I hope someone does a clean install of iOS 8.4.1 and takes a screen capture of how much RAM is in use and how many processes are running. Then do the same with iOS 9 GM.
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iOS 9 GM - The Waiting
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Yeah I haven't got the beta on my iPhone so I cannot comment how it runs on iPhones, but judging from my iPad air 2 it can only be better I assume since iPads are normally the ones struggling with performance.
I haven't got the news app yet unfortunantly (UK), cannot wait for. I have not had one crash or freeze or anything like this, just some small UI glitches here and there.
The biggest annoyance I have so far is that you cannot use swipe gestures whilst mid Animation (pinch to close), yet AGAIN. They fixed that in iOS 7.1 or 8 but it returned in the iOS 9 betas.
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Well its true I am running on the newest devices. However dont pretend, because you are an accessibility designer, that you have some kind authority to tell me what I can see or cannot see.
I know exactly how my devices run so don't tell me it stutters or lags everywhere when it doesnt.
I am the first person to get annoyed when things stutter or lag and so far iOS 9 runs 99% smooth. iOS 8 on the other hand would choke at least once or twice a day which than caused stuttery animations etc, I have hardly seen this in iOS 9.
Ipad Air 2.
Why is it the only device capable of running iOS 9 smoothly. A7 devices should run much better too and according to loads of reviews they all do.
There is obviously only so much that can be done with an iPhone 4s and an iPad 2.
It is the latest iOS device that is the only one with 2 GB of RAM and a faster/better CPU/GPU...
Lol! Is this a rhetorical question?
iPad Air 2 is much more powerful than iPad Air 1/mini 2. (40% more powerful CPU and a whooping 2,5x faster GPU and 2 GB of RAM).
A7 devices should run smoothly, but unfortunately they don't. I have an iPad Air and it performs the same as iOS 8.4, which isn't saying much. There are stutters and dropped frames all over the OS. The same goes for iPhone 6 Plus (Maybe even worse).
It really is pathetic that the only device capable of running iOS 9 smoothly is a "PS3 in tablet form" powerhouse. if the performance doesn't improve drastically for the GM, iOS 9 will end up being the biggest dud in iOS history. Almost ZERO new features and ZERO performance gains.
yeah my ipad 4 while slightly better, still stutters and hangs up on ios9 like it did on 8.2. I disabled transparency and it seems a bit better but meh.
Meanwhile, the 5S on ios 8.2 is always fluid.
Apple has never been good with GPU except for Air 2. (the major ones being iPhone 4, iPad3)
Even on the mac side, they've been plagued with overheating GPU's, GPU panics, and of course.. underpowered GPUs
Meanwhile, the 5S on ios 8.2 is always fluid.
Apple has never been good with GPU except for Air 2. (the major ones being iPhone 4, iPad3)
Even on the mac side, they've been plagued with overheating GPU's, GPU panics, and of course.. underpowered GPUs
Impossible to tell before the GM is released. Hopefully, it's much improved compared to PB 3.
It runs terribly on the Mini 2
In regards to the 4S, and iPad 2 - They should be exactly the same as iOS 8 if not faster. No excuses for them not being so as there isn't really anything new in iOS 9 that would slow them down, and iOS 9 was meant to focus upon stability and speed.
Interesting thread thus far.
A big hat tip to those users who Beta Test so the rest of us can sit and watch.
I usually choose to hang back a week or so before moving to the next major iOS release.
A big hat tip to those users who Beta Test so the rest of us can sit and watch.
I usually choose to hang back a week or so before moving to the next major iOS release.
I wouldn't expect iOS 9 to fully live up to its performance claims until at least iOS 9.1. Odd, one-off hitches or bugs which should be expected when there's a massive update to a foundations-level component. Remember that Snow Leopard, despite being a partially performance-focused rewrite, actually had worse performance than Leopard until the standalone graphics update around 10.6.4.
The GM build is already done or nearly done. Everyone is aware there are iPhones currently being produced and flashed with iOS 9 GM right? These will be on planes in a matter of a couple weeks on their way to the US when the phones are released September 18.
Nope. People don't seem to understand. As you say, the GM is done and is being added to the new iPhones. For some reason, people think they'll still be a sixth beta too.
One more big issue that I'm still waiting to see resolved (since first downloading 8.0) is the annoying "A problem has occurred with the website so it was reloaded" error. Since many have pointed to it being the result of a poorly optimized JavaScript engine, I figured something so (relatively) easy to fix would already have been fixed by 8.2 at the latest, and still present even in iOS 9 Beta 5/PB 3. Anyone else still have this issue on a regular basis (either in 8.4/8.4.1 or the iOS 9 betas)?
I haven't seen that error in a while, not sure if it's because I'm on the iOS 9 beta or not, my web browsing hasn't changed.
Are you on the iPhone 6 or 6 Plus? You might not be having the error due to it having 1 GB of RAM (and therefore, double the available execution area of older iDevices). On older devices (with 512 MB of RAM), the available execution area is much tinier, and so the tab crashes due to an OOM situation. At least I can be thankful it doesn't take the whole browser down with it, though.
No. They need time to flash the GM onto the devices in the factory.
Final beta --> GM is usually ~1 month.
