Posted on 09/20/2014 6:04:05 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
iOS 8 upgrade problems have reared their ugly heads, bang on cue. Early-adopting iMagicMirror owners are finding their devices suffering some seriously poisoned Apple.
Here we go again. Every major iOS update causes suspicious slowdowns in older iPhone and iPad types. It's as if Apple wants you to upgrade to the latest shiny. As if.
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Gregg Keizer takes a beautiful new Queen:
The initial uptake for Apple's iOS 8 has been less than half of...iOS 7.
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In the 24 hours since its mid-day Wednesday launch, iOS 8 powered just 7.3% of all iOS devices that accessed Chitika's ad network. ... "iOS 8 adoption has been remarkably slower than either iOS 7 or iOS 6," said Andrew Waber [who] compared the 7.3% of iOS 8 against last year's iOS 7, which collected an 18.2% share [and] iOS 6's share was 14.8%. MORE
Some say slow uptake is down to the 5GB free-space requirement. Jonny Evans has great tips:
Some iOS 8 upgraders have complained it is necessary to delete content from their devices...to install the new OS. That's true if you upgrade in isolation, but far less of a problem...if you upgrade using iTunes [when you] need just under 1GB of space.
(Excerpt) Read more at computerworld.com ...
As an iPad fan, I can say this is the buggiest update yet (I have an Air). Disappointed in how they rearranged my Safari, too. Not enough to defect, though.
“The initial uptake for Apple’s iOS 8 has been less than half of...iOS 7.”
Complaining about uptake in just 24 hours?
Nearly half of all devices have been updated in just 5 days. Name one other OS that showed that kind of upgrade acceptance. That this uptake isn’t the fastest ever is not grounds for naysaying.
http://www.macrumors.com/2014/09/23/ios-8-adoption-46/
Where’s Elmer FUD?
Actually, it went pretty smooth for me, which is more than I can say for the iOS 7 upgrade. But that was with an iPhone 4. iOS 8 is find on the iPhone 5s.
Find = fine. I see some people having problems upthread, but I haven’t experienced those.
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