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iOS 26.5.2 ― Bug Fixes, Changes, and Improvements
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Populus
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I do have hope for iOS 27 and I really hope Apple software devs don’t screw it up.
Reverend Benny
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Care to elaborate a bit what you mean by "terrible"?
I see that you do use an iPhone 17pro from your profile, assuming its this device that you have updated.
It's interesting to see that many reports about bad experience (mainly battery issues) are from iPhone 17 pro users.
Some models seem point towards improvement (17 air) and some, like for me on a number of devices (non are 17 tho) don't have any issues, its pretty much the same performance as before the update (from 26.5).
Haven't seen any reports on people with the regular 17.
There are obvious differences between all 3 models but also many similarities, especially with the 17 and 17pro.
Will be interesting to see if 26.6 solves it.
Yes a 17 Pro Max, my issues are the constant stuttering across the Home Screen and in apps, terrible ram management and general ios 26 quirks. Battery has always been phenomenal, I don’t care about that aspect regardless.
Reverend Benny
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Thanks for explaining, was just assuming it was battery issues since many has reported that.
Strange that you still have stuttering on your screen, I have the 16Pro and for me the stuttering was solved around 26.2 or so. There's still some GUI bugs that I find every so often, some seem to be related to that I use zoomed mode tho.
Are you using AI on your device? And how much free memory do you have (storage). I remember that a few years ago jam packed storage could affect performance a good bit.
No never, as I said I don’t care about battery this thing lasts forever I charge overnight and never let it go below 50% if I can help it, 156 cycles still 100% health.
AI is enabled yes, don’t really ever use it as it’s useless currently. Storage is fine I have 144GB free out of 256GB.
Reverend Benny
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Longshot but try and disable AI to see if it helps with the memory management. Not sure how the iOS 26 AI is on the memory but if you experience lots of lag and crappy memory management it might be worth trying to disable potential memory hogs.
James6s
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mikiotty
macrumors 6502a
Battery life is utter ***** on 17 Pro Max. Seemed to improve the first 3-4 days, now it’s back to being horrible.
Destroyed the battery on my 16 pro max. Phone runs hot too. Never had this issue with a single update before until this.
Acid Gambit
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Same. I have never complained about an iOS update but this one is bad. My 16 Pro runs hot and battery drain is terrible.
In the meantime, I updated to public beta 26.6 beta 5 and the battery is back to normal
Mindgap
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James6s
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Mindgap
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Mindgap
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I updated to iOS 27 public beta to see if this makes a difference. I will report tomorrow.
Reverend Benny
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It's strange that we all get so mixed results. Mine has been the same with 26.5.2
But in some situations I experience it being better and sometimes worse. Hard to tell if its new user patterns that cause it or if its related to the update. Its not a major difference, but I do feel that cellular only seem to drain a bit more. But again, it might be that I have been spending time without Wifi and been using the phone more, also the cell coverage isn't as good where I have been.
Sometimes i wonder if it's done to specific settings and bugs related to that. Have been using the same settings and turned many things off throughout the years to save battery. All from location settings, background tasks etc.
I did notice a bit more battery drain when I was hooked up to a specific router, but again its to little to tell of it was me using the phone more or if it could be related to the network. This particular place have loads of Apple gadgets such as homepods, Apple TV etc that all communicate.
Will be interesting to see if 26.6 solves the issues some of you other report.
But in some situations I experience it being better and sometimes worse. Hard to tell if its new user patterns that cause it or if its related to the update. Its not a major difference, but I do feel that cellular only seem to drain a bit more. But again, it might be that I have been spending time without Wifi and been using the phone more, also the cell coverage isn't as good where I have been.
Sometimes i wonder if it's done to specific settings and bugs related to that. Have been using the same settings and turned many things off throughout the years to save battery. All from location settings, background tasks etc.
I did notice a bit more battery drain when I was hooked up to a specific router, but again its to little to tell of it was me using the phone more or if it could be related to the network. This particular place have loads of Apple gadgets such as homepods, Apple TV etc that all communicate.
Will be interesting to see if 26.6 solves the issues some of you other report.
Reverend Benny
macrumors 68000
Could it be related to the Garmin device? I saw it on the top of your list. Or have you just been using it more lately?
Has the garmin device been using more battery lately?
Garmin Connect draining my iPhone battery - Garmin Connect Mobile iOS - Mobile Apps & Web - Garmin Forums
Hello, I recently switched from Android to iPhone and I’m immediately running into an issue where the Garmin Connect app is draining my phone’s battery very rapidly
forums.garmin.com
Mindgap
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Hmmm, if course it could be but the Garmin app wasn’t updated since the last iOS update but I will keep an eye on it today. 27.0 (Public Beta) so far much better though.Could it be related to the Garmin device? I saw it on the top of your list. Or have you just been using it more lately?
Has the garmin device been using more battery lately?
Garmin Connect draining my iPhone battery - Garmin Connect Mobile iOS - Mobile Apps & Web - Garmin Forums
Hello, I recently switched from Android to iPhone and I’m immediately running into an issue where the Garmin Connect app is draining my phone’s battery very rapidly
Mindgap
macrumors member
Much better with the update installed. I’m now , almost 12 hours later, at 30%. Even with Garmin in the background.
So 26.5.2 was the problem here.