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Stare-Out posted:Hm, I'll have to give it a go a few times and see how it does things. Just basically trying to avoid happily FaceTiming away and ending up with a huge gently caress-off bill for international calls all of a sudden that FaceTime turned into regular calls instead of WiFi or 3G calls. FaceTime can't just turn into a regular call.
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Flash Gordon Ramsay posted:If you have unlimited data, then go nuts with facetime over cellular. nickutz posted:If I have the option I almost always call with FaceTime audio because I like being able to understand what the other person is saying. POCKET CHOMP posted:FaceTime can't just turn into a regular call.
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Is there a way to make the vibrate stronger because in silent mode I don't ever notice my phone ringing.
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Boris Galerkin posted:Is there a way to make the vibrate stronger because in silent mode I don't ever notice my phone ringing. What, with the 6S or 6S+? No, the vibration technology is different, it pushes a weight back and forth linearly instead of rotating an unbalanced weight, so the phone doesn't shake around as much. You can set up custom vibrations, maybe using something unique would help you. Personally I prefer it, but it does feel weaker.
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Pivo posted:What, with the 6S or 6S+? No, the vibration technology is different, it pushes a weight back and forth linearly instead of rotating an unbalanced weight, so the phone doesn't shake around as much. You can set up custom vibrations, maybe using something unique would help you. With the 6s sorry. e: no wonder I never notice it when I get text messages. The default vibrate is literally like a 0.1 second pulse. Boris Galerkin fucked around with this message at 18:13 on Dec 2, 2015 |
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I have one friend with a 6 I can call and it sounds like I'm in the room with her. I call my friend with an iPhone 4s and it sounds like a normal call. Is there a chance that for some reason I'm calling my friend with the 6 on a Facetime Audio call? I don't understand why that line sounds so much better. EDIT: She's in my address book the same as anyone, and her favorites entry has her listed as "Mobile" as well.
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Dec 2, 2015 18:26
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IUG posted:I have one friend with a 6 I can call and it sounds like I'm in the room with her. I call my friend with an iPhone 4s and it sounds like a normal call. Is there a chance that for some reason I'm calling my friend with the 6 on a Facetime Audio call? I don't understand why that line sounds so much better. I think it's a feature of newer cell phone radios. If I remember correctly the 6 was the first iPhone with higher bit-rate cell calling.
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Dec 2, 2015 18:30
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The 'dial tone' with Facetime is different than a phone call. It's like a bird chirping. Well, a bird on crack, I dunno, it's a high pitched beeping. I doubt you're accidentally Facetiming anyone without noticing. Perhaps the friend with the 4S has some gunk in their mic or something.
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I don't know if this belongs here or in the os x software thread. But I use iTunes on my laptop only to play podcasts off of my phone through the laptop speakers. The list of podcasts shown on my phone in itunes is different than what is displayed in the podcasts app on my phone (itunes shows older ones that I deleted on my phone). I upgraded from a 4s to a 5s and this fixed itself for awhile but now it's doing it again. Is there some way to fix this? itunes shows just 2 podcasts:  but there's another 3 on here besides the ones you can sorta see: 
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phosdex posted:I don't know if this belongs here or in the os x software thread. But I use iTunes on my laptop only to play podcasts off of my phone through the laptop speakers. The list of podcasts shown on my phone in itunes is different than what is displayed in the podcasts app on my phone (itunes shows older ones that I deleted on my phone). I upgraded from a 4s to a 5s and this fixed itself for awhile but now it's doing it again. Is there some way to fix this? This isn't a fix for whatever your problem is, but you can use Overcast (free) on your phone and the Overcast web interface to play via your laptop. It all syncs and you don't have to open iTunes, so it seems win win to me.
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IUG posted:I have one friend with a 6 I can call and it sounds like I'm in the room with her. I call my friend with an iPhone 4s and it sounds like a normal call. Is there a chance that for some reason I'm calling my friend with the 6 on a Facetime Audio call? I don't understand why that line sounds so much better. "HD Voice" (wideband audio) is available if you're both on a compatible device (iPhone 5 or later, for iPhones) and your network(s) support it. Otherwise you get classic tin-can-and-strings audio instead.
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Also WiFi calling sounds pretty awesome.
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MarcusSA posted:Also WiFi calling sounds pretty awesome. I did turn Wifi calling on a while ago, so it's probably that as well. Although we're both on iPhone 6 phones, and on AT&T.
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Another cool thing I recently discovered about FaceTime is that you can set it up on your Mac so you can receive normal iPhone calls on your Mac as long as they're on the same WiFi network. I often charge my iPhone using a socket on the other side of the room and not having to rush over to answer a call while I'm on my Mac is dang sweet.
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Stare-Out posted:Another cool thing I recently discovered about FaceTime is that you can set it up on your Mac so you can receive normal iPhone calls on your Mac as long as they're on the same WiFi network. I often charge my iPhone using a socket on the other side of the room and not having to rush over to answer a call while I'm on my Mac is dang sweet. That's not actually a facetime feature, it's a handoff feature that was added with El Capitan. It's magic. Apple could legit rule the world if they wrote software to do this on a Windows machine.
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xzzy posted:if they wrote software to do this on a Windows machine. You shall burn in hell just for the mere suggestion.
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Added with Yosemite 😉
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Quantum of Phallus posted:Added with Yosemite 😉 Well, then it didn't actually work for me until El Capitan.
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You can send regular SMS from iMessage with it as well to all your green message "friends"
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Is there a way to turn off Siri making jokes after commands? "I love a good countdown" when setting a timer, "Yawn" when asked what time it is in the morning, etc.
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"Siri, engage Beep-Boop mode."
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You can tell her "That's not funny" and she'll quit, or so I've heard. I haven't tried it because I am not a humorless autist.
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phosdex posted:I don't know if this belongs here or in the os x software thread. But I use iTunes on my laptop only to play podcasts off of my phone through the laptop speakers. The list of podcasts shown on my phone in itunes is different than what is displayed in the podcasts app on my phone (itunes shows older ones that I deleted on my phone). I upgraded from a 4s to a 5s and this fixed itself for awhile but now it's doing it again. Is there some way to fix this? Sometimes if a podcast is downloaded via the phone first, it doesn't ever show up on the itunes list. This is a bug they've fixed in the past, but still seems to pop up every few versions for whatever reason. File a bug report about it if you have the time, because the podcast team is really small (possibly one person?), they're usually pretty responsive. I've deleted the missing podcast from my phone and had it show up both places on next sync, other times I've unsynced all podcasts, emptyed out the cache on the iphone, then resynced, and everything appeared at that point.
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IUG posted:I have one friend with a 6 I can call and it sounds like I'm in the room with her. I call my friend with an iPhone 4s and it sounds like a normal call. Is there a chance that for some reason I'm calling my friend with the 6 on a Facetime Audio call? I don't understand why that line sounds so much better. Yeah this happens with my girlfriend on her 6 and my 6s. It sounds amazing and I had no idea why it was doing that. I figured it was automatically kicking it over to FaceTime audio as well.
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Economic Sinkhole posted:You can tell her "That's not funny" and she'll quit, or so I've heard. I haven't tried it because I am not a humorless autist. The last time that this came up, I seem to recall someone mentioning that this doesn't work any more.
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Getting the 6s+ tomorrow  just gonna insure the thing and skip a case so everyone can see the ~*rose gold*~
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Quantum of Phallus posted:Getting the 6s+ tomorrow Good choice. The leather they used this time around is some of the nicest since they began making leather cases for the iPhone.
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The Apple Store has plenty
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terre packet posted:Is there a way to turn off Siri making jokes after commands? "I love a good countdown" when setting a timer, "Yawn" when asked what time it is in the morning, etc. is there any way to get her to start doing this because she's just super serious when i ask her to do things and i'm not a humorless robot
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Stare-Out posted:Another cool thing I recently discovered about FaceTime is that you can set it up on your Mac so you can receive normal iPhone calls on your Mac as long as they're on the same WiFi network. I often charge my iPhone using a socket on the other side of the room and not having to rush over to answer a call while I'm on my Mac is dang sweet. I wish this worked on my computer, but for some reason, it has to be Wifi. I have a Time Capsule that my phone connects to through Wifi, but my laptop has an ethernet cable connection to it. That's no good for Handoff apparently!
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Henrik Zetterberg posted:Yeah this happens with my girlfriend on her 6 and my 6s. It sounds amazing and I had no idea why it was doing that. I figured it was automatically kicking it over to FaceTime audio as well. Mostly likely it's HD voice or whatever and only works between specific phones and with your specific carrier. Funny thing is I don't even notice anymore, when my wife and I got 6's I was blown away by the sound quality, now I don't really notice when its good or bad.
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Gotta admit, I wasn't expecting "Hey Siri, play the rest of this album" to work with shuffle all music playing. My success rate with Siri kinda sucks because I tend to ask pretty specific poo poo of her. I think the last time I tried using it, it was "Hey Siri, track my latest USPS package shipment from Amazon" (figuring it might parse my Mail emails for the newest Amazon email containing a tracking number) and the response was "who, me?" ...was I supposed to say "yes, you"?
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As hit/miss as it can be, it's weird to use Siri when she manages to get completely what you want her to do and does it instantly, if it then says something else or asks if there's anything else I need and opens the mic it's hard not to thank her and then feel dumb for thanking your phone.
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IUG posted:I wish this worked on my computer, but for some reason, it has to be Wifi. I have a Time Capsule that my phone connects to through Wifi, but my laptop has an ethernet cable connection to it. That's no good for Handoff apparently!
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Henrik Zetterberg posted:Yeah this happens with my girlfriend on her 6 and my 6s. It sounds amazing and I had no idea why it was doing that. I figured it was automatically kicking it over to FaceTime audio as well. If I remember right you're on ATT, and both ATT and Verizon have HD voice options. HD voice is actually Voice over LTE, so it's better quality because it's going over the data network (doesn't use your data on either carrier). It's in settings under cellular, LTE has a "data only" and "data and voice" option. The other way to know it's working is if you are on the phone and it shows LTE, before Voice over LTE ATT would only be able to do H+ while on the phone, LTE would drop off. HD voice should be fine on ATT. On Verizon if your area doesn't have a solid LTE build out (like mine) you want to avoid it for now because it'll drop the call if you lose LTE connection.
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Stare-Out posted:As hit/miss as it can be, it's weird to use Siri when she manages to get completely what you want her to do and does it instantly, if it then says something else or asks if there's anything else I need and opens the mic it's hard not to thank her and then feel dumb for thanking your phone.
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Stare-Out posted:Hm, I'll have to give it a go a few times and see how it does things. Just basically trying to avoid happily FaceTiming away and ending up with a huge gently caress-off bill for international calls all of a sudden that FaceTime turned into regular calls instead of WiFi or 3G calls. It doesn't switch to a normal phone call if the FaceTime connection drops, it just fully drops the call. I've actually started using FaceTime voice with everyone I know that has an iPhone, the call quality is just magnificent.
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