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Apple Outlines Fix for Unresponsive 'Slide to Upgrade' Screen on iOS 9
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Mine did this... I just walked away for about a minute and came back... and it worked fine.
I've applied it to 3 devices so far and only my 6 had this issue.
But I have not noticed a single second of extra battery life. My battery is at the same level it always is, at 12:30pm and 5:00pm, that it was at on 8.4.1...
My iPad mini (use it mainly as a hotspot anymore because it is so laggy it hurts) doesn't get any better battery life either, but I didn't expect it to really. I was hoping to ditch some lagginess so I could use it again... no luck there, it is worse now... takes a full 2 seconds to draw the homes screen after unlock (just a blank screen with the lock screen background for 1-2 seconds, then the icons fade in).
I've applied it to 3 devices so far and only my 6 had this issue.
But I have not noticed a single second of extra battery life. My battery is at the same level it always is, at 12:30pm and 5:00pm, that it was at on 8.4.1...
My iPad mini (use it mainly as a hotspot anymore because it is so laggy it hurts) doesn't get any better battery life either, but I didn't expect it to really. I was hoping to ditch some lagginess so I could use it again... no luck there, it is worse now... takes a full 2 seconds to draw the homes screen after unlock (just a blank screen with the lock screen background for 1-2 seconds, then the icons fade in).
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Umm your blaming others and defending apple without knowing what the issues are.... It's a combination of factors, apple is not perfect bud!
Going by the beta 9.1 release, lag is still inherent so I wouldn't expect too much of an improvement in that regard.
This is an issue with going from ios 7 to 9. I haven't seen any report on this going from 8 to 9.
Really? It went perfectly smooth for me and about 7 of my close friends. In fact we all were just talking about how smooth and fast the updating went this time...
In fact amazingly smooth. The downloading and install took a good 20 minutes to complete. Not bad for something free.
What does surprise me however is how many changes their actually is in iOS 9. It's VERY different and has a TON of changes all over it. And that's without my TWO ordered 6s and 6+s... Can't wait.
All of my devices also updated smoothly, and most everyone I know had no issues either. I have no doubt there is at least a small percentage of folks running into this issue, however; this is the nature of software. The internet just tends to amplify the visibility of these issues and makes them seem like they're far more widespread than they actually are.
No problems for me, on either device. My 5s was although smooth seemed slow. Bit of Lag. A few hard restarts seemed to do the trick. Now its a very nice experience being smooth and a little quicker than 8.4.1 was. Same with iPad mini2. Very pleased thus far! Only gonna get better with updates. 
How is everyone measuring lag? Does the screen actually freeze? Is the lag there when nothing is open? Is the lag there when all of the apps are open? How fast does it need to actually be? Are we just talking milliseconds? Is there an app to actually check how much snappier Safari is? Where is the data?
I have updated my IPhone 5, iPad 3, and my wife's IPad Air 2 with no issues. I did get a help call from a friend with this issue on an IPhone 5C. They claimed to have the lastest iOS in their phone but I have my doubts. Like my friend, there are some people I know that own an IPhone and have never synced it with ITunes. I believe this is why they had the update problem. I sent them the directions to fix this and hopefully they won't lose all their data.
How is everyone measuring lag? Does the screen actually freeze? Is the lag there when nothing is open? Is the lag there when all of the apps are open? How fast does it need to actually be? Are we just talking milliseconds? Is there an app to actually check how much snappier Safari is? Where is the data?
Lol, I should have put 'lag' in inverted commas. It isn't that bad, but you do notice it. For the majority of users they wouldn't really care and may not even notice it. It's definitely not snappy though, and for once, Safari isn't snappier
Being a long time iOS user, I've come to expect bugs, but with this release, there's really no difference in quality for the better. I tested one of the betas, and reported some issues that are still prevalent in the public release. All the issues people are reporting is proof that the bugs are pretty widespread among users. Will Apple fix the bugs, very likely. But they need to stop shipping public versions that are so buggy.
What we're seeing if all posts in this thread are honest and accurate, is the continual decline of Apple software quality control. We are also witnessing Apple's Hype biting them in the behind.
While it's normal to have a few issues with a new release, the erratic results with some people experiencing issues and some not, and the degree of variation, is something that could be avoided if Apple did what Apple does best, and that's do the job right the first time.
When they focus Apple is excellent, when they just ship it... this is what happens. The Apple disciples will argue it's the size of the user base, or it's this or that. Apple is very lucky to have it's own cadre of supporters that push back vehemently, becoming truly combative in some cases all because they believe the company is so wonderful.
Years ago when Apple would release a new version of their computer OS, it wasn't perfect, but it certainly wasn't as sloppy as some of what they put out currently. Not only that it was not shipped with a boat load of Hype. Apple's the one that hypes everything to the hilt, if they didn't do that then customer expectations wouldn't be so high.
While it's normal to have a few issues with a new release, the erratic results with some people experiencing issues and some not, and the degree of variation, is something that could be avoided if Apple did what Apple does best, and that's do the job right the first time.
When they focus Apple is excellent, when they just ship it... this is what happens. The Apple disciples will argue it's the size of the user base, or it's this or that. Apple is very lucky to have it's own cadre of supporters that push back vehemently, becoming truly combative in some cases all because they believe the company is so wonderful.
Years ago when Apple would release a new version of their computer OS, it wasn't perfect, but it certainly wasn't as sloppy as some of what they put out currently. Not only that it was not shipped with a boat load of Hype. Apple's the one that hypes everything to the hilt, if they didn't do that then customer expectations wouldn't be so high.
Pretty much every first release after iOs 6 has been pretty disappointing bug wise. Part of the reason the iPhone lost its luster for me.
I've seen quite a few issues being fixed from beta to beta and to the final. Sure many still exist, but that's expected in this type of industry. Seems like plenty of people are fairly happy with the release, while there are some with different types of issues--more or less on part with most releases, and in particular x.0 releases. None of that is to say that's great or anything like that, but pretty much on par with reality essentially.
To be fair, while iOS 6 was better in terms of responsiveness and the like (since it was based on an older and likely somewhat simpler design that was tweaked and improved for 6 versions), it had its share of people complaining about this or that, especially after the initial 6.0 release.
Wait, let me understand this...
If I upgrade my iPhone 6 to iOS 9 using the OTA update and it fails, then I am supposed to plug it into my Mac Pro 1,1 and restore the iPhone using iTunes 11.4 with my last backup.
No wait, my iTunes 11.4 doesn't recognize iOS 9 nor my iPhone 6 anymore but says that I need to purchase a new computer running 10.8 or higher in order to restore my iPhone to correct the problem that Apple created.
Hummm, I wonder if I can force Apple to give me a new computer because of their mistake?
If I upgrade my iPhone 6 to iOS 9 using the OTA update and it fails, then I am supposed to plug it into my Mac Pro 1,1 and restore the iPhone using iTunes 11.4 with my last backup.
No wait, my iTunes 11.4 doesn't recognize iOS 9 nor my iPhone 6 anymore but says that I need to purchase a new computer running 10.8 or higher in order to restore my iPhone to correct the problem that Apple created.
Hummm, I wonder if I can force Apple to give me a new computer because of their mistake?
I've read that people said the device will index after the update, is your iPad mini better today? My iPad 3 surprisingly feels better just web surfing, though it should never have been cleared for iOS 8 in the first place
My iPad mini was dog slow on iOS 8. Was good with iOS 7. It's like an android tablet now. Laggy as hell and barely able to keep one app in memory. When it got bad with iOS 8 I did a clean restore. I'm doing that right now with iOS 9. I have no hope it will do anything but waste my time as entire experience got worse with iOS 9 update... I have nothing to lose though as it is not usable for anything but a hotspot right now anyway (wasn't using it for more than that really).
On one hand I like that Apple brings older devices up to date software wise... On the other hand, they should stop at some point or at least allow the user to stop being bugged about an update. Every time I fire up my little old 4S I get treated with popup to upgrade to the latest iOS (and seemingly at random times afterward) and that damned red 1 on the settings icon. That should be able to be dismissed forever if that is my choice...
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