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Apple Officially Releases iOS 5 for iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch

Apple Officially Releases iOS 5 for iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch

Posted October 12, 2011 at 5:15pm by iClarified
Apple has officially released iOS 5 for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.

You can get the update by connecting your device to iTunes and clicking the Check for Update button.

The iOS 5 firmware includes over 200 new features. New iOS 5 features include: Notification Center, an innovative way to easily view and manage notifications in one place without interruption; iMessage, a new messaging service that lets you easily send text messages, photos and videos between all iOS devices; and Newsstand, a new way to purchase and organize your newspaper and magazine subscriptions. With the new PC Free feature, iOS 5 users can activate and set up their iOS device right out of the box and get software updates over the air with no computer required.


iOS 5 Software Update

This update contains over 200 new features, including the following:
• Notifications
◦ Swipe from the top of any screen to view notifications in one place with Notification Center
◦ New notifications appear briefly at the top of the screen
◦ View notifications from lock screen
◦ Slide the notification app icon to the right on the lock screen to go directly to the app
• iMessage
◦ Send and receive unlimited text, photo, and video messages with other iOS 5 users
◦ Track messages with delivery and read receipts
◦ Group messaging and secure encryption
◦ Works over cellular network and Wi-Fi*
• Newsstand
◦ Automatically organizes magazine and newspaper subscriptions on Home Screen
◦ Displays the cover of the latest issue
◦ Background downloads of new issues 
• Reminders for managing to do lists
◦ Syncs with iCloud, iCal and Outlook
◦ Location-based reminders when you leave or arrive at a location for iPhone 4S and iPhone 4
• Built-in support for Twitter
◦ Sign-in once in Settings and tweet directly from Camera, Photos, Maps, Safari and YouTube
◦ Add location to any tweet
◦ View twitter profile pictures and usernames in Contacts
• Camera improvements for devices with cameras
◦ Double click the home button when device is asleep to bring up a camera shortcut on iPhone 4S, iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS and iPod touch (4th generation)
◦ Volume Up button to take a picture
◦ Optional grid lines to line up shots
◦ Pinch to zoom in the preview screen
◦ Swipe to camera roll from preview screen
◦ Tap and hold to lock focus and exposure, iPad 2 and iPod touch (4th generation) only support exposure lock
• Photo improvements for devices with cameras
◦ Crop and rotate
◦ Red eye removal
◦ One tap enhance
◦ Organize photos into albums
• Mail improvements
◦ Format text using bold, italic, or underlined fonts
◦ Indentation control
◦ Drag to rearrange names in address fields
◦ Flag messages
◦ Mass mark messages as flagged, read or unread
◦ Customize mail alert sounds
◦ S/MIME
• Calendar improvements
◦ Year view on iPad and new Week view for iPhone and iPod touch
◦ Tap to create an event
◦ View and add event attachments
• Game Center improvements
◦ Use personal photos for your Game Center account
◦ Compare your overall achievement scores with your friends
◦ Find new Game Center friends with friend recommendations and friends of friends
◦ Discover new games with custom game recommendations
• AirPlay Mirroring for iPad 2 and iPhone 4S
• Multitasking Gestures for iPad
◦ Use four or five fingers to pinch to the Home Screen
◦ Swipe up to reveal the multitasking bar
◦ Swipe left or right to switch between apps
• On-device setup, activation and configuration with Setup Assistant
• Software updates available over the air without tethering
• iCloud support
◦ iTunes in the Cloud
◦ Photo Stream
◦ Documents in the Cloud
◦ Apps and Books automatic download and purchase history
◦ Backup
◦ Contacts, Calendar, and Mail
◦ Find My iPhone
• Redesigned Music app for iPad
• Hourly weather forecast
• Real-time stock quotes
• Wireless sync to iTunes
• Keyboard improvements
◦ Split keyboard for iPad
◦ Improved autocorrection accuracy
◦ Improved Chinese and Japanese input
◦ New Emoji keyboard
◦ Personal dictionary for autocorrection
◦ Optionally create keyboard short cuts for frequently used words
• Accessibility improvements
◦ Option to light LED flash on incoming calls and alerts for iPhone 4S and iPhone 4
◦ Custom vibration patterns for incoming calls on iPhone
◦ New interface for using iOS with mobility-impairment input devices
◦ Option to speak a selection of text
◦ Custom element labeling for VoiceOver
• Exchange ActiveSync improvements
◦ Wirelessly sync tasks
◦ Mark messages as flagged, read or unread
◦ Improved offline support
◦ Save a new contact from a GAL service
• More than 1,500 new developer APIs
• Bug fixes

Products compatible with this software update:
• iPhone 4S
• iPhone 4
• iPhone 3GS
• iPad 2
• iPad
• iPod touch (4th generation)
• iPod touch (3rd generation)

* Normal carrier data rates may apply. Messages will be sent as SMS when iMessage is unavailable, carrier messaging fees apply.


For information on the security content of this update, please visit this website:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222


Apple Officially Releases iOS 5 for iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch

Apple Officially Releases iOS 5 for iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch
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Mimshack tee - October 13, 2011 at 2:48pm
Need the jailbreak badly. iPad 1 doesnt have gestures....what rubbish!!!
Darkwolf
Darkwolf - October 13, 2011 at 4:49am
YouTube app loads videos really slow and my Internet download speed it's 14 mbps
Damo1701
Damo1701 - October 13, 2011 at 12:56am
Well, after a 2 hour update process, I have iOS 5, and must say NOT IMPRESSED!! It takes up space, and adds virtually NOTHING to my iPhone 4. No iMessage, nothing that was advertised.
Andrew
Andrew - October 13, 2011 at 6:53am
Imessage only shows up when message another device with ios5 it's not a seperate app
Damo1701
Damo1701 - October 13, 2011 at 9:10am
Cheers for that. You would have thought that with the apps people don't always use, they would have added one for a useful one lol
Shalin Patel
Shalin Patel - October 12, 2011 at 9:19pm
I am getting error #1394 Can anyone please help me out? It says Your phone can not be restored when i try to update. :(
Shalin Patel
Shalin Patel - October 12, 2011 at 9:26pm
Sorry the error is 3194 :( Please help..
Simon
Simon - October 12, 2011 at 11:38pm
Any luck? Im also stuck with the error messages...
Simon
Simon - October 13, 2011 at 1:37am
Ok. I've managed to solve the problem. I downloaded the ipsw file from iclarified, put the phone in restore mode, clicked on restore while holding the option button and directed it to the file I downloaded. It worked. I hope this helps you.
s3oud
s3oud - October 13, 2011 at 3:52am
Hey , it's because the pressure on apple server ,so I advise you to retry , like I did
Pavan
Pavan - October 12, 2011 at 9:16pm
Dont upgrade i am stuck with my 2 macs one PC all softwares and still it keeps giving me errors. Seems like there is a bug, my iphone4 is stuck in recovery mode as yet.
MrYogi
MrYogi - October 12, 2011 at 8:51pm
Wait so imessage you still pay for SMS. I thought it was a free service?
Darkwolf
Darkwolf - October 12, 2011 at 8:39pm
I don't have multitouch gestures on my iPad after I downloaded 5.0
Darkwolf
Darkwolf - October 12, 2011 at 8:38pm
I don't have multitouch gestures on my iPad after I updated to 5.0
Rajan
Rajan - October 12, 2011 at 8:13pm
Updated not amazing but better.
jculo
jculo - October 12, 2011 at 8:13pm
Ive updated my itunes. my phones on 4.3.3 and it still says latest update is 4.3.5? someone help please
Neeraj Vasudeva
Neeraj Vasudeva - October 12, 2011 at 9:21pm
For me as well it was showing that i had to update to 4.3.5 since i never upgraded to that version, however i was surprised as to y it's now showing me 5.0, so i went into iTunes and click on upgrade, then it gave me a dialog to update "Mobile me & some control panel " software very small in size less than 15 mb, and after rebooting the machine, it started detecting that i have to upgrade to 5.0 . I do not know whether this fixed the issue or probably somehow apple is releasing ios5 in batches to users instead of releasing to everyone at the same min. May be try my technique or else wait for an hour or so.
Ahmed
Ahmed - October 12, 2011 at 10:19pm
Press update and let it start down loading then stop u will find it 5.0
Budmonster
Budmonster - October 12, 2011 at 10:22pm
Iphone 3 maybe?
Khantastic
Khantastic - October 12, 2011 at 7:40pm
IMessage is very unfairly being compared to BBM. iMessage is NOTHING LIKE BBM. it's no better than pingchat! or any other whatsApp. Why should I have ti be on a network and pay for SMS, no big deal on iMessage. If Apple got it's own server and satellite it would be. A complete let down :(
Arun
Arun - October 12, 2011 at 7:21pm
I have just updated my iPhone 4 with iOS 5. Works prefect and awesome.
Qckeke
Qckeke - October 12, 2011 at 7:10pm
If i instal iOS5 on my iPhone 4 will it make it slow cause of the big difference frome iOs4???
Qckeke
Qckeke - October 12, 2011 at 7:01pm
Anybody know if install iOS5 on a iPhone 4 is it gona make the iPhone slow ????
James
James - October 12, 2011 at 7:00pm
iTunes wont let me update. It says your device isnt eligible for request build or something. My iphone 4 is not unlocked nor jailbroken and I'm running 4.3.5. ATT iPhone 4 16gb. Can someone help me out?
URBAN
URBAN - October 12, 2011 at 8:15pm
I get the same type of messages. I've tried using my iMac & MacBook Air on both my iPhone & iPad. Still won't let me update/restore!
Nobo1
Nobo1 - October 12, 2011 at 6:17pm
it tells me that ALL iTunes media (note apps) will be erased?? and to preserve data I Should install on a computer that syncs music video n photos? WTF? seriously all my media will be erased( I have backed up)? what happens if I install on my mac where I sync everything ??
URBAN
URBAN - October 12, 2011 at 8:18pm
Sounds like you set your iPhone up on a different computer to what your using to update. You need to use the computer you originally used when setting up your iPhone.
Nobo1
Nobo1 - October 13, 2011 at 4:30am
that's just the problem, I've restored iPhone and there is no other account!
FTP
FTP - October 12, 2011 at 5:52pm
Does anyone have the ispw file? Since it states now 3hours for me to upgrade... if anyone has it - i would be more than glad to setup a FTP account on my server for you to upload. In return I will create a torrent and seed it on my 100 mbit upload server. This way helping apples servers abit atleast :) please mail to my temporary address: phaprado@filzmail.com for my real mailaddress and we can do this faster and better? Good bad? what you guys think?
Hallucinogen
Hallucinogen - October 12, 2011 at 5:51pm
I'm in Romania and still nothing ! How much am I suppose to wait ? Jeez
Adcpolo
Adcpolo - October 13, 2011 at 4:06am
Un an
impatient
impatient - October 12, 2011 at 5:50pm
When are you loading the IPSW?
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