iOS 11 on the iPad is such a better experience than iOS 10 I don't even know where to begin.
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Anyone kept their iPad at 10.3.3?
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My older daughter's mini 2 remains on 10.3.3 and my younger daughter's iPad "4" is still on 9.3.5
Both have 'appropriate' tvOS beta profiles installed.
EDIT: I've been thinking of updating the 4 to 10.3.3 as my iPhone 5 is running well on it.
Both have 'appropriate' tvOS beta profiles installed.
EDIT: I've been thinking of updating the 4 to 10.3.3 as my iPhone 5 is running well on it.
I am keeping my ipad mini 1 from 2013 at iOS9.3.5, Apple capped the update to 9.3.5, and that is where it will stay, what I am surprised is how many app updates it gets that are successful, there must come a point when 32bit updating is no longer viable, and the app and ipad is rendered non functional, I hope that day is years away...
I wish I kept my 10.5 on iOS 10.3.3, but nooo... Like a dummy I listened to some of the members on here that claimed iOS 11 was “buttery smooth” and better than iOS 10. Not true in the slightest! I had a feeling that I shouldn’t update but I did anyways. Big mistake. I was using a third party Instagram app which no longer works, so bye bye iPad and Instagram. The new control center is a pain to use. The dock and multitasking works quite well if you have no problem with constant frame skipping and lag. Oh, and did I mention that battery life has taken a hit? I’m also experiencing more heat than I ever did in iOS 10. And I’m doing the exact same thing I did before I updated. I had a flawless and stable machine, and now I have a buggy mess. Stay with what you have, and don’t think otherwise!
Sorry to hear about your experiences. That same thing happened to me when one of the later iOS 7 point releases came out. I held off updated from 6.x because of all of the problems. But because of the positive and strong declarations of some and the overhyped claims of exposure to an iOS security bug, I went against my better judgment and upgraded iPad. Nearly an identical experience to yours now.
It also happened to my 12.9 iPad Pro with iOS 11. But this time I didn't fall for the hype. It was due to necessity. I had to upgrade in order to maintain inter-system compatibility. Battery life is now in the tank.
The iOS 6 thing happened to me too back in the day. But I updated for app compatibility.
After disastrous effects (lag, slowdowns, crashes everywhere.) I decided I wouldn't update again. Not for any reason. As I said earlier, here I am with my 9.7 iPad Pro on iOS 9. That, this time, will not change.
I wish I had kept my iPad 10.7 on iOS 10. The multitasking sucks.
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I don't see how the multitasking is better at all. If the app you want isn't in the dock, then you need to close the app, open the one you want, then bring up the one you were just using in the dock. That's way more clunky than simply sliding the screen over and selecting the app, from the entire list of apps installed from there.
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I voluntarily stayed on the iOS 11 public beta rather than restore to iOS 10.3 despite the numerous bugs and instabilities just for the improved multitasking features alone.
It mattered that much for me.
I don't see how the multitasking is better at all. If the app you want isn't in the dock, then you need to close the app, open the one you want, then bring up the one you were just using in the dock. That's way more clunky than simply sliding the screen over and selecting the app, from the entire list of apps installed from there.
I'd be interested to know how you go with the 4. I'm still on 9.3.3, but it's been sluggish since I moved off iOS 6. iOS 10 even slowed down my 6s plus, so there's no way that's getting turned up to 11, never mind all my 32 bit, non-subscription apps.
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The 5 and ipad 4 have A6 processors. 10 is the end of the line.
Based on my experience with iPhone 5, I am probably going to upgrade the iPad "4" soon; just gotta make time to do it.
And I agree with your prediction regarding A6 devices not getting iOS 12+.
I guess it all depends on your most common use cases of multitasking. I don’t use multitasking very often, but when I do, 95% of the time the second app is my calculator app. I don’t use it in split screen, but instead use it in Slide Over view. I like how I can now push it to the other side of the screen when it is blocking something I need to see, and then back again, or just push it out of the way and then bring it right back when I need it again. It comes in handy when doing accounting work and similar things, and is much more functional than it was on iOS10.
I keep the calculator app on my dock, so it’s always right there when I need it, and I don’t have to start searching through a list of apps to find it.
Can you, or anyone, link to this tvOS beta profile?
I have some iPads I want to "freeze" on their currently installed iOS and don't want to be nagged about future updates.
At your service (just press Download button):
http://www.ipodhacks142.com/download/tvos-11-beta-profile/
EDIT: tvOS 10 Beta Profile has expired.
If you are going to update iPad 4 to iOS 10.3.3, I'm really interested in results you will have with it. I guess you will update properly and not by OTA to get real results
Let me know if possible cause I'm on ios 8.1 and would to update my iPad 4.
Will do.If you are going to update iPad 4 to iOS 10.3.3, I'm really interested in results you will have with it. I guess you will update properly and not by OTA to get real results
Allso, yes, I will perform the upgrade using iTunes (not OTA). I'll update this thread shortly thereafter.
Great, thank you. So just so I understand, if I install this on iPads that all have iOS 11.2.5 installed, I will not be nagged at all about 11.2.6 or 11.3 or whatever comes out next? I’d be free and clear from any nags at all until, say, iOS 12 comes out?
My iPad remains on 10.3.3 thanks to the iOS beta profile I installed. I only use one 32 bit app so that's not what keeps me on 10.3.3 but rather knowing if I upgrade the performance on my iPad will likely suffer as my older iPads I've owned has when I upgraded them.
I have my iPad 4th gen on 10.3.3 and it is SO slow that the keyboard can take 2 minutes to type out a sentence. REAL SLOW!!
Why the extreme excitement for iOS 12?
It isn't going to perform as well as iOS 10 did on your 10.5 iPP. iOS 11 is this generation's iOS 7. As bad as 11 is (and it is), 7 was worse. Years later, there are issues that were introduced in 7 that remain unresolved in 11.