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iOS 11 on Ipad air 2 anyone?
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Yes. iOS11 introduces software HEVC decode for all hardware not supporting hardware decode.
iPad Air 2 is running ok with ios11 but for two things. Re-charging from the wall socket is a lot slower - like several hours slower than before. Ive tried plugging in the iPad before turning on the power (as suggested somewhere) but improvement negligible. iPhone 8+ recharges more quickly than iPhone 6+ And the keyboard has changed, each key has two sets of symbols now. I did a clean install of ios11 but keyboard still the same. I can live with it but if there was an easy roll back to ios10 I’d take it.
The only thing I find annoying is the lag between opening links in Safari (menu takes a bit to show up after holding in on a link)
Can confirm this was happening on our Air 2. Called Apple to check battery and said the battery was in incredible shape. I hard reset it and then reset all settings. Havent had the issue since.
iOS 11 running great here on Air 2.
Just my everyday struggles...
- Screen does not always rotate back to portrait mode
- Text copy and paste sometimes unresponsive
- Some controls don’t respond to tap particularly when on the edge or corners of the screen
- It’s slooooooooooow! Opening apps (Spotify) take 10-15 seconds!
- Battery indicator shows wrong battery charge - sometimes it screams about only 20% left than after plugging in it jump to 50%.
Battery life comment is interesting. I'm actually seeing slightly better battery life on 11.0 than I did on 10.3.3.
i updated 3 days ago on ipad air 2, i can notice a small bit of lag when opening apps sometimes, my battery life seems the same, i was worried about losing battery life but it seems the same luckily, notice a couple of bugs with the new control centre - hopefully a new update for bug fixes wont be far away
just installed the new bug fix update 11.0.1, and its sorted my app store bug, its now gone. the swipe up control centre bug still exists though, still slight lag with opening apps, better than 11.0.0 for sure, only been 30 mins tho!
While we're talking battery life, I do think I gave up battery life going from iOS 9 to iOS 10 on the Air 2. 11 vs 10 I still think is a wash, based on running iOS 11 since it was released to the public.
Here's the tutorial I followed to roll back to ios 10.3.3: http://www.redmondpie.com/how-to-downgrade-ios-11-beta-to-ios-10.3.2-10.3.3-tutorial/
You need to download the ipsw file for ios 10.3.3, turn off "find my ipad" and put the device in the recovery mode. Once it's detected in itunes, hold "option" key and click "restore" in itunes. It will install ios 10.3.3, the device will restart, and itunes will offer to restore from the backup. It will take 15 min or so in total.
I agree on the five-finger minimization but it is not enough to make me go back to 10.3.3.
Must be true here, too, since I archived a 10.3.3 backup and downloaded the .ispw to restore, but haven't!
I don't use most of the new features, and I'm not crazy about how multi-tasking works in 11, but the enlarged dock works really well for my uses and is probably why I haven't rolled back.
Well...I think I'm going to go back to iOS 10.3.3 on my Air 2 (and then probably the Mini 4, too). I was using my wife's Air 2 this morning and it is so much more fluid, so much smoother. The jerkiness and stuttering are a background annoyance, but still an annoyance.
Yeah, that's a good description. I'll probably stick with iOS 11 in the hopes it gets better, but it's a mixed bag so far.
Loaded iOS 11 on Air 2 and started having some issues. I would be reading something in News and it would arbitrarily shut down and go back to the home screen. Same thing with Facebook but not as often. Downloaded the newest update this morning (11.0.1) and did not experience the problems this morning.