"Not closing your apps will kill your iPhone”

Published under Mango Paper, Nov 18, 2015

Today, I was told by an Apple Store representative that, I have to close my apps in the background time to time otherwise it will run out of memory and die. I was like:

Here is the story. My iPhone 6s was suddenly “dead” this morning. I couldn’t turn it on. If I put my finger on the home button, it gets really really hot really quickly. The exactly same thing happened a few weeks ago, although it magically healed itself a few days later when I recharged the empty battery.

I went to the Apple Store, told them I couldn’t turn my phone on. The first thing they did after taking my phone is, holding both the power and home button for a few seconds. And... they turned it on again. Immediately after that, they doubled pressed the home button, and started closing my background apps. While they were doing this, they told me I had too many apps in the background so my phone would run out of memory, and, I should close the apps next time.

Yeah. All those time that we are telling everybody closing your apps in iOS would worsen your battery life, NOT doing that would actually kill your phone.

I was mad. I was actually planning to buy an iPad Pro on the way to the store. But I was so maaaaad that I completely forgot this thing.

I simply don’t accept this answer. Why that never happened to me before on any other iPhone? What's happening to the burning home button? Come on Apple, this should be a serious bug in your damn operating system.

Under the Radar

Published under Mango Paper, Nov 4, 2015

From development and design to marketing and support, Under the Radar is all about independent app development. Its never longer than 30 minutes.

A new podcast for indie app developers, hosted by Marco and _DavidSmith. Need I say more?

A Tumblr’s Little Design Detail

Published under Mango Paper, Oct 28, 2015

When a tumblr url is taken, it says, "That's a good one, but it's taken":

It just adds so much joy when you are using the product.

The biggest difference between iPhone 6P and 6s

Published under Mango Paper, Oct 19, 2015

Two weeks ago, it’s their sizes:

One week later with 6s, the 6Plus feels like a tablet now…
— Yilei Yang (@Yilei_Yang) October 2, 2015

Five days ago my 6s cannot turn on, I was forced to my 6P again. Since today it magically healed it self:

WTF my 6s became a brick, and home button is burning…..
— Yilei Yang (@Yilei_Yang) October 14, 2015

I can use 6s again. I would think the biggest thing I notice was the size. But instead, it’s the speed. It’s so damn fast and smooth. <3!

Google Photos’ Best Feature

Published under Mango Paper, Sep 27, 2015

No, it’s not its excellent search feature, but simply the fact that it would advice you delete the already-backed-up photos on your device when your storage is almost full:

Magic Moment with Overcast

Published under Mango Paper, Sep 25, 2015

Last night I heard the new podcast Ctrl-Walt-Delete on Twitter, then went to Overcast immediately and wanted to search for it. Then since it has Twitter recommendations, it’s already there: