iOS 10 on iPhone 5 Feels Super Laggy

[Pressure]

They fixed scrolling in iOS 10, so that alone is worth the price of admission.

I updated OTA and have no issues whatsoever with my iPhone 5. Though, I do hate the fact that pre-TouchID devices have to double tap home to unlock. Who thought that was a good idea?! They could at least have given us the option to use the old Slide to Unlock.

 

[2457248]

They fixed scrolling in iOS 10, so that alone is worth the price of admission.

what exactly was wrong with scrolling?

 

[Radon87000]

Seems like various people have said it's fairly good on iOS 10. An example:

Thats just his opinion.There will always be people who claim slow devices are fast enough.Plenty like me feel iOS 8.4.1 is still faster than iOS 10 as a particular video also proves

 

[joeblow7777]

Obviously experiences vary: http://arstechnica.com/apple/2016/09/good-news-ios-10-runs-pretty-well-on-the-iphone-5-and-5c/

Planned obsolescence? I don't really think so. iOS devices actually hold up really well over time compared to Android ones.

 

[veedubshafer]

Thats just his opinion.There will always be people who claim slow devices are fast enough.Plenty like me feel iOS 8.4.1 is still faster than iOS 10 as a particular video also proves

Some people think Subarus are fast too.

 

[jk4lebron23]

They fixed scrolling in iOS 10, so that alone is worth the price of admission.

I updated OTA and have no issues whatsoever with my iPhone 5. Though, I do hate the fact that pre-TouchID devices have to double tap home to unlock. Who thought that was a good idea?! They could at least have given us the option to use the old Slide to Unlock.

Go to settings>general>accessibilities>home button and turn on rest finger to open

Edit:nvm just realized you said pre TouchID

 

[Zaft]

Apple's planned obsolescence at its finest.Some will stay in denial though.This is why I like Nexus update policy more than iPhone

stop your looking foolish

 

[Radon87000]

stop your looking foolish

Why?

 

[C DM]

Thats just his opinion.There will always be people who claim slow devices are fast enough.Plenty like me feel iOS 8.4.1 is still faster than iOS 10 as a particular video also proves

And that is similarly just your opinion.

 

[Zaft]

Why?

Well for one this planned obsolescence is BS.

 

[Jazper]

My 6s feels a little laggy after the update. :/

Probably should restore and start your phone up as a new one if you can.

 

[apple.fan]

The iMessages apps don't work in my iPhone 5. Anyone with this problem? I can download the app but when i open it in the iMessage it only shows the app symbol :/

 

[Retired Cat]

10 feels about the same as 9 to me.

 

[kwokaaron]

The iMessages apps don't work in my iPhone 5. Anyone with this problem? I can download the app but when i open it in the iMessage it only shows the app symbol :/

Working fine on mine. Try restarting your phone.

 

[stooovie]

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?

If safari won't even load, that's a telltale sign something is very very wrong. IOS 10 works about the same as 9 on iPhone 5, which is quite surprising given its a four year old device. It seems to be a problem with your installation. Do try a restore.

Look here to see how 10 should work on i5. Mine does.

 

[akash.nu]

5C here. I don't like it . I miss the swipe to unlock. Also the control center it's annoying.

Isn't there a setting where you can change the behaviour?

 

[Paddle1]

Isn't there a setting where you can change the behaviour?

Only on Touch ID devices.

 

[Jayderek]

And that is similarly just your opinion.

he still hasn't realized this...too funny

 

[jr866gooner]

5c here and no glaring issues. Granted there's some delay but nothing that you wouldn't expect for a device of its age. I like it so far

 

[anomie]

Apple's planned obsolescence at its finest.Some will stay in denial though.This is why I like Nexus update policy more than iPhone

Yeah too bad you always end up with android on that "great" nexus xD

 

[TitanTiger]

Apple's planned obsolescence at its finest.Some will stay in denial though.This is why I like Nexus update policy more than iPhone

Both of my daughters are running iOS 9.3.5 on iPhone 5 devices with zero issues. Apple supports phones far longer than any Android OEM.

 

[mi7chy]

They fixed scrolling in iOS 10, so that alone is worth the price of admission.

Any improvements to Safari inertial scrolling which is usually slow as heck?

 

[C DM]

Any improvements to Safari inertial scrolling which slow as heck?

Seems like that's by design there (for whatever reason) on Apple's part.

 

[GreyOS]

helped upgrade my partner's iphone 5 OTA something happened which i thought was unusual and resulted in quite a bit of slow down.

her hotmail account required her password again and after entering it seemed all her emails had gone. the slowdown then occurred as it was redownloading over a decade of emails. mail app unusable and had to temporarily switch to 1 month sync only rather than no limit (latter is better for nostalgia searches!)

so one possible fringe case cause of slowdown on iphone 5 is due to redownloading emails, which could take several hours or days depending!

 

[maxsix]

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?

Google Drive is my choice over iCloud. It's faster, requires fewer steps, it's free and is part of Google's excellent open, cross platform Ecosystem. Easily accessable from PC or Mac, Android or iOS smartphones and tablets, the apps provided for iOS and Android are very well done.