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iOS 14.7.1 ― Bug Fixes, Changes, and Improvements

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Still has very bad battery time on my 12 PM. Introduce this with 14.6 I guess.
 
One enhancement I have recently noticed is in switching from Wi-Fi to 4G.

In the past, while it has worked, the signal often reached unusable on Wi-Fi before deciding to switch – resulting in a gap or a re-synch. It is now doing so smoothly. As a regular radio listener (mainly BBC Sounds) this is appreciated. If I go from sofa, to kitchen, to garden, the program simply continues without any detectable issues. My Wi-Fi fades as I go out of the door into the garden so it does need to switch at some point.

(I do have unlimited data so don’t really care which it uses – so long as it works OK.)

Not sure if this is 14.7 or 14.7.1 but I only realised after installing 14.7.1. It could even be something else entirely.
 
Banglazed said:
Looks like it’s been pulled since no longer shows up on dev portal
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Same here, it’s not showing up on the watch or on the watch app on the iPhone. As a matter of fact, it has never shown up here, yesterday (many looks) as well as today.
 
Davidalan said:
It’s like a soft reset. Press and release the volume up button, then press and release the volume down button, then press and hold the side button (right side) till the apple appears and then let go. Phone will reset and stop all running apps. This is for a phone with no home button.


For iPad Pro with Face ID: Press and quickly release the Volume Up button. Press and quickly release the Volume Down button. Press and hold the Top button until your device begins to restart. Continue holding the Top button until your device goes into Recovery Mode.

For iPhone 8 or later: Press and quickly release the Volume Up button. Press and quickly release the Volume Down button. Then, press and hold the Side button until you see the recovery-mode screen.

For iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, or iPod touch (7th generation): Press and hold the Sleep/Wake and Volume Down buttons at the same time. Don’t release the buttons when you see the Apple logo. Continue to hold both buttons until you see the recovery mode screen.
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I see people recommend this, and it's a bad idea.

The only time you should do this is if the phone is hung (locked up) and you can't do anything else.

This is the equivalent to unplugging your computer instead of shutting it down properly, and has absolutely NO benefits over turning the phone off (slide to power off) and then back on again. It is unlikely to corrupt data due to the way Apple handles syncing, but can still do so, whereas turning the phone off and on has no risk at all.
 
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Got imediate eyestrain / headache after updating to ios 14.7 and 14.7.1 with my iphone 8. I am sensitive to newer phones but never had any issue with this device. might they be enabled dithering or something? anyone else any knowledge about that?
 
Since 14.4, my SE 2nd gen has gotten quite warm while charging. This seems to have stopped once I updated to 14.7.1.
 
14.7.1 has been awful for my 6s Plus. Simple scrolling through text messages starts it heating on the upper right side of the screen, the scrolling starts stuttering and battery life sucks.

Twice since the update, I’ve had to force restart it (hold home and sleep) because it decided that it had no 4G/LTE connectivity.

I’m really starting to look at non-apple phones at this point, because the iOS 14 series has been so toxic to this older phone.
 
DavePurz said:
14.7.1 has been awful for my 6s Plus. Simple scrolling through text messages starts it heating on the upper right side of the screen, the scrolling starts stuttering and battery life sucks.

Twice since the update, I’ve had to force restart it (hold home and sleep) because it decided that it had no 4G/LTE connectivity.

I’m really starting to look at non-apple phones at this point, because the iOS 14 series has been so toxic to this older phone.
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It sucks your experiencing these issues but to be fair your running a phone that was released in 2015 and should have had an extra 1GB of ram to begin with.

I would imagine any android phone that is 6 years old and just happened to get updates that long (which never happens) would run just as slow or worse.
 
ipooed said:
It sucks your experiencing these issues but to be fair your running a phone that was released in 2015 and should have had an extra 1GB of ram to begin with.

I would imagine any android phone that is 6 years old and just happened to get updates that long (which never happens) would run just as slow or worse.
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In defence of the 6s+ mine is running fine on 14.7.1. Just updated 40+ apps without any heat being generated. No stuttering or battery drain. I did get the battery replaced when Apple were offering it at a good price and the phone only has light use so it’s battery health says 98%. From my perspective I am still amazed that Apple is providing updates for this model and it still seems as perky as it did on iOS 9.
 
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I have been very reluctant of updating my 12PM to 14.7 so I have been on 14.6 for quite some time as it’s been really solid for me.
I have updated to 14.7.1 about 2 days ago and the phone seems to run a little smoother and battery is just as solid, no major issues or bugs, just sporadic stutters in animations and the never going away YouTube frame drop in 60fps videos, which I don’t think will ever be fixed.
 
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In defence of the 6s+ mine is running fine on 14.7.1. Just updated 40+ apps without any heat being generated. No stuttering or battery drain. I did get the battery replaced when Apple were offering it at a good price and the phone only has light use so it’s battery health says 98%. From my perspective I am still amazed that Apple is providing updates for this model and it still seems as perky as it did on iOS 9.
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It's so weird. The problem is baffling me. This particular heating situation was happening on WiFi. Problem started with the iOS 14 series of updates.

Oh, and I'm an iPhone owner from the iPhone 1 days. I've always marvelled at how iPhones never heat up when doing normal things like web surfing and texting. And yeah, everything had been forced closed, no JB, just the stock config.

My old iPad Air 2 is absolutely FINE on this version. LONG battery life, etc.

I'm beginning to wonder if a DFU restore might be in my future to solve this.
 

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It's so weird. I've posted this photo before, but the problem is baffling me. This particular heating situation was happening on WiFi. This all started with the iOS 14 series of updates.
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Any chance, do you know the temperature that the phone is supposed to be at idle? Have you used any CPU monitoring apps to see what the overall usage percentage is when it is warm? Ideally, it should sit around 5%, anything higher indicates the phone is busy doing "something."
 
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