I noticed the same thing. I remember screaming and moaning in 2019 when iOS 13.0 was released, similar to this uproar. Last year's 14.0 wasn't bad at all.
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Some iPhone 13 Users Reporting Intermittent Touch Issues, Older Models Also Affected After Updating to iOS 15
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Yeah, I liked the feature & I just needed to use it when connecting to WiFi. The code never came up on the keyboard, so I had to go to the message and copy the code
so far i've noticed this on tap to wake and swipe left for camera. but it's very bad when i have to type in my pin. it's very annoying because i have to hit the numbers 3-4 times each. i have the 13 pro. /guy
I’m glad I’m not the only one, was about to break a finger jabbing the screen trying to get it to react. Hope they fix because I’m addicted to my phone 😂
One more reason why I'm staying on iOS 14.8/iPadOS 14.8 until the first bug fix release arrives.
The Face ID unlocking and then not swiping up has happened.
These are all clearly bugs if it’s intermittent and not consistent.
Let’s wait for software before we all think it’s hardware.
These are all clearly bugs if it’s intermittent and not consistent.
Let’s wait for software before we all think it’s hardware.
Craig needs to be fired. Like yesterday. If it's not one thing it's another with him. He is incompetent and iOS/Mac OSX have been plagued with issues ever since Forstall was thrown under the bus by Cook and Craig took over.
He needs to go
He needs to go
I have noticed it when using Pocket Casts and YouTube on 13 max. It works again after closing either app and reopening it. Hopefully it is iOS issue
I‘m having weird issues with my old 10x and 2018 12.9 iPad Pro. Strangely, I didn‘t have as many issues with the beta versions. Both my 10x and 2018 iPad Pro have random touch issues. They also freeze up. My 10x shut down and a notification came up telling me my iPhone experienced an unexpected shutdown because the battery was unable to deliver the necessary peak. That‘s a first for me and battery health is showing 86%. One additional thing happening only on my 2018 iPad Pro is apps close out and randomly open the reminders app. YouTube also jumps to different videos mid stream. All new iOS/PadOS 15 issues for me.
I could not be happier that I decided to sell my iPhone 12 Pro Max and buy a Galaxy Z Fold 3 - 512GB. It is an outstanding replacement for both my 12 Pro Max and my iPad Mini. Android is less buggy than iOS anymore, which is both sad and a testament to Android's progress. I despise Google by the way so I am no Android super fan by any stretch. Apple is beginning to head in the same direction it did with Sculley at the helm. At least some of you are actually starting to come around. Good on you! 😉
Placed my 13 Pro face down for 10 minutes. Turned it over and as reported previously, tap to wake not working.
I am having this issue on a brand-new iPhone 13. I thought maybe it was just the app I was using hanging.. relieved to see this is likely a software issue and we will see a patch coming along soon I'm sure. It's a weird issue.. sometimes the screen suddenly responds to touch again, other times I have to quit the app. I have never had to restart the phone though.
Fair enough. However, many people won't experience the bugs because of their behavior, not because the bugs aren't there.
My daughter and I thought the bug she's experiencing (numbers being entered when typing very fast) was a problem with her new iPhone 13. Then she tried the same experiment and my updated iPhone 12 Pro Max. She encountered the same bug. I would never experience that bug cuz I'm old and slow.
I would never experience the bug which happens after laying the iPhone face down for a long time; I never do that. Even if I did do that and it didn't wake on touch, I would have just lifted the phone assuming my finger was dirty or something. I'm always sufficiently distracted by other things to stop and think about what had just happened.
Conclusion: I wouldn't be a good QA person for iPhones. Apple people should be way better.
Possibly coincidentally, I’ve had touch response issues on my iPhone 6s forever. As I never updated past iOS 12.x, it’s not iOS 15 related.
I assumed it was because of 3DTouch being present (the phone not handling a tap as a normal touch; I assumed this was a design fail, and one reason Apple abandoned pressure sensitivity in later models).
I also notice it’s most likely to happen in Safari, and assumed it had more to do with website design (links will show they’ve been tapped by changing color or underlining, but Safari doesn’t actually go anywhere).
What I’ve also noticed is that the keyboard is obviously multithreaded: autocorrect, spelling, button responses, etc., are all on their own threads, because when the input is slowed down by CPU throttling or certain websites (like this one, Facebook, and twitter), the behavior of the keyboard is WAY worse.
On twitter, for example, the performance is REALLY SLUDGY. I will get completely different words, sometimes even two words inserted at a time, while trying to type something entirely unrelated to those words.
It seems that, when there’s lots of lag, the threads aren’t all “on the same page” and the typing behaviors become really bad.
It did not used to be like this. I haven’t changed the OS on this device in years because of breaking the Apple ecosystem with my Macs. Yet, keyboard behavior has been getting worse every year (including not even responding to typing at all for up to several seconds when switching apps).
Then there’s the unresponsive “Reader Mode” button in Safari’s URL bar (when it bothers to even show up at all). Sometimes three or four taps are needed before it responds. I assume that is also lag.
Once again, it seems that the bloating of website scripting will push me to a newer phone, forcing me to break compatibility with my Macs (which I’ve been waiting to replace because I can spend only once and Apple haven’t released a power-user’s desktop machine at a sane price).
It’s all the more irritating to see that Apple have still not done anything about their habit of adding more bugs and not fixing existing bugs in their Wall Street obsession with pushing more “features” to sell another bunch of new phones every year...
iPhone/iOS was never perfect, but it was never this consistently bad before 2013. iOS 7 was the end of good design and reliability.
I assumed it was because of 3DTouch being present (the phone not handling a tap as a normal touch; I assumed this was a design fail, and one reason Apple abandoned pressure sensitivity in later models).
I also notice it’s most likely to happen in Safari, and assumed it had more to do with website design (links will show they’ve been tapped by changing color or underlining, but Safari doesn’t actually go anywhere).
What I’ve also noticed is that the keyboard is obviously multithreaded: autocorrect, spelling, button responses, etc., are all on their own threads, because when the input is slowed down by CPU throttling or certain websites (like this one, Facebook, and twitter), the behavior of the keyboard is WAY worse.
On twitter, for example, the performance is REALLY SLUDGY. I will get completely different words, sometimes even two words inserted at a time, while trying to type something entirely unrelated to those words.
It seems that, when there’s lots of lag, the threads aren’t all “on the same page” and the typing behaviors become really bad.
It did not used to be like this. I haven’t changed the OS on this device in years because of breaking the Apple ecosystem with my Macs. Yet, keyboard behavior has been getting worse every year (including not even responding to typing at all for up to several seconds when switching apps).
Then there’s the unresponsive “Reader Mode” button in Safari’s URL bar (when it bothers to even show up at all). Sometimes three or four taps are needed before it responds. I assume that is also lag.
Once again, it seems that the bloating of website scripting will push me to a newer phone, forcing me to break compatibility with my Macs (which I’ve been waiting to replace because I can spend only once and Apple haven’t released a power-user’s desktop machine at a sane price).
It’s all the more irritating to see that Apple have still not done anything about their habit of adding more bugs and not fixing existing bugs in their Wall Street obsession with pushing more “features” to sell another bunch of new phones every year...
iPhone/iOS was never perfect, but it was never this consistently bad before 2013. iOS 7 was the end of good design and reliability.