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What the hell is happening to IOS? My phone is not the reliable piece of tech that I used to love. I'm now afraid of updating the OS. (rant) (alien.top)
submitted 10 months ago by mefi_@alien.top to c/apple@hardware.watch
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I was a proud iPhone user. We did not have the latest features, or anything from the front lines of innovation, but...

What we had was the ease of use, stability, reliability, performance, long-term support, the ecosystem, and unified design across the OS and different hardware.

I always knew that I could count on my phone in every situation.

And all of that went to sh*t in the past 1-1.5 years.

I'm on the current latest IOS version and my camera app often crashes, then the Photos app can't be opened for like 6 seconds. The whole phone just freezes up for 2 seconds sometimes randomly. It becomes hot for a bit for no reason, I have weird notification bugs, icons can freeze in landscape mode, airdrop file transfers are failing, etc...

My phone is a 12 mini, I bought it half a year after the release, but the phone is not old enough to expect any performance drops or any of these strange software issues.

Today I took my dog for a walk, she pooped a strange one and before picking it up I quickly took a picture in case I have to show it to the vet. And guess what? I didn't check the result then because we were hurrying home. The camera crashed again, I don't have the picture anymore.

At this point, these bugs and crashes affecting my life. The iPhone is not a reliable piece of tech that I could trust. It's a buggy mess.

My girlfriend has the very same issues with the latest IOS on an iPhone Xs Max.

I was always laughing at people and my friends who were afraid of updating the OS to the latest. Well, that changes now... I'm waiting for a stable Major version and I only want the performance, stability, and security updates. If Apple can't push out those features without compromising those core elements of the operating system then no thank you, I don't want any of the new features.

How's your phone doing if you upgraded to the latest version? I don't think that this is an issue only for us.

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[–] hieubuirtz@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

I had a xs max running ios 17 before my 15 pro max arrived. No issue whatsoever.

[–] BasicBxtchh@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

I have these issues and I have the iPhone 12. My swiping to close the apps aren’t as clean either. Straight buggy mess was perfect explanation.

[–] Repulsive_Cricket923@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

My 13 pro max and ipad Pro m2 have both been terrible on iOS/iPadOS 17. Once stable devices are now janky and require multipleforce restarts weekly. Both products have had fresh installs of OS and they are still the same. Seriously thinking of ditching iphone/ipad at next upgrade.

[–] I_is_Captain_Obvious@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

15 pro max since 6 hours before launch day and no issues whatsoever here, perhaps the phone itself is fucked.

[–] PooleyX@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

I use my iPhone for multiple hours a day for work and play. I don't have a single issue.

[–] mefi_@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Well, for now, I'm restarting the phone daily for a few days, if I still experience the issues then I'll just factory reset the phone and edit the post if it solved it. Thanks for the answers.

[–] RomanBellicTaxi@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

People forgot about iOS 7 on iPhone 4 really fast lmao

[–] theeyesofryan@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Apart from the odd crash once a year I’ve had no software or hardware issues with any of the 10 iPhones I’ve had since the 3GS

[–] NexiNext@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

You haven’t been an Apple user for long. When they work they work when they don’t they just don’t.

[–] Sketch74@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Ummmm… could it be that y’all are using old phones that are pleading for retirement?

The other thing Apple is notorious for is using their tech to force upgrades.

[–] Jmco1@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Oh this again. My kid is still rocken an xr with iOS 17. Other than having to replace the battery the phone works fine. But yeah a 5 year old phone with the latest OS is clear proof of them trying to force an upgrade. Oh Reddit. You never cease to amaze

[–] hyperlobster@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Reddit has a chronic case of “my device has a fault, therefore the software running on my device is fundamentally flawed”-itis.

If iOS (or any other piece of widely-deployed software) was “a buggy mess” then it’d be headline news not only in the tech press, but in the regular, normal-people press too. macOS, iOS, Windows, Android, Linux - all these things work for literally millions (and in some cases billions) of people, all day, every day.

Your iPhone being a bit fucked up doesn’t mean iOS is broken, any more than my iPhone working absolutely perfectly means iOS is without faults.

[–] Inevitable-Gene-1866@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

No. Its ios bug.. my neighbor is an ios developer. Some times a bug only hits a device due to its unique configuration. Even Apple has started to clean bugs in ios.

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/255190718

https://mashable.com/article/apple-ios-18-less-bugs

[–] Cherrymoon20@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Try a factory reset. Sometimes it’s good to give them a clean slate.

[–] Patrikbatemansaxe@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

After every major iOS update it is ideal to factory reset the device and reinstall all apps one by one.

[–] RV_X8@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Is your phone memory full?

[–] Substantial-Read4497@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

I hear you. I used iPhone for years and decided to switch it up and get an android for a while. Started missing iOS and how solid, reliable, and easy to use it is so I switched back and it’s just been a total mess since switching back. I thought maybe I was losing it and it wasn’t as polished as I thought it was before

[–] Inevitable-Gene-1866@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Dont updateeee!

[–] AleMUltra@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Confirmed. Android 14 with the One UI 5.1-6 is much more stable and performant than iOS 17.

[–] Upbeat-Bandicoot4130@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

After the latest update, I can no longer edit text messages easily. Anybody else has this problem? Is there a fix? Thanks!