iOS 7 GM on iPad 3 and 2

[Curun]

ios7 on ipad3 is still pretty much the same as the beta imo. can't speak for ipad2 first hand but have yet to hear anyone say it's smooth like a public release is expected to be. Almost seems like ios7 is best suited for iphone 5 and up and iPad 4 and up including first gen mini.

iPad 4 users are also experiencing issues with performance. And it's got a beefy cpu/gpu all things considered.

iPad2 and Mini have essentially the same cpu/gpu/display resolution. They should perform identically. But doesn't sound that way based on what users are saying.

It's all very odd.

 

[ToddJ]

Do you have any screenshots of the photos app (from the ios 7 GM) for ipad?

 

[tudy25]

My experience on the iPad 2: jerky/laggy multitasking gestures; iPad freezes when for a few seconds when trying to change the background; apps don't feel as snappy as with iOS 6 (I'm talking about the time it takes to load after you open them); VERY unresponsive when trying to use pinch to peek in a stack of photos in Photos.app (Albums mode); laggy/low framerate springboard orientation, JUST 160 Mb free RAM left (at max!) when there's no apps in the background (except the one I use to check this called SystemTools). Before I would ALWAYS have 250-260 (even with jailbreak) of free RAM; also CPU is being used at 19-20% all the time!! (before:5-6%) GM equals beta 6 to me. I'm pretty sure there's something that drains the RAM/CPU and we don't know yet.

 

[a643]

iPad 3

What makes no sense to me is how the home screen view in multitasking retains transparency and how the iPad still supports both parallax and dynamic wallpapers, yet we can't have blur everywhere like in previous betas?

 

[tonyunreal]

I just did a restore (as new) to iOS 7 GM on my iPad mini.

Everything is working fine, the translucency effects are there just like on the iPhones and iPod touches. I tested this with my own app, and the translucency is there for sure.

All things seem normal to me, and built-in apps run pretty smooth.

The only thing that seems weird to me is that the virtual keyboards don't have translucency like they do on the phones, must be a temporal bug or design change.

UPDATE:

I just did a restore from backup.

Built-in apps still run perfectly, however third party apps seem to run short on memory pretty frequently, as my own video streaming app can't even stay in background mode, and Asphalt 8 runs pretty crappy.

Overall I would say iOS 7 GM is okay for average use, while gamers should probably stay away from it, for now.

 

[2IS]

GM is no where near as laggy on ipad 3 as the betas were. As far as blurring, I highly doubt it was done to insult ipad 3 owners. I'm sure it has far more to do with the relative graphics processing it has vs ipad 4 and iPhone 5 which is pushing far fewer pixels.

 

[MysteryE]

So I'm not the only one here.

I'm iPad 3 owner, and totally dissapointed to see the blurry effect are gone in Control Center, Notification Center, and keyboard...

 

[LGG]

Control center IOS7 GM

Control center , Play,forward and rewind commands doesn't work with any app, in both lock and unlock screen in Iphone 5 and 4 but the volume control is working well..

 

[PilotTiny]

I think I am going to revert back to iOS 6.1.3 on my iPad 2 now until at least iOS 7.1 comes out.

Not impressed with the iPad version Apple!

 

[Salvor Hardin]

GM is no where near as laggy on ipad 3 as the betas were. As far as blurring, I highly doubt it was done to insult ipad 3 owners. I'm sure it has far more to do with the relative graphics processing it has vs ipad 4 and iPhone 5 which is pushing far fewer pixels.

That would be true if it weren't for the fact that blur was working fine in the previous betas or how it's still appears randomly in certain situations. The GM release notes only mention this effect not being available on iPhone 4 for what that's worth.
Going off the threads here it has just as many performance problems on iPad 4.

 

[MinEderPlayz]

Thanks for opening a thread where almost EVERYONE talks about what bothers me most with iOS 7

The iPad 2 has the exact same resolution like iPad mini and the exact same A5 processor and graphics, yet it does not get translucency blurs which cannot be due to performance but only to insult users. There is no single word said about this in the release notes of beta 5 where this decision was made. Also, it ran fine on beta 4 which I used until today because I liked the blur effects most about iOS 7's UI changes. Now I am going to be without iPad anyway because I'll send it in to be replaced, but I'd rather go back to iOS 6 than use iOS 7 beta 5, 6 or GM. I don't understand why the "9x faster graphics" of iPad 2 compared to the previous chip (A4) aren't noticeable anywhere because the iPhone 4 with A4 chip looks just like iPad 2 despite parallaxes and dynamic wallpapers. (The latter elements are somehow strange because they cause way more lag than a blur.) One interesting fact: the home screen seen from multitasking view is blurred live (so if you move it around, the blur dynamically changes) which is different from iPhone 4 and beta 5/6. I wonder though what Apple thought here.

 

[Salvor Hardin]

It working on iPad Mini and not it's big brother iPad 2 suggests that either iOS 7 for iPad development truly is an unorganized rushed mess or is an deliberate attempt to make the 2&3 appear less attractive.

 

[MinEderPlayz]

It working on iPad Mini and not it's big brother iPad 2 suggests that either iOS 7 for iPad development truly is an unorganized rushed mess or is an deliberate attempt to make the 2&3 appear less attractive.

Unfortunately I think they try to make iPads look outdated BUT I still hope iOS 7 for iPad is just a mess because again there was no mention of iOS 7 for iPad at Keynote.

 

[gumblecosby]

It working on iPad Mini and not it's big brother iPad 2 suggests that either iOS 7 for iPad development truly is an unorganized rushed mess or is an deliberate attempt to make the 2&3 appear less attractive.

iOS 7 development on the iPad appeared to be lagging behind phone version during development. I'd wait until the .1 update before I put the boot into Apple. Theres no excuse not to have UI differences between the ipad 2 and the mini except maybe time constraints or laziness.

 

[2IS]

That would be true if it weren't for the fact that blur was working fine in the previous betas or how it's still appears randomly in certain situations. The GM release notes only mention this effect not being available on iPhone 4 for what that's worth.
Going off the threads here it has just as many performance problems on iPad 4.

That doesn't mean anything. You do realize the purpose of beta's is to test right? Does it occur to you that it was tested, found to run inefficiently on ipad 3 and dropped? I think that's far more likely the case than "hey, guys, lets disable blurring on ipad 3, becuase surly that will get everyone to go buy a new ipad"

 

[JohnnyW2001]

Works OK on my iPad3 (with a restore).

It's definitely a little slower, but not massively slow, just in a way that makes you feel Apple are saying, "Upgrade this old thing!".

 

[tudy25]

Thanks for opening a thread where almost EVERYONE talks about what bothers me most with iOS 7

The iPad 2 has the exact same resolution like iPad mini and the exact same A5 processor and graphics, yet it does not get translucency blurs which cannot be due to performance but only to insult users. There is no single word said about this in the release notes of beta 5 where this decision was made. Also, it ran fine on beta 4 which I used until today because I liked the blur effects most about iOS 7's UI changes. Now I am going to be without iPad anyway because I'll send it in to be replaced, but I'd rather go back to iOS 6 than use iOS 7 beta 5, 6 or GM. I don't understand why the "9x faster graphics" of iPad 2 compared to the previous chip (A4) aren't noticeable anywhere because the iPhone 4 with A4 chip looks just like iPad 2 despite parallaxes and dynamic wallpapers. (The latter elements are somehow strange because they cause way more lag than a blur.) One interesting fact: the home screen seen from multitasking view is blurred live (so if you move it around, the blur dynamically changes) which is different from iPhone 4 and beta 5/6. I wonder though what Apple thought here.

EXACTLY what I was thinking.

 

[bensharma]

Betas 5 & 6 were awful on my iPad 2. Gold Master runs well, so the features they dropped may have been problematic.

Only issue for me is the 10-second pause when switching wallpapers.

I'm sure they'll fix that, and I don't switch them that often anyway.

 

[TC03]

iOS 7 is quite ugly on the iPad. I used to really like the 'OS X look' previous versions of iOS had. Now it's just ugly, empty, has no character. Especially and Safari and Music were perfect, now they're just ugly.

 

[Stuke00]

So the same applies for the iPad 2, right? Oh God, it looks so much better with blurring effects than with that horrifying simple transparency! What about the iPad mini? Does it have the effects?

Yes the iPad mini has the blurring effects. Odd that it does but not the iPad 2 since it is the same screen resolution and CPU.

 

[Jalu]

I've said it before: I believe the main reason the blur effects are disabled on the iPad 2 is the fact that, apparently, the iPad 3 can't cope with them, and it would be very hard to explain why the newer iPad 3 would have effects disabled that work on the older iPad 2. Since the iPad mini is newer than the iPad 3, there's no problem there.

However, I don't really see a big problem. IOS7 looks just fine on an iPad 3, imho, completely functional.

 

[Salvor Hardin]

That doesn't mean anything. You do realize the purpose of beta's is to test right? Does it occur to you that it was tested, found to run inefficiently on ipad 3 and dropped? I think that's far more likely the case than "hey, guys, lets disable blurring on ipad 3, becuase surly that will get everyone to go buy a new ipad"

They also dropped the effect on iPad 2 while keeping it on the Mini, they have the same A5 chip and get near identical results in benchmarks....

 

[Jonathanp55]

Just tried the GM of IOS 7 on my Ipad 3.

I just tried the GM on the IOS 7. Let me tell you. It is in no way ready for mainstream. The internet is sloppy on my wifi, it is slow and sluggish. I hope they they fix these issues soon. I downgraded after really trying. My fear is that IOS 7 will have the same Wifi issues that ML on my mac had. No this is not my Wireless device, because windows runs it fine. I have a feeling in my stomach that Apple is going downhill. This is not revolutionary anymore. We will see on the public release if anything has changed. I will not judge it yet.

 

[Mad Mac Maniac]

I will wait and see how this turns out before updatin my mom's iPad 2.

Not sure if she will be too happy about all the changes, especially if it brings slowdowns along.

Yeah I'm in the same situation. I gave my parents my old iPad 2. Honestly, now that I think about it, I might not update their iPad for a long time (if at all). I don't foresee them using any of the new features of iOS 7. It will already be a "negative" that the thing will look different. If it has even a bit more lag/gliches/freezes then that's just another negative.

I'm thinking I'll probably bring my iPad over sometime after a .0x or .x update and show my mom the new look/features and see if she wants to upgrade or not.

 

[hashholly]

iPad 2, GM user.

I haven't come across any major issues, and I'm surprised by how responsive everything is compared to people with the iPad 3.