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General Are we satisfied with iOS 8 (yet?) on 8.3?
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I'm personally very satisfied with it. The only bug I've encountered is some frame rate decrease when rearranging icons on the home screen.
Everything else is quick and smooth.
Everything else is quick and smooth.
I was fine with 8.2. Updated to 8.3 yesterday, and now my work email doesn't work on Wi-Fi (Exchange profile). Seems as though they broke something somewhere. Works fine if I drop off Wi-Fi and go cell-only. Minute I turn Wi-Fi back on, it stops working.
Done all reset types I could on the phone so far, short of a complete restore. Going to try that next. Probably going to recover it back down to 8.2. I do want the keyboard fix, so.this.stops.happening.because.it's.really.annoying.but ... Wi-Fi being on is more important to me.
Done all reset types I could on the phone so far, short of a complete restore. Going to try that next. Probably going to recover it back down to 8.2. I do want the keyboard fix, so.this.stops.happening.because.it's.really.annoying.but ... Wi-Fi being on is more important to me.
8.2, stuttery as hell. 8.3, still stuttery as hell on my mini 2, but iPhone 6 is fine, as it pretty much has been. Well, I'd consider it more "tolerable", it still isn't spectacular. But anyway, I literally see no difference. On either device. It's 8.2 with new emojis, and a messages sorter.
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so far only two issues. I have a pretty bad battery drain happening when the phone is idle. hopefully that fixes itself with time since it is a new update. I also notice when I unlock my phone, the top portion(ATT, wifi signal,time,battery) kind of "flash" in bigger font then reverts back down to smaller font how it should on the home screen..hard to explain
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iOS 8 is a lost cause. Like Apple's Vista.
They have changed most of the backend code to future proof it. So if rumors are true, we will see real cleanup of bugs and UI stutter fixes in iOS 9. I just hope. Apple is not idiot to make old devices smooth and reduce incentive for people to buy next year's device.
So we are stuck in forever beta testing mode.
They have changed most of the backend code to future proof it. So if rumors are true, we will see real cleanup of bugs and UI stutter fixes in iOS 9. I just hope. Apple is not idiot to make old devices smooth and reduce incentive for people to buy next year's device.
So we are stuck in forever beta testing mode.
My iPad completely froze when I tried to use the zoom function in accessibility settings. Had to hard reboot it. Not good Apple, not good.
Stutters here and there with scrolling and animations still on iPhone 6 plus. Though its drastically improved.
iOS 8 is still a bag of hurt. At this point I think it's due to the lack of RAM in the phones. Apps are constantly reloading if I don't get back to them soon enough. It's like I have 30 seconds to get back to it are risk losing my place or data I've entered. This would be better if iOS wasn't so locked down.
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Are we satisfied with iOS 8 (yet?) on 8.3?
I will be satisfied when seamless scrolling returns and stuttering goes away. 8.3 improved things but did not fully eliminate the stuttering.
Dunno though if iOS 8 is to blame or the stuttering is app related. Curiously enough a couple of new apps that did not exist prior to 2015 scroll perfectly (even with heavy artwork). May be apps needs to be fully rewritten for iOS 8 specifically.
I will be satisfied when seamless scrolling returns and stuttering goes away. 8.3 improved things but did not fully eliminate the stuttering.
Dunno though if iOS 8 is to blame or the stuttering is app related. Curiously enough a couple of new apps that did not exist prior to 2015 scroll perfectly (even with heavy artwork). May be apps needs to be fully rewritten for iOS 8 specifically.
I have always found it strange that Tumblr, a data-heavy and intensive app, always scrolls smoothly and has never crashed on me. Nearly everything else, including stock apps and websites, give me grief.
WeChat webpage/photo sharing problem
With 8.3, when sharing items to friends on WeChat or posting to Moments, the regular command box is prompted, but when pressing "send to friend," the supposed prompt of going to WeChat would not happened. This is an upgrade to 8.3 induced problem for sure cuz my 8.2 iPad works normally when doing the same
With 8.3, when sharing items to friends on WeChat or posting to Moments, the regular command box is prompted, but when pressing "send to friend," the supposed prompt of going to WeChat would not happened. This is an upgrade to 8.3 induced problem for sure cuz my 8.2 iPad works normally when doing the same
Although I'm genuinely happy you are enjoying it, mine is still very buggy on my iP6_Plus.
I will be eager to give Kudos to Apple _if_ they fix the bugs like my brother, myself, and several of my fellow engineers are also experiencing.
I have no lack of faith in Apple's ability to build a rev that'll provide the same bug free experience to everyone. The Big Question is WILL THEY?
I would have thought by now it'd be sorted out.
I've had every iPhone and eventually Apple resolved the normal bugs each version brings. Yet I must say this is the worst experience I've had.