I installed 8 on a 4s yesterday and it has not slowed it down at all. I wanted to test it for my husband because he is not upgrading his phone.
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I installed 8 on a 4s yesterday and it has not slowed it down at all. I wanted to test it for my husband because he is not upgrading his phone.
Good thing adoption is slow. iOS 8 is a buggy POS. Did DFU restore on 64gb iPhone 5s, 128gb iPad air and 2 64gb iPad retina minis. Far worse than first iOS 7 release IMO.
Significant keyboard lag, multitouch works then doesn't, Vpn connectivity issues, random browser problems and the occasional freeze.
Anyone else notice that when you share with family it brings up EVERY iOS device you ever owned? Not reassuring when these devices were deleted from my apple profile when I sold them.
Significant keyboard lag, multitouch works then doesn't, Vpn connectivity issues, random browser problems and the occasional freeze.
Anyone else notice that when you share with family it brings up EVERY iOS device you ever owned? Not reassuring when these devices were deleted from my apple profile when I sold them.
Yes, I remember you were telling about that yesterday. At least I think it was you.
. I'm just scared to bother. It's not easy (or possible) to downgrade to the older OS version. Plus I preordered an iPhone 6 Plus. I'm leaving the 4S alone. PS, no disrespect to you but this is the internet. I can only accept a person's word with a grain of salt.
Wow, that math.
But the 4s, 5 and 5s sold much more than previous iPhones! The slowly adoption rate is obvious: The 6 and 6+ aren't out yet, servers are hammered, not everybody was notified about the update, it's the middle of the week and, more importantly, they demand a lot of available space!
This time it takes planning.
I'm well aware of the differences in memory quality.
The popular price breakdowns of the actual media that apple uses has in the past revealed that their memory chip costs are just a couple dollars. I think my point stands.
Overall I'm happy with the new software on my iphone 5, I had a few freezes and sometimes my Fleksy keyboard won't load properly (if at all) but it's not all bad. I'm gonna upgrade my girlfriends 4s tonight and see how it performs.
This problem is the ultimate proof that 16GB storage option must go. I feel sorry for those who bought 16GB version of iPhone 6/6+. It's a bigger issue than 1GB RAM size, which is a problem of its own.
"iOS requires nearly half of the space of a 16GB device to install". EXACTLY! That's why I'm so mad the iphone6 starts at 16gb. It's a real insult and hassle to users. Big mistake Apple; your flagship product shouldn't have the same storage space as 3+ years ago.
That's exactly what happens, didn't you try it? My iPad mini would not let me do it over the air, via iTunes no problem....
I did a full backup to the mac via iTunes and then d/l 8 and updated the iPad 2 without having to delete any apps. No problems here.
Yes, I remember you were telling about that yesterday. At least I think it was you.
PS, no disrespect to you but this is the internet. I can only accept a person's word with a grain of salt.
Understood. I have a 6 being delivered tomorrow which is why I was willing to experiment on my 4s. My husband is keeping his 4s, and I'm the house techie, so I didn't want him to upgrade if it was going to become my problem!
After three years, I'm still using a 4S and I don't think I'll be upgrading to iOS8. The phone is already exibiting slower speeds, rapid battery drain, random crashes, and lots of iCloud and/or iTunes syncing issues. Don't need to introduce any more problems!
Waiting for my iPhone 6 to try out the new system. With the crazy demand, just not quite sure when I'll be able to pick one up.
Unless, of course, you treat it like gzipped browser content - decompress on the fly as it downloads. Then I only need the space to store the unzipped file, not the original+decompressed.
Here's why:
I love Apple, but they hella messed up! Adoption was probably low because the rollout was a disaster. Updating through iTunes was not working, OTA update was not working because it said I didn't have enough space, but I did. Eventually, I had to factory reset my phone and then do an OTA update. That worked!
But, it was messy, frustrating process!
I love Apple, but they hella messed up! Adoption was probably low because the rollout was a disaster. Updating through iTunes was not working, OTA update was not working because it said I didn't have enough space, but I did. Eventually, I had to factory reset my phone and then do an OTA update. That worked!
But, it was messy, frustrating process!
OR, it could be that so many of us were burned by the iOS7 experience, where we gave up a superior operating system (iOS6) for a POS operating system (iOS7) and couldn't go back.
Apple burned a lot of people with that, so perhaps it's that many of us learned our lesson.
We have 2 4ses and an iPad 2 here that all run fine after the upgrade.
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I love Apple, but they hella messed up! Adoption was probably low because the rollout was a disaster. Updating through iTunes was not working, OTA update was not working because it said I didn't have enough space, but I did. Eventually, I had to factory reset my phone and then do an OTA update. That worked!
But, it was messy, frustrating process!
I updated OTA and in iTunes. What kind of problem were you having?
So install via iTunes, which doesn't require the space... and buy a device that has the space you want/need.
The 16GB devices have a place in the lineup for uses where lots of content on the device isn't the objective.