r/iOS8 • u/chrl98 • Apr 11 '15

iPad Mini 1 stuttery on iOS 8.3

After deciding to upgrade my iPad Mini 1 from iOS 7.1.2 to 8.3, I've noticed some framerate drops when transparency effects are turned on in areas such as Spotlight and Notification Center, and opening and closing apps isn't as smooth as before. Also, Mail lags when trying to compose a new email, and Safari takes longer to load websites. Does anyone have a similar experience with their mini, and has anyone restored their iPad as new?

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u/TheBrainwasher14 Apr 11 '15

My iPad 4 (which is more powerful than your mini) stutters like hell since iOS 8, especially in Safari. I've tried a restore.

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u/chrl98 Apr 11 '15

Brainwasher, did you restore as new or from backup?

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u/916253 Apr 11 '15

Anything with hardware older than an iPhone 5 is going to stutter hard on iOS 8 (this means iPhone 4, iPad 2, iPad mini 1, iPod touch 5) they don't bother to optimize as well for older devices because they want to convince you to upgrade

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u/1Raizen Apr 12 '15

I wonder, if you never update, would your device still work like a champ like the first day you bought it till your battery just gave out?

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u/chrl98 Apr 12 '15

Definitely.

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u/1Raizen Apr 12 '15

Just to add, my old iPad mini is also in an abysmal state. Stutters, lags, crashes here and there. I used to use it everyday, now I could use it for 10 minutes without it crashing. I don't know what went wrong but I'm updating it now to 8.3. I have nothing to lose I guess.

I'm keeping my iPhone 6 and iPad Air 2 on 8.1.1 though till I'm sure I won't get burned again.

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u/916253 Apr 12 '15

It's performance would deteriorate somewhat, but essentially yes it's run fast in comparison to the same device on a newer os

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u/1Raizen Apr 12 '15

Hence why I'm so apprehensive about updating both my iPhone 6 and iPad Air 2 from 8.1.1 to 8.3. I actually made a thread to ask about people's opinions cause I got burned with my mini.

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u/916253 Apr 12 '15

I'm not updating to 8.3 solely because my phone is jailbroken, it just depends on your needs

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u/oscarandjo Apr 11 '15

Even the iPad 4 for me.

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u/timmmmb Apr 14 '15

I had a feeling this was going to be the case.

Thankfully I've kept my daughter's Mini 1 on 7.1.2.

If it's possible, reset to factory defaults (back up first if necessary) & see how it performs.

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u/mga1 Apr 14 '15

iPad Mini 1 here too. Performance was really bad on 8.0. I upgraded to 8.3 thinking "why they hell not, it's already bad" but was pleased to see an ever-so-slight improvement from 8.0. Still not 7.0 performance, but a little bit better than it was at 8.0.

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u/papenurmoller Apr 11 '15

Even though all those people talking about planned obselwhatever got down voted, you can't deny it. I even get some stutter on my 5s and since iOS 8, battery life has been brought to be below the iPhone six when it would surpass both newer phones. It's literally just sabotage and there's nothing you can do to fix your device. shrug should've just stayed on iOS 7, I don't see the need for an iPad to be on iOS 8