iPhones, iPods, and iPads forum: facetime won't ring - sleep bug?

facetime won't ring - sleep bug

by raccoongirl - 4/25/12 3:22 PM

In Reply to: Or this one? by R. Proffitt

I tried that, but it didn't help. Any other ideas? I'm confused as to why it used to work fine and now I have this problem.

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As there are too many other discussions.

by R. Proffitt - 4/25/12 7:26 PM

In Reply to: facetime won't ring - sleep bug by raccoongirl

I picked one with the most common work arounds. Looks like you get to talk to apple too.
Bob

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facetime won't ring

by raccoongirl - 4/26/12 5:50 AM

In Reply to: As there are too many other discussions. by R. Proffitt

It seems that this is a big problem with the Ipad. I've actually read the work around you gave me and there was another one that said the exact opposite... to take it out of mute.

Was trying to avoid calling Apple because from what I've read they aren't helping with this problem. So not even sure if it's worth trying. I'm really upset though that I'm missing calls. I really rely on this for talking to certain family members.

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To me it makes sense it would not ring.

by R. Proffitt - 4/26/12 9:45 AM

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But then I would be revealing what I know about folks demands for long battery times. To reach this low power state, WiFi and the CPU may be off. That's that 2 minute time you are reading about.

Sorry but I don't consider this a bug but a poor explanation from Apple about how things work, the tradeoffs of feature for longer battery times.

Consumers however are not interested in such a discussion and may flame anyone that would discuss it.
Bob

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by raccoongirl - 4/26/12 2:48 PM

In Reply to: To me it makes sense it would not ring. by R. Proffitt

I'm not sure what you're saying here.. Does my facetime problem have something to do with battery life? I'm confused... sorry...

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They are connected.

by R. Proffitt - 4/26/12 2:54 PM

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If Apple did leave the WiFi on and the CPU running there is little chance it could run for as long as it does.

My point here is that Apple could do better explaining how things work. I'm not that good but do have an electronics design background so things don't seem mysterious.
Bob

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by raccoongirl - 4/26/12 3:22 PM

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I do agree that apple could do better explaining things.

I'm pretty sure I have wifi always on because the battery on mine goes down pretty fast.

I'm baffled as to why for the first few months I had my ipad facetime would ring perfectly... now it's sporadic. Very odd.

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There's more.

by R. Proffitt - 4/26/12 4:32 PM

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If this was some other machine I'd suggest uninstalling all the apps we can. But here I have an iPad so unless there are more clues, I'm going to say talk to Apple.
Bob

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