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Ipad 3 sluggish with iOS7 but not Ipad2
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CrazyBob
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Pretty sure iPad3 was a bit of a screw up - had the retina display without enough processing power. 'tis why it's discontinued whilst they still sell the iPad2.
Crossing_Swords
Senior Member
I don't know about the iPad 2, but my iPad 3 is very sluggish on iOS 7. Especially typing, as it would stop registering my types and then sentences would be quite messed up. Half glad I'm not alone in this haha
Edit: would be great if one were able to go back to 6!
I'm kinda wondering what cerebus' take on this is. He always emphasised that Android's UI is not as slick, fluid and seamless as iOS'. But since the iOS 7 update, it seems this might not be the case anymore.
I don't have immediate access to an iPad 3, but I have used both the iPad 2 and 4 with both iOS 6 & 7. The animations are definitely not as polished and lag free as they were before. So yeah, even the younger hardware is struggling to keep up.
I don't have immediate access to an iPad 3, but I have used both the iPad 2 and 4 with both iOS 6 & 7. The animations are definitely not as polished and lag free as they were before. So yeah, even the younger hardware is struggling to keep up.
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I have the iPad 2, 3 + mini - certainly don't see any performance or sluggishness issues with iOS7 and I've used it since beta 1.
Did you guys do an OTA update from iOS6 & what is your current iOS7 release?
The 1st GM was still a little sluggish but that was resolved by 7.02 + 7.03 was just released today fixing many more bugs.
Remember it's not atypical for any new OS release to be a little less than perfect (and Android is no exception)
Did you guys do an OTA update from iOS6 & what is your current iOS7 release?
The 1st GM was still a little sluggish but that was resolved by 7.02 + 7.03 was just released today fixing many more bugs.
Remember it's not atypical for any new OS release to be a little less than perfect (and Android is no exception)
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The_Unbeliever
Honorary Master
So glad I didnt "upgraded" mine yet... Still on 6.xx
IMO the best iOS was the last 5.x release.
IMO the best iOS was the last 5.x release.
It's not a definite, but it's a possibility.
It could also help if you provided a few examples of what you feel is sluggish about iOS7 (otherwise it's difficult to make any comparisons)
Too vague, far better to provide examples
Most of the restart bugs were fixed by 7.02, the last iWork one is now fixed in 7.03. WIFI certainly isn't a problem with iOS7; has worked perfectly since beta 1.
The original betas were fairly sluggish, and random springboard crashes were common; but that's all fixed IMO.
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How to Fix Keyboard Lag on iPad in iOS 7
Step 1: Go to iPad's Settings app and choose iCloud. Then toggle Documents & Data to Off. Once again turn On the option.
Step 2: Proceed to General section and click Reset. Then choose Reset All Settings. Finally, reconfigure your keyboard shortcuts to restore your keyboard to normal functionality.
Redmond Pie has confirmed the solution to be fully working on first attempt, and it should surely help in fixing the keyboard lag at least temporarily, until Apple rolls out a permanent fix.
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/513229/20131011/ios7-fix-keyboard-lag-ipad-imessage-issue.htm
Step 1: Go to iPad's Settings app and choose iCloud. Then toggle Documents & Data to Off. Once again turn On the option.
Step 2: Proceed to General section and click Reset. Then choose Reset All Settings. Finally, reconfigure your keyboard shortcuts to restore your keyboard to normal functionality.
Redmond Pie has confirmed the solution to be fully working on first attempt, and it should surely help in fixing the keyboard lag at least temporarily, until Apple rolls out a permanent fix.
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/513229/20131011/ios7-fix-keyboard-lag-ipad-imessage-issue.htm
This is a perfect example where OTA updates would be problematic, whereas a full install wouldn't re everything was rebuilt.
cerebus
Honorary Master
I actually haven't updated my iPad3 to iOS7 because I had a feeling it might not cope very well with it. The 4S is quite acceptable but I saw the 4 struggling. iOS7 isn't that lightweight on processors, especially GPUs. It's really being built for future devices, and all of the graphical flourishes are dynamically rendered. Crazybob is right about the iPad3, it could barely cope with the resolution of iOS6 even when it was released. Everyone who thinks it would have been easy to shove retina into the Mini when it was released doesn't have a clue what they're on about.
And.. at this point in time, the design of iOS7 is way beyond Android. If it's going to take time for the hardware to catch up, and you need to disable some of the top shelf stuff to make it fluid on older hardware, that's just the price you pay. Android is static and underdesigned atm.
Thanks for replying. Do you agree with Apple's decision to release updated software to devices with hardware that cannot cope? In my opinion that same hardware performed perfectly fine with iOS 6.
I'm also interested in why you think Android is underdesigned. If the others will forgive us for wandering a little of topic.
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My tests were done with 7.02. I never even saw how earlier versions performed.
The animation when closing an app by using 5 fingers (the opposite of pinching) is s good example of where lag is obvious.
cerebus
Honorary Master
Yeah they definitely need to support older devices because now all the apps are going to deprecate iOS6 support. iOS obsolescence is much more dramatic than Android. I don't think it's as drastic as you're making out though; my wife's iPad Mini seems very quick.
Ok so the last Android phone I had was a month or so ago, the Xperia V. I tweaked the UI as far away from stock as you can take it. So here's a scenario: you modify the homescreen and spit and polish it up till it's far from the stock boring bogstandard look. Then you press an icon. And... nothing, no animations, no transitions, a halfhearted app opening animation and that's it. So you've made yourself a lovely painting, but the underlying UI is so inert that you feel like you're stabbing at a block of wood.
On iOS7 now you open the new homescreen and basically it's not much different; in fact it seems garish at first because the new colours are so primary and ungradiented. But then you go into messages and the thread of messages bounces under your fingers. Or you open an app and the screen zooms to that space. Folders zoom in the background when you open them as though you've hopped into a picture. There's some underlying logic to the z-axis orientation of layers.
Just tested in an iPad 3 (7.03), speed is the same as a double tap, more so no visible lag vs iPad Mini.
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Like I said, I have not seen the iPad 3 in action, only the iPad 2 and 4. However, I found a video which illustrates what I'm on about. You can watch the whole thing, but the app close comparison is at 4:50. I know this is not running 7.03 or 7.02, but I've seen the same thing on 7.02.
[video=youtube;Qiv0YZXAlLY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qiv0YZXAlLY[/video]
I'd like to add that the lag, like seen in this video, might not be noticeable to all. I'm sure the majority of people are not bothered by it in the slightest. It's really hard to speak about these things because its all pretty subjective. A side by side comparison is helpful though.
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All I kept hearing these guys say after the 4:50 mark is "...aaah.... it's ok" and the few spots they deemed to be laggy is actually a design choice by Apple (there's many Apple developer videos to support these design choices)
iOS7 deliberately uses animation to show view transitions, which should not be termed a lag re it behaves the same way on my iPad Mini. You should rather fault Apple's design choices.
Significantly changing a UI will always result in some discontent; there's many things I don't particular like about iOS7, most of which will most likely be perfected in time.
Btw many of the superfluous animations can be disabled by going to settings, accessibility, and switching reduce motion ON. Unfortunately it still does not turn off all the transition effects (in time I'm sure this will be corrected, the .03 release has already increased the number of effects that are simplified to a more simple fade)
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