iPhone 7 lagging when unlocking

Wondering if any iPhone 7 users have experienced this issue whereby the phone will lag and become very sluggish when unlocking the phone. This issue arrived when I updated to iOS 14 and I didn’t have this problem in iOS 13. After unlocking , the animations will turn off and opening apps, scrolling through your apps will be really really laggy. After about 10 second when the unlock icon at the top of the screen disappears, then everything run as usual. Please respond if anyone have faced this issue before.

iPhone 7, iOS 14

Posted on Nov 5, 2020 5:24 PM

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Posted on Apr 9, 2021 8:45 AM

Just adding my voice to the thread, had this infuriating issue on iPhone 7 since iOS 14 launched.


As someone earlier in the thread pointed out, it does seem (at least in my case) to be related to pushing the button to wake up the phone. This appears to not wake up the CPU correctly leading to a period of intense lag.


Enabling "Wake on Raise" and then raising the phone to wake it, before unlocking the phone via Touch ID works perfectly. It's important to note that pushing the button to wake still causes lag. You must raise the phone to wake it.


An awful workaround, but since Apple doesn't seem to care about the issue, it will have to do.

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Apr 27, 2021 7:42 AM in response to Moscow2021

this conversation says it’s 19 pages long, at least for me. So apple releases an update, and doesn’t fix it. I’ve had a few apple recommended answers, so that’s proof that they read this stuff, but THEY JUST DON’T CARE!!!


And i’m guessing that there are other devices along with the iPhone 7.


my dad’s iPhone 7 is fine from what I know, but my iPad mini jumps when unlocking.


Apple, you know you want customers, and you definitely don’t want to lose them. At least fix this in 14.6. Pls

Apr 27, 2021 3:55 PM in response to Ahmed_991

i’d like to see if this would be any different in Samsung communities. Maybe they could fix a bug. This is frustrating.


but I still have to give them credit for the good things they’ve done also, but apple, I have something to ask of you. WILL YOU LISTEN? And if you are listening and trying to fix this, say so, reply to this conversation, let us know you’re listening. Keep us informed. These are 19 pages of angry questions and replies.


(then I get an email that my response is apple recommended. That would have me laughing for hours.)


Apr 27, 2021 4:30 PM in response to MoNaggar21

Yes, there are already a lot of leaks for it. I have even bigger hopes for iPadOS. I heard that could become more like a Mac in iPadOS 15. I’ll send a link so you can see the concept.https://betanews.com/2021/02/22/apple-ipados-15-design/you’ll get more from the link than reading it. But one along with that, I think iOS 15 is missing lots of bug fixes.

and I heard iPhone 7 would be supported, because they need a fix.


and I probably won’t write feedback because I don’t have the issue. I’m just here to help. But there are a lot of other things to fix, and I’ve seen that apple reads these because I’ve gotten emails that my answers are apple recommended. So maybe they could fix it, or explain why they can’t.


but whoever does write it, good luck.

Apr 28, 2021 1:02 PM in response to Gimi33

I don’t know. But also apple has other issues to fix. Like Macs that have difficulty turning on and updating. There are iPhones that lag. iPads that need more features like Mac features and the App Library.


and apple reads this because I’ve had emails that some responses of mine are apple recommended or edited my moderator. So they do read them, they just don’t care.

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