How to Get Your iPhone and iPad Ready for iOS 11

[circatee]

I hope iPhone 8 Plus is released with iOS 11.
I expect mine on Friday, so I might not upgrade my iPhone 7 Plus iOS till next week or the following...

PS: Nice tip by @Weaselboy on using the encryption option during backups...

 

[nutmac]

Man, I don’t mean to sound rude but I have no idea how you cannot see that. It is a very noticeable judder. It is that bad it looks like a slide show to me. You have to scroll down slowly to see the full lag effect. Just awful. As for the issues you mentioned, I too have encountered those. Considering this is the GM (basically final release) it is really poor on Apples part.

I am not saying there isn't a lag on older phones, but on iPhone 7 Plus, there's zero lag.

There's a lag on Cellular settings page, however.

I too, feel that iOS 11 and macOS High Sierra are rushed.

 

[Donoban]

I’m guessing you haven’t seen the new App Store? Scroll down gently in the Apps or Games section and you’ll see it is far from perfect in terms of lag.

On your iPhone 6? If that's the case, post back when your 6s arrives.

 

[jonnysods]

Local backup with iTunes is better if you can do it. If you check the encrypted box like the article suggests it will save all your app passwords if you ever need to restore, saving you having to reenter them all. An iCloud backup won't do that.

I just updated today to iCloud backup and this thread is making me jittery about how good its going to be...

 

[Patriks7]

I tried both. After I did a complete reset and deleted all contents the crashes stopped and my phone is like new.
iOS 11 is blazing fast for me now. iPhone 6S 64gb

My only issue with a complete reset is that I don’t want to lose my messages. Any way around this?

 

[miniyou64]

"It just works!"

 

[Donoban]

I hope iPhone 8 Plus is released with iOS 11.
I expect mine on Friday, so I might not upgrade my iPhone 7 Plus iOS till next week or the following...

PS: Nice tip by @Weaselboy on using the encryption option during backups...

It will come with iOS 11.

 

[pat500000]

Go #teambatch1!!

 

[jonnysods]

Any Health Data? If so need an iTunes backup if a restore necessary. Privacy issue. iCloud will Not restore health data. Same with downloaded songs. Second backup not a bad thing. Other then that, iCloud a good backup.

What the heck!! So what's the point of backing up to iCloud if it doesn't save health data? That's a huge let down for me.

 

[Superhappytree]

I have to questions ones eyesight when they say they see zero lagg. Invoking 3D Touch on my 7 plus is so choppy its disgusting.

I just don’t understand how anyone else isn’t seeing it. How can you not notice that? Or any of the lags that persist throughout the OS. It is really frustrating. I guess me having an iPhone 5 running iOS 6 makes me notice these things even more. Now that OS was truly smooth. I have it as proof. Comparing it next to my iPhone 7 running iOS 11 makes the latter look like a joke in terms of fit and finnish, snappiness and smoothness.

 

[Donoban]

What the heck!! So what's the point of backing up to iCloud if it doesn't save health data? That's a huge let down for me.

Health data is freaking huge on my phone. But, I thought health data backup was an option under backup settings. So I would say you can backup health data to iCloud.

 

[Ds6778]

I am not saying there isn't a lag on older phones, but on iPhone 7 Plus, there's zero lag.

There's a lag on Cellular settings page, however.

I too, feel that iOS 11 and macOS High Sierra are rushed.

You mean you don't see any lagg. There certainly lagg on my 7 Plus as well as others.

 

[Septembersrain]

I just don’t understand how anyone else isn’t seeing it. How can you not notice that? Or any of the lags that persist throughout the OS. It is really frustrating. I guess me having an iPhone 5 running iOS 6 makes me notice these things even more. Now that OS was truly smooth. I have it as proof. Comparing it next to my iPhone 7 running iOS 11 makes it look like a joke in terms of fit and finnish, snappiness and smoothness.

The huge words, the graphic glitches, the lag, the incompatibility of certain apps. It's really not as smooth as it could be. I'm wondering if iOS 11 is working so badly on our devices because it was actually modeled to work perfectly on the X?

 

[Ds6778]

I just don’t understand how anyone else isn’t seeing it. How can you not notice that? Or any of the lags that persist throughout the OS. It is really frustrating. I guess me having an iPhone 5 running iOS 6 makes me notice these things even more. Now that OS was truly smooth. I have it as proof. Comparing it next to my iPhone 7 running iOS 11 makes the latter look like a joke in terms of fit and finnish, snappiness and smoothness.

Apple gets a pass because its Apple. People are blindly loyal or intentionally ignore it. Its just like the Samsung fanboys who swore Touchwhiz was "buttery smooth."

 

[Donoban]

The huge words, the graphic glitches, the lag, the incompatibility of certain apps. It's really not as smooth as it could be. I'm wondering if iOS 11 is working so badly on our devices because it was actually modeled to work perfectly on the X?

it's really that bad? Modelled to use 3D Touch, yes. But not specifically for the x

 

[jonnysods]

Health data is freaking huge on my phone. But, I thought health data backup was an option under backup settings. So I would say you can backup health data to iCloud.

Nothing that I could see...

 

[Superhappytree]

On your iPhone 6? If that's the case, post back when your 6s arrives.

iPhone 6s. That’s not the point though because the 6s is still powerful enough that the lag shouldn’t even be there. Why should you need the latest processors to overcome lags when the software itself should be optimised enough to run smoothly on all supported devices?

 

[Septembersrain]

it's really that bad? Modelled to use 3D Touch, yes. But not specifically for the x

It feels like it is because perhaps on OLED, there won't be the graphic glitches. The lag won't be there as it'll be more gesture based with the faster processor. Of course the huge words and app incompatibilities will likely still be there though.

 

[jonnysods]

Health data is freaking huge on my phone. But, I thought health data backup was an option under backup settings. So I would say you can backup health data to iCloud.

Looks like it's a tomorrow thing: http://www.redmondpie.com/ios-11-lets-you-sync-health-data-to-icloud/

 

[SteveW928]

Creating an iTunes backup is no longer feasible for most people
Laptop SSDs are like 512GB standard
Is someone has a 128 or 256 GB phone... forget about it

No doubt. Apple, if they'd been thinking about it just a little bit, could have included an option to pick where to save the backup!

To answer a previous poster's question, iOS 10.x is compatible with an iPhone 5. On iOS 11 the iPhone 5 got dropped because it's deemed too slow to run it. IOS 11 is a more demanding OS because it does more. Older phones (ip6) will feel it.

I've usually found the RAM is the biggest factor. I'd guess you won't want it on anything with less than 2GB at this point. Once most of the new devices move to 3GB, then that will start applying to all of us 2GB-device owners.

What the heck!! So what's the point of backing up to iCloud if it doesn't save health data? That's a huge let down for me.

Pro tip. DO NOT TRUST Apple cloud-anything. While they are doing increasingly better at it, Apple's cloud reputation is pretty bad. I use it for sync, but whenever possible, you want an alternative backup of any important data.

By that, I mean export if possible, as you have to do an all-or-nothing restore from Apple (and then might not get everything), or dig into 3rd party utilities. If the app you're using has some way to export data, put a todo on your list to run that export every so often.

 

[Donoban]

Nothing that I could see...

I just went settings, profile, iCloud, storage, manage storage, phone backup... then I see choose to back up options. My health data is here.

 

[jonnysods]

No doubt. Apple, if they'd been thinking about it just a little bit, could have included an option to pick where to save the backup!



I've usually found the RAM is the biggest factor. I'd guess you won't want it on anything with less than 2GB at this point. Once most of the new devices move to 3GB, then that will start applying to all of us 2GB-device owners.



Pro tip. DO NOT TRUST Apple cloud-anything. While they are doing increasingly better at it, Apple's cloud reputation is pretty bad. I use it for sync, but whenever possible, you want an alternative backup of any important data.

By that, I mean export if possible, as you have to do an all-or-nothing restore from Apple (and then might not get everything), or dig into 3rd party utilities. If the app you're using has some way to export data, put a todo on your list to run that export every so often.

I for sure don't trust them with my photos.

Your reason is exactly why it's taken me so long to go the iCloud backup route. But I thought it was time to stop manually backing up after 9 years!
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I just went settings, profile, iCloud, storage, manage storage, phone backup... then I see choose to back up options. My health data is here.

You in iOS 11?

 

[yanki01]

Or, go to setting, cellular and just scroll and watch the lagg. 2011 Android called, it wants it lagg back.

oh man, i thought that was normal on my iPhone 6! hahaha....

the iPhone X can't come soon enough.

 

[Donoban]

I for sure don't trust them with my photos.

Your reason is exactly why it's taken me so long to go the iCloud backup route. But I thought it was time to stop manually backing up after 9 years!
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You in iOS 11?

iOS 10. Trust me. It's there.

 

[Ds6778]

oh man, i thought that was normal on my iPhone 6! hahaha....

the iPhone X can't come soon enough.

The 'X' won't fix it. You can't throw hardware at a software problem.