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iOS 9.3.3 Bug Fixes, Changes, Performance
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I know there had to be a reason for this update, but it didn't do anything specifically for me. So 9.3.3 is exactly the same for me as 9.3.2 was and I'm really sad they didn't fix the auto-brightness lag.
I upgraded my iPad Mini 2 a couple of weeks back from 9.0.1 to 9.3.2 and it went from being very smooth on 9.0.1 to quite laggy and jittery on 9.3.2. Transitions (or animations?) were just not smooth (as reported by a few others) and swiping/pinching required a few attempts before it registered and worked. The 9.3.3 update has improved this quite a lot. Pinching and swiping is still not perfect as sometimes I have to do it twice before it will work. But overall it is now way better, even with Transparency and Motion on.
The more I've put it through its paces the more it has improved performance wise. And as it has often been said the iDevice will optimize itself over time with usage which seems to be the case for me.
Apple have fixed the Safari tab issue where attempting to swipe away a tab would only just move it to another position.
One thing they haven't fixed or that they need to tweak is the Settings 'search' results. It seems that it isn't finding the lowest level settings options i.e. General > Accessibility > Increase Contrast > ... none of the options under Increase Contrast are found by 'search'.
Even though most of the following have been asked in relation to iPhone I'll let you know how the mini fares:
Battery life = hard to tell. It's all subjective to usage.
Temp. = all good.
WiFi = same, no change. Never had any issues.
Safari page loading = fast
Safari page scrolling = smooth, no lag in scrolling through long pages
Safari tab switching = no refreshing so far (that's with 5 graphic heavy pages open)... way better than on 9.0.1
Overall the Safari experience is really good.
If you have a device that is laggy on 9.3.2 then I recommend updating to 9.3.3.
The more I've put it through its paces the more it has improved performance wise. And as it has often been said the iDevice will optimize itself over time with usage which seems to be the case for me.
Apple have fixed the Safari tab issue where attempting to swipe away a tab would only just move it to another position.
One thing they haven't fixed or that they need to tweak is the Settings 'search' results. It seems that it isn't finding the lowest level settings options i.e. General > Accessibility > Increase Contrast > ... none of the options under Increase Contrast are found by 'search'.
Even though most of the following have been asked in relation to iPhone I'll let you know how the mini fares:
Battery life = hard to tell. It's all subjective to usage.
Temp. = all good.
WiFi = same, no change. Never had any issues.
Safari page loading = fast
Safari page scrolling = smooth, no lag in scrolling through long pages
Safari tab switching = no refreshing so far (that's with 5 graphic heavy pages open)... way better than on 9.0.1
Overall the Safari experience is really good.
If you have a device that is laggy on 9.3.2 then I recommend updating to 9.3.3.
Well time for my review on 64GB Samsung CPU iPhone SE:
Overall 9.3.3 seems to be better and more fluid than 9.3.2.
Battery life is slightly better and stay quite longer on mobile data internet browsing.
No overheating, UI works faster, no longer have problem with laggy scrolling in Settings, Safari and some apps like Tapatalk.
During night phone loses less % on WiFi only so it's good
To sum up: good update
P.S OTA update is great
Overall 9.3.3 seems to be better and more fluid than 9.3.2.
Battery life is slightly better and stay quite longer on mobile data internet browsing.
No overheating, UI works faster, no longer have problem with laggy scrolling in Settings, Safari and some apps like Tapatalk.
During night phone loses less % on WiFi only so it's good
To sum up: good update
P.S OTA update is great
Am i the only one experiencing lag really? Try to swipe back on some of the sub menu's in settings. Just to mention a few, the handoff menu, brightness menu, icloud storage menu. It's not that obvious kind of lag but the swiping back is not as smooth as in 9.3.1. The same kind of lag happens when I swipe back and forth on spotlight. And when I try to swipe up 3-2 apps in app switcher the lag occurs again. I have given it time to settle, and restarted my phone but it's still there. And as I said, never had those issues in 9.3.1.........
I have an iphone 6s btw
I have an iphone 6s btw
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My 6s plus was slower, i used the IPSW and set up from new. this has fixed most of the lag. The issue for me was, 9.3.2 was a horrible lag fest so i went back to 9.3.1 which was quick. So if you came from 3.2 it would appear 3.3 is smooth.
I skipped 9.3.2 and went straight to 9.3.3 (from 9.3.1) and I found the device much snappier.
Its most likely a hung process. Close all apps and reboot. If that doesnt help take a look and see what app seems to be running a lot of battery. Sometimes iCloud or email accts get hung up during the update and continue trying to run. I have seen where email acct can be disabled, reboot and enable again to resolve. Lastly a reset>reset all settings will typically solve this issue. The issue you refer to in one of the beta builds was that the stats were just not reporting correctly. It wasn't causing any drain though. That was resolved in the next build and doesn't seem to be an issue anymore.
The only place there is microstutters is in the cellular menus settings. Other than that no lag, no stutter.
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I just tried this with a game..Pacman, and i had my SO turn the lights off and on and there was no lag.
So adding up all the listed time on screen for different apps in the battery usage section? Although that's broken down by 24 hours or 7 days typically, and would generally not align with battery cycles.
Has anyone else had any issues with a restart-loop in the final version when the battery reaches between 5-10%?
No problems on my end. Did a fresh install, no backup on my 6S Plus. Super happy with battery and performance.
Weird, I too did a clean install from the ipsw-file. Here what I did:No problems on my end. Did a fresh install, no backup on my 6S Plus. Super happy with battery and performance.
I downloaded the ipsw-file for iOS 9.3.3 and made a clean install on my iPhone 6s. I did not restore from a previous backup, instead I chose to install the phone as new. Everything was running really smooth for a while and the battery performance was stunning – I had 6,2 hours of usage and 38 hours of standby. However, as soon as the battery reached 10%, things went weird. For starters, the battery notification showing up that warns that you only have 10% left of the battery was incorrect. The battery meter on the top right on my phone said 10% but the notification warned me that I only had 20% left?? This happened both times that my battery reached 10%.
So, to the weird part. When I closed above mentioned notification, the phone went black and it turns out that it restarted by itself. When it was about to boot up (displaying the white Apple logo), I was redirected to the red battery stating that I had to charge my phone. I then waited about 20 seconds and tried to start the phone again. The phone booted up and I entered my passcode followed by the pin code to the SIM-card. However, I never had the chance to enter the pin because the phone froze for a couple of seconds and then died. This keeps happening, you start the phone, enter the passcode and as soon as the notification window for the pin shows up, the phone freezes and then dies. This has happened twice in a row now and the first time the battery on the phone indicated that I had 15% left and the second times I had 10 % left.
This is clearly a bug and I have sent the feedback to Apple. Please let me know if anyone else experiences this.
Thanks
Something similar happened to me. I plugged the phone into the outlet and it would not play the chime warning it's charging, but it would play the chime when I plugged into the computer. And it would charge, but no sound. Did a fresh install and it fixed the problem. Weird.
As far as battery goes, no problems for me. % is accurate on mine.
When I plug my phone into an mfi cable, the phone doesnt chime. It only chimes using a genuine Apple cable.
I obviously can't test every device, but it happens on both my iPad mini 4 and my iPhone 6.
I've tested it with all the games I have and every single one slows to a crawl while the iPad or iPhone starts dimming.
I've seen situations in the past where certain iPhone models aren't affected by certain bugs. I remember the iPhone 3G having a UI bug that the 3GS did not have even though they both used the same exact screen resolution, so maybe the iPhone 6s isn't affected by this and therefore Apple doesn't see it as a bug.
Just another reason why it feels like Apple only cares about their newest tech (I mean, I guess the iPad mini 4 is technically their newest iPad mini, but it still stutters all the time and games that used to never lag on 9.2.1, now have microstutters peppered all through them and it can't even do the app switching without stuttering.
It's a sad time to own an Apple device.
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Why? Because you get lag while playing a game when auto brightness kicks in? So turn the setting off while you play your games.