No iOS 8 updates for me yet. Apple really screwed this one up royally. Safari still crashes daily in iOS 7. Apple quality control ain't what it used to be.
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iOS 8 Adoption Stagnates Just Two and a Half Weeks After Launch
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Has nothing to do with bugs. The download is 1-2 GB And needs 4-6 GB just to install.
Anyone with a 16 or 32 GB device doesn't have room for that. I have heard so many people trying to delete pictures and apps and stuff to try and make space.
They really need to have a statement like "This update requires 5 GB of space to install. Go to usage settings to make space or connect to iTunes to install.
Nobody has space to install so they don't bother.
Anyone with a 16 or 32 GB device doesn't have room for that. I have heard so many people trying to delete pictures and apps and stuff to try and make space.
They really need to have a statement like "This update requires 5 GB of space to install. Go to usage settings to make space or connect to iTunes to install.
Nobody has space to install so they don't bother.
I updated 1 device, just do not see the need for updating the others. Safari works terribly on the new iOS.
Exactly. The best iOS/iPhone experience was the 4S with iOS 5.1. It seemed to go downhill shortly after that.
re: lack of space
I have to say, I've always gone with the minimum memory configurations for my iPhone purchases over the years. I owned an iPod Classic to hold my music library and play it in the car, so never wanted to try to fit all of that on my phone.
But with the 6, I went the other direction and just paid for the 128GB model. I think that's going to be a wise choice moving forward. I looked at my 5s I owned before this, and with 16GB of storage, there was barely enough free space to download iOS 8 on it -- and that's with all of my photos offloaded to my DropBox account already. Apps are just going to get ever bigger and more complex, and with the iPod Classics dying off -- it's starting to look like I *do* want more of my music on my phone too.
I have to say, I've always gone with the minimum memory configurations for my iPhone purchases over the years. I owned an iPod Classic to hold my music library and play it in the car, so never wanted to try to fit all of that on my phone.
But with the 6, I went the other direction and just paid for the 128GB model. I think that's going to be a wise choice moving forward. I looked at my 5s I owned before this, and with 16GB of storage, there was barely enough free space to download iOS 8 on it -- and that's with all of my photos offloaded to my DropBox account already. Apps are just going to get ever bigger and more complex, and with the iPod Classics dying off -- it's starting to look like I *do* want more of my music on my phone too.
I have had a lot of issues updating my phones via iTunes involving crashing in the middle of the update which required a full restore etc. while OTA update on the phone itself never gave any error.
I don't have any issues with Bluetooth pairing. But there are a lot of crashes and some weirdness (e.g., tapping on links in safari often won't work... until I scroll the page a little, only in landscape). It's pretty buggy. A lot of nice features, though.
Planned obsolescence of devices
The fact the OS runs like crap on older devices combined with the fact they won't let you downgrade your OS screams of planned obsolescence. There is no excuse for them to kill the signing of an older OS. They'll throw out security and jailbreaking as reasons why they don't allow device downgrades, but that's nonsense. Jailbreaking is going to happen regardless and we can determine for ourselves whether it's better to have limited security holes vs a near inoperable device.
I love my Apple products, but I constantly feel like I am being forced into upgrading and having them kill off my older devices before they need to be. Heaven forbid you upgrade a device and you find it kills the battery and is no longer quick running.
In fairness, it's not just Apple. The cell companies do the same thing with Android devices. They will jam upgrades down to you even if you don't want them. Frustrating.
So I now have an iPhone 5 and an iPad 3 that both run slower and are now jerky moving between screens, they also have a significantly shorter battery life. I told my wife to hold off with her 4s...besides, she doens't have the space to upgrade if she wanted to.
On a non-personal side, I work at a school district with 10,000 iOS devices. I have nearly all devices sitting at 7.1.2, but now any new devices that have to be supervised will have to be at 8. So as a result there is no way to keep all devices at the same level. This is something I control in both Windows and OSX environments. I don't consider allowing iOS upgrades OTA due to major bugs in new releases. Last year I had the upgrades blocked on the network, and thank god. The supervision issues with iOS 7 were a train wreck with kids. The fact I cannot place any iOS I find best, most secure and most compatible with certain level of apps is very poor on Apple's part. iOS 8 has a bug that doesn't allow me to place a restriction on the device before it is enrolled (long story why). Again, a bug that is enough reason I wouldn't allow it on our devices given the choice.
Thanks for letting me vent
The fact the OS runs like crap on older devices combined with the fact they won't let you downgrade your OS screams of planned obsolescence. There is no excuse for them to kill the signing of an older OS. They'll throw out security and jailbreaking as reasons why they don't allow device downgrades, but that's nonsense. Jailbreaking is going to happen regardless and we can determine for ourselves whether it's better to have limited security holes vs a near inoperable device.
I love my Apple products, but I constantly feel like I am being forced into upgrading and having them kill off my older devices before they need to be. Heaven forbid you upgrade a device and you find it kills the battery and is no longer quick running.
In fairness, it's not just Apple. The cell companies do the same thing with Android devices. They will jam upgrades down to you even if you don't want them. Frustrating.
So I now have an iPhone 5 and an iPad 3 that both run slower and are now jerky moving between screens, they also have a significantly shorter battery life. I told my wife to hold off with her 4s...besides, she doens't have the space to upgrade if she wanted to.
On a non-personal side, I work at a school district with 10,000 iOS devices. I have nearly all devices sitting at 7.1.2, but now any new devices that have to be supervised will have to be at 8. So as a result there is no way to keep all devices at the same level. This is something I control in both Windows and OSX environments. I don't consider allowing iOS upgrades OTA due to major bugs in new releases. Last year I had the upgrades blocked on the network, and thank god. The supervision issues with iOS 7 were a train wreck with kids. The fact I cannot place any iOS I find best, most secure and most compatible with certain level of apps is very poor on Apple's part. iOS 8 has a bug that doesn't allow me to place a restriction on the device before it is enrolled (long story why). Again, a bug that is enough reason I wouldn't allow it on our devices given the choice.
Thanks for letting me vent
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No.
I'm a couple of versions behind, because every recent iOS install has been telling me 'there are purchased items on your iPhone that won't be transferred.'
And you know what? If the installer is smart enough to know that, it's smart enough to tell me which ones they are instead of making me guess. I asked Apple to fix it a couple releases ago.
I used to get a response when I sent notes like that to sjobs@apple.com Not so with the present CEO.
I'm a couple of versions behind, because every recent iOS install has been telling me 'there are purchased items on your iPhone that won't be transferred.'
And you know what? If the installer is smart enough to know that, it's smart enough to tell me which ones they are instead of making me guess. I asked Apple to fix it a couple releases ago.
I used to get a response when I sent notes like that to sjobs@apple.com Not so with the present CEO.
By contrast, our mobile app development team expects than Android L will have 16% of the Android-only market share by 90 days after release.....
Me too. My 5S operates better with iOS 8.0.2--much smoother. Battery live improved as well.
Cheers,
Don Barar
Not surprising. And I bet #s would be even less if Apple didn't pull the previous version.
For those commenting on those that don't update their OSes because of ignorance or space - wouldn't this have been an issue with 7.0 and above #s as well?
For those commenting on those that don't update their OSes because of ignorance or space - wouldn't this have been an issue with 7.0 and above #s as well?