Does 7.1 have anything to do with the BSOD on the iPad Air?
Mine is bricked and was running 7.1, but then had a BSOD and now it won't even turn on!
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iPad Does iOS 7.1 really improve the iPad Air performance?
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In the week that I tried it on my Air, I have several resprings and the safari tabs still reloaded. The only difference I noticed was that the videos app no longer crashed when deleting videos.
Since tha Air was only a week old and was a 16GB, I exchanged it for the 32GB and left it on 7.0.4 and Jailbroke. I don't plan on upgrading till the next JB is out whenever that is. The minor changes on 7.1 weren't all that noticeable or worth losing my JB.
I think the speed improvements and animation improvements people refer to are placebo effect. Maybe there is a very slight improvement, but it's about the same for me. I do think they made some change, but I would hardly call it fast.
I definitely noticed fewer (if none at all) crashes in safari. However, this is definitely just observational and not a controlled experiment. Only time will tell, as the crashes were sporadic.
One thing I noticed that is worse is response to the five-finger pinch-to-close gesture. It is harder to trigger, and sometimes takes 2-3 tries before exiting the app.
I definitely noticed fewer (if none at all) crashes in safari. However, this is definitely just observational and not a controlled experiment. Only time will tell, as the crashes were sporadic.
One thing I noticed that is worse is response to the five-finger pinch-to-close gesture. It is harder to trigger, and sometimes takes 2-3 tries before exiting the app.
Strange! I have notice a big difference especially the multitasking and switch between apps and home screen, also Safari is much stabler.
I think keeping the software up-to-date is important, there was a security bug in the previous iOS 7 version.
Safari is far, far, far more stable on 7.1. It's a night and day difference. The entire OS is actually much more stable. I haven't had a reboot to the Apple logo since I installed 7.1. It happened all the time with 7.0.x.
Hello. I have noticed that with 7.1.1 I'm getting springboard. Till now I had 4 springboard crashes while surfing the net. Websites wasn't heavy, for example even macrumours crashed my iPad. What I have noticed, that those springboard crashes appeared while surfing the net with cellular data. None with WiFi. At diagnostic and usage logs I get only Low memory logs, nothing mentioned about springboard.
I have reconciled with tabs reloading but those springboard crashes are killing me. I have reset iPad, tried a lot of times clearing Safari caches and histories...
Device iPad air 7.1.1 16GB+4G
I have reconciled with tabs reloading but those springboard crashes are killing me. I have reset iPad, tried a lot of times clearing Safari caches and histories...
Device iPad air 7.1.1 16GB+4G
I have 7.1 on my Air and have had zero crashing, resprings, lag or stuttering. No issues whatsoever. My Air is very zippy and responsive.
I have 7.1 on my Air and have had zero crashing, resprings, lag or stuttering. No issues whatsoever. My Air is very zippy and responsive.
Go to the App store and then rotate your screen= Stuttering, 2fps animation on iPad Air (Increase contrast must be OFF).
Overall iOS 7.1 on iPad Air is a noticeable improvement over 7.0, but it still isn't on par (performance wise) with iPhone 5s or even iPhone 5, which is both surprising and annoying.
It's pretty much the same thing on my iPad 2. On the Mini's you have to disable assistive touch or you'll get stuttering in the UI. It's pretty sloppy for an Apple OS. But hey I wasn't the one who wanted Forstall fired.