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iOS 7 on iPhone 4
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Ha, you might be on to something. I'm convincing my wife that an iPhone 5S is in our future. So far, she's slow on the uptake.
Help!
I can't seem to find my exact problem described anywhere. I live in West Africa with no access to an Apple store or official reseller, so any advice is MUCH appreciated!
1. Updated iPhone 4 to iOS7. No problems with handling. Sound seems to come and go, often resulting in alarm being silent and me oversleeping No problems with ear buds, only speakers on the phone itself.
2. Upgraded to 7.0.2. Now the screen freezes ALL THE TIME (i.e. becomes unresponsive to touch. The home button still works). Once I activate the phone I can use it between 1 and 30 seconds before it freezes again. When it freezes, I press the power button to lock it, then the home screen to unlock it and I can then use it again for a few seconds. So basically I cannot hang up on a call, doing anything on the phone is next to impossible, and I cannot play ANY games of course. The problem is in all modes: On wi-fi, 3G and in flight mode. (I am not sure if the sound problem is still there)
3. I tried a clean install; a reinstall; turned off iCloud documents; restored factory settings; deleted most of the apps. Nothing seems to work
Any ideas??
Thanks for your time
I can't seem to find my exact problem described anywhere. I live in West Africa with no access to an Apple store or official reseller, so any advice is MUCH appreciated!
1. Updated iPhone 4 to iOS7. No problems with handling. Sound seems to come and go, often resulting in alarm being silent and me oversleeping
No problems with ear buds, only speakers on the phone itself.2. Upgraded to 7.0.2. Now the screen freezes ALL THE TIME (i.e. becomes unresponsive to touch. The home button still works). Once I activate the phone I can use it between 1 and 30 seconds before it freezes again. When it freezes, I press the power button to lock it, then the home screen to unlock it and I can then use it again for a few seconds. So basically I cannot hang up on a call, doing anything on the phone is next to impossible, and I cannot play ANY games of course. The problem is in all modes: On wi-fi, 3G and in flight mode. (I am not sure if the sound problem is still there)
3. I tried a clean install; a reinstall; turned off iCloud documents; restored factory settings; deleted most of the apps. Nothing seems to work
Any ideas??
Thanks for your time
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Hi! First of all, sorry to hear about your issues... I don't really have a solution, but you could restore to 7.0.0 and see if the problems are fixed.. You can download the firmware (http://www.felixbruns.de/iPod/firmware/), do DFU restore, and choose yourself which file to use rather than 7.0.2...
Hope it helps..
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So....
Does 7.0.3 improve iPhone 4 performance? It is intriguing that the reduce motion setting has been changed. Fingers crossed.
Please report your experiences here.
Does 7.0.3 improve iPhone 4 performance? It is intriguing that the reduce motion setting has been changed. Fingers crossed.
Please report your experiences here.
Ill report as soon as i install it and as soon as it appears OTA
Edit: downloading now
Alright, its installed and running on my iPhone 4 and iPad Mini.
And i gotta say its really really improved, its noticeable and iPhone 4 has reduce motion setting in accessibility for the new animations. I say go for it
I didn't like the initial reports about iOS 7 performance on an iPhone 4, so I've stuck with iOS 6 without any problems, but...
Given the improvements in iOS 7.0.3, would you say it's worth updating the iPhone 4 to iOS 7 now or still better to stay on iOS 6 for the present?
Given the improvements in iOS 7.0.3, would you say it's worth updating the iPhone 4 to iOS 7 now or still better to stay on iOS 6 for the present?
I'd say try it, but *save your blobs* using snowbreeze or ifaith so you can downgrade back to 6 if you think that 7.0.3 is not for you.
If the above sentence made no sense for you, look for assistance in the hacks and jailbreak subforum.
Personally, I think that the performance we are seeing with 7.0.3 on the i4 is good enough.
For all of you who are saying its better on the 7, can you confirm how many apps you have and the space used up?
Personally, the iOS 7.0.3 update made my home button going unresponsive randomly : system boots (sometimes freezes the bootscreen then turning black AND reappearing with the correct "locked sim" notification), then 4 attempts later, the home button is silent.
Physically, it is in excellent shape, compared to others iPhones (4) I have seen
Any idea ?
Physically, it is in excellent shape, compared to others iPhones (4) I have seen
Any idea ?
I'm having around 50 apps installed, including Apple's. I've around 6GB free of 16. Music and photos account for roughly 5GB.
By the way, is it only me, or does 7.0.3 leave more memory for apps, letting more room for them to stay in memory? It seems like it. Apps seem to be still alive a lot more often when I switch back to them. They seemed to having to start up all the time with 7.0.2...
Thanks for the responses. Sounds like it's still best to stay on iOS6 for the present.
However, it's totally annoying to see all my phone's free space taken up by the iOS 7 files I don't plan to install, and constant badges on my App Store for app updates that are iOS 7 only. Oh well...
However, it's totally annoying to see all my phone's free space taken up by the iOS 7 files I don't plan to install, and constant badges on my App Store for app updates that are iOS 7 only. Oh well...