This is a huge problem. They've been selling the iPad 2 until this year as the low end model. It simply can't run iOS 8 with any usability. I made the mistake of updating my iPad 2 after it worked okay on my iPhone 5. My mistake.
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Apple Sending Emails Encouraging Customers to Upgrade to iOS 8
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This is a huge problem. They've been selling the iPad 2 until this year as the low end model. It simply can't run iOS 8 with any usability. I made the mistake of updating my iPad 2 after it worked okay on my iPhone 5. My mistake.
iOS 8 IS buggy and it DID slow down my iPhone 5. It is not terrible by any means but noticeable.
1999. The hardware from then has the capacity support almost everything the modern OS does. Supporting the older hardware much further back would mean a lot more people would be using Macs with updated security and buying at the App stores. That's good for Apple. Good for developers. Good for customers.
Most importantly, far more importantly than the old hardware, is continued support for the old software so that applications that ran in Classic and previous versions of MacOS X can still run on the new and future OSs. Apple is dumping a tremendous amount of cultural heritage by making old software no longer run on the new OS. There are good ways to make it work with translation and enveloping that don't bog down or bloat the new OS at all.
Spoken like a true non-developer. There are good ways to make it work. Your lack of imagination is no excuse for Apples.
I've been trying to put together a definitive list of steps for doing a full upgrade to a pre-6 device. It is surprisingly hard to find a full list, and everyone agrees mine is wrong. Head over and tell us how you think it should be done:
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1811944/
It's strange
I never burned through 4 gigs of LTE data but my iPhone 6 plus keeps dropping wifi
They wouldn't have to be doing this if they had switched to a 32/64/128 lineup a year or two ago. It's not like they can't afford to do that.
I'm aware of that setting and it is NOT the full sidebar. It's just the playlists in the sidebar.
Mark
This obviously never did, and never does, have anything to do with it. You sorely over estimate the reach of this website and the awareness of the hundreds of millions of iOS device owners.
Not to mention your inability to do math, and to understand that comparing the "percentage" of iOS 7 and iOS 8 devices is insane, given the growth of about 150-200 million new devices in the year between their respective releases.
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None of this is true. Casual users don't manually manage anything. They just stop doing things when it stops letting them.
Given Apple's track record of how older hardware performs on newer iOS's - there is no way I am upgrading my devices, even if they pay me to. I just wish Apple would give up its obsession with supporting older hardware with newer software - just provide the newer OS to the latest hardware and move on. I would be perfectly happy to maintain the same performance the device originally shipped with.
They need to fix the bugs first. Its the buggiest iOS release I've ever seen. I've reported a bunch of bugs from the early betas and not a single reported but has been fixed. The level of quality and QA is much lower than other releases.
Thats why I recommend people stay on iOS 7 until Apple fixes some of these bugs.
Thats why I recommend people stay on iOS 7 until Apple fixes some of these bugs.
I was at a Verizon Store today and overheard a gaggle of people agreeing on the need to upgrade to an iPhone 6 because it's not possible to upgrade to the newest software. One guy helpfully added "yeah, not enough space!"
So yeah, Apple's stingy base NAND specs have finally returned to bite them in the arse. Also, people can't figure out how to upgrade their iPhones using iTunes. These aren't Mac users - millions of them are too stupid to use a computer. An email won't solve the problem.
So yeah, Apple's stingy base NAND specs have finally returned to bite them in the arse. Also, people can't figure out how to upgrade their iPhones using iTunes. These aren't Mac users - millions of them are too stupid to use a computer. An email won't solve the problem.
Exactly. Don't upgrade your phone. I bought a 4s because I prefer the smaller size and higher density feeling of the phone in my hand, but I friggin curse at Apple daily as I have to endure all these ************ lags from iOS 8 on the iPhone 4s. Even as I'm typing this, it is fine for a line and then all of a sudden it lags for half a second. And absolutely no way to downgrade. If I do relent and get the iPhone 6, I will jailbreak on day 1 so that I don't have to put up with this BS again and I can downgrade whenever I feel like it....
Amen!
This whole 2014 upgrade cycle has been lame both on hardware & software.
Too many bugs, changes for change sake and more thinner-than-air obsession.
The best thing for me all year was the massive price drop on iPad Air 1 devices after the Air 2 came out. Scored a 64GB one for $180 LESS than a month earlier.
I'm sitting iOS 8 & Yosemite out. My 2012 MacMini is running stable & smooth on 10.9.5 . There's nothing compelling me to change and waste time chasing bugs.
I eagerly installed iOS 8.0 the day it came out on my iPhone 5. I really wanted Wi-Fi calling, as cell coverage at work is horrible. Alas, no Wi-Fi calling on iPhone 5 and my battery drained very quickly (98->78 % in about 40 minutes of doing nothing). Fortunately, they were still signing 7.1.2, so I reverted.
So Apple, if you want me on iOS 8.1. Guarantee that my battery life will be good, AND put Wi-Fi calling on the iPhone 5, as it was during beta.
Honestly, there is nothing else in iOS8.x that I could care about for my iPhone 5.
So Apple, if you want me on iOS 8.1. Guarantee that my battery life will be good, AND put Wi-Fi calling on the iPhone 5, as it was during beta.
Honestly, there is nothing else in iOS8.x that I could care about for my iPhone 5.
I understand your frustration but there is an iPhone 5 battery replacement program FYI. May or may not help.
https://www.apple.com/support/iphone5-battery/
I took the bait on my first iPad and did it! After 6.01; it would not work with pretty much anything. I have a iPod itouch 4th generation and never update it; and it still running as fast as I purchased it! Many of the popular TV apps don't work along with some popular special apps; but everything surprisingly work fast! I never update any of the apps either!
Because I have a jailbroken iOS 6 which I don't want to give up. My response to Apple is, so, if I don't like iOS 8, I can easily downgrade back to iOS 6, right?