Can you advise if it’s worth upgrading to iOS 18 on an iPhone 11? I don’t want to buy a new phone, but I’ve heard a lot of feedback that iOS 18 doesn’t run very well on the 11
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iOS 18.2.1 ― Bug Fixes, Changes, and Improvements
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Nope…happening on two different devices (case/no case) and button snaps back immediately when released. It doesn’t happen consistently, just a random time when it’s quickly pressed and it’ll lag and trigger Siri.
Hi, I can only tell you that on my iPhone 11 Pro (85% battery health) iOS 18 works the same as on my iPhone 15 Pro Max. So I don't have any major problems.
The only thing I've noticed is that Apple's own apps such as Mail + Safari consume more energy than under iOS 17 - even though we don't have Apple Intelligence in the EU yet. 🤔
I've been having the same issue with Mail. I've deleted it over and over but to no avail.
How has battery life been so far from 18.2?
And bugs and performance
Looking @ specifically iPhone 16 devices (any of em pro or plus or max )
And bugs and performance
Looking @ specifically iPhone 16 devices (any of em pro or plus or max )
16 pro, medium user, not a gamer, get the same battery life as 18.2, can’t really see any difference. Ca 3h SOT on 30-40% during a day until evening.
18.2 and 18.2.1 were awful on 15 Pro Max.
Like, 87% after 20 minutes.
Not sure if it was all foreground but was terrible.
I did a fresh install, and things seem so much better now it's mind boggling. I'll give it a few more days but so far that mystery mail background drain for multiple hours a night seems to have subsided.
YES,
using the 5W charger is surely better for battery health and even helps optimizing the battery capacity as it seems for me since years.
The faster you charge the iPhone or iPad, the worst for the battery.
I really don't understand people using fast chargers. If using the faster and stronger chargers the device (= battery) gets a lot hotter and this is NOT good.
I love the 5W charger a lot and have even bought two more of them to use them at several places if necessary.
They are very cheap second hand because everybody sells them to get the worse and faster chargers...
🤣 bigger is NOT always better....
In iMessage setting, Send & Receive, does anyone have this? Or knows what it means?
If you click it, it does nothing.
This is on some iPhones in Australia, don't know if it's in other countries.
If you click it, it does nothing.
This is on some iPhones in Australia, don't know if it's in other countries.
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I deleted Tips app and my issue is resolved. In the sense that there aren’t any more apps running massively in the background.
I've noticed a little drop in battery performance on my 16 Pro that i got in December, annoying.
Updated my trusty iPhone 14Pro from 17 to 18.2.1. It has 123 GB storage free.
Safari either does not open or stalls within a few seconds of playing online web videos (file shared on my local server). Video from these web sites previously played without issue. If it plays, first the sound goes then the video freezes as if some variable buffer area is exceeded. I installed Dave as a test and the same videos play fine. No issue with my 17.7.1 devices. I turned off Safari's Prevent Cross-Site Tracking. I was thinking perhaps a codec compatibility issue, but Dave would be using the same video engine as Safari?
Edit: This seems to be similar to the safari performance issues some have reported with iOs 18... the security/privacy settings that worked for some don't work for me.
Safari either does not open or stalls within a few seconds of playing online web videos (file shared on my local server). Video from these web sites previously played without issue. If it plays, first the sound goes then the video freezes as if some variable buffer area is exceeded. I installed Dave as a test and the same videos play fine. No issue with my 17.7.1 devices. I turned off Safari's Prevent Cross-Site Tracking. I was thinking perhaps a codec compatibility issue, but Dave would be using the same video engine as Safari?
Edit: This seems to be similar to the safari performance issues some have reported with iOs 18... the security/privacy settings that worked for some don't work for me.
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