iPhone X | OT | Hello Future | November 3

JABEE · Nov 3, 2017

Phone arrive at around 130pm. Still not able to activate.

Sobriquet · Nov 3, 2017

Still trying to activate...

KHarvey16 · Nov 3, 2017

Been getting used to the new gestures more quickly than I anticipated.

Also the tip above to use the second round of faceID setup at a low angle is fantastic. I have had zero issues using the phone at my normal distances.

Punished Dan said:
Think you have to do it from within accessibility options in settings. I think.

Yup, it's in accessibility.

potato · Nov 3, 2017

Jeff ChickenDig said:
My god is the keyboard way too high lol. What a waste of space.

Also the font in resetera is gigantic. Is there anyway to tweak?

How do you enable reachability? The gesture isn't doing anything for me.

Agreed about the keyboard height.

For Reachability, you have to update the phone to 11.1. Its under Settings -> General -> Reachability.

To get it to work, make sure your thumb is on or very near the "home line" and swipe down. If you swipe down from too high, it doesnt work.

Fhtagn · Nov 3, 2017

Protome said:
Honestly, 3D Touch is one of the weirdest gimmicks Apple has added to the iPhone. It's incredibly unintuitive and as a result nobody uses it for anything.
I'm also not convinced that any of the apologists who say "it feels like a real button" have ever pressed a button before.

I use 3D touch all the time. Moving the cursor around in text by pressing on the keyboard is something I can't imagine living without.

KHarvey16 · Nov 3, 2017

I had activation issues when I first tried too. The little spinny thing was going in the top right and nothing was happening. If you hit the sleep button you can get an option to restart the process. Went through fine on the second attempt.

MrKlaw · Nov 3, 2017

KHarvey16 said:
Been getting used to the new gestures more quickly than I anticipated.

Also the tip above to use the second round of faceID setup at a low angle is fantastic. I have had zero issues using the phone at my normal distances.

Yup, it's in accessibility.

Which low angle? The phone low or your face low?

KHarvey16 · Nov 3, 2017

MrKlaw said:
Which low angle? The phone low or your face low?

The phone low, like how it's positioned when it's on a table or desk and you're gonna unlock it.

potato · Nov 3, 2017

The FaceID animation is fantastic.

And its so simple, and so much more simple than Touch ID

nikos · Nov 3, 2017

Zefah said:
That would be unfortunate, but in that case I might get an iPhone 9 Plus assuming they continue making those models next year. Either that or I might just wait another year for the first design revision.

It would be a damn shame if they are abandoning the superior (more convenient) Touch ID technology.

I use 3D touch pretty much every time I unlock my phone. There's so much functionality behind it, most of which most people don't even know about. It saves a lot of taps and makes things a lot easier. Being able to move the cursor around by 3D touching/dragging alone makes the technology worth it.

Fhtagn said:
I use 3D touch all the time. Moving the cursor around in text by pressing on the keyboard is something I can't imagine living without.

Exactly!

Souzetsu said:
You may have to enable it in Accessibility.

You do.

JABEE · Nov 3, 2017

KHarvey16 said:
I had activation issues when I first tried too. The little spinny thing was going in the top right and nothing was happening. If you hit the sleep button you can get an option to restart the process. Went through fine on the second attempt.

I can't even get to that part.

KHarvey16 · Nov 3, 2017

JABEE said:
I can't even get to that part.

This was right at the "confirm your phone number" part. Is yours stuck before that?

Sobriquet · Nov 3, 2017

JABEE said:
I can't even get to that part.

Me either

edit: Won't even work plugging into iTunes

JABEE · Nov 3, 2017

KHarvey16 said:
This was right at the "confirm your phone number" part. Is yours stuck before that?

Every 30 times I get to the phone number part and I click through to the same error screen.

Most times the center spins and then I get the cannot activate message.

sangreal · Nov 3, 2017

love the look and feel of this phone

wish I could active it though

Kyoufu · Nov 3, 2017

I love the feel of the phone. It's a joy to hold especially after coming from an Xperia Z2.

Is there a better keyboard available? I'm not a fan of the default one.

KHarvey16 · Nov 3, 2017

JABEE said:
Every 30 times I get to the phone number part and I click through to the same error screen.

Most times the center spins and then I get the cannot activate message.

Ah, I see. I never actually saw an error message and it just seemed to get stuck.

Which carrier?

sangreal · Nov 3, 2017

Kyoufu said:
I love the feel of the phone. It's a joy to hold especially after coming from an Xperia Z2.

Is there a better keyboard available? I'm not a fan of the default one.

gboard is pretty good

has a 1-handed mode too

JABEE · Nov 3, 2017

Also, i am getting the same blank iPhone screen when plugging into iTunes.

Futureman · Nov 3, 2017

Kyoufu said:
I love the feel of the phone. It's a joy to hold especially after coming from an Xperia Z2.

Is there a better keyboard available? I'm not a fan of the default one.

GBOARD

last time I had an iPhone (about 1.5 years ago), 3rd party keyboards were kinda buggy. Is it still like that on iOS?

JABEE · Nov 3, 2017

KHarvey16 said:
Ah, I see. I never actually saw an error message and it just seemed to get stuck.

Which carrier?

ATT

Sobriquet · Nov 3, 2017

JABEE said:
Also, i am getting the same blank iPhone screen when plugging into iTunes.

At one point in iTunes I got to a screen asking me to enter my information. I did and got an error. Something like "iTunes Store Not Available"

Fhtagn · Nov 3, 2017

phone in hand, since everyone appears to be having trouble right now I'm not even going to bother trying to set it up, or even "unboxing" it, until later tonight or tomorrow. just glad I don't have to wait for the doorbell any more.

jstevenson · Nov 3, 2017

activating? don't you just switch your sim card over to it? or is that T-Mobile master race stuff?

borghe · Nov 3, 2017

so apparently you can downgrade... hmm.. so I've downgraded my 11.2 to 11.1 and backed up to itunes (iCloud gave me an error saying a newer version OS backup was there so it couldn't backup 11.1 there)

so after I am off of this call I'll restore that backup to my X.

Enzom21 · Nov 3, 2017

I do not like that they removed the battery percentage at the top.

nexus · Nov 3, 2017

Think I might just wait until late tonight or something to try out activating again. Maybe it'll die down by then.

Erban1 · Nov 3, 2017

KHarvey16 said:
Been getting used to the new gestures more quickly than I anticipated.

Also the tip above to use the second round of faceID setup at a low angle is fantastic. I have had zero issues using the phone at my normal distances.

Yup, it's in accessibility.

Can confirm taking the second scan at a low angle works really well for unlocking the phone on its back.

zewone · Nov 3, 2017

Enzom21 said:
I do not like that they removed the battery percentage at the top.

You can't turn the option on in the settings?

Sobriquet · Nov 3, 2017

zewone said:
You can't turn the option on in the settings?

No

Sobriquet · Nov 3, 2017

OMG I THINK ITS ACTIVATING

KHarvey16 · Nov 3, 2017

You can see percentage when you're in control center but I think that's it. The battery meter doesn't seem to want to move much on mine despite being plugged in awhile now.

borghe · Nov 3, 2017

Sobriquet said:
No

you live a happier life with it turned off.. trust me. :)

nexus · Nov 3, 2017

FINALLLY ACTIVATETEDDDDDDDDDDD.

Deleted member 1062 · Nov 3, 2017

borghe said:
you can't downgrade an existing install. You can move back to a prior release, but you have to have a backup that you made to restore that from. there is no way to take a current install and go from 11.2 to 11.1.

11.2 beta is out just now for iPhone X

sangreal · Nov 3, 2017

finally got through to activate on verizon

JABEE · Nov 3, 2017

It activated

eyeball_kid · Nov 3, 2017

So on T-Mobile can I just put my iPhone 7 sim in the X and it'll work?

borghe · Nov 3, 2017

lol all of that work and they JUST RELEASED 11.2 beta.. hahahahahahahahahaha

KHarvey16 · Nov 3, 2017

Someone must have plugged a cable back in somewhere.

bluestuff · Nov 3, 2017

Woo phone at home just have to finish work today.

Thisman · Nov 3, 2017

borghe said:
lol all of that work and they JUST RELEASED 11.2 beta.. hahahahahahahahahaha

For iPhone X? Only for developers or public

potato · Nov 3, 2017

LOVE the size of this thing. It feels like an iPhone sized phone, with a Plus sized screen.

That notch is also very cool looking. And a great brand indicator.

potato · Nov 3, 2017

eyeball_kid said:
So on T-Mobile can I just put my iPhone 7 sim in the X and it'll work?

Thats what I did!

Sobriquet · Nov 3, 2017

KHarvey16 said:
Someone must have plugged a cable back in somewhere.

sangreal · Nov 3, 2017

Jeff ChickenDig said:
My god is the keyboard way too high lol. What a waste of space.

yeah, what's the deal with that?

nexus · Nov 3, 2017

Wish it was a little colder out today because this iPhone's going to be toasty for a little while while everything is being restored.

Jarmel · Nov 3, 2017

potato said:
LOVE the size of this thing. It feels like an iPhone sized phone, with a Plus sized screen.

That notch is also very cool looking. And a great brand indicator.

Honestly the screen feels noticeably smaller. I feel like it's more comparable to the regular model in terms of screen size than the Plus.

Deleted member 1062 · Nov 3, 2017

Jarmel said:
Honestly the screen feels noticeably smaller. I feel like it's more comparable to the regular model in terms of screen size than the Plus.

whichever size phone you're used to, the screen will seem like the other one

KHarvey16 · Nov 3, 2017

Sobriquet said:

Lol

icespide said:
whichever size phone you're used to, the screen will seem like the other one

That's actually a perfect way of putting it.

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