Even on the iPhone 6 - Safari is crap. So don't feel bad.
Hopefully they will be on this in a future iOS fix.
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iOS 8 is a disaster
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Even on the iPhone 6 - Safari is crap. So don't feel bad.
Hopefully they will be on this in a future iOS fix.
Wifi is terrible on my 6
Safari hangs
Twitter hangs
My iPad mini on 7.1.2 has no problems at all
Safari hangs
Twitter hangs
My iPad mini on 7.1.2 has no problems at all
I don't have as many issues as people here are reporting but nonetheless I have more issues with the OS than I would expect. There is significant lag at times but not always and the wifi has been horrendous.
I guess I got lucky. My 6 has no issues with iOS 8. It runs very smoothly all the time. Had no issues at all!!
WiFi works extremely well also and transitions smoothly going in and out of various wifi's.
My iPad 3 is a bit jerky and not nearly as smooth. Getting a new one next month anyway..
WiFi works extremely well also and transitions smoothly going in and out of various wifi's.
My iPad 3 is a bit jerky and not nearly as smooth. Getting a new one next month anyway..
Try comparing your iPhone 6 web browsing to an iPhone 5 or 5s or an iPad that is still running 7.1.2
I had a 5S and the 6 is running it much better. I never had a 5. I guess I just got a good one. No issues with this phone at all.
iPad is not running it well but the 6 is fine, better even.
Tell me again how it's not unusable! / wonka
Oh FFS. I don't even know where to begin with this one.
While some people love to jump on any "I hate the thing" train, for a great number of us, I say with confidence that our much-relied-upon devices are just that. Unusable or nearly so.
I am fully patched.
I am clean restored and restored from backup. And yet...
It takes sometimes 4, 5 taps in a field - in Safari, in Messages - to type. Safari...honestly I've given up just checking out sites as common as freaking AMAZON because the sites reload endlessly ("a problem has occurred...")
1 out of 3 times I try to send a messages attachment, photos are unviewable, or I crash to home screen. In 20 minutes of Twitter, IG, FB, and Mail on a 5s I crashed to home screen - after a hard reset! - 13 times.
I'm not taking any more of my day to write these up for you. That's unusable. I don't have that kind of time. Right now I skip sending, photos (my ?%# camera crashes to homescreen or saves a random, blurry image in place of HDR!) or do so from my MBP. I've been an Apple user since 1996.
As a software engineer: you're wrong.
Oh FFS. I don't even know where to begin with this one.
While some people love to jump on any "I hate the thing" train, for a great number of us, I say with confidence that our much-relied-upon devices are just that. Unusable or nearly so.
I am fully patched.
I am clean restored and restored from backup. And yet...
It takes sometimes 4, 5 taps in a field - in Safari, in Messages - to type. Safari...honestly I've given up just checking out sites as common as freaking AMAZON because the sites reload endlessly ("a problem has occurred...")
1 out of 3 times I try to send a messages attachment, photos are unviewable, or I crash to home screen. In 20 minutes of Twitter, IG, FB, and Mail on a 5s I crashed to home screen - after a hard reset! - 13 times.
I'm not taking any more of my day to write these up for you. That's unusable. I don't have that kind of time. Right now I skip sending, photos (my ?%# camera crashes to homescreen or saves a random, blurry image in place of HDR!) or do so from my MBP. I've been an Apple user since 1996.
As a software engineer: you're wrong.
As I software engineer, I just laugh at threads like this with no understanding of softwares. I have none of these issues mentioned on all my devices. Even if I did it's not enough to piss me off and whine knowing apple will do its best to have a quick turn around or update. It's the first release its impossible to be bug free when you have to meet a deadline in releasing the software. No matter how much QA you do before release, some bugs are not discovered until the software is in the hands of end users. Believe me if these bugs were known prior to release they would have been correctedprior to release. Give it some time, it's not like it's unusable.
Yeah I've seen some videos of the 6 on YouTube opening things up and I can see the lag as well on those. I really miss the smoothness of 7.1.2. I'm using my iphone 4 right now on 7.1.2 to type this and browsing on safari is actually more responsive than safari on my 5 is running safari on ios8! There clearly are issues with 8 just as there were with the initial release of 7. I think a lot of the new people with iphone 6s who say everything is normal and fine probably are new iphone owners or haven't used 7.1.2. Or they really just don't notice the little annoying things that are really there and their excitement of their new phone makes them ignore it! Hopefully we don't have to wait months to get a more polished version of 8 that doesn't have those annoying bugs and runs smoother!
Totally agree with you. As a developer, this is as buggy a release as Apple has had. This is a classic example of having a fixed date to release hardware and they tried to back into the delivery date of the corresponding OS. Hardware was ready, sales team was ready, manufacturing was ready, management was ready, and of course the Marketing team was ready....but, alas, the Software was not allowed to go through a thorough QA cycle, hence the issues with cellular operability, etc. But in 3 months this will all be forgotten unfortunately. The lesson learned: if you can avoid it, don't be an early adopter of an OS. Period. Let's someone's poor guy QA it for you.
Your 100% right. There are two types that argue with the idea that this OS is particularly bad: extreme fanboys or those who are lucky enough to have no issues with their device.
iOS 8 is a disaster
What does an apple user since 1996 have anything to do with it? This is a different software we are talking about today.
I don't need to argue here and I never said there was nothing wrong with ios 8. Give Apple a break. If Apple did not add any new features in iOS 8, you guys will start complaining. In a software, anytime you add a new feature or make a drastic change, there is a possibility of breaking existing functionality. With the time Apple had trying to complete ios 8 by the release of the iPhone and the amount of new features they developed, I'm blown away!
My point I tried to make is that I'm more forgiving with bugs during early release since I understand the process in software development. Apple will try to correct them as soon as they can in future updates. They will eventually sort it out.
I'm sorry I do not buy that ios 8 is unusable. Is it bug free? Definitely not.
What does an apple user since 1996 have anything to do with it? This is a different software we are talking about today.
I don't need to argue here and I never said there was nothing wrong with ios 8. Give Apple a break. If Apple did not add any new features in iOS 8, you guys will start complaining. In a software, anytime you add a new feature or make a drastic change, there is a possibility of breaking existing functionality. With the time Apple had trying to complete ios 8 by the release of the iPhone and the amount of new features they developed, I'm blown away!
My point I tried to make is that I'm more forgiving with bugs during early release since I understand the process in software development. Apple will try to correct them as soon as they can in future updates. They will eventually sort it out.
I'm sorry I do not buy that ios 8 is unusable. Is it bug free? Definitely not.
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Why didn't you guys downgrade before the signing window closed?
It would've solved your problems.
It would've solved your problems.
I'm not having major problems with my 5S here. Just some minor annoyances that really don't effect the phone that much. When uploading pictures in certain apps, the photo window is a bit laggy and crashed on me once. The red update badge has been on the Settings icon since I updated to 8.0.2 and hasn't gone away. Sometimes the phone is a big laggy in general and I did notice my Wi-Fi hasn't been reaching as well at work as it used to, but overall it isn't so bad. I'm hoping they fix the issues soon though.
How about:
Because I'm a UX designer supporting an iOS8 extension?
I'm familiar with release cycles and cost of major new features.
Being a user since 1996 is completely relevant: one reason I am such a supporter of Apple is because I am accustomed to things being released with full testing cycles.
When I can't rely on Safari, my camera works only after a soft reset, and my wi-fi...meh, not worth it. Unusable need not be defined as being bricked.
Because I'm a UX designer supporting an iOS8 extension?
I'm familiar with release cycles and cost of major new features.
Being a user since 1996 is completely relevant: one reason I am such a supporter of Apple is because I am accustomed to things being released with full testing cycles.
When I can't rely on Safari, my camera works only after a soft reset, and my wi-fi...meh, not worth it. Unusable need not be defined as being bricked.
What looks like a universal problem? If anything most things don't seem to be universal or even anything close to it. Sure, plenty of people are experiencing some sort of issues of one kind or another, and some still are just nitpicking things that might be a bit different but can barely be annoyances at best, but quite a few people aren't really experiencing most issues and the few they might run into here and there aren't really much more than what they've come across in various previous iOS versions and/or things that aren't really "destroying" the use of their device or the enjoyment/usefulness they get out of it.
You obviously have never had to develop a product of any sort w/ a user base. It's practically IMPOSSIBLE to release something on that scale with absolutely no bugs or hiccups. With thousands of features and things going behind the scenes and millions of users with your product on day one, there will undoubtedly be things that are overlooked and sometime things can't be fully tested until it actually gets released.
I'm not defending apple, but consumers seem way too entitled these days.
And me... the standby time on my old 4s is now well over three days (with ~3 hours of usage on the clock to boot). iOS 8 has been one of my better experiences (on both my phone and iPad mini).
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iOS 8 is a disaster
8.0.2 fixed the early 'major' bugginess and gave a little extra battery time.. But I still had 'disappear crashing' on several apps and occasional screen freeze issues..
I have a dev account with Apple and have 8.1b1 on my phone. It solves all remaining issues I had on my iPhone 6 and has really improved battery life - by 10-15% for me over three to 4 days testing now. I keep very accurate records and use my phone about the same each day. So I can do accurate comparison battery testing..
With moderate usage - BlueTooth off, Push Mail off, Screen 65% Brightness and all Location Services/SystemService switches off (which everyone should keep off) except Traffic and BackgroundApp refresh off (which everyone should keep off) - I'm getting 5 Hours Usage and 9 hours standby - before recharge necessary.
And that's on just a 6 - not 6+.. Needless to say - no recharge mid-day necessary.
Everybody shouldn't forget to give your battery meter a good calibration after you receive your phones.. Let the phone battery run ALL THE WAY OUT - til it turns off. And then FULLY charge to top... Then your battery will be giving you accurate info. Before you do that the readings you get will be wonky and inaccurate. Notice I didn't say 'battery conitioning'.. which is no longer necessary on these new Lion Batteries we've had for several years. But I said - 'batter level meter calibration' - which IS still necessary for accurate readouts.
Have fun! iOS8 is getting better!
8.0.2 fixed the early 'major' bugginess and gave a little extra battery time.. But I still had 'disappear crashing' on several apps and occasional screen freeze issues..
I have a dev account with Apple and have 8.1b1 on my phone. It solves all remaining issues I had on my iPhone 6 and has really improved battery life - by 10-15% for me over three to 4 days testing now. I keep very accurate records and use my phone about the same each day. So I can do accurate comparison battery testing..
With moderate usage - BlueTooth off, Push Mail off, Screen 65% Brightness and all Location Services/SystemService switches off (which everyone should keep off) except Traffic and BackgroundApp refresh off (which everyone should keep off) - I'm getting 5 Hours Usage and 9 hours standby - before recharge necessary.
And that's on just a 6 - not 6+.. Needless to say - no recharge mid-day necessary.
Everybody shouldn't forget to give your battery meter a good calibration after you receive your phones.. Let the phone battery run ALL THE WAY OUT - til it turns off. And then FULLY charge to top... Then your battery will be giving you accurate info. Before you do that the readings you get will be wonky and inaccurate. Notice I didn't say 'battery conitioning'.. which is no longer necessary on these new Lion Batteries we've had for several years. But I said - 'batter level meter calibration' - which IS still necessary for accurate readouts.
Have fun! iOS8 is getting better!
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That's cool to hear! I will update to the beta asap! I'm at a relative's for Eid so probably not for another 10 hours...
It's the best thing it happen to Apple since SJ return. I hope he stays wherever he is.