HAHA, yes! And just all of the other os' and or devices on the planet need it once in a while, I just do it preemptively now in case and it has made my life much easier!
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iPad Air 2 horrible performance with iOS 11
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A lot of what is said on third party sites is just phone shop talk I feel. If these steps were recommended, Apple would integrate them. After 11 versions of iOS and rolling these updates out to hundreds of millions of users one would assume they would at least mention it in a support article, which they only do in one scenario: your device is unresponsive. Please provide some evidence based on measurable data or link to the manufacturer if you think it’s recommended.
And no, no Apple genius or Applecare rep ever attempted these steps in a troubleshooting scenario with me either.
I’m not sure if there isn’t a scenario where stuff could happen if I force a device into a restart. What if some background process is still alive and happily syncing data into some cloud service? What if data gets corrupted?
Seems similar to me as pulling the plug from my Mac while it’s running and then rebooting it.
I bet there’s a reason why it’s not really mentioned often by Apple.
11.1 Beta on Air 2 is even smoother now. Five finger close is much better. Pretty pleased with my Air 2 on IOS 11.
Air 2 is from 2014. Some stutters are expected, but as a whole I have zero reason to upgrade.
I disagree. Simply turning on the screen should not cause stuttering on an Air 2. More demanding tasks, perhaps, but not for simple actions.
Yes. I downgraded my other iPad last night. I'm going to go a little slower before i update them again, especially the Mini 4.
Seemed like it was principally to address the iPhone 8 earpiece crackle.
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Or, more accurately, 11.1 beta fixes that. Sometimes the public release goes backward on performance or features of the beta. Here's hoping not this time.
Don't get me wrong, I do hope. But I'm not betting my life on it. After going through the process of restoring two iPads to 10.3.3, I am going to be cautious about jumping back to iOS 11. Here's a funny thing, though - I didn't see any battery life changes. I downgraded because I didn't like the jerky, laggy performance.
My gosh I wish I could jump back to IOS 10 on my Air 2.
Having horrible battery problems and weird dock bugs.
I mean I guess technically I could go back still. But my last backup was months ago and I have way too many pictures to be stored in iCloud. I guess restoring means I’d lose a lot right? Never done it before and not the best with Apple products.
Original 4 year old Air here. After upgrading to 11 the iPad had laggy typing that began months ago on 10. A “reset settings and content” without restore did not help so I took it to an Apple Store. They checked the hardware (ok) and did a deeper firmware reset. That fixed the problem. Then I started reinstalling essential third party apps (I had taken screenshots of the ipad’s Home screens so I could see what apps I had installed prior).
The iPad feels new now and I have a lot more storage room. Lesson for me: in these days of cloud storage, setting up as new is not difficult and worth it. Software crud seems to accumulate.
This procedure using iTunes on a computer might replicate the factory reset that I got at the Apple store, I don’t know: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201252.
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iPad Air 2 with iOS 11.1 beta 1. My iPad is now about 20% more slow then with iOS 10.3.3. Some bugs here and there but the system is stable. More battery drain now (around 15% more). 11.1 a is a little more fast of 11.
Air 2 is an ancient old device now. It's incredible you are still getting free iOS updates every year. But if you want the very best iPad experience, you must now upgrade to one of the new iPad Pro models.
Ancient? It's 3 years old - that hardly qualifies as ancient. For myself, I don't see enough value in the new iPads to update.
In terms of mobile technology, yes 3 years is ancient.
You don't have to upgrade, but don't expect to still enjoy a buttery smooth experience when you are using iOS 11 that was built for better hardware.
Apple is not going to stop enhancing and building even greater versions of iOS just to keep buyers of old devices happy.
Which is why I'll probably drop out of the tablet market when the Air 2 becomes unusable. For me, Apple tablets are too expensive and too much of a niche product with marginal utility to warrant updating as regular as phones. For me, it's a luxury, not a necessity so when it's too painful to use (sluggish), I'll be done.