iOS 8 Users New Montra, "Nine, Nine, Nine!"

Early-adopting iOS 8 upgrade owners are finding their devices ailing for what seems to be a a need for speed.  

Here we go again. Every major iOS update causes suspicious slowdowns in older iPhone and iPad types.  Suspicious, for they do seem to elude the public to invest in a new iPhone.  

So if you have an iPhone, you may want to read this... Otherwise, you may end up with the rest of the iOS 8 users chanting a new montra, "Nine, Nine, Nine!"

Here are some of the iOS 8 issues…

• Apple’s iOS 8 has experienced a slower adoption rate than its predecessors.  A 14 percent adoption rate in less than 24 hours sounds impressive. But it pales in comparison with the iOS 7 launch a year ago. On September 18, 2013, when iOS 7 launched, a mobile analytics firm Mixpanel recorded an adoption rate of about 15 percent before the day had even ended. The day after iOS 7 was released, the rate shot up to 38 percent.

• You need 8 Gig to be available to accept the OS upgrade.  So, if you are sporting somewhat less than the required space on your device, then recommendations are to go to iTunes to update only after your backed up to iCloud prior. It has a cleaner update and addresses the available size issue.

• Expecting speed to stay roughly the same in the jump from iOS 7 to iOS 8, more or less as it did when we moved from iOS 5 to iOS 6 on the 3GS. However, users found application launch times...resetting those expectations. ... iOS 8 can add as much as 50 percent more time to the same task...animations on the Apple A5 SoC are markedly more choppy and inconsistent. 

• On whether to update or not, The longer answer is for some users a search for iPhone slow is justified. Although it seems iPhone 5 is normal, a survey shows the iPhone 4s is slower on iOS 8 than it was yesterday on iOS 7.1.2. This is something Apple may fix in an iOS 8.1 update months down the road, but if you are using an iPhone 4s you may want to wait.

• With great power comes shorter battery life…

• One user warned… Our photos are shared and so are our calendars. However, we cannot share our apps. We don't show up in each other's purchased section of itunes, the app store, or ibooks. All that is shown is what we bought ourselves. Don't delete her from Family Sharing. I found out that the hard way. A given user can belong to at most two families in a year. 

So, the Moral here?  Don't upgrade unless you are using 5.x or better.  Otherwise, you may end up marked with a slower phone forever...

Just say'n...

Just in Case...

How to downgrade your iPhone or iPad from iOS 8 to iOS 7 

The first trick is finding a copy of iOS 7.1.2 for your device. If you're lucky you'll find it by going to the Library folder in your user folder (hold down the Option key and then click on the Go menu to see the Library folder) and then look in the iTunes folder for some variety of Software Updates folder. Again, with luck, the iOS installer package you need is there.

However, these packages are routinely deleted by the Mac OS so yours may be gone. In that case you'll want to turn to your web browser to search for iOS 7.1.2 ipsw. You'll find a number of sites that can lead you to the files you need. Be sure to get the one that applies to your specific device.

Once you've downloaded it, plug your device into your Mac and then launch iTunes. Select your device and click on the Summary tab. Back up your device because you're going to wipe all the data from it.

Now hold down the Option key (called Alt in many places outside the U.S.) and click on the Restore button. In the navigation sheet that appears locate the ipsw file you just downloaded and click Choose. As long as that version is still signed, it will be installed on your device. Again, this will wipe out all the data on it so be sure to have a backup.

Once it's been restored you can then click the Restore Backup button to put your data and apps back on the device.


Source(s): 

• http://www.itnews.com/operating-systems/84094/how-downgrade-your-iphone-or-ipad-ios-8-ios-7

So “Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more;”

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