iOS 10 Adoption Growing Steadily, Now Installed on 34% of Devices

[ChrisCW11]

I wonder if the sales of headache pills like Tylenol and Aspirin also increase with the adoption of a new iOS version.

 

[michaelant]

I'm tempted to agree! Luckily, star-based playlists still work, and you can still tell Siri to rate a song.

I really hope they bring them back too, but in the meantime, I'm using this - Music Rating Widget
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/music-rating-widget/id971955890?mt=8

Actually it's more convenient to just swipe left from the home screen for a widget, to rate a song. At least when your phone's in your pocket initially. It's working well for me, but heads up - sometimes you have to wait a half sec after tapping a star for it to take.

What I really want from these guys though is a Watch app! That would be THE best way to star-rate a song. You can already "love" or "dislike" a song via the Watch, but I don't want that messing with my Apple Music recommendations.

 

[Altis]

Staying on iOS 9 with my iPhone 6, at least for a while.

Been burned so many times with updates that cannot be undone.

 

[B4U]

There we go again... what you use your phone for?

Widgets are better, Maps is better, unlock screen is better, keyboard is better, Safari is better, control center is better, there are so much much things that are better. On top of that, security updates.

The only reason not to update are those people that jailbreak so they can install pirated apps.

Or legit apps that have not yet updated their damn compatibility!

 

[C DM]

It's on 34% of devices because they keep shoving that popup in your face every day to install the newest iOS.

My daughter (4) is using my old iphone 5 as an ipod touch, and we'd like to keep it on iOS9, but she will inadvertently click that popup when it comes up. There's no way to stop that popup. Go into storage/usage and delete the update? It'll redownload when the next .1 version comes out.

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/how-can-i-stop-ios-nagging.1998113/

 

[rcappo]

I will install it on my Ipad mini 4 tomorrow night. I will have some time to work on backing up and upgrading my iPhone and MacBook Pro next week or so. But, I will need to make sure a few non-Apple products work with it first.

 

[Keirasplace]

I find it funny that some people are declaring iOS 10 as the most stable release ever, and others are saying it is the buggiest ever. I am with the former. I have had zero issues of any kind with iOS 10.

Anyone who is declaring "buggiest" weren't there during IOS 7 and 8 release. Yeah, those were the buggiest.

 

[Sevendaymelee]

After being screwed over time and and time again I have learned this universal truth. One must never upgrade past the version that was built and designed for ones device. It's better to have a snappy, fast and smooth device, running older ios than a chuggy, slow and less responsive device running a newer version.

My advice? Keep your device on it's native ios until newer apps won't work on it or you just can't take it anymore and then just buy a new phone. Best of both worlds.
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There we go again... what you use your phone for?

Widgets are better, Maps is better, unlock screen is better, keyboard is better, Safari is better, control center is better, there are so much much things that are better. On top of that, security updates.

The only reason not to update are those people that jailbreak so they can install pirated apps.

The reason I don't update is because I like my phone to be as fast as it was the moment I first turned it on. That, is a pretty "real" reason to me.

 

[Zirel]

The reason I don't update is because I like my phone to be as fast as it was the moment I first turned it on. That, is a pretty "real" reason to me.

Whatever suits you.

The reality is that iOS 10 is not faster or slower than iOS 9.

But pre-conceived Notions from Windows and Android.

 

[C DM]

After being screwed over time and and time again I have learned this universal truth. One must never upgrade past the version that was built and designed for ones device. It's better to have a snappy, fast and smooth device, running older ios than a chuggy, slow and less responsive device running a newer version.

My advice? Keep your device on it's native ios until newer apps won't work on it or you just can't take it anymore and then just buy a new phone. Best of both worlds.
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The reason I don't update is because I like my phone to be as fast as it was the moment I first turned it on. That, is a pretty "real" reason to me.

There's really no "must", just whatever works for someone, whatever that might be.

 

[Keirasplace]

After being screwed over time and and time again I have learned this universal truth. One must never upgrade past the version that was built and designed for ones device. It's better to have a snappy, fast and smooth device, running older ios than a chuggy, slow and less responsive device running a newer version.

My advice? Keep your device on it's native ios until newer apps won't work on it or you just can't take it anymore and then just buy a new phone. Best of both worlds.
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The reason I don't update is because I like my phone to be as fast as it was the moment I first turned it on. That, is a pretty "real" reason to me.

That may have been true for underpowered early devices, but as you gain some room in CPU/GPU and RAM, that's not really true anymore and current tests on old devices with IOS 10 bear this out.

 

[Lidar]

The other day I was griping about the loss of slide to unlock. Now my wife's 6 Plus' home button isn't working and the only way she can get in her phone is to restart it.

Way to think ahead about leaving people with older hardware in the dust, Apple. I understand the 7 doesn't have a physical home button but what about all of the other phones iOS 10 supports?

 

[C DM]

The other day I was griping about the loss of slide to unlock. Now my wife's 6 Plus' home button isn't working and the only way she can get in her phone is to restart it.

Way to think ahead about leaving people with older hardware in the dust, Apple. I understand the 7 doesn't have a physical home button but what about all of the other phones iOS 10 supports?

Can Assistive Touch be enabled and used for the purposes of simulating the home button?

As far as the change and the issue you bring up, there's the other side of that coin with the recently reported "touch disease" and slide to unlock where people wouldn't really be able to use the old slide to unlock method if their touchscreen isn't responsive. So it can essentially go either way in that sense.

 

[Keirasplace]

The other day I was griping about the loss of slide to unlock. Now my wife's 6 Plus' home button isn't working and the only way she can get in her phone is to restart it.

Way to think ahead about leaving people with older hardware in the dust, Apple. I understand the 7 doesn't have a physical home button but what about all of the other phones iOS 10 supports?

They're still signing the old version I think (but not for long), just downgrade to 9.3.5
Many 6+ are using IOS 10 without an issue, so maybe there is a hw issue with that button?

 

[maxsix]

I really wish Android updates were like this.

They are, I guess you're out of the loop.

For example my Nexus 6P is on Nougat, but my S7 Edge is still stuck on Marshmallow.

What's wrong with this picture...

 

[Retired Cat]

The other day I was griping about the loss of slide to unlock. Now my wife's 6 Plus' home button isn't working and the only way she can get in her phone is to restart it.

Way to think ahead about leaving people with older hardware in the dust, Apple. I understand the 7 doesn't have a physical home button but what about all of the other phones iOS 10 supports?

You can get around this. My iPhone 5 has no TouchID and I was concerned, so I developed this method for accessing the phone if the Home Button became disabled:

In the Lock Screen, swipe Right to the Widget Screen. A Search field should be at the top above Time/Date.

In the Search field, type in the name of an App you want to open (like Settings). The search should bring it up in the list of results. Tap on the app shortcut and the phone should prompt for a passcode. Type in passcode and it will take you directly to App. I recommend going directly to Settings app and enabling Assistive Touch to get a virtual Home Button.