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iOS 10 on iPhone 5 Feels Super Laggy

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asoksevil

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So I just updated my iPhone 5 as I want watchOS 3 and despise some people saying the performance is on par with iOS 9, I feel it feels way too slow, some apps like Safari will not even load. There's an overall sluggishness across the board, from animations, opening and closing apps, switching and loading.

Anybody else experiencing similar results? Can I still downgrade to iOS 9?
 
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asoksevil said:
So I just updated my iPhone 5 as I want watchOS 3 and despise some people saying the performance is on par with iOS 9, I feel it feels way too slow, some apps like Safari will not even load. There's an overall sluggishness across the board, from animations, opening and closing apps, switching and loading.

Anybody else experiencing similar results? Can I still downgrade to iOS 9?
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Update your iphone too thats why its laggy hardware cant cope with the software demands.
 
Yeah mines quite laggy but not as bad as the iPhone 4S was on iOS 9. I can live with this, especially when I'm getting the Watch soon and upgrading phones next year.
 
Update your iphone too thats why its laggy hardware
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Standard Answer # 11 in the Cult of Apple handbook.

Hmmm ... was the iPhone 5 NOT included in those models that can update and use iOS 10?
 
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Do a clean install. Plug phone into Mac, do it via iTunes. Do not install from a backup. You want a clean install/restore, and set up as new iPhone. Follow the iTunes prompts.

Do this, and there is a very good chance your iPhone will once again be responsive. For any major release, I never do an "update," I clean install. It makes a noticeable difference. I've given the same advice for iPhones and iPads, and people report it did eliminate the incremental update lag.
 
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I did my update through the phone itself(6+) and I'm way impressed with how snappy it is. I'm sorry if everyone is not satisfied. I guess I got lucky.
 
I have used iOS10 on my iPhone 5 since the beta. It's fine. I disabled the animation (never like it anyway), and it is not any slower than it was on iOS 9. Sure, multi-tasking can feel a bit choppy, but not unbearably slow.
Of course, things was not as blazingly fast when it was on iOS6. But we just have to move forward. This will probably be the last iOS update for the 5 anyway, and I think it handled its lasts days much better than any of the previous iPhones.
 
Velin said:
Do a clean install. Plug phone into Mac, do it via iTunes. Do not install from a backup. You want a clean install/restore, and set up as new iPhone. Follow the iTunes prompts.

Do this, and there is a very good chance your iPhone will once again be responsive. For any major release, I never do an "update," I clean install. It makes a noticeable difference. I've given the same advice for iPhones and iPads, and people report it did eliminate the incremental update lag.
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When you do this, how do you get your photos back on the phone? Or do you just back your photos up to an external hard drive / or computer?
 
CrackerJackToy said:
When you do this, how do you get your photos back on the phone? Or do you just back your photos up to an external hard drive / or computer?
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iCloud or desktop backup. Of course there are other solutions like Google Drive, Dropbox, etc.
iCloud is the easiest, and for 99c per month for 50GB, it's a pretty nice service.
 
chrizzz09 said:
That's normal for the first 1-2 days after updating, iOS does it's usual background things like indexing, scanning for the new learning algorithms etc. It is going to be much smoother in 1-2 days.
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Thanks, after battery run out I charged it back and it's snappier than before. I can still notice the differences between iOS 9 and 10 when switching apps but way better than before.

Velin said:
Do a clean install. Plug phone into Mac, do it via iTunes. Do not install from a backup. You want a clean install/restore, and set up as new iPhone. Follow the iTunes prompts.

Do this, and there is a very good chance your iPhone will once again be responsive. For any major release, I never do an "update," I clean install. It makes a noticeable difference. I've given the same advice for iPhones and iPads, and people report it did eliminate the incremental update lag.
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I have many docs and app files that I need to have with me... I know clean install nught be better but if I want to keep all my stuff, it won't work.
 
can i ask you just a simple question: how do you find yourself with the new lock screen, esp. the new method to unlock the phone? i have an iP5 too and i'm a bit reluctant to update, because i feel the new unlock system was made with touchID in mind.
how is it now, double home press and then passcode?
 
pegamoos said:
can i ask you just a simple question: how do you find yourself with the new lock screen, esp. the new method to unlock the phone? i have an iP5 too and i'm a bit reluctant to update, because i feel the new unlock system was made with touchID in mind.
how is it now, double home press and then passcode?
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5C here. I don't like it :( . I miss the swipe to unlock. Also the control center it's annoying.
 
pegamoos said:
can i ask you just a simple question: how do you find yourself with the new lock screen, esp. the new method to unlock the phone? i have an iP5 too and i'm a bit reluctant to update, because i feel the new unlock system was made with touchID in mind.
how is it now, double home press and then passcode?
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It's DEFINITELY made with Touch ID in mind.

You just press for the finger print and then press again to go to the home screen. It's really simply but takes some getting used too
 
pegamoos said:
can i ask you just a simple question: how do you find yourself with the new lock screen, esp. the new method to unlock the phone? i have an iP5 too and i'm a bit reluctant to update, because i feel the new unlock system was made with touchID in mind.
how is it now, double home press and then passcode?
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It felt kind of weird at first, I am bot used to it yet and I still quite like the slide to unlock. The control center is a good upgrade thought.
 
Apple's planned obsolescence at its finest.Some will stay in denial though.This is why I like Nexus update policy more than iPhone
 
veedubshafer said:
The iPhone 5 was bad on iOS 8. I can't believe they have iOS 10 available for it.
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Seems like various people have said it's fairly good on iOS 10. An example:
mrbyu said:
I've installed it on my iPhone 5, and it definitely feels snappier than iOS 7-8-9, and is perfectly usable overall. On a 4 years old phone! talk about planned obsolescence... :rolleyes:
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