ios 13.1.2 slow, freezes

iphone 7 and 8plus, since upgrading to IOS 13.1.2 has been sluggish and freezing.


anybody else?

iPhone 8 Plus

Posted on Oct 4, 2019 1:01 AM

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Posted on Oct 4, 2019 6:42 PM

Yes, what a royal pain. The phone is used for business and with the new update I now have a paper weight as I'm unable to answer calls, clicking any app takes takes 3+ minutes to open. The phone for functionality is essentially worthless. I'm glad I'm not the only one experiencing similar issues.

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Oct 8, 2019 2:22 AM in response to 011coop

Yes! My iphone 8plus apps are freezing after the update:

Pandora

Safari - On Safari, it’s specifically on Facebook and Twitter. Facebook freezes. The use icons for twitter are now at the bottom of the screen. When I try to search or go to home on the website, the general safari icons come up bc they are also at the bottom of the screen. Youtube on Safari also freezes.

Pandora - The screen options freeze and I cannot leave the station I’m on.

Messages has also frozen on me a couple of times.

This new update causes glitches multiple times a day. I can only restart my phone so often!

i haven’t really tried other apps. I mainly use safari, messages, and pandora.


Oct 8, 2019 9:04 AM in response to SethBParr

I've got my phone working again; It took a clean install and manually re-downloading all the Apps. I used the cloud to re-establish photos, contacts, and notes, however, I lost the call log, game history, and text message history...bummer!


The phone's software is now solid, there's been no software glitch of any kind for the past three and half days. It would be great if this update was a smooth update but this does not appear to be the case unfortunately.


Somewhere there's a conflict on our devices between pre-existing and new. A clean install seems to resolve the issue. Personally, I believe it's not the core OS but it's pre-existing Apps that have issue with the new OS. It's a royal pain but manually re-download and test your apps one by one. Lesson learned...no more updates if the phone is working fine. What a royal pain!


Good luck everyone!

Oct 10, 2019 6:48 PM in response to 011coop

I did the upgrade to ISO 13.1.2 today and it’s been a disaster ever since. The device is freezing, it won’t take passwords and won’t allow me on any of my WIFI networks. I can’t even erase it. I contacted Apple Support, the lady I spoke with was respectful but could not give me any solutions after two hours on the phone. She then suggested I take to to Apple at Best Buy. I am beside myself. I have never had a problem with an Apple upgrade before and frankly I’m disgusted and lost. Any ideas?

Oct 10, 2019 10:12 PM in response to 011coop

iPhone 7 Plus ... I have similar issues and some folders also disappeared after the install. I am unable to rearrange my apps and create folders now. As a result some of my frequently used applications, which were very organised, are now all over the place. When I attempt to move an icon it appears to float above the others when I release it. In order to gain control again I have to press the home button, sometimes more than once, and the icon returns to its original position ... really inconvenient loss of functionality.


I had to upgrade because of syncing with my iPad Pro 2018, which I upgraded first ... features such as notes and reminders required me to upgrade in order for me to see them on my iPhone.


Needless to say, I am not charmed by this upgrade.

Oct 11, 2019 1:08 AM in response to 011coop

since update to ios 13.1.2, my mail app only half works;

  1. I get a notification for a new message
  2. I open the mail app; there are no messages at all displayed
  3. I re-open the app, now the old mail messages show, but not the new ones
  4. I change folders in the app; now I finally can see the new messages
  5. new messages are not marked as read until I open them twice...


Seems like I'm not the only one having issues with new ios, so I guess apple did a half-assed job in 'testing' their software. (surprise).


  • This on top of the fact that I can't sync music to my phone for ages (there's no 'solution' but for doing a factory reset which I'm unwilling to do).
  • This on top of the fact that I'm now being nagged for my credit card details by apple pay by notifications and the wallet app


Next phone will not be an apple, apple doesn't give a sh_t about its customers, they have been living on fanboi loyalty for far too long.

Oct 11, 2019 12:37 PM in response to marceltoffel

I have a number of new problems:


1) Phone is slow to open notifications.

2) When I tap on a notification, it goes to the main app page instead of directly to the post or tweet.

3) When I try to open an app, all I often see is a light grey screen, before the app kicks me out.

4) If I get as far as the app's title screen, it hangs on the title screen for almost a minute before kicking me out.

5) In the Facebook app for iOS (which has been a train wreck for over a year -- each update brings new problems, and often re-introduces old problems that had been half-corrected in a previous update), when I tap on Previous Posts in a long discussion, I get kicked out to the first screen of apps.


Hey, Apple? Get the lead out and fix this horrible update!

Oct 11, 2019 3:50 PM in response to 011coop

Me too!

apps will open and remain frozen on the screen or open but not load content and are unresponsive.

phone is losing battery very fast depending which way the wind is blowing. Sometimes I can watch it lose a percent a minute continuously. Not related to a specific app. If I forever restart the iPhone it will roll on to the next app I open. Eg frozen outlook the chrome next, maps next.

about to try factory reset. So annoying!!

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