Anyone else feel that iOS 4 has made their ipod touch 2G very sluggish? screen rotations are slow(delayed) and iBooks is totally unusable. ibooks crashes often. and how do you lock screen orientation?
I never posted a thread here, but I'm so annoyed with the OS 4 update that I simply had to. I hope some Apple folks actually read this and make notes. Just like everyone else posting here, I had a great experience with OS 3.1.3 on my 2G iPod Touch but OS 4 is a bigger blunder than Vista. It turned a great product into something I hate dealing with. OS 4.1 is only very marginally better. Everything is slower, buggier, crashier, and if I keep Wi-Fi turned on, battery dies in about 3-4 hours while it used to last a couple days of minor use. I understand why Apple does this - so that we throw out the two-year old equipment and spend 300 bucks on the new model. And making the update almost 'forced' because new apps don't work on older OS is the biggest spit in the face. Even Microsoft has backward compatibility. And this is precisely the reason why I will avoid Apple products: they are sleek but if being an Apple owner means purchasing new equipment every two years because old stuff runs like junk, guess what - I won't do it. My five-year-old back-up Windows XP computer runs just fine without me having to buy a new one every two years. I just want a piece of equipment that works and that is a pleasure to use (like my Touch was with 3.1.3) for as long as the product lasts, not for as long as Apple decides I should use it. Updates should be UPdates, not DOWNdates. If you indeed make new OS in a way that it purposefully slows down old equipment, then shame on you, Apple folks!
the lock orientation feature is not available for 2nd gen ipod touch, only the new 32gb and 64gb models.
i also have a very sluggish rotation on the ibooks and the battery life of the ipod seems to drain faster.
Exactly the same symptoms here: sluggish screen rotation, slow web browsing and unusable iBooks. It' a pity, since I like he new folders feature, but I'm kind of sorry I upgraded. I hope they come with a patch or something to fix performance. So iPod touch 1gen users: don't be sad you guys can't upgrade!
I m in half a mind to go back to 3.1.3. I came across a few guys on the net detailing how to do that(its not without its own bag of problems - some guys have complained of it bricking the ipod).
With so many ppl having problems, a 4.1 release may be forthcoming soon.
WiFi is ruined and no longer works with even a smidgeon of reliability, Safari locks up the device and crashes routinely, as does Mail. Very few of my apps run correctly; even the ones updated for iOS 4 simply don't seem to have any memory to run anymore.
Some things are faster, graphically.. But most thing are not. It's like they sacrificed usability of the device for some fancy graphics stuff. I would rather have had less transparency and animations on the home screen and gotten bluetooth keyboard support, for example.
But alas, yes iOS 4 has turned my iPod into something useless. Music doesn't even play right anymore.
"Sluggish" to say the least. My iPod certainly slower on flicking thought the home screens, rotation, etc.
Main problem: MANY APPS CRASH after update to the iOS4, and report "LOW MEMORY".
Luckily I have not experienced any other problems yet. And I do like the new email management and that you can delete emails right in the search results list.
iPod Touch 2gen 8GB (A1288)
Please share how to roll back to OS 3.1
My 16gb Touch is sluggish in graphic motion..for example, playing Solitaire, the game hesitates before it flips cards. Playing music, the screens also hesitate before displaying. Almost like the processor is running at half-speed.
Do a reset. I think you will find that it will be a bit faster. I noticed a bit of sluggish behavior prior to the reset, but it seems back to normal now.
Not only is my iPod touch slow, the new OS takes A LOT of space!(look when you connect to the PC!!!) And some of my songs will not play. I hope when I reconnect it to the computer it will take care of the song issue. But Apple please fix these issues, I do like being able to adjust my playlists and create new ones on the touch instead of having to connect to the PC. NEED A FIX ASAP....
me too. i regret upgrading. everything is slower. my wife didn't upgrade hers so i can compare exactly opening itunes (very slow), opening mail (very slow) etc etc.
i hope iOS4.1 is on it's way PDQ !
I've done lots of resets. They help -- maybe -- a little. But there's still an unpleasant amount of waiting with my iPod Touch now, and it's really hurting the quality of the experience.
Also, iBooks 1.1 is especially a dog. When I open it, nothing's on my bookshelf for about 5-6 seconds. Then when I open books from the iTunes store, I often -- though not all the time -- get error messages about resources missing. Huh? When I close PDFs, the animation of shrinking the PDF back to the bookshelf stutters badly, too. Ick. iBooks is about the only ios4 feature I'd miss, but its performance is really substandard so far.
Yes, the iPod is sluggish, apps are sluggish, and I now have issues entering text in text boxes (like this one) using Safari: about 5 or 6 lines into the response, and safari blanks out what I am typing. It's there, but safari doesn't show it unless I zoom out, at which point it briefly shows it until I start typing again.
And there is no way to restore back to 3.1.3, since Apple removes the signature for previous versions, making it impossible to downgrade your firmware. I'm very unhappy with iOS 4
Agree with the tone here... it took ~4 hours to get my gen2 updated last night, and I am so sorry I did. Hands down the worst upgrade experience in my iHistory, which includes a Mini, 3 versions of the shuffle, a regular, a video and two touches. Luckily I dove first. The other 3 touches in the fam, my wife's and two kids' will not be getting upgraded.
For the first time in years, I feel a need to look at something like a Streak.
My touch is almost unusably slow, even with resets.
