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iPhone lagging and slow after iOS 17 Update

My IPhone 13 has been considerably slower ever since I updated it to ios 17.


Its never been this way in ios 16!


while using safari, I am witnessing frame drops. My keyboard is not smooth. While check for background apps, It’s stuttering and the app overall scroll seems very sluggish and lots of frame drops.



i have more than 50Gb storage space available and my battery capacity is still above 80%.



Even while typing this, My keyboard seems sooooo sluggish!


please help me and suggest me some useful tips to resolve this apart from the usual force restart and all fixes!


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Posted on Sep 21, 2023 9:56 AM

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Posted on Oct 26, 2023 5:14 AM

IOS 17 is TERRIBLE to say the least! I have iphone 12 and it is running like an iphone 3! Super SUPER laggy no smoothness whatsoever switching between apps.. even the keyboard is extremely laggy im furious and decided to switch to android this is extremely frustrated to say the least.

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Feb 8, 2024 9:19 AM in response to videogayme

Seems like everybody has their own unique issues with ios 17.3 update! I have the iphone 11 that’s served me well until 17.3. Now I’ve lost sound for texts, emails, etc, and have also experienced the rapid battery drain like some others have. I tried numerous fixes that have been posted, but none worked for the sound except one I came up with on my own: disabling bluetooth. Got the sound back all right, but not having bluetooth is a huge inconvenience b/c I can’t use my other devices that depend on it! Not satisfactory in the long run!! I’ve had iphones for years & prefer them to android but will be getting android phone as soon as I decide on a replacement. Very sad situation. But I just can’t wait for Apple to stop fuffering around and come up with fixes for all of us. :(

Feb 10, 2024 3:32 AM in response to Apple_and_Stones

My iPhone also stopped working after the new update . I have iPhone 11 From 2020, and now the mobile data and wifi is not connecting. I tried everything restarting, taking the sim out, went to the Apple Store 2 times for support , they run a bunch of test including a radio frequency test and it is not working. They just told me to buy a new phone

Feb 16, 2024 5:30 AM in response to Apple_and_Stones

Current Update (lol) still not fixing any of my issues concerning extreme heat and battery consumption on phone/camera/messenger apps.


Also someone stated that this is solely a user-to-user site. This is not the case since Apple is for sure reading these comments, several were deleted as this one might well be. If this comment is deleted my next phone will be a Pixel.

Mar 13, 2024 12:58 AM in response to Apple_and_Stones

I've purchased an iPhone SE 2022 for a really good price thinking to get rid of Android Auto lag...Guess what, iOS17 appeared and introduced audio stuttering and lag on this device..I'm thinking to sell it since there is no improvement, I tried every possible cable, carplay wireless ,but with no help, so the solution it's to go back to android cause it's perfectly fine :)

Mar 16, 2024 6:57 AM in response to Batman690

Switched to apple 12yrs ago because it was stable and smooth. Seriously considering switching back to android because it seems to me that with the 17.4 ios the slowdown is intentional. You guys remember when ios13? Or 14 came out, apple intentionally killed iphone 6 & 7s to force users to buy new phones? (they where actually caught red handed so it wouldn’t be the first time!)

Now all the yadda-yadda over the EU forcing apple to let other app markets, the huge fines for unjustified surcharges on the app store. So now apple is fear-mongering users on “security”

i’m sad to see how corporate greed is treating apple users as we were some fools 🤬🤯


pity!

Mar 19, 2024 6:41 AM in response to pallak64

Same experience with my iPhone XR. There is clearly some poor coding going on with iOS 17.4 or maybe deliberate action to force new device adoption. Up until this update I had no issues with the device and now simple actions are lagging even just swiping up to switch between apps.


I am a long time iPhone user and have optimized device fully and always clear my cache and perform force restart after updates. This is clearly on Apple and all we can do now is await minor update to resolve, that is if they intend to…

Apr 11, 2024 8:52 AM in response to Apple_and_Stones

I went from Android to iPhone in 2021. I have fell in LOVE with the iPhone, but now After the update my phone has been super laggy and sometimes it just closes out all my stuff completely. My husbands phone he hasn’t been receiving text messages or any other notifications. He’s also not been able to make phone calls probably. We share our location with each other and it’s not even showing where we are half the time now or it shows we are not at the right destination. Even before the last update I wouldn’t receive notifications or phone calls.

iPhone lagging and slow after iOS 17 Update

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