MattIM said:
Welcome to the Forum CrankyJinVT!
This is Apple's way of fixing problems that have been identified by many customers as a problem that they need to address quickly. Have you determined what specific problems your friends had when they updated to this version? You cite one example about your friend not able to get his ipad to charge beyond 38%. You do know that the battery meter for the iPad has to be re-calibrated? There are a lot of information about re-calibrating the iPad so that the battery meter displays appropriate status.
As a software engineer for your light bulb company, don't you just hate it when some of your endusers say things like:
"Those IT people, all they do is sit around and wait for problems, and when there is a problem, it takes them weeks to fix it, and when they fix it, I have to re-do everything I had on my desktop because they wiped out all of my favorite websites, and all my files are gone, and I can't locate my favorite wallpaper of my mother.... If you ask me they are overpaid."
Or:
"In the good old days, we would never experience this problem when Dick was providing PC support. He knew everything about our systems. Too bad they let him go in the last downsizing, those new IT people that replaced him don't know Dick!"
Just sayin'
Thanks! Glad to be here.
Actually, believe it or not, I hadn't really heard about the need to recal the battery on the iPad 2. I personally (thankfully) haven't encountered any problems with mine at all over the last year. Got it day one of release last year, have used it extensively nearly every day, and never encountered any battery issues. I'd like to be able to say the same about my 4S...but thankfully, 5.1 helped that dramatically.
Thanks for the heads up about the battery recal. Makes perfect sense, and I've passed the thought/info on to my buddy.
I'm curious though, have you really heard of instances where other users batteries had either developed a memory at that low a level, and if so, did a recal of the battery really resolve it?
As for my other friend that encountered issues after 5.1.1, he encountered problems with screen response...but I'm unconvinced that it's a truly a result of the latest update. Not without a first hand look at it anyhow.
Actually, I'm all done working for the "we bring good things to light" folks, having moved on to greener pastures with a smaller company.
But your point is well taken. Perhaps I was a tad cranky with my initial impressions and judgement of this update. I am quite interested with where Apple goes as a company in the post "Jobs" era. I hope to see great things.
Thanks for the gentle nudge towards adjusting my perspective. It's definitely all too easy to sometimes slip into the other role.
Did I mention how I can be cranky sometimes? Oh...right...my username... ;-)