iPhone 4 on 4.3.1 - Choppy UI animations.
Hi folks, I've seen some comments on this scattered around various forums, but there seem to be more people interested in saying those experiencing this issue are "seeing things".
Since updating my iPhone 4 to iOS 4.3.1, the device has become a vastly poorer user experience. App launch animations often don't even show when you press an app icon, this is most noticeable on games for some reason. Once an app has launched and is loaded into the memory however, the launch animation runs fine when returning to the home screen and relaunching. Also, when in an app like Photos or Camera, when you return to the home screen there is a clear juddering in the animation. There is no set list of apps which trigger the performance, it's utterly random in it's appearance. For example, Messages can load fluidly one moment, but close with a judder the next.
I have taken the following steps:
Restored via "Restore Button" in iTunes.
Restored via iTunes using DFU mode.
Switched off Ping.
Switched off Push in email settings.
Switched off Spotlight search.
Yet this choppy UI experience persists.
I phoned Applecare, who were very helpful, and they said it was not acceptable and set up a replacement at the Apple Store today. Obviously, the issue has to be witnessed by a Genius. It's not a case of "seeing things" or "seeing things you want to", as there is 6GB of free space left on my iPhone 4 and yet I could run this same iPhone 4 on 4.2 with only 800mb left and it displayed all the launch animations perfectly, regardless of the app in question.
The only reason I am taking up the offer of a replacement is because, hopefully, the refurb I receive will have 4.2 on it (or perhaps earlier, but that's a long shot). Suffice to say, if this is what each incremental update to iOS does to a device, and given what happened to the 3G with 4.0, I'll be leaving iOS 5 well alone.
Fluid UI beats new features for me.
Since updating my iPhone 4 to iOS 4.3.1, the device has become a vastly poorer user experience. App launch animations often don't even show when you press an app icon, this is most noticeable on games for some reason. Once an app has launched and is loaded into the memory however, the launch animation runs fine when returning to the home screen and relaunching. Also, when in an app like Photos or Camera, when you return to the home screen there is a clear juddering in the animation. There is no set list of apps which trigger the performance, it's utterly random in it's appearance. For example, Messages can load fluidly one moment, but close with a judder the next.
I have taken the following steps:
Restored via "Restore Button" in iTunes.
Restored via iTunes using DFU mode.
Switched off Ping.
Switched off Push in email settings.
Switched off Spotlight search.
Yet this choppy UI experience persists.
I phoned Applecare, who were very helpful, and they said it was not acceptable and set up a replacement at the Apple Store today. Obviously, the issue has to be witnessed by a Genius. It's not a case of "seeing things" or "seeing things you want to", as there is 6GB of free space left on my iPhone 4 and yet I could run this same iPhone 4 on 4.2 with only 800mb left and it displayed all the launch animations perfectly, regardless of the app in question.
The only reason I am taking up the offer of a replacement is because, hopefully, the refurb I receive will have 4.2 on it (or perhaps earlier, but that's a long shot). Suffice to say, if this is what each incremental update to iOS does to a device, and given what happened to the 3G with 4.0, I'll be leaving iOS 5 well alone.
Fluid UI beats new features for me.
iMac 2.4GHz C2D, Mac OS X (10.6.7), iPhone 4 16GB 4.3.1
