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iOS 8.2 status bar animation problem

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coldwaves

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Since I upgraded to iOS 8.2 on the iPhone 5s, I noticed a problem of status bar animation. I know since iOS 7, the status bar icon and font size is larger in lock screen than home screen. But I have never encountered the issue as described here. After I swipe to unlock the phone, the status bar will have a strange animation where it becomes larger for a very very short period of time and then change back to the size it should be in the home screen. This does not happen if I wait a few seconds in the lock screen before swiping to unlock.

Here is a video describing what I say above.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_bv6sVZQ1F7U0c5czlaSHNUVDg/view?usp=sharing

Anyone else have the same issue? Is it a bug or is it just my phone? Or is it what the animation supposed to be?
 
I've been noticing that recently as well. Can't quite say if it only started since 8.2 or a bit earlier, but it seemed to have caught my eye a few times over the past week (which fits in with it starting as of 8.2).
 
I noticed this graphical glitch the first time I unlocked my phone after upgrading to iOS 8.2. Do these releases get beta tested at all, or are we free beta testers?
 
MaciMac100 said:
I noticed this graphical glitch the first time I unlocked my phone after upgrading to iOS 8.2. Do these releases get beta tested at all, or are we free beta testers?
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Things of this type of trivial nature ultimately wouldn't hold up a release and often enough not end up getting fixed before a release cut off as more serious and/or important issues would generally take precedence as far as getting addressed to not hold up a release.
 
C DM said:
Things of this type of trivial nature ultimately wouldn't hold up a release and often enough not end up getting fixed before a release cut off as more serious and/or important issues would generally take precedence as far as getting addressed to not hold up a release.
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Yes it's a minor glitch, but since it's happening (at least for me) almost everytime when unlocking phone, it isn't too hard to notice. One could also say Apple could improve their testing methods, especially since they also released that mother of all bugs called iOS 8.0.1.
 
MaciMac100 said:
Yes it's a minor glitch, but since it's happening (at least for me) almost everytime when unlocking phone, it isn't too hard to notice. One could also say Apple could improve their testing methods, especially since they also released that mother of all bugs called iOS 8.0.1.
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Wel, it might not be the testing that's at fault or at least fully at fault, but quite possibly priority of fixes and willingness to put something out with various issues still present, which is more of a product/project/program management type of issue or even a more higher up up issue (if push is coming to get things out despite known issues) than anything else.
 
C DM said:
Wel, it might not be the testing that's at fault or at least fully at fault, but quite possibly priority of fixes and willingness to put something out with various issues still present, which is more of a product/project/program management type of issue or even a more higher up up issue (if push is coming to get things out despite known issues) than anything else.
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You're right. It could be this type of scenario.
 
C DM said:
Wel, it might not be the testing that's at fault or at least fully at fault, but quite possibly priority of fixes and willingness to put something out with various issues still present, which is more of a product/project/program management type of issue or even a more higher up up issue (if push is coming to get things out despite known issues) than anything else.
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I agree. This seems to be a very possible scenario.
 
perkedel said:
I'm not seeing this on the 6 plus running 8.2. It could be only on some of the 5s only.
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I'm also not seeing this on my iPhone 6 whether I'm using swipe to unlock or with Touch ID. Are all of you guys using an iPhone 5s?
 
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marvz said:
I'm also not seeing this on my iPhone 6 whether I'm using swipe to unlock or with Touch ID. Are all of you guys using an iPhone 5s?
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Nope, iPhone 6 here. It doesn't happen all the time, just on some concessions, but often enough that I've noticed it a few times in the last week.
 
marvz said:
I'm also not seeing this on my iPhone 6 whether I'm using swipe to unlock or with Touch ID. Are all of you guys using an iPhone 5s?
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Not seeing it on my 5S could be for either reason:

- I don't notice things of this nature or,
- the phenomenon doesn't happen on my phone.
 
marvz said:
I'm also not seeing this on my iPhone 6 whether I'm using swipe to unlock or with Touch ID. Are all of you guys using an iPhone 5s?
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I see this on iPhone 5s. I don't have finger print or passcode. And it does not happen if I wait for a few seconds in the lock screen. So I guess having to enter passcode or using finger print might get rid of the problem.
 
coldwaves said:
Anyone else have the same issue? Is it a bug or is it just my phone? Or is it what the animation supposed to be?
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Could 3rd party app cause the slow down (keyboard?) I don't have many apps on mine and I don't have this animation issue. It looks like I even have the same carrier as the op.

This is my iPhone 6 plus on 8.2. I used touchID from off, and from on. I didn't use the swipe to unlock since I don't want to remove it thus removing my apple pay info.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEBtJJjiDhQ
 
perkedel said:
Could 3rd party app cause the slow down (keyboard?) I don't have many apps on mine and I don't have this animation issue. It looks like I even have the same carrier as the op.

This is my iPhone 6 plus on 8.2. I used touchID from off, and from on. I didn't use the swipe to unlock since I don't want to remove it thus removing my apple pay info.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEBtJJjiDhQ
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Thanks a lot for testing!

I don't have many third party apps. I only have Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, Circa and Skype. Also, the problem still occurs even if I did a clean install without installing any third party apps. One thing I notice is that the animation issue does not happen if I wait for a few seconds in the lock screen. Glad you don't have the problem.
 
coldwaves said:
Thanks a lot for testing!

I don't have many third party apps. I only have Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, Circa and Skype. Also, the problem still occurs even if I did a clean install without installing any third party apps. One thing I notice is that the animation issue does not happen if I wait for a few seconds in the lock screen. Glad you don't have the problem.
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Don't worry about it bro, i am also getting that on a newly fresh installed iPhone 6.
 
gardiboy said:
Don't worry about it bro, i am also getting that on a newly fresh installed iPhone 6.
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Thanks! I am not worried about it. Just curious to know whether it is a iOS 8.2 issue. It is purely cosmetic and does not impact the functionality. Hopefully it will be fixed in the future.
 
I too have the same behaviour after I updated my phone to 8.2. Before that I didn't have this issue.

I am using iPhone 5S. It is very annoying though... Makes iPhone or iOS looks bad, simple.
 
JohnnyMIAMI said:
I too have the same behaviour after I updated my phone to 8.2. Before that I didn't have this issue.

I am using iPhone 5S. It is very annoying though... Makes iPhone or iOS looks bad, simple.
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It's slightly visibly annoying at best, beyond that is basically trying to make a mountain out of a molehill.
 
Thank God it is not happening all the time. It occurs mostly, when I quickly enter the passcode, and jump from lock screen to main menu. It's just ugly!...

I also started to get "StorageStatus" logs in my Diagnostics&Usage after updating to 8.2.

I am not very happy with 8.2 :(
 
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