This is why a wait a month or so until all the bugs have been cleared. Granted, this iOS 11 problem only exists to a small few, but it's enough from keeping me from upgrading the first week or so upon release. Same goes with High Sierra. Almost jumped the gun today, but I figure the only thing I find useful, in my case, is the new AFS.
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iPhone Users Complain of App Slowdowns and Performance Drops After Installing iOS 11
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it's just becoming a norm with my iPhone 6. i also get about a good hour on battery life too. it's fun and almost like Magic.
The moment you have to go through the effort of backing up, doing a clean install and restoring your device for 3 hours, that's when iOS stops becoming iOS. Simplicity and 'it just works' was what made iOS successful and distinguished it from the rest. The moment it starts losing this quality and when it starts to become a chore for users to maintain its performance, then iOS has lost its identity and in the end, will start losing its user base.
My 6+ and Mini 4 have actually been snappier since updating to iOS 11, which has made the wait for the iPhone X seem like no big deal.
My series 0 watch, however, has seen a huge drop in battery life. It still lasts all day, but I have 10% left at the end of the day instead of 40%.
My series 0 watch, however, has seen a huge drop in battery life. It still lasts all day, but I have 10% left at the end of the day instead of 40%.
It would’ve been brought up from the first post itself but I guess we are making progress!
I second this. Some of you guys are like General Tarleton at the Battle of Cowpens in 1781, ordering a hasty advance only to be slaughtered because you hadn't the patience to stop and think.
I sincerely hope that most of the folks complaining about hiccups with the new iOS 11 and macOS High Sierra updates are teenagers, because all you grown men and women ought to know better by now.
Early adoption has very few rewards. (Although I suppose I should be grateful for the brave and impatient souls who serve as the vanguard. I like to know the lay of the land before I upgrade myself.)
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A bit sluggish on numerous things (after many days), but no crashes. Photos is annoyingly sluggish. Battery life has definitely been reduced.
Every year it slows down with the X.0 updates and every year it speeds back up as the new OS matures over the course of the year.
How have people not learned this yet?
How have people not learned this yet?
Nope. No beta for me and have been having weird issues. Battery life has definitely been plundered. Bluetooth is being weird (I think thats whats killing battery). Some apps are stupidly slow. others just dont open. If htey are updated they seem to be better. The weird behavior around the wifi on command centre doesnt help much.
Makes me chuckle that people still believe the "reindexing" stuff ... let alone peddle it as a reason.
To what??
Is there another mobile OS that has not been getting more sophisticated, while iOS has?
There’s another mobile OS with perfectly smooth rollouts of new versions, where there are zero issues on any of the installs??
Crazy.
Seems like I would’ve heard about it.
*scratches head, confusedly*
No issues on my 7. Most things are a little faster. A couple (non-Apple) apps have minor visual glitches but they don't detract from the experience and should be fixed by app updates.
I have the worst battery life ever on my iPhone 6S Plus. Just like that: right after installing iOS11 it became unbearable! The readings are so off: I can lose 5 percent in 5 mins. I can stay at 1% for 2 hours sometimes, the other times it's not the case and it might die pretty fast at 1%. I stopped playing with betas a couple of years ago, but it feels like one of them now. I have also experienced terrible crashes and freezes as well. Overall, this is the worst iOS release ever. It feels like Beta 3-4 but not a final product.
Unfortunately no. I did not run beta and have noticed full app freezes on my 6S, particularly with Photos for me. It is bad enough that I kill the app and start fresh. My wife's 6 is even worse.
iOS 11 is definitely one of Apple's worst major releases so far. iOS 10 was much more stable on launch day. Hope they'll fix it soon. My brand-new iPhone 8 Plus is an amazing piece of tech, but iOS 11 makes the total experience a bit less perfect to be honest.
Not sure if it's iOS 11 that causes it, but battery life is also disappointing. Getting almost the same battery life as with my previous iPhone 7 without the Smart Battery Case on it. Shouldn't be like that!
Not sure if it's iOS 11 that causes it, but battery life is also disappointing. Getting almost the same battery life as with my previous iPhone 7 without the Smart Battery Case on it. Shouldn't be like that!
In this case, as it’s a new phone – assuming you restored apps & content from a backup of a previous iPhone – give it a few days. There’s a lot of indexing & optimization happening on the background.
I had a similar experience during the first few days of upgrading from 6S to 7 – and I’m expecting some minor issues when upgrading to iPhone X on Nov 3.
Maybe it's a good thing when android users aren't on the latest build. You buy a phone for 'up to now'. Not the next two years of 'let's hope'.