Sidebar Sidebar
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.

Iphone 4 - much faster?

H

hobx

macrumors regular
Original poster
Sep 6, 2010
127
1
When the I upgraded to IOS 5 there was a substantial slow down imo. But IOS6 seems to have a definite snappyness to it. Application switching, tabs in safari, even syncing all seem faster.

Hows it for you?
 
hobx said:
when the i upgraded to ios 5 there was a substantial slow down imo. But ios6 seems to have a definite snappyness to it. Application switching, tabs in safari, even syncing all seem faster.

Hows it for you?
Click to expand...

+1
 
I've had it a few days now and it's been snappier than iOS 5 ever was for me. I restored my phone and started from an icloud backup though so not sure what an update to the OS will do though.
 
x&y said:
Looks far too complicated to me...

I'll just wait a couple more days for the official version.
Click to expand...

That link and the information in it is atrocious, it makes it out to be woefully complicated when all you do is hold down alt while clicking on restore and navigating to the ipsw.
 
iOS 6 runs like a dream on my iPhone 4. I'm really impressed with the speed improvements to Safari. Actually stopped using Chrome now thats how impressed I am with it.

Only issues are the App/iTunes stores but thats a back-end/server issue which will be fixed before the public launch
 
bbfc said:
iOS 6 runs like a dream on my iPhone 4. I'm really impressed with the speed improvements to Safari. Actually stopped using Chrome now thats how impressed I am with it.

Only issues are the App/iTunes stores but thats a back-end/server issue which will be fixed before the public launch
Click to expand...

Chrome was always slower than Safari on iOS, even on iOS 5. Not by design, but by the fact Apple doesn't allow third party browsers to use the most up to date webkit. Only Safari gets that privilege.
 
WeegieMac said:
To fully benefit I'd always recommend a fresh install of a new version of iOS.

Updating leaves remnants of iOS 5 and all your months of usage under there ...
Click to expand...

I've updated on top of old data just fine and my phone is as fast as friends who did clean installs. There's really no evidence that fresh installs increase performance.
 
Badandy said:
I've updated on top of old data just fine and my phone is as fast as friends who did clean installs. There's really no evidence that fresh installs increase performance.
Click to expand...

I just like to clear out the "junk" that's accumulated through weeks/months of use on the outgoing OS. I don't like the idea of an update replacing certain pieces of the OS as opposed to replacing the entire OS with a fresh install.
 
So,to make my iphone 4 faster,I have to do a clean restore and set up as a new iphone?
 
So I installed the ios 6 on iphone 4 with a clean restore and I gotta say,some apps just open instantaneously,it's really really fast and I really recommend to update to ios 6.
 
My iPhone 4 has been performing a lot better I've noticed with the exception of my home button which has started failing recently. Oh well my 5 will be here Friday!
 
Yes, my iPhone 4 feels snappier after a DFU install of 6.0 GM. Much improved over iOS 5. But, it'll be a slug again once my iPhone 5 shows up on Friday!
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Register on MacRumors! This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.
Top Bottom
Back