iPhone iOS 6.1 performance on iPhone 4

[toroncan]

Can anyone who's loaded iOS 6.1 on an i4 please comment on performance, especially as compared to iOS5?

If you can specifically comment on the following actions thatd be great:

- lag from pressing home button to screen on
- lag from swipe to unlock to password entry
- lag from password entry to phone usable on homescreen
- lag from homescreen to Mail.app open and usable
- lag from homescreen to Camera.app open and able to take photos

TIA!

 

[Bahroo]

Ios 6.1 has made my i5 slightly faster and more consistent now so id say go for it, theres no reason why you should be on older software. Google Maps has been out on iOS 6 for a while and it got turn by turn navigation too for iPhone 4.

 

[clauzzz203]

All of those are smoother and faster on my 4.

 

[lpsavoie]

My iPod touch 4G is noticeably snappier with iOS 6.1. Go for it.

 

[irDigital0l]

On my Verizon iPhone 4...

Didn't really notice any significant changes. Opening camera app is still slow as hell.

 

[seble]

Ios 6.1 has made my i5 slightly faster and more consistent now so id say go for it, theres no reason why you should be on older software. Google Maps has been out on iOS 6 for a while and it got turn by turn navigation too for iPhone 4.

It may be but it's always felt laggy on my 4, on friends 5's google maps has felt smooth as butter!

 

[Purant]

Can anyone who's loaded iOS 6.1 on an i4 please comment on performance, especially as compared to iOS5?

If you can specifically comment on the following actions thatd be great:

- lag from pressing home button to screen on
- lag from swipe to unlock to password entry
- lag from password entry to phone usable on homescreen
- lag from homescreen to Mail.app open and usable
- lag from homescreen to Camera.app open and able to take photos

TIA!

They are all about the same maybe a bit faster compared to ios6. I don't really remember how the performance was on 5 so I can't compare. Camera.app is still slow. Mail.app is pretty fast (but I don't think it was ever slow?).

 

[nnyymm]

Mine felt smoother on my iPhone 4 too.

 

[Ste Nova]

my ip4 is working as its always done

 

[AndyWong]

my ip4 is working as its always done

Sorry. Topic aside. I can't help to noticed that your sig stated you owned 4 iPhones, 1 camera and 2 cars and it seems like that is all. No house, no TV?

 

[twintin]

No house, no TV?

and no life perhaps ? Well, we all have to do our priorities you know.

 

[Ste Nova]

Sorry. Topic aside. I can't help to noticed that your sig stated you owned 4 iPhones, 1 camera and 2 cars and it seems like that is all. No house, no TV?

i didnt own, i own
1 pad, 3 iphones, 1 camera, 2 cars, no house, no tv

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and no life perhaps ? Well, we all have to do our priorities you know.

loads of life, can't think of anything worse than spending hours watching a tv when i could be outside

 

[Xenomorph]

iOS 6.1 runs great on my iPhone 3GS, I would certainly hope it performs just as well on an iPhone 4!!!

 

[dallastigers]

Mine seems to be running well, but my diagnostic reporting keeps showing a lot of crashing by the KBD app or process.
I first did over the air and later did a full restore and update using iTunes (also from a backup once full 6.1 was applied). Still the same amount of crashes. Close to 30 reported crashes a day by the KBP app.

 

[Dwalls90]

Maybe try DFU restoring it to 6.1.

 

[Triangle Man]

Seems pretty fast and stable for me. No complaints. 6.0.1 got a little laggy at time, but nothing major. 6.1 seems a tiny bit better in performance.

 

[Tar Sniffer]

My iPhone 4 felt slightly faster after upgrading from iOS 5 to iOS 6, but the move from 6.0.1 to 6.1 feels about the same.

Unfortunately iOS 6 doesn't offer much in terms of features, so there's no urgent need to upgrade. I found 6.0.1 to be rather buggy, particularly in Safari, so I can't tell you how smooth 6.1 is just yet. That's just my personal experience though.