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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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Intricate

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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 28, 2021 11:44 AM in response to MoNaggar21

I saw your message about the fix, but nothing changed after your method. All those who write that "fixed", test first of all in "silent mode".

Apr 28, 2021 12:00 PM in response to IgorGryadunov

yes I deleted it because after I typed my comment the lag happened again :""""(

I disabled today view but the lag still there. No hope.

fuًck apple bro.

Apr 28, 2021 1:04 PM in response to flcrs84

I have a 128 GB iPhone from Hong Kong, the problem with unlocking like everyone else.

Gimi33

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Apr 28, 2021 3:00 PM in response to IgorGryadunov

Today after 3 days of using iOS 14.5 I used my AirPods for the first time and the lag came back :/

I‘m not sure if it’s just a coincidence with the AirPods or not

Apr 28, 2021 3:23 PM in response to MoNaggar21

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AlexDaMan

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Apr 28, 2021 3:28 PM in response to ner0ste11a

How bout’ we keep the language clean, ok?

AlexDaMan

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Apr 28, 2021 3:29 PM in response to AlexDaMan

And I think someone said they commented on some YouTube videos. ?.I didn’t quite understand.

Apr 28, 2021 5:08 PM in response to AlexDaMan

I don’t think so, I’m pretty sure that Apple’s software engineers can’t fix this issue because they don’t know what causes it, they are a group of losers.

AlexDaMan

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Apr 28, 2021 5:10 PM in response to MoNaggar21

You know they’re not losers. Once they acknowledge that we’re mad, then they can look at what was changed in 14.

Apr 28, 2021 5:37 PM in response to IvanTan55

Does anyone have whatsapp mail somewhere to send the video of the lag? to see if it is the same that happens to all

AlexDaMan

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Apr 28, 2021 6:06 PM in response to Balenci1510

I do not. I have gmail and Apple Mail. But what if we send the video to apple somehow, and then send the link to this discussion.

Apr 28, 2021 8:17 PM in response to AlexDaMan

give me your email for send the video

AlexDaMan

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Apr 29, 2021 6:15 AM in response to Balenci1510

Sorry, I had sent my email address but apple stinking deleted it. 😡

Apr 29, 2021 6:25 AM in response to AlexDaMan

apple deletes all the entries it does not like here.

Apr 29, 2021 3:55 PM in response to Yasban

Does this have any effect on reducing the operating time of the device?

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