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So turns out iOS 9 is actually laggy
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nope, just iPad air 2. i have both 6 plus and air 2, the air 2 blows away the 6 plus and any other iOS device there is. it's so much more fluid and fast, it's crazy. i guess that three-core and 2gb of ram are beasting inside.I guess I will have to get an iPad Pro then , oh darn !
Same here, Air 2 running iOS 9 like a champ. My iPhone 6 is laggy as heck, just had the screen freeze on the spotlight search for about 4 seconds before it would do anything. Very sad for a phone a day under a year old. It's not like iOS 9 is majorly different than 8.
The 6 Series was gimped. Older phones seem to run iOS9 better!
The i6 seems to run iOS9 like the 6+ ran iOS8...ie badly.
I solved the app switcher lag problem by changing my home screen from dynamic background to regular background.
I have iPhone 6+ lag issues, mostly with the quick app switcher that would scroll all choppy at like 2-5 frames per second. It seems my phone can't handle showing the dynamic home screen in the app switcher for some reason. Lag comes back as soon as I go back to a dynamic screen.
I have iPhone 6+ lag issues, mostly with the quick app switcher that would scroll all choppy at like 2-5 frames per second. It seems my phone can't handle showing the dynamic home screen in the app switcher for some reason. Lag comes back as soon as I go back to a dynamic screen.
Agreed. I'm seeing videos of the 5s, 5, and 4s running iOS 9 and it looks smoother than the 6 and 6+
Checked out 5S' at Apple Store today. I definitely noticed lag and stutter in animations. Graphic movements looked choppy in app switcher, app exit, spotlight search, etc. It's not as bad as iPhone 4 with iOS 7, but there definitely is a noticeable amount of choppiness. IMO. It shouldn't affect usability, but it would brother me since I am used to smooth animations on iOS 8.
When in each individual app, things are pretty smooth though. At least on standard Apple apps. Scrolling and typing don't have any choppiness at all. On a webpage with lots of large images and GIFs, scrolling on Safari was excellent.
That being said, I am planning to hold onto 8.4.1 for a little while.
When in each individual app, things are pretty smooth though. At least on standard Apple apps. Scrolling and typing don't have any choppiness at all. On a webpage with lots of large images and GIFs, scrolling on Safari was excellent.
That being said, I am planning to hold onto 8.4.1 for a little while.
LOL ok. Key word "should". But then there is reality and they don't always. PLENTY of supporting evidence in any of these threads also as the example I already pointed out earlier and most anywhere else on the internet (not just this one thread about lag) But you keep believing that if you want. Its ok. And maybe Santa will bring you a new iOS device and or iOS patch for Christmas with no lag (like mine) and that will always run all apps with no issues ever.
Setting my iPhone 6 to low power seemed to reduce the lag if not eliminate it totally, but a black screen flashes when launching apps - not sure what annoys me more. I updated to iOS 9 OTA.
I removed my dynamic wallpaper and set it to a still one. This seems to do the trick - it feels smooth.
There's still a fair bit of delay when waking the phone from sleep :/
Dear Consumer, For $649 you can have a shiny new 6s with 2 gig of memory that runs iOS 9 like a champ. Love, A
We don't know that yet!
The 6+ was shiny and new 11 months ago and that didn't run iOS8 like a champ.
low power mode supposedly lowers the CPU, weird how it would help with the lag
True but Apple knows.
exactly..but not here. You could go to apple.com or call apple hotline and they will surely direct you to the proper place. Thanks.
Disable dynamic background really helps with the speed. I am using 6 with 128gb.
Wow! I just did this on my 6+ and it really helped. I don't have the black screen you mentioned when launching apps.
Thanks for the tip!
Doesn't help unfortunately.
Case in point - there is an mstreamd bug related to iCloud/photos. The mstreamd will restart relentlessly regardless of whether iCloud photos is on or off - been around since iOS7.
Most of the "geniuses" on the Apple forum or tech representatives give you the usual tripe of "do a restart" or something equally useless.
In fact - iCloud in its entirety is a buggy mess. I am tempted to go back to iOS8.4.1 merely since an untethered jailbreak is imminent, and I'd quite frankly love to go back to my awesome battery life once the mstreamd daemon is deleted entirely (along with other iCloud culprits such as ubd and keychain junk)
Super laggy on my 6plus. I might add I didn't even have a choice about upgrading or not. I opened up 'check for updates' to get a rundown on what improvements were to be made and it had already started downloading automatically without my permission...
It downloads automatically but you have to manually tell it to install. AND you can delete it after it downloads. You do have a choice.
Low power mode tones down (actually it removes) the (quite useless) parallax effect, which drains GPU and CPU power.
I updated my 5s from 7.1.2 to 9.0 and apart from an occasional graphical glitch/slight stutter it's running just fine. No lag opening apps, keyboards responsive, app switcher seems fine. To be honest I can't pick any significant lag compared to 7.1.2.
Where I have run into trouble is the actual update process. I initially did an OTA update but got stuck on the 'swipe to upgrade' screen. Got it running with a off/home restart but then it got stuck when I did a reset all settings.
Had to DFU restore, which meant waiting to update iTunes from 11 to 12 then I got another stuck on swipe to update when I restored from my 7.1.2 backup. All good for the time being but I'll be backing up again before any 9.0.x update.
Where I have run into trouble is the actual update process. I initially did an OTA update but got stuck on the 'swipe to upgrade' screen. Got it running with a off/home restart but then it got stuck when I did a reset all settings.
Had to DFU restore, which meant waiting to update iTunes from 11 to 12 then I got another stuck on swipe to update when I restored from my 7.1.2 backup. All good for the time being but I'll be backing up again before any 9.0.x update.
And with subsequent patches/updates the speed won't get any better trust me... The 6S on 9.0 will feel like the 6 once was on its initial iOS... This is all done in time for initial reviews like the famous (side by side opening and closing comparisons) that we are all to familiar with... It looks very good on Apples end too have the new model seem noticeably smoother with the predecessor lagging behind to help generate interest.
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In reading this thread, it's difficult to determine if there is a real problem or not.
Seems like there are a handful of people here that post over and over and over with the same repetitive comments.
Could a poll be started to get a clearer picture of the lag issue?
Seems like there are a handful of people here that post over and over and over with the same repetitive comments.
Could a poll be started to get a clearer picture of the lag issue?
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