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Almost zero chance ios 11 will be optimized for older devices
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After using the last beta (not the leaked GM) for at least a week, iphone 6, performance is slowly decreasing. Just after the update safari felt snappier, now it’s lagging everywhere.
Battery life is mediocre, with moderate usage lasting till the end of the day. I really hope the final release will be better, but usually the GM doesn’t bring performance increase.
Battery life is mediocre, with moderate usage lasting till the end of the day. I really hope the final release will be better, but usually the GM doesn’t bring performance increase.
You know I wouldn't be surprised if iOS 11 performed the best only on iPhone X. Seems they only optimised iOS 11 for it.
Likely same chip on iPhone 8 and 8 Plus, and IMO it runs fine on the 7 Plus.i don’t know if it’s focally slower or not, but I have no complaints. The 7 Plus does have 3 GB RAM though.
Considering the ton of extra work they've had to do for the new iPad and oled phone interfaces, along with the usual tinkering and versions for all the other devices I wouldn't be at all surprised if it did run like a pig on older devices until one of the later .Releases.
I can guarantee I will not have the issue you are having when I do the install . It will not be present. And I've never done a clean install, to me it's a waste of good time.
Post a video of your phone and then I will believe it. This is not a magical iPhone 7 I own and judging by the above posts I am not alone.
I don't have to list a video as proof. As long as one other person on the internet says they are not having the same issue, that's the corroboration.
I don't have to list a video as proof. As long as one other person on the internet says they are not having the same issue, that's the corroboration.
So you have no answer as to why my iPhone 7 behaves like that apart from just random internet posts. Ok then.
How would anyone know what another's phone does especially on beta and unsupported software? Are we prescient? when your phone is supported software bring it to Apple.
https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...plus-upgrade-questions.2065843/#post-24988801
What do you mean not supported.The ipsw was downloaded from Apple servers and verified by them before install. It’s the release version and we have 5 hours before it’s rereleased.
What’s Apple going to do about it? Phone runs absolutely fine on iOS 10. It’s obviously a flaw with the OS or done on purpose to make 7S and X seem faster.
It's not supported. Can you install it right now? If not, its unsupported. It may have been a leaked not gm for all anyone knows to make sure no one installs it there was a time bomb in the code for the newest hardware. Just as good a theory as yours.
I'll let you know after my own install.
Anything downloaded from Apple's servers is supported. Plenty of customers will be on iOS 10 even after Apple stops signing it. Doesn't mean its not supported.
GM versions have the "5" and "A" removed from the build which this leak does have. Its kernel date is also newer than Public Beta 10 so that's a tiny difference.
Its also been confirmed an Apple employee leaked it and Tim Cook and his team are trying to find him.
Lets make it honest unbiased feedback instead of sniping at each other. Use the home button to exit an app on iOS 10 and then do it on iOS 11
iOS 11 has been fine for me on my 6+ other than some weird delays.. the time it takes Siri to start listening is pretty ridiculous now, I often have to make multiple attempts to get her to listen, where she used to be instantaneous. :/ it’s probably RAM related, but it’s annoying.
It’s been an absolute joy on my 9.7 IPad Pro though, no issues there at all.
It’s been an absolute joy on my 9.7 IPad Pro though, no issues there at all.
A leak is not supported as it's not official. As evidenced by that you can't install it now. iOS 10 is different as it wasn't available for "3 minutes" and then pulled. But your on your own with this as you can't get support for it. That should tell you something.
As far as unbiased, sure let's be unbiased. I'm not sure that is 100% possible as one may be "pickier" than another in a certain area. But I'll wait for the official release and we'll see on a 5s, 6s and 7 to start.
For those of you installing the tvOS profile to stop OTA updates are you using tvOS 10 beta or 11 beta? Not sure if it even matters
Anyone running iOS 11 on iPad Air 2? On iOS 8.4.1 now, and I'm thinking about updating because of the useful multi-tasking features.
Works fine with iOS 11.
And iOS 8.4.1 is WAY too old. iOS 11 would make it feel like a completely new machine.
Thanks. I've been hesitant to update from the original OS on the Air 2 because of the lack of downgrade rights, but the iPad's usefulness has been in question lately. Looks like iOS 11 is finally that MacOS Lite experience the iPad deserves, assuming all the multi-tasking features work on Air 2, so I'll probably try the GM on it later today.
Usually the late betas are a great time to test, since they're pretty stable and you can always downgrade back to previous version. So, when the iOS 9 late betas were out, that would have been the best time to test iOS 9. In fact, even after a new release version comes out, usually there is a window of a few days before Apple stops signing the older version. The issue is if say you wanted to test iOS 11 now, you cannot upgrade back to 8.4. If you wanted to downgrade from iOS 11, you can only downgrade to 10.3.
That said, performance on 10.3 is decent and performance on 11.0 is also decent, but with both, they are both much more advanced than 8.4. Furthermore, iOS 11 brings full compatibility with the new image formats that new iPhones will be spitting out as of next week.
In the case of iOS 8.4, you're missing out on a lot, and in fact, the current versions of a lot of common apps won't even load on it. For example, the minimum OS for the latest versions of Netflix and YouTube is iOS 9.0.
Also iOS 9 added several multitasking features to the iPad. So if you find early versions of iOS 11 don't run to your liking then iOS 10 could be a good in between option as well.