keep all sorts of snoopers out ;)
 
Dave said:
It's not just skelms though, there can be any number of times when you might want to prevent someone getting into the phone and suddenly your fingerprint failing to work and having forgotten your passcode because it's 8 digits long can keep all sorts of snoopers out ;)
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if it's not skelms, just tell them to piss off, no?
 
faniebraai said:
i wouldn't call it stupid... but is there not something to do the same but rather than locking the phone it sends an emergency of some kind??? or is protecting your nudies more important?
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Or keep watssapp from sending them by it self
 
The latest update works quite nice.
However I did not see that feature do temporarily disable the fingerprint scanner
 
faniebraai said:
if it's not skelms, just tell them to piss off, no?
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You can tell the police or customs officer to piss off?

What about if your employer decides he wants to see what you are doing on your phone during office hours?

Easier to just shrug and say "fsck knows, crappy fingerprint reader is fscked, I'll have to send the phone in for repair, sorry"
 
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