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iOS 8 Users Seeing Issues With Battery Drain, Slow Wi-Fi
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Honestly, I think this people claiming this are on drugs. I have the iPhone 6 Plus and not a single issue with WiFi or battery. Hallucinations I think.
Everything is alright
I have upgraded my iphone 5 as soon as it was made available without any issues. Though I don't use my phone significantly beyond phone calls, fb, whatsapp, quick browsing, sms, emails. Is it specific to new phones?
I have upgraded my iphone 5 as soon as it was made available without any issues. Though I don't use my phone significantly beyond phone calls, fb, whatsapp, quick browsing, sms, emails. Is it specific to new phones?
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I'm expecting that with Yosemite 10.10.0 as well.
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I've had problems with the star plants visually shooting from left of the plant, but they actually hit the zombies on my 6+.
i always thought Apple just worked. Guess that's not true anymore. Crazy how everyone here slams android phones for having a os that is flawed but then makes up every excuse on why its ok for Apple release a flawed os. I have used iPhones and used android phones. Both work just fine.
So far I can say I haven't had any issues with my 6 Plus. I did not restore from backup. My wife did and she's having the wifi issues. Tried doing what it said here on the front page but no dice.
Excessive battery drain is not just a phantom or the result of using the phone more to play with features - it seems to be, as seems to be fairly common in my experience with the last several versions, likely caused by one or more misbehaving apps with respect to location services.
After upgrading, my phone was plugged in for an hour with negligible gain in charge level, and felt warm. After going straight to location services in setting, I disabled anything that wasn't strictly necessary, noticing that there are new categories of access now - not just yes or no, but "Always", "When Using", and "Never".
After that? Presto! No more battery drain issue and I charged normally. I still need to play with the apps one by one to figure out which one was misbehaving (or which ones were).
After upgrading, my phone was plugged in for an hour with negligible gain in charge level, and felt warm. After going straight to location services in setting, I disabled anything that wasn't strictly necessary, noticing that there are new categories of access now - not just yes or no, but "Always", "When Using", and "Never".
After that? Presto! No more battery drain issue and I charged normally. I still need to play with the apps one by one to figure out which one was misbehaving (or which ones were).
Me and probably most of the people in here don't go around Android forums talking trash.
It seems you do not understand how software (OS, firmware) works and how hard it is for programmers to make it work flawlessly on millions of devices, all over the world and with a zillion different combinations of settings and operating conditions. If it was that easy then we would only get .0 releases.
We are here talking about battery life and Wi-Fi issues with our iPhones and you certainly don't add up anything to this discussion.
You missed the point. EVERY YEAR Apple releases a point update that has as one of the items being fixed is "battery life issues". It doesn't matter if only a few, some, or many experienced it... When Apple puts out an update and makes mention of a fix for battery life issues they themselves are saying that there was a problem and it has been resolved.
Every year there are those who deny that there are battery issues with a new release of iOS who then disappear and remain silent when Apple releases an update that addresses this supposed non-issue.
New iOS, new products; what do you expect? No testing program in the world is as effective at finding bugs than having a few million people use your products. That's not slackness on Apple's part - it's just how it it, because a bug isn't discovered until it's discovered, and no amount of complaining or "threatening" will change common sense and patience.
Once you acknowledge how immensely complex and precise computing platforms are, and then factor in human error which we are all subject to, you learn to accept that nothing can be done about bugs until the code has been parsed with a fine tooth comb, line by line, with human eyes examining it for errors that were overlooked initially. Every author needs a proof reader, and even proof readers are human.
If you experience bugs, just be thankful that you can rest assured that Apple care enough about your experience that they WILL actually fix them, but realise that it takes time, especially so for a company with a constrained supply of A+++ grade talent working for them (they don't hire idiots, in other words).
Once you acknowledge how immensely complex and precise computing platforms are, and then factor in human error which we are all subject to, you learn to accept that nothing can be done about bugs until the code has been parsed with a fine tooth comb, line by line, with human eyes examining it for errors that were overlooked initially. Every author needs a proof reader, and even proof readers are human.
If you experience bugs, just be thankful that you can rest assured that Apple care enough about your experience that they WILL actually fix them, but realise that it takes time, especially so for a company with a constrained supply of A+++ grade talent working for them (they don't hire idiots, in other words).
First of all I use both ios and android. Second bashing android is a major item on this forum, and yes many apple fans go to android forums to bash them. Wake the hell up.
My android phone never gives me any issues and my iphone on the latest and greatest is a mess. So I guess my note 3 is a better phone, at least for me.
I do understand that there are millions of different ways people use their phones, but its amazing how my android phone, used by millions, does everything I want with no issues and my iphone doesn't.
ALL platforms have issues, Android has many more than I care to count, or than you'd be willing to admit. Maybe you don't notice the little details that other people notice - fair enough, but all software is riddled with bugs that are laying dormant, until a certain combination of factors trigger them.
"No issues" is subjective opinion, and it is extremely likely that your not having noticed any issues may possibly be related to your level of knowledge of what should and shouldn't be present in a very very complex OS, including UI elements, transition timings etc - things that the normal user isn't expected to know about in great detail, but which matter immensely to UX.
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I had a high drain for a couple of days...
because of all the App updates!
One bug which I am sure of is the slow response to web pages or apps not responding. But, I expected many issues and it has already been reported that apple has a war room set up watching social media for reported bugs.
because of all the App updates!
One bug which I am sure of is the slow response to web pages or apps not responding. But, I expected many issues and it has already been reported that apple has a war room set up watching social media for reported bugs.
Apple, if you are reading, here is a bug:
Spotlight search - search for a local business which is already in your address book - select the web hit - Select Add to existing Contact at bottom - one the contacts open, search for the restaurant. You won't be able to because the address books freezes and there is no way out until a Hard Restart is completed.Excuse my ignorance on Android, but let me know when was the last time you had a major update on your Note 3. Because, you know, I could keep my 4S on iOS 5 and keep bragging on how fast and stable it is. I chose to update to iOS 8.0 when I could wait for 8.0.1 or even 8.1. Most of my friends are on iOS 7. My iPhone and theirs "just work" for all I can say. Personally I like to experience the "latest and greatest" and even report on features that don't work as they should or I don't like. And, yes, I have seen things change on iOS after being requested by many users.
Also, do you use 2 devices all day long? Really? Didn't you sell your iPhone 5 for a Note 3? Did you get another one? You have never talked about a specific issue with your iPhone. All your posts are just dismissing the iPhone and bashing Apple for not being perfect.
Bull !! these issues happen for all the iOS releases. Half baked code shoved down everyone's throat. Why release the version when it was not tested for all the devices ?? its just effing 5 phones( 4s,5/5C,5s,6,6+) that they need to test it against...
Your argument has more merit in the Windows/Android world, since there is one core OS, a zillion different devices that attach to it, and even more combinations.
The conditions for an iPhone are very controlled as far as manufacturing specifications. There are exactly 6 different hardware/software** combinations of iPhone 6's, 3 different configurations of 5S, 3 of iPhone 5, and in the iPhone 4 world, it gets a little sketchier, as there are GSM/CDMA versions of those.
I see this as more of a failure (anything that is not class 3 or higher bug) of the beta testing process, where you have to pay to be a beta tester (developer), rather than a somewhat open beta, where data is collected on your device.
I can see that coming soon for IOS 8.1
**EDIT: I meant Hardware for each IOS version, not general software, where the battery indicator would indicate high usage.
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I agree, this has a lot to do with background refresh/push notifcations and apps that are not yet ready for iOS8.
I had similar background drain issues with a certain app after switching from iOS6 > iOS7. There was also a rogue app causing the drain. After removing the app it resolved the drain. The app released an update (months later) which resolved the drain finally. It was however very hard in the previous versions to find out the app which caused the drain. In iOS8 that is much easier now with 'Battery usage'. See also this article and this one on iMore.
I've seen others who had background process off for e.g. Google Hangout and Skype but still had major battery usage since iOS8.
Please look also into the apps which are allowed to use 'Background refresh' and 'Push Notifications' and see what happens if you turn it off for certain apps which are high in 'the battery usage' overview. If turning off push/background refresh doesn't help then you could temporary remove the app and see if that resolves it.