Talk:iOS 9

Article Screenshot

I am currently downloading iOS 9 for my iPhone 6 Plus. As soon as it has finished installing I will upload a screenshot for the article. - Ashley Townsend (talk) 21:37, 8 June 2015 (UTC)

Does someone mind updating the iOS 9 screenshot to the release version? Key application like the News app isn't shown in the current screenshot. Thanks! — AYTK talk. 20:05, 16 September 2015 (UTC)

App Thinning

Any particular reason why App Thinning isn't mentioned in the article? Developer article. 177.142.180.230 (talk) 02:03, 2 July 2015 (UTC)

Indeed 4.6 -> 1.3 GB is impressive, it seems everything is compressed with their new amazing LZFSE compressor.188.146.66.100 (talk) 20:38, 16 September 2015 (UTC)

"7 'New' Features Apple Just Stole From Microsoft, Google, and Itself"

This is a very low quality opinion article and I can't figure out why it's being used here. Can we find a better source? --Steven Fisher (talk) 20:36, 16 September 2015 (UTC)

Full list of changes?

I've been scouring the internet for a change log like the one viewable on the device before the update. Something even more detailed would be even more helpful. I found the text (actually a PNG) for one on redmondpie.com but no link to the original source. A list like this should be available first and foremost on Apple's website. If not, Wikipedia seems like the next appropriate place for one. Here's the link for what I found: http://www.redmondpie.com/heres-the-complete-ios-9-changelog/ — Phil.wasag (talk) 14:37, 23 September 2015 (UTC)

All the list of changes are available at IOS version history. Please refer to that article for details. — AYTK talk. 18:32, 23 September 2015 (UTC)

Thank you. I notice there is no citation or reference for the iOS 9 list. Do you know where it's derived from? — Phil.wasag (talk) 03:05, 24 September 2015 (UTC)

Rootless

“In addition, Apple has implemented a new feature, rootless, that restricts access to core files within the OS even if the user has gained administrative rights, likely to combat jailbreaking.” I haven’t found any references in Apple’s developer materials and to my knowledge, rootless has only been introduced for El Capitan. If someone has more information, please add a reference to that sentence. Otherwise I’m inclined to remove it.–Totie (talk) 11:42, 27 September 2015 (UTC)

I removed it.–Totie (talk) 12:24, 5 October 2015 (UTC)

iOS 10 sandbox, all welcome to contribute

Hi all, have created a sandbox for the iOS 10 page ready for its release. It is located here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:As11ley/sandbox Please feel free to contribute to the sandbox, all contributions are welcome. - Ashley Townsend (talk) 17:42, 19 May 2016 (UTC)

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:IOS 9/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: ProgrammingGeek (talk · contribs) 17:18, 8 November 2017 (UTC)

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)
It is reasonably well written. a (prose, spelling, and grammar): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists): It is factually accurate and verifiable. a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR): d (copyvio and plagiarism): It is broad in its coverage. a (major aspects): b (focused): It follows the neutral point of view policy. Fair representation without bias: It is stable. No edit wars, etc.: It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate. a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
Overall: Pass/Fail:
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I intend to start ASAP. Thanks, ProgrammingGeek ^talktome 17:18, 8 November 2017 (UTC)

• Okay, so, I do have some issues with the flow of the article. It's broken down into sections for each individual iOS update and each default app. While this isn't a problem (in fact; it practically guarantees a pass for #3) and I can't see anything in the MoS that discourages it, I just think that there could be more prose in each section. Otherwise, consolidate the sections, because there's not a whole lot of justification for a subsection with five words. ProgrammingGeek ^talktome 17:29, 8 November 2017 (UTC)

• Hi @ProgrammingGeek: Thank you for providing feedback. It would be very helpful if you could give concrete examples. I actually went looking for "a subsection with five words" until I understood it may be an exaggeration intended to illustrate a point. I fully understand your thoughts regarding prose, flow and consolidation, and would be happy to look at any applicable sections. Based on my own observations just now, I can see that the iCloud, iBooks, Wallet, Health, and Messages subsections contain very little information in each of them. On one hand, easy table-of-contents to go directly to individual apps, but on the other hand, improved prose by combining. I'm not sure how I would combine those, so I would have to ask for some guidance if those are the ones you also found. Otherwise this may just be me rambling, but back to my point: I'd love some examples/more information. :) LocalNet (talk) 18:12, 8 November 2017 (UTC)

I have an issue with the History section, namely the very small sections for each update of iOS 9. I really don't think it's necessary to have it the way it is. Lots of high-quality articles for software use tables for version histories, which is something you should probably do here, seeing as there's very little to say for each update. You can always have a "Notes" or "Changes" column in the table to retain the information on each version. An alternative course of action would be to leave that information for the article iOS version history, where these changes are already described in much greater detail. Or, perhaps you could copy some of the information from that article into this article, to better justify those headers.

It appears that excessive headers are a problem elsewhere in the article, too. For starters, with so many headers, it may be a good idea to alphabetize the sub-sections under "System features" and "App features". I would look to articles like Windows 10 for how you can potentially consolidate sections under common subjects to create larger, fuller sections with better readability.BruzerFox 02:21, 2 December 2017 (UTC)

• Just letting you know, iOS 10 has been promoted to GA status and it does not do this -KAP03(^{Talk • Contributions • Email}) 14:20, 6 December 2017 (UTC)

• I wasn't saying it's necessarily a condition to qualify for GA, just that it may be a worthy improvement. BruzerFox 15:09, 6 December 2017 (UTC)

The iOS10 "review" was questionable anyway.. there wasn't even a review as such, nor a single comment/suggestion, so it's hardly comparable. For the record, I happen to agree with BruzerFox's comments above and feel that this needs to be looked at. ProgrammingGeek should not be reviewing these articles anyway, as I have said in the past, and the lack of followup feedback to LocalNet's comment is disappointing. Bungle ^{(talk • contribs)} 20:25, 10 December 2017 (UTC)

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GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:IOS 9/GA2. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Mike Christie (talk · contribs) 01:12, 15 January 2018 (UTC)

I'll review this. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 01:12, 15 January 2018 (UTC)

• and the ability to hold and select multiple photos easily, without having deleted it individually: what does this mean?
• It also hides sensitive material through a new Hide option: presumably the app doesn't decide for itself what's sensitive, so this needs to be rephrased to refer to the user's actions.  Done -KAP03(^{Talk • Contributions • Email}) 17:35, 15 January 2018 (UTC)
• I think the reception section could be expanded; I would think there are quite a few more reviews out there that you don't mention. Of course you can't mention all of them, but there are some major news outlets such as the New York Times you could use: see here, for example. You don't have any major media organizations in the list of reviewers except for The Guardian. This is GA, not FA, so you don't have to have comprehensive coverage, but it would be good to look for a couple more major reviews and see what can be found.
• The lawsuit over allegedly slowing the 4S with iOS 9 needs a little more than the short sentence you give it.  Done -KAP03(^{Talk • Contributions • Email}) 16:11, 18 January 2018 (UTC)
• What makes the following websites reliable sources? I'm not saying they're not, just checking since I don't recognize them and can't quickly find evidence that they qualify.
  • theappfactor.com
  • tekrevue.com
  • iphonehacks.com
  • igeeksblog.com

Other than that the article looks in good shape. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 11:21, 15 January 2018 (UTC)

KAP03: Just checking in; looks like it's been a week since the article was edited. Are you still working on the points above? Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 10:17, 25 January 2018 (UTC)

Non-reviewer comments

The following is missing quotation marks:

Comparison of texts

Text as it appears in the IOS 9 article	Text as it appears in the Source Material
An investigation ensued with collaboration from Lookout security company that revealed that if Mansoor had followed the link, it would have jailbroken his phone on the spot and implanted it with the spyware.	If Mansoor had followed the link, it would have jailbroken his phone on the spot and implanted it with malware, capable of logging encrypted messages, activating the microphone and secretly tracking its movements.
Citizen Lab linked the attack to a private Israeli spyware company known as NSO Group that sells Pegasus to governments for 'lawful interception'.	Citizen Lab linked the attack to a private Israeli spyware company known as NSO group, although it’s unclear how the exploits were first discovered.

References

Spintendo ᔦᔭ 22:15, 28 January 2018 (UTC)

KAP03: Are you still planning to work on the remaining points? I will fail this in another week unless I hear that you're working on it. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 23:23, 1 February 2018 (UTC)

Failing this as there has been no response on the two remaining points. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 12:09, 8 February 2018 (UTC)

A note on 32bit version?

Isnt it notatble That iOS 9 is the last versjon of iOS with a 32bit version? (As the iOS10+ releases doesn't support any 32bit devices) 88.91.161.140 (talk) 03:53, 10 October 2018 (UTC)

Slide to Unlock

A recent edit added information on the removal of the Slide to Unlock feature from iOS 10 to the lede of this article. I feel that this edit should be deleted for the following reasons,

• The lede is already very long.
• The new edit contains detail not needed in the lede.
• If the information was important for this article, it would be more appropriate to appear in the body of the article.
• The new edit pertains to iOS 10 and is only very vaguely, if at all, related to iOS 9.

Shortsword (talk) 20:06, 8 May 2022 (UTC)