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iOS 8 GM is unusable

Tubamajuba said:
A video that cherrypicks one aspect of one app with dramatic slowdown does not make the entire OS slow. iOS 8 runs almost perfectly on my iPad air. That video is equivalent to lighting a candle and screaming like your whole house is on fire.



I noticed the laggy control center on 7.1, and it's fixed on my iPhone 5 with iOS 8. It's buttery smooth now. FPS fluctuations bug me to no end, which is why I'm happy with iOS 8- almost no stutter on my phone whatsoever. Opening a folder after rebooting causes some stutter, and sometimes loading heavy apps takes a tad bit longer than it did on iOS 7. Other than that, it's great.

If you want FPS problems, try opening apps on the iPhone 4 with iOS 4.3. If you opened an app that was located on a screen with all the rows filled, the animation would give you about five total frames if you were lucky. Thankfully it was fixed in iOS 5.
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Iphone 5 (and up) is fine in terms of smoothness and performance. It's the iPads. There are some pretty big issues with performance and smoothness on iPad Air and mini retina.

Also, screen rotation stutters when keyboard is on screen on iPad air. The same happens when rotating screen in the App Store app. Opening cc when keyboard is on screen is embarrassingly laggy.
This not nitpicking...
 
TommyA6 said:
Iphone 5 (and up) is fine in terms of smoothness and performance. It's the iPads. There are some pretty big issues with performance and smoothness on iPad Air and mini retina.
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I don't doubt that some people are having issues, but I'm not seeing any more lag on my iPad Air than I saw under 7.1.2. I still think there needs to be further optimization done on the iPad versions of iOS, but overall my Air is still performing very well.
 
Tubamajuba said:
I don't doubt that some people are having issues, but I'm not seeing any more lag on my iPad Air than I saw under 7.1.2. I still think there needs to be further optimization done on the iPad versions of iOS, but overall my Air is still performing very well.
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I agree that vast majority of those issues where there in 7.1.2. I never said they weren't there before. However, seeing them in 8.0 doesn't make me feel confident in Apple eliminating them at all.
 
Tubamajuba said:
A video that cherrypicks one aspect of one app with dramatic slowdown does not make the entire OS slow. iOS 8 runs almost perfectly on my iPad air. That video is equivalent to lighting a candle and screaming like your whole house is on fire.



I noticed the laggy control center on 7.1, and it's fixed on my iPhone 5 with iOS 8. It's buttery smooth now. FPS fluctuations bug me to no end, which is why I'm happy with iOS 8- almost no stutter on my phone whatsoever. Opening a folder after rebooting causes some stutter, and sometimes loading heavy apps takes a tad bit longer than it did on iOS 7. Other than that, it's great.

If you want FPS problems, try opening apps on the iPhone 4 with iOS 4.3. If you opened an app that was located on a screen with all the rows filled, the animation would give you about five total frames if you were lucky. Thankfully it was fixed in iOS 5.
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I said notification center, not control center. CC is fixed yes, NC not quite.
 
TommyA6 said:
I agree that vast majority of those issues where there in 7.1.2. I never said they weren't there before. However, seeing them in 8.0 doesn't make me feel confident in Apple eliminating them at all.
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I think it's a case of the squeaky wheel getting the grease. Most people don't notice it, so the wheel isn't very squeaky. There are always other pressing issues, unfortunately.

TC03 said:
I said notification center, not control center. CC is fixed yes, NC not quite.
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My apologies, I obviously didn't read carefully. Yes, I do notice very slight lag when on the Today screen or when the Notifications screen is populated.
 
Yeah, like some others have noted, doing a regular upgrade through iTunes (as opposed to restoring, then restoring from iCloud) gives a much smoother and bug-free experience for some reason. And I'm on a 4S!
 
Setup as new from 7.1.2 to 8GM, and it's been really flawless, and at least as good as iOS7 to me if not smoother. Running a 5S with a registered Developer Account.
 
I had initially noted a little sluggishness and battery drain after restoring from iCloud backup, so I did a reset of all settings, which did the trick on my 5S.
 
Both my 5S and wife's 5 have been horrible. When you say to do a clean install means to put the phone in DFU mode and install the os? then do not use the backup to restore apps and settings?

I would hate to have to setup all my settings and apps and specially my photos...

What do you guys recommend ? I am using GM on both.
 
I've updated without restoring all the way through the betas and both my iPhone 5 and iPad 2 are fine. The iPad's performance was abysmal during the betas, but the GM seems to be enormously better.
 
mocque said:
Both my 5S and wife's 5 have been horrible. When you say to do a clean install means to put the phone in DFU mode and install the os? then do not use the backup to restore apps and settings?

I would hate to have to setup all my settings and apps and specially my photos...

What do you guys recommend ? I am using GM on both.
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To be honest, 'doing a clean install' is in the same ballpark as 'your iPhone screen is yellow because the glue has yet to dry', a persistent myth of which people keep saying it will fix their problems, yet it hasn't really ever helped anyone.

But even if that was an actual fix, an OS update which requires me to ditch all my data in order to work properly is still one hell of a mess.
 
TC03 said:
To be honest, 'doing a clean install' is in the same ballpark as 'your iPhone screen is yellow because the glue has yet to dry', a persistent myth of which people keep saying it will fix their problems, yet it hasn't really ever helped anyone.

But even if that was an actual fix, an OS update which requires me to ditch all my data in order to work properly is still one hell of a mess.
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Well thats not true. I've found that erasing and reinstalling helps a lot. A heap of people on here have found the same with this update.

I just reinstalled iOS 7 on an iPad 2 that was getting laggy. MASSIVE difference.
 
oldmacs said:
Well thats not true. I've found that erasing and reinstalling helps a lot. A heap of people on here have found the same with this update.

I just reinstalled iOS 7 on an iPad 2 that was getting laggy. MASSIVE difference.
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Yes but when you install all those apps again it will get laggy again. Performance can degrade when your iPad is full. To be honest, that's not a solution. I don't buy my iPad or iPhone to keep it empty so that it can run smoothly...
 
The only problem of note that I have is when pressing the home button on my iPhone 5 - it frequently opens up the multi-task menu instead of going to the home screen. It's not the button because this doesn't occur on iOS 7, but it is a moderate frustration. iPad Air doesn't have the problem.
 
Notifications are unreliable, but I put this down to new APIs, and I assume that apps will get updated on launch day to resolve issues.

Other than that, the GM has been solid.
 
my only issue with the GM is miserable battery life. I've lost at least 2hrs of usage compared to iOS 7.

A few UI glitches here and there but battery is horrid.


I don't know what it is but most of the time the phone feels warm.

And its been setup up brand new not a restore. Only app installed is Facebook and whatsapp.
 
TC03 said:
Yes but when you install all those apps again it will get laggy again. Performance can degrade when your iPad is full. To be honest, that's not a solution. I don't buy my iPad or iPhone to keep it empty so that it can run smoothly...
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I've restored from a backup and its running very well...

I would agree, that Apple should work on it so that we don't have to do this sort of stuff.

There is no doubt that OTA upgrades lead to a slower device than a backup and restore update though.
 
I am having issues with my iPhone 5 becoming unresponsive on the lock screen. Work around is to hold power button and then cancel the shut down.. happens about every 3-4 hours. I did a clean install.
 
I'm just getting some UI glitches and bugs for now so what I am going to do is wait until the Public Release on Wednesday and just restore to that from the Gm because hopefully Apple will have fixed some of these issues
 
lovewd said:
I'm just getting some UI glitches and bugs for now so what I am going to do is wait until the Public Release on Wednesday and just restore to that from the Gm because hopefully Apple will have fixed some of these issues
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i hope so..or they'll push the update same as GM..and they'll relase 8.0.1 after 1 or 2 days..
 
lovewd said:
I'm just getting some UI glitches and bugs for now so what I am going to do is wait until the Public Release on Wednesday and just restore to that from the Gm because hopefully Apple will have fixed some of these issues
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You think Apple gave developers a faulty GM while loading millions of phones with something else? That would just be plain stupid.
 
iOS 8 turned my iPhone 4S into a glorified iPod Touch. With music playing I can't multitask. The other app will constantly refresh when I jump to and from it.
 
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