Found my 1st Gen Touch ..... Damn slow ...

Jibbajabba · Nov 22, 2012, 02:18 PM

....and it is either useless or I am just used to quicker devices. Thought I lost it when moving country but found it today. Restored it (3.1.3) and synced some music onto it - nothing else (apps or movies) and the thing is rotten slow.

The touchscreen is slow, opening 'iPod' takes half a minute to display and JB brings it down to such slow crawl that it is unusable.

Battery is great funnily enough - third day on the table and sits at 75% (granted - no use at all).

Not really a question but more likely an observation - whatever it is, the thing seems to degrade over time. I'd understand it by constant use, similar to constant writes on SSDs, but with no use at all, it seems odd that it becomes unusable. I had it two years ago and it was fine.

R.I.P I guess ....

Graeme43 · Nov 22, 2012, 02:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Jibbajabba

....and it is either useless or I am just used to quicker devices. Thought I lost it when moving country but found it today. Restored it (3.1.3) and synced some music onto it - nothing else (apps or movies) and the thing is rotten slow.

The touchscreen is slow, opening 'iPod' takes half a minute to display and JB brings it down to such slow crawl that it is unusable.

Battery is great funnily enough - third day on the table and sits at 75% (granted - no use at all).

Not really a question but more likely an observation - whatever it is, the thing seems to degrade over time. I'd understand it by constant use, similar to constant writes on SSDs, but with no use at all, it seems odd that it becomes unusable. I had it two years ago and it was fine.

R.I.P I guess ....

Happened to my iPhone 3G by upgrading to iOS 4

went from smooth to useless lol

Jibbajabba · Nov 22, 2012, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Graeme43

Happened to my iPhone 3G by upgrading to iOS 4

went from smooth to useless lol

Upgrading is one thing. Laying in a box for two years on the same firmware another

TacticalDesire · Nov 22, 2012, 03:01 PM

3.1.3 is known to slow it down

Jibbajabba · Nov 22, 2012, 03:03 PM

Like I say - it had it before I 'lost' it ... When I moved (and lost it) 3.1.3 was out about 5 months.

Jibbajabba · Nov 23, 2012, 01:07 AM

Downgraded to 1.1.3 / 1.1.4 and 2.something

Gave up .. really seems dead ... meh ..

J&JPolangin · Nov 23, 2012, 08:25 AM

I still use my 1st gen 16Gb iPod touch but I also have a 4th gen iPod touch that I prefer using if I'm using it for anything more than music functions but the device still works like when it was new = everything else has gotten faster in the years since the original was introduced

touchipods · Nov 23, 2012, 09:50 AM

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Originally Posted by J&JPolangin

I still use my 1st gen 16Gb iPod touch but I also have a 4th gen iPod touch that I prefer using if I'm using it for anything more than music functions but the device still works like when it was new = everything else has gotten faster in the years since the original was introduced

Wow, exact same as you.

Touch 1G runs fine for me besides Safari being slow. However with Opera app (no JavaScript), much faster-almost as fast as touch 4G Safari without the crashing.

Also touch 1g sound quality is different from 4g. 1g touch was the only touch with Wolfson audio chip. 4g audio quality is great (warm sound) but so is 1g (more neutral) with headphones-with earphones 4g is better.

ChrisMan287 · Nov 23, 2012, 10:09 AM

That's why mine just sits in a box

Nov 22, 2012, 02:18 PM	#1
Jibbajabba macrumors 6502 Join Date: Aug 2011	Found my 1st Gen Touch ..... Damn slow ... ....and it is either useless or I am just used to quicker devices. Thought I lost it when moving country but found it today. Restored it (3.1.3) and synced some music onto it - nothing else (apps or movies) and the thing is rotten slow. The touchscreen is slow, opening 'iPod' takes half a minute to display and JB brings it down to such slow crawl that it is unusable. Battery is great funnily enough - third day on the table and sits at 75% (granted - no use at all). Not really a question but more likely an observation - whatever it is, the thing seems to degrade over time. I'd understand it by constant use, similar to constant writes on SSDs, but with no use at all, it seems odd that it becomes unusable. I had it two years ago and it was fine. R.I.P I guess ....
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Nov 23, 2012, 08:25 AM	#7
J&JPolangin macrumors 68020 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Japan...at the waters edge...	I still use my 1st gen 16Gb iPod touch but I also have a 4th gen iPod touch that I prefer using if I'm using it for anything more than music functions but the device still works like when it was new = everything else has gotten faster in the years since the original was introduced __________________ 2011 21" iMac, AEBS, iPT G1 & G4, 2009 2.0Ghz nVidia 9400M WB 4GB RAM & 128Gb SSD, 2011 13" MBP w/ 512Gb SSD/8Gb RAM & iPad3 64gb 4G PC's: AMD X6, H60, 12Gb RAM, 3Tb HDD's, 64Gb SSD
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Nov 23, 2012, 10:09 AM	#9
ChrisMan287 macrumors 6502 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: NY.	That's why mine just sits in a box __________________ 15" PowerBook G4, 1.67GHz, 2GB RAM, 250GB HD ; 16GB iPad2.
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Nov 22, 2012, 03:01 PM	#4
TacticalDesire macrumors 65816 Join Date: Mar 2012	3.1.3 is known to slow it down
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Jibbajabba Thread Starter macrumors 6502 Join Date: Aug 2011	Like I say - it had it before I 'lost' it ... When I moved (and lost it) 3.1.3 was out about 5 months.
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Nov 23, 2012, 01:07 AM	#6
Jibbajabba Thread Starter macrumors 6502 Join Date: Aug 2011	Downgraded to 1.1.3 / 1.1.4 and 2.something Gave up .. really seems dead ... meh ..
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