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iOS 5.1 feels much "snappier"


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#31 Shadrack

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Posted 08 March 2012 - 20:53

It feels snappier on my iPhone 4 for sure. Everything is opening faster and performing better. Lol, i thought it was a placebo but I'm pretty sure it is more optimized than 5.0.1 was, based on my experience.

I'm also very much enjoying Genius Mixing again now that it has been added to iTunes Match. Also, album art is displaying more consistently since the update.

Solid update (Y)

Edit: for the record, I thought that both the v4 and v5 updates were progressively worse in terms of overall "snappiness."


#32 myxomatosis

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Posted 09 March 2012 - 03:44

Anyway, I've always had the feeling that my old 3GS was "snappier" than my old iPhone 4 (not 4S). Probably because of the ressources needed for the Retina Display.


As I said, didn't notice difference between my 4S (5.0.1 jailbroken) and my gf's 4S (5.1)

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Posted 09 March 2012 - 03:50

Well I upgraded my iPhone 4S and iPad 2 and I see rainbows and unicorns. SWEET!

#34 +cooky560

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Posted 09 March 2012 - 08:15

It seems about the same to me, I'm not sure about the camera appearing without me double tapping the home button on the lock screen, seems more likely to happen by accident now

#35 +Spirit Dave

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Posted 09 March 2012 - 08:19

It's not placebo ... it's true. My iPhone IS quicker. And why? Because on iOS 5 I was having juddery and slow access to some apps and sometimes it'd hang for a few seconds. Nothing hangs now. Everything is as instant as I'd expect on the iPhone 4. It's 100% true that it's faster. Bugs have obviously been ironed out. In my opinion, this is far bigger an upgrade than people would think. Lack of new features matters not. It's all about the performance of the phone.

#36 saxondale.

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Posted 09 March 2012 - 08:39

View Postcooky560, on 09 March 2012 - 08:15, said:

It seems about the same to me, I'm not sure about the camera appearing without me double tapping the home button on the lock screen, seems more likely to happen by accident now
unlocking and starting the camera app requires swiping in different directions, how can you even do this by accident :/

#37 Denis W

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Posted 09 March 2012 - 08:51

Regarding standby battery use, got through a day with 1 hour 54 minutes of usage, 13 hours 26 minutes of standby, and the battery meter was at 78%. Compared to before, that's not bad.

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Posted 09 March 2012 - 09:06

No different on my 4S.

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Posted 09 March 2012 - 11:23

View Postsaxondale., on 09 March 2012 - 08:39, said:


unlocking and starting the camera app requires swiping in different directions, how can you even do this by accident :/

Well my coat has done it twice so far, I've taken it out the pocket to find the camera open

#40 Pygmy_Hippo

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Posted 09 March 2012 - 11:31

Don't wish to tempt fate, but the continual crashing I had in Safari and a few other apps has stopped since the new update, hopefully it'll stay like this - I'M FREE TO LOVE MY iPAD AGAIN!! :D

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Posted 09 March 2012 - 12:24

It feels exactly the same on my 4S. All the bugs like SMS sound stutter, sudden and random battery drainage are still present.

I did a fresh install of 5.1 and set the phone as new just to be sure.

**** poor job by Apple.

#42 Shadrack

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Posted 09 March 2012 - 16:07

View Postsanke1, on 09 March 2012 - 12:24, said:

It feels exactly the same on my 4S. All the bugs like SMS sound stutter, sudden and random battery drainage are still present.

I did a fresh install of 5.1 and set the phone as new just to be sure.

**** poor job by Apple.

Sounds like you may have defective hardware. Take it to an Apple Store. They will probably replace it for you.

#43 PyX

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Posted 09 March 2012 - 16:09

My battery on my 3GS has become ineffective. At the end of a day, I can be at around 15-20% if I had it fully charged in the morning. What’s that ?

#44 (Spork)

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Posted 09 March 2012 - 16:10

View PostEins.MY, on 08 March 2012 - 01:35, said:

My jailbroken iPhone 4 is a lot snappier and faster than stock iOS 5.0.1

How about battery life after you upgraded to 5.1? getting better?

wait what there is a jailbreak for the 5.1 ?

#45 Xenomorph

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Posted 09 March 2012 - 16:16

Maybe it feels faster because your phone was rebooted. My iOS devices can have uptimes in the area of several weeks/months.


View Post(Spork), on 09 March 2012 - 16:10, said:

wait what there is a jailbreak for the 5.1 ?

iOS 5.1 jailbreak (tethered) came out a few hours after iOS 5.1 was released. Pre A5 devices have hardware exploits that allow this sort of thing almost instantly.