Worried for Public launch of iOS 9 next week

[thedeejay]

With the public launch of iOS 9 next week, I have to say I'm kind of worried. I usually never install GMs on my device and this is the first time I've decided to. But looking at how it's running and I've set it up as new, I'm scared to think what would happen when I restore from a 8.4.1 backup. Any inputs/past experiences Apple veterans?

 

[C DM]

Given how things were with 7.0 and 8.0, we will survive.

 

[xPad]

With the public launch of iOS 9 next week, I have to say I'm kind of worried. I usually never install GMs on my device and this is the first time I've decided to. But looking at how it's running and I've set it up as new, I'm scared to think what would happen when I restore from a 8.4.1 backup. Any inputs/past experiences Apple veterans?

What, exactly, are you worried about?

 

[sanke1]

iOS 9 GM is far far better than the conditions of iOS 7 and 8 at launch. They were unusable with lag, stutter and random reboots.

Provided, this GM IS the same version byte by byte to be released to common public next week, we will be alright.

 

[mkaen]

The GM is running beautifully here on iPhone 6. I'm nonplussed by your supposed concerns.

 

[shenfrey]

The GM is running beautifully here on iPhone 6. I'm nonplussed by your supposed concerns.

Define 'beautifully'. For people looking to upgrade we want specifics, not buzz words.

 

[xPad]

Define 'beautifully'. For people looking to upgrade we want specifics, not buzz words.

How is that a buzzword? He's giving you his opinion, sheesh.

It runs just fine. If you are timid, stay away. You can't even install it for a week unless you've gone out of your way to acquire access to it.

 

[newellj]

Define 'beautifully'. For people looking to upgrade we want specifics, not buzz words.

If it's still available, install the public beta and find out for yourself. You've been around long enough to know that people with identical devices can have extremely different views about how well iOS runs.

 

[RewAU]

What is the version number of your 'GM' ?

 

[estabya]

I had the GM on my 5S from Wednesday until about an hour ago. The battery life was abysmal. (about 9-10 hours standby and 3 hours of use dropped me to ~20% every day). Additionally, there was intermittent but quite frequent stutter and dropped frames during animations, usually on the app switcher and when opening the control center or notifications. It just felt sluggish and clunky compared to 8.4.1. This was all from a clean restore and set up as new device.

I just dropped back to 8.4.1. I really hope this GM is not the same version as the public release coming Wednesday. I will probably be waiting until 9.0.x or beyond if the 5S battery life issue isn't resolved. What sucks the most is I already put watchOS 2 on my watch, so I can't use that again until I upgrade to a usable build of iOS 9...

 

[NT1440]

I had the GM on my 5S from Wednesday until about an hour ago. The battery life was abysmal. (about 9-10 hours standby and 3 hours of use dropped me to ~20% every day). .

Mine was atrocious too on my 5s....until I replaced my way past 1000 cycle battery

 

[batting1000]

The GM build will be the exact same build that will be released on Wednesday.

 

[JXShine]

With the public launch of iOS 9 next week, I have to say I'm kind of worried. I usually never install GMs on my device and this is the first time I've decided to. But looking at how it's running and I've set it up as new, I'm scared to think what would happen when I restore from a 8.4.1 backup. Any inputs/past experiences Apple veterans?

Nothing is going to happen. Stop worrying.

 

[estabya]

Mine was atrocious too on my 5s....until I replaced my way past 1000 cycle battery

Haha touché. My 5S has ~250 cycles. What's alarming is that the usage time on the 9 GM is half to a third of what I get on 8.4.1.

It's only on my 5S though. My iPad Air 2 and iPod touch 6 both have about the same battery life and less performance issues. They are both A8 SOCs though....

 

[NT1440]

Haha touché. My 5S has ~250 cycles. What's alarming is that the usage time on the 9 GM is half to a third of what I get on 8.4.1.

It's only on my 5S though. My iPad Air 2 and iPod touch 6 both have about the same battery life and less performance issues. They are both A8 SOCs though....

Historically, X.1 tends to be the OS that improves battery life.

 

[NT1440]

Haha touché. My 5S has ~250 cycles. What's alarming is that the usage time on the 9 GM is half to a third of what I get on 8.4.1.

It's only on my 5S though. My iPad Air 2 and iPod touch 6 both have about the same battery life and less performance issues. They are both A8 SOCs though....

250 cycles? Did you just buy it?

 

[Yun0]

Mine was atrocious too on my 5s....until I replaced my way past 1000 cycle battery

theres a way of seeing battery cycle counts now? or u guessed?

 

[estabya]

250 cycles? Did you just buy it?

Yeah kinda. I got it a while back after realizing the 6 was too big for me.

 

[estabya]

theres a way of seeing battery cycle counts now? or u guessed?

I use coconutbattery on OS X.

 

[penajmz]

I think the problem is with 6 Plus users. I'm sure Apple will fix it though, 9.1 works way better.

 

[thedeejay]

I think the problem is with 6 Plus users. I'm sure Apple will fix it though, 9.1 works way better.

I hope so. As of now, the GM runs quite terribly for 6+ users so one can only hope that they push out 9.1 ASAP.

 

[gwhizkids]

I hope so. As of now, the GM runs quite terribly for 6+ users so one can only hope that they push out 9.1 ASAP.

I think you are much more likely to get 9.01 in the next few weeks, with 9.1 coming in November. Still, 9.01 should have some meaningful adjustments.

 

[tdar]

I think you are much more likely to get 9.01 in the next few weeks, with 9.1 coming in November. Still, 9.01 should have some meaningful adjustments.

As bad as 9.0 runs on the 6+ I'd expect 9.01 very quickly. I'll be very surprised if we don't see it at the latest on the 25th with the new phones.

 

[nj1266]

I use coconutbattery on OS X.

How do you use it to read the iPhone's battery cycles?

 

[bandofbrothers]

Hi,

As long as i can use Safari , send and recieve eMails and text , make phone calls and the battery still gives me 1 to 1.5'ish usage i'll personally be ok to update on my iPhone 6Plus and as per previous times update to the new patches as they are released.

I fully understand the frustrations with the stutters and lags but I can live with that as long as i can use the above functions i mentioned.