iOS 9.2 Bug Fixes, Changes and Performance Improvements

[alphonseM]

Seems like battery saving mode stays on on 9.2 - can anyone confirm this?

 

[C DM]

Seems like battery saving mode stays on on 9.2 - can anyone confirm this?

What do you mean by stays on?

 

[Stickharuhi]

Try this:
- compose a new email or reply to an email in Mail.
- tap on the text field then the ">" then "Add Attachment"
- select an iWork file in iCloud and tap

Does it attach? Because it doesn't attach for me.

Trying it your way, I can attach files.

Thx I can reproduce.

 

[friednoodles]

Do you have Wifi Assist on?

Yep. Perhaps it's a bug related to that. Never happened in 9.1 though.

 

[Stickharuhi]

Yep. Perhaps it's a bug related to that. Never happened in 9.1 though.

now reproducibly?

 

[lolkthxbai]

Try this:
- compose a new email or reply to an email in Mail.
- tap on the text field then the ">" then "Add Attachment"
- select an iWork file in iCloud and tap

Does it attach? Because it doesn't attach for me.

Trying it your way, I can attach files.

Using the "add attachment" method in an email, I was able to reproduce the bug. Workaround would be to send a copy via the Pages, Numbers, and Keynote app instead. Other document types work fine.

 

[daijholt]

Anyone else noticing that if you try to 3D Touch on the keyboard within a second of writing some text, it doesn't change to the trackpad-like cursor, it just tries to select whatever letter you happen to be pressing. It's like it doesn't register that you're applying pressure within that second after typing. This bug was present in 9.1, but seems to be much worse since 9.2 arrived.

 

[ccarvajal84]

Anyone else noticing that if you try to 3D Touch on the keyboard within a second of writing some text, it doesn't change to the trackpad-like cursor, it just tries to select whatever letter you happen to be pressing. It's like it doesn't register that you're applying pressure within that second after typing. This bug was present in 9.1, but seems to be much worse since 9.2 arrived.

Exactly, I had that feeling in 9.1 and I was expecting them to fix it. Now seems to be even worse.

I don't know if they do that on purpose to avoid the trackpad activate when you type fast and press strong. It seems that they are testing the behavior.

What I've found to make it work all the time is to be sure that I first press slightly whatever key, wait a little moment and after press harder. At least it always work and you don't get frustrated.

 

[Cakefish]

Disappointing, I was hoping for an update from the beta 4 build

Hoping for 9.2.1 before Christmas.

 

[No5tromo]

I'm having Internet connectivity problems since the update on both wifi and 4G and some apps freeze (e.g. Facebook). I'm using a 6s.

 

[sanke1]

Is TouchID better? It was perfect on 9 but got worse with 9.1.

Don't you think it's obvious that they have purposely made it slower on old devices to make V2 on 6S devices to appear faster?

 

[Radon87000]

Don't you think it's obvious that they have purposely made it slower on old devices to make V2 on 6S devices to appear faster?

Yeah.They seem to have gimped TouchID on purpose.I distinctly remember it being much faster on iOS 8

 

[sanke1]

Yeah.They seem to have gimped TouchID on purpose.I distinctly remember it being much faster on iOS 8

I was tired of waiting for my 5S to improve so finally gave up and got a 6S+. So far so good and it is smooth in all the places.

If they make it stutter next year then next phone would be Android Nexus.

I am giving Apple last chance. Thankfully 6S+ is what 6+ should have been. I still laugh on the poor souls who got last year's gimped device and complained all over Macrumors about it's poor performance.

 

[KiraYamato]

Huh?toucHID is still blazing fast for me in ios 9.1, same as before. I am no exception either.

 

[Mighuel]

My iPhone 6 Plus UI lag has been almost completely fixed! Only the swipe down gesture to bring in search bar still lags somewhat. In 9.1 and earlier the task switcher would drop awfully lot of frames but now it's silky smooth. The same thing can be said of my old iPad 4 in terms of task switcher. Otherwise the old iPad is still only barely usable but task switcher performance has improved alot! My iPad Air 2 never had any problems with iOS 9 and this continues to be the case with 9.2

 

[Radon87000]

My iPhone 6 Plus UI lag has been almost completely fixed! Only the swipe down gesture to bring in search bar still lags somewhat. In 9.1 and earlier the task switcher would drop awfully lot of frames but now it's silky smooth. The same thing can be said of my old iPad 4 in terms of task switcher. Otherwise the old iPad is still only barely usable but task switcher performance has improved alot! My iPad Air 2 never had any problems with iOS 9 and this continues to be the case with 9.2

Swipe up CC from lockscreen.Scroll down the list of Apps in Cellular Data.**** ton of lag

 

[C DM]

Huh?toucHID is still blazing fast for me in ios 9.1, same as before. I am no exception either.

Same here, TouchID works as well in 9.2 as it did in 9.1 and earlier versions of iOS 9 as well as in iOS 8.

 

[Beavix]

iphone 6 & 6s+ - world clock app doesn't update unless you kill the app and go back or toggle to alarm and back to world clock. Is this happening to anyone else?

On my 6+ the Clock app seems to be working fine.

 

[Beavix]

Swipe up CC from lockscreen.Scroll down the list of Apps in Cellular Data.**** ton of lag

On my 6+ the lag I see there is now absolutely minor. Barely noticeable.

 

[Barrett85]

Ok so I've noticed a problem since updating my iPhone 6s to 9.2 and was wondering if anyone else had this same issue. Any of my music in ringtones has a distorted crackling sound to it. At first I thought it was my speakers but when going to my music library to listen to music or listening to Pandora, the sound sounds perfect. So, I decided to update our other iPhone 6s and sure enough...after updating that one to 9.2 the same problem occurred on that one. This was NOT happening before the update. Anyone else noticing this after the update?

 

[Kidder1994]

Guys, i need to know if this is a bug in software (bug) or in hardware, sometimes (uncommon and suddenly) the buttons on my earpods stop working, i cant make any action with the buttons but the sound works well, the buttons on the iphone screen works well too and the buttons of the iphone works without problems. (iPhone 6S)

I tried with another earpods from my old iphone 5S and the problem persists...

Anyone have this issue? can it be a iOS bug? it is present since 9.1 and im actually in 9.2, and i don't know if it can be a hardware issue (in the headphone jack i guess).

 

[vwgolfman]

Since updating from IOS 8.x to IOS 9.x on my iPhone and iPad I have suffered no end of problems with POP email.

I was hoping IOS 9.2 would cure such issues but alas no.
There are still serious issues/bugs surrounding this latest release.

Here's just one example (which I hope others could follow to determine whether or not they achieve the same results).......

I can reproduce an issue I'm having with apple mail in IOS 9.2 every time and was wondering if others can test too?
I am running IOS 9.2 on an iPhone 6S+
All emails have been cleared out. i.e. none in my inbox, draft, sent items or deleted items.
I am running 3 x POP email accounts and 1 x IMAP account.

1) I create a new email on my phone and send it to one of the 3 POP email addresses.
It's only a simple email. Subject: "Test" and body "This is a test email".

2) I check my inbox half a minute later and the email arrives.

3) Either left-drag to immediately send the email to the trash bin OR click on the email to read it (it displays correctly at this stage) and then hit the trash bin icon to send it to the trash bin.

4) Next I select my trash bin icon and can see the email sitting there with the correct subject text but "This message has no content" in place of the body.
ISSUE/BUG!

When I click on the email once again the correct subject text is displayed but "This message has not been downloaded from the server" is displayed in place of the body.
ISSUE/BUG!

5) I then click the folder icon followed by the sent icon which should move the email to my sent items (I accept this will rarely be desirable but should still work correctly). The animation indicates that the email has been moved to my sent items.

If I then go to my sent items box the email has completely disappeared from the device. i.e. not in the sent items bin and no longer in the trash bin.
ISSUE/BUG!

 

[jamesrick80]

Since updating from IOS 8.x to IOS 9.x on my iPhone and iPad I have suffered no end of problems with POP email.

I was hoping IOS 9.2 would cure such issues but alas no.
There are still serious issues/bugs surrounding this latest release.

Here's just one example (which I hope others could follow to determine whether or not they achieve the same results).......

I can reproduce an issue I'm having with apple mail in IOS 9.2 every time and was wondering if others can test too?
I am running IOS 9.2 on an iPhone 6S+
All emails have been cleared out. i.e. none in my inbox, draft, sent items or deleted items.
I am running 3 x POP email accounts and 1 x IMAP account.

1) I create a new email on my phone and send it to one of the 3 POP email addresses.
It's only a simple email. Subject: "Test" and body "This is a test email".

2) I check my inbox half a minute later and the email arrives.

3) Either left-drag to immediately send the email to the trash bin OR click on the email to read it (it displays correctly at this stage) and then hit the trash bin icon to send it to the trash bin.

4) Next I select my trash bin icon and can see the email sitting there with the correct subject text but "This message has no content" in place of the body.
ISSUE/BUG!

When I click on the email once again the correct subject text is displayed but "This message has not been downloaded from the server" is displayed in place of the body.
ISSUE/BUG!

5) I then click the folder icon followed by the sent icon which should move the email to my sent items (I accept this will rarely be desirable but should still work correctly). The animation indicates that the email has been moved to my sent items.

If I then go to my sent items box the email has completely disappeared from the device. i.e. not in the sent items bin and no longer in the trash bin.
ISSUE/BUG!

This is the very reason why I refuse to use Apple email application. I think outlook is much better and less buggy.

 

[throwthedice]

Is there anyone who had issues with the Health Data not populating on iOS 9.1 who got it fixed in 9.2? I read the changelog for 9.2 and there is a line that says they've fixed this. Just wanted to know if someone has looked at this..

 

[dk001]

I've noticed it's all gotten better. I had the same annoyance.
My iPhone 6s Plus is smoother overall.

6S+ and still have that same issue - This is with Reduced Motion set to off.
I will say that it does run smoother overall on my 6S+. Still taking stock on my Mini3 to see what fixes / bugs are still evident.

Does 9.2 fix the 48 hour TouchID bug? It seems to be happening to me a lot lately on my iPhone 6, but I don't see much discussion about it here. Was another fix posted?

Have updated my 6S+ and Mini3. I have had this show up on my 6S+ but not the Mini3 yet (knock on wood ).