iPhone 16 Pro Max lagging after iOS 18 Update

Solution:

Go to: Settings/Siri/Siri & Dictation History/Delete Siri& Dictation History

Wait for the history to be deleted

Shut down iphone

Restart iphone

All should then be fine.

Extremely frustrated with the continuous lagging and heat up of the device, missed important picture moments due the same, after years very disappointed with APPLE

iPhone 16 pro and iOS 18 lagging.

I recently changed from an iPhone 12 that had iOS 16 to this iPhone 16 pro.

I’ve updated the phone to iOS 18 but it still lags. Auto correct is bad, slow keyboard while typing. Apps close by itself etc I could go on for days. It’s just crazy how I’d buy a phone for 1100-1200 dollars and get this nonsense. I’m really contemplating changing it back to my 12. Nobody better say I don’t have enough space because it’s 256gb and I’ve only used up 61gb because of transferred space. And don’t even think of saying to force restart a new $1200 phone

I’m also glad to see I’m not the only one with severe regret of getting this phone. My 12 ran better than the 14 and 15. The 16 has to be the worst. The constant notices of phone running hot and I’ve only been able to charge to 100% once since it came out. It constantly crashes and like one user said, a reboot fixes it until it becomes a problem again.

I was able to fix my issues upgrading to 16 pro max . Mine kept crashing every few minutes. I replaced my phone once and restored 3 times. I noticed search was acting wonky so in desperation I dug into Siri settings. Lo and behold there was this “reset hidden suggestions” option. Boom!

It hasn’t crashed since, no lag, battery lasts almost two days.

Full disclosure I did also “reset all settings” as well but it crashed still after that, just not as much it seemed.

When I first for the new IPhone 16 Pro the lagging was horrible, but the first IOS18 update (not sure what number it was) and the second update iOS 18.0.1 (22A3370) fixed all of the issues I was having including the lagging. I’m now happy with my phone. I do have one issue, the fact the sold everyone on Apple AI “The phone made for AI” but they didn’t release the IA firmware. Even the commercials say we have AI but we don’t. They should be saying “The IPhone 16 built for AI which will not come with your phone and will be released later this year in an update!”

I have all the same issues as discussed on this thread. This seems to be a hugely inefficient iOS issue causing all of these problems, especially the battery heat, and lag. I suspect this will be addressed in the upcoming 18.1 update, and in the meantime, I have set my max battery charge to 80% to help protect the battery. Apple better get this right or they will lose the trust of millions of consumers, much like Toyota has regarding reliability.

I wrote a posting about getting a 16PM just because of all its new

upgraded stuff vs my 14PM and a few weeks ago I came this close to

saying YES at the Verizon store.. but I said " I'm going to think abt it

for a week.."  Then I started seeing posts like what i'm seeing now,

then I decided not to upgrade this year and just wait for the BIG

Redesign Iphone 17 but I will still drag my feet for about a month and a

half on buying it to see if the same problems exist like what we are

seeing here NOW!!. My guess probably not but will see.  So in closing I'm glad I didn't upgrade and will keep

my Iphone 14PM that is working like a Champ and most of all like the

Verizon Commercials sez... Can you hear me now.. YES.. My phone is

talking and working just fine.

You’re telling me thousands of people all had the same problem at the exact same time on a brand new phone that was rushed to release? Oh yes it must be something besides Apples device or their iOS. The update has nothing to do with this, it’s the fact that Apple released a junk phone with existing problems. That’s negligence.

This is why i never buy a new phone the first Month or 2... after that they usually get the bugs out but I would think waiting for the 17 for me is a better choice.. wanted a 16PM NOW.. but after reading all this crazy post.. I am glad I didnt buy a 16PM and keeping my 14PM for another year. I know the 16PM has a better camera but if I know im going to need a killer shot.. I will bring my Canon SLR.. but it still nice to have a better camera on my phone but not with all these problems.. No Thank you.

Also suffering with 16 pro max and iOS 18.

Siri lags like crazy, voice to text lags so badly I can no longer dictate business memos. 50% of time siri does not respond at all. Can no longer work from car because hands free features don't work.

Also having problems with crashing.

Photo app crashes consistently during edits.

Please release patch asap!

16 pro hands down the worst Apple product I’ve ever had. Going on 2 weeks videos lagging glitches and freezes. Horrible and I work on my phone all day. Tempted to throw it back at Apple and never return.

Hi , but I dont understand....

If not via I cloud , how did you trasfer contacts , pictures , or you kiss them all goodbuye?

How did you restore contacts , how did you restore photos , ok apps and settings , but photos and videos , contacts , mesages?

Nobody can tell you is apple aware of something.

Yes the lag is there is predictive text and all are stuff are on.

If you turn that thing down it gets better.

I think that it has to di something with apple inteligence , because if you change english us tipyng to lets say english uk , it gets wayyyyy snapier.

Remeber all those predicive txt and so on and so on , has to be turned of fir the moment.

The sam issue is on 15 pro max

I made a post saying like abt a month ago i was just abt to pull the trigger on a 16PM.. but wanted to think abt it for a week.. then I started getting alot of bad reviews as your giving now.. which made me wait another week and so on.. now I am glad I didnt upgrade.. sorry to hear you did and now your stuck.. I have a 14PM and it works flawless.. so going to wait for the 17PM now.. I think you and I next time we upgrade.. dont buy the phone the first month or 2 after it is released.. whats happening now it seems is the ppl that are buying the 16pro models are the testers.. or Guinea pigs and Verizon is fixing the problems after the fact and just want the user group to spend $$$$ first.. and Verizon is LOL all the way to the bank and slowing fixing all the bugs which they should have gone thru this months prior to release

So Wait a couple months.. then if there is very little bad review.. then lets pull the trigger and buy and upgrade with some confidence.