GM or 9.1 B1?It has been amazing on my 6 plus ... Updated from Beta 5 .. Battery has been phenomenal !!
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Ahrgh! Installed GM over public beta 3. Now my iPad wants to download public beta 3 back on top,of it as an OTA!
Anyone else getting this?!
Anyone else getting this?!
Just restored iPhone 6 from scratch with 9.0 GM after i have been running all the developer betas, i must say it's running pretty damn smooth no lag so far.
Install it and see yourself. As long Apple signs 8.4.1 you can still go back. Just have a backup ready and keep it somewhere safe in case you want to go back. The official release of GM will be next week, so you have some days left for testing.
If you like your device to respond to your touches ask quickly as they do in 8.4.1 stay there! I tried the GM and 9.1 and its a step back from 8.4.1 for sure on my 6. I'm back on 8.4.1 and I might just stay there forever.
I keep reduce motion on and say you are in an app and you exit it you can be tapping the next app you want to open as the fade animation is practically still happening and it will immediately register and start to open that app you are tapping on 8.4.1.
On the GM and 9.1 and all the betas I will be tapping away and it takes 3-5 taps to get anything to happen compared to 8.4.1. It's just clunky and not optimized for the 6 in my experience. The control center dips into 45-50 fps when dragging it up. Safari is loading pages slower. Apps load a tick slower once they finally spring open and get going. Just not impressed. I'm not an apple hater or anything. I've been on the iPhone since the 4 and usually I'm really excited to upgrade the software each year and I really want this to be great but it just isn't! And that font... It's really confusing that it's not at the very least on par with 8.4.1 when they have advertised the UI running on metal. It's clearly worse. I'm interested to see how the 6s performs on it. I'm willing to bet an iPhone 6 on 8.4.1 ( doing basic tasks) will be very close if not the same speed as the iphone 6s is on 9.0. Do we really need 70% faster cpu to open the messages app as fast as we did before?
imagineadam --> Same experience here on my iPhone 5S. It just doesn't responds to touch as quick as iOS 8, everything I do is slow. It look like it's still a beta not a final product. I'm already back on 8.4.1 and damn my iPhone is blazing fast now. I remember it was the same when 8.0 came out so I won't upgrade until it getting faster in 9.2 or 9.3 or even 9.4.
Business as usual. "Performance improvements" on latest devices only, devices that don't really need improvements.
It's disgusting really. I'm certain they banged on about improvements for older devices.
Had 9.1 on my phone but in my experience, 9.0 GM was a lot smoother and responsive. Just got done 'downgrading' back to GM and am a lot happier. Perhaps I'll revisit 9.1 when it's closer to final build.
Updated both my 6 and the Air 2 to 9.0gm. Both performing very well. One thing though is the Podcast app on the 6 just shows a "updating library" screen, then crashed to home screen. Anybody else having this problem? It's working fine on the Air 2 though.
I usually upgrade my iPhone minutes within official release, except for when iOS 7 went GM because I really wanted the new goodies so I installed it a week earlier than official release.
This time around, I'm afraid to upgrade even to official iOS 9, based upon the lag and other factors that you guys are talking about!
Perhaps I'll just leave my 5S on iOS 8.4.1 and utilize 9 when my pre-ordered 6S Plus comes. Even if that is next month.
This time around, I'm afraid to upgrade even to official iOS 9, based upon the lag and other factors that you guys are talking about!
Perhaps I'll just leave my 5S on iOS 8.4.1 and utilize 9 when my pre-ordered 6S Plus comes. Even if that is next month.
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On my 6 Plus I am not noticing slowdowns (upgrade, not clean install).
For the most part, I have been real happy with it.
What has been happening, more often then I like, is total freezes.
I have had iPhones since the 3GS and never remember it happening so often, if at all.
I am used to getting crashes all the time on every phone but with 9.0 GM, it is like you are looking at a screenshot of my homescreen.
The only way to get it back is the sleep/home reboot.
To be fair, it might be an issue with the OS connecting to 3rd party widgets/keyboards that haven't been updated yet.
But that is stuff beta is supposed to fix, not GM.
For the most part, I have been real happy with it.
What has been happening, more often then I like, is total freezes.
I have had iPhones since the 3GS and never remember it happening so often, if at all.
I am used to getting crashes all the time on every phone but with 9.0 GM, it is like you are looking at a screenshot of my homescreen.
The only way to get it back is the sleep/home reboot.
To be fair, it might be an issue with the OS connecting to 3rd party widgets/keyboards that haven't been updated yet.
But that is stuff beta is supposed to fix, not GM.
Since installing the GM after the keynote I've noticed Safari reloads have diminished drastically and are at the moment practically nonexistent. Which, to be honest didn't bother me that much to begin with, but still makes me a happy camper to see it resolved. Granted, I don't juggle that many tabs on a daily basis, but with four or five tabs open Safari does it's thing quite well.
In general I'm happy with iOS 9, the couple of seconds (max.) worth of sporadic accumulated stutter per day is something I'm perfectly able to live with as otherwise the phone does exactly what it's supposed to. Battery life is also on par, if not better than on 8.4.1.
Seems I lucked out.
In general I'm happy with iOS 9, the couple of seconds (max.) worth of sporadic accumulated stutter per day is something I'm perfectly able to live with as otherwise the phone does exactly what it's supposed to. Battery life is also on par, if not better than on 8.4.1.
Seems I lucked out.