I've updated my "Media" phone. I use it for Spotify, Plex, Radiplayer, calendar and reminders. So not a heavy duty phone at all. But everything is fine on it. I still have a 4S as my daily driver. Might do it in a couple of days.
Yep. Sticking with iOS 7. Still buggy and slow on the 4s.
Downgraded last night back to 7.1.2.. will wait for 8.0.1 or 8.1.
Seriously it's time to upgrade if you're still using the iPhone 4S. You cannot expect a buttery smooth iOS 8 experience on hardware that old. I think it's incredible that Apple is trying to support the device, and it's why I love Apple they never abandon their customers, but really forget about it and buy the next iPhone when it comes out.
So I updated to iOS 8.0.2
I recommend this to 4S users. The phone feels almost to 7.1.2 speeds (probably better in some cases)
I actually think battery life in this update is somewhat better than iOS 8.0.. But definitely improved
So I updated to iOS 8.0.2
I recommend this to 4S users. The phone feels almost to 7.1.2 speeds (probably better in some cases)
So I updated to iOS 8.0.2
I recommend this to 4S users. The phone feels almost to 7.1.2 speeds (probably better in some cases)
yesterday I got 5 hours and 2 minutes usage and 10 hours circa of standby. Now I dwngraded to ios 7.1.2 ... will see what the battery is like. Anyway 7 is much better in terms of usability and fluidness.
Keep us informed.
Apple could make iOS 8 run butter smooth on iPhone 4S. But they won't.
The experience will be adjusted at a particular level which will force you to upgrade to a higher iPhone.
Sad but true story.
Here you go, after downgrade I got 6 hours and 10 minutes use / 19 hours and 49 minutes standby (from full charge to zero). I didn't put in airplane mode at night nor turned it off. It's over 1 hour more than iOS 8.
If this is true... then surely the other phone manufacturers do it too. The last available version of Android for most of its phones also runs like a dog lol
Personally I'm planning to keep 7 on here and simply jailbreak and go back to 7 if they ever force me onto 8.![]()
Did you do the exact same things on that day as you did when it was running iOS8? I think it's very hard to have everything exactly the same.
But it could ofcourse be that iOS8 is asking more from your battery.
I'm still running iOS7.1.2 on a 4S so i haven't tested it for myself.
I don't understand why sanke1 believes that Apple doesn't want to run iOS8 smoothly on a 4S. What is his source that he/she is absolutely sure of this? This was also said for previous versions and iPhones (like iPhone 4 with iOS7 but in that case it was really a hardware issue - only single core processor).
Just suspicion I think - it does tend to be something of a trend. But as I say it seems to happen with Android phones too, at least that I've seen.
8.1 makes it a lot better on my 4s.
Are you running the beta? Please tell us about your experience.
Thanks!