i have 7 test devices and only the pro motion panels have shown the issue for me. they are all on 16.2 and no user data loaded into them, fully erased and minimal setup to get to home screen.
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[RESOLVED in iOS 16.4] iPhone 14 Pro max lag when closing application (swipe up)
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Been away from this thread for a while since my 14 Pro had been fine since 16.2 RC. I never rebooted or force closed apps in the several weeks since then, and saw a stutter incredibly rarely. But the last 2 days it’s been happening frequently again. Very strange.
It does seem like they either don't know about it, don't know how to fix it, or know about it and just aren't giving it a high priority.
Used to be iPhones were the pinnacle of smoothness but on ios 16, my 14PM is just as smooth as my S22U with frequent stutters and frame drops.
Unfortunately, this is not true. I also thought it was something to do with ProMotion, but it's not. You can go into the accessibility options and disable ProMotion and it will still happen after several hours. I have also seen it happen on my father's iPhone 12 (non-pro) and my wife's iPhone 14 (non-pro). Based on the fact that it doesn't happen at all for several hours after a reboot strongly indicates it is some sort of memory leak - probably something to do with the way it backgrounds apps because not only does this stutter happen on the swipe home animation, you will also see it when you swipe horizontally on the home bar to switch between apps.
I installed it today as well but am not expecting it to be fixed. However, I did hear they fixed the bug where the fitness focus would not activate when you start an exercise from your watch. I'm also curious to see if maybe they'll fix the annoying squared notifications issue but not holding my breath for that one either.
As expected - NOT fixed in 16.3 RC. Great job Apple!
Wow.. it's really a bit much. It's been too long, Apple! This is really driving me back to a Pixel
it appears that quickly ? its only been out a day, geez.
thought it was cause a RAM leak or something after days of uptime. I dunno
i had no lag in 16.2 and still no lag in 16.3 . i actually think its even better in 16.3
I bought iPhone 14 Pro week ago and still nothing. I am on iOS 16.2.
I have to say that implementation of LTPO is bad. Sometimes swipes on homescreen between home pages is not smooth at all.
I found lots of places where Apple forgot implement ProMotion and animation is on 60hz etc dismiss of notification on lockscreen.
I have to say that implementation of LTPO is bad. Sometimes swipes on homescreen between home pages is not smooth at all.
I found lots of places where Apple forgot implement ProMotion and animation is on 60hz etc dismiss of notification on lockscreen.
Yup, only got about 15 hours this time. Sometimes it's closer to 24.
Plot twist, all higher ups in Apple own the Samsung Fold 4. 🤣Also, the squared notification bug is still there. It makes you wonder if they even use their own products as their main phones. How would you not notice these bugs? If Steve Jobs were still there, iOS 16 wouldn't have even shipped with all of these bugs
Still having this issue on my iPhone 14 pro 16.3 RC.
Apple doesnt seem to care about this bug nor the touch input stutter thats plaguing games.
What is Apple doing?
Apple doesnt seem to care about this bug nor the touch input stutter thats plaguing games.
What is Apple doing?
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are you using any social media apps? i don't, and haven't seen the issue at all. wonder if it's a poorly optimized social media app. they're notorious for lazy optimization
Just look at this thread https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/12-pro-stutter-when-closing-apps.2263484/page-51
51(!) pages about this problem on iPhone 12 Pro — yes, it’s old problem, and happens not only on pro motion displays
It‘s not tied to a single app. It‘s an OS issue as it also happens with stock apps (Settings, Photos, Phone… I‘ve had ever app, including folders stutter).
24 hours and no stutter on 16.3 RC on my 14 Pro Max. I am not holding my breath - it’s a matter of time before it will show up.
This is not the case though: you literally cannot disable ProMotion, it's impossible to do so. Limiting the frame rate to 60 HZ only limits ProMotion's range of movement to 1-60 or 10-60 rather than 1-120 or 10-120, it doesn't switch it off.
And fwiw, yep, totally agree that this is an absolutely humongous issue on iPhone 14 PM and on the M2 iPad as well.
I have 2 M2 iPads and games are unplayable on them, they stutter a hundred times worse than M1 ever did before OS 16 came out. You can see that it is ProMotion in this case because the stutter lessens a little bit when limiting to 60 HZ, and evaporates entirely when you put Screen Recording on which forces a constant 120 HZ (but this is not a solution because we can't just record everything we do and overheat the device just to make it run how it's supposed to to begin with).
Apologies for the double post, couldn't figure out how to add into reply above - but no, this has nothing to do with app developers, it's 100% Apple.
The bug is present in absolutely all games and FPS-sensitive use cases on the AppStore, it doesn't make a difference whether you're playing a 20 year old side scroller or a demanding MMO. It's persistent and present everywhere, and it isn't possible that it's somehow the fault of every mobile gaming company on Earth instead of Apple themselves. Particularly since it only appeared on iOS and iPadOS 16, and didn't affect said games and apps prior to that at all.
Sorry to burst bubbles but the Big Zol confirmed the swipe up issue still exists within the RC build of 16.3