iPhone 4S finicky mirroring to AppleTV

Issues with mirroring would likely be network related. The 15mbps would be your internet speed, airplay is using your local network. If there is interference or other bandiwdth intensive activities going on that could be it.

I am on an iPad 2 and mirroring has been flawless, but I have nothing else running and the router is close by.

I'm having the same issue. Real Racing 2 is a mess. Sometimes no picture at all. When I do get video, it stutters so badly, the game is unplayable. Other games also stutter, though not as badly. Apple TV works perfectly otherwise - streaming video, music, etc., from my Mac Pro, Netflix and iTunes purchases, so I don't think it can be explained away as a networking issue. I've tried rebooting ATV and my router, but the problem persists.

As is, mirroring is essentially worthless, which is a huge disappointment. That has huge potential, I think.

Anyone have success in overcoming these issues?

i have the same issue with real racing 2 also. the game lags too much and eventually airplay switches off itself.

i am beginning to think it's a router connection problem. but can't say for sure... i've always had weird issues with my router. i'm thinking if i replace my router, it will fix the problem.

i also sometimes get this really weird issue where when i switch on airplay, it doesn't allow me to and switches back to the iphone. this happens after unsuccessfully playing real racing 2 with mirroring (this occurs even outside of the game with the game turned off). but after a bit of time, it fixes itself (able to use mirroring, airplay, outside of the game).

I was having similar problem with dropouts. Thanks for the tip on the auto-lock work-around; that seemed to help. Still having freezes after a few minutes of inactivity, but dropouts seem to be gone.

Having similar issues with my iPhone 4S. No problems with airplay and photostream works fine. Air mirroring works to start with but always after about 10minutes it stops working.

Whats confusing me is that when it does it kicks every device on my wireless network off requiring me reset my router then all is well. At the same time it does this the air mirroring option dissapears completely from iphone 4S ( perhaps wifi lost and this is the first sign of it? )

I'm reluctant to start messing with router settings and its not at all in keeping with my experience of Apple over last few years where everything ' just works'.

I've done all the ATV2 updates today x2 and required me to put in all my details again so I think ( but need to check ) that its now on 4.4 or higher. I had hopes this would fix it but seemingly not.

Is it worth ringing Apple helpline for stuff like this? Never have done before.

This sounds like a network issue.

I agree with the mirroring sucking as it is not bandwidth because I have no issue with anything else in my home over bandwidth. I have Airport with 802.11n and it is still glitchy. There is. Pearly a glitch and I'm disappointed with how they are not even recognizing the issue. If Steve was at the helm I doubt he would have let the feature see the light of day if it lagged this bad. Hopefully this. An be resolved shortly as this was one of the main reasons I got this phone.

Mirroring requires more than most things. These are network issues usually. I have not seen much lag at all.

http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4085

I agree, I have an iPad 2 and recently bought an Apple TV all on the latest software, iOS 5.0.1 for the iPad.

This doenst really seem to make a difference in the game play of Real Racing 2 which is very fustrating.

Has anyone seen a difference in iOS 5.0.1?

Lag would come down to the network.

I wonder when the 'netwrok' will be fixed.

I was referring to the user's network. Mirroring is perfectly fine on my system, but I have a strong network and nothing else being used in the background.

Okay, thanks. What download speeds can you get on your network just as a rough indication of a suitable speed. I'm looking at buying a new router anyway.

My network is perfectly fine for everything else but this. I can stream Netflix movies without issue. I can transfer large files between my Mac Pro and my wife's MacBook.

I can do anything I've tried with my network with stellar results - except this.

Seems to me, it isn't the user's network that's the problem.

Netflix is using the internet. Mirroring requires a lot of LAN bandwidth (things like transferring files over the network will diminish this) and where lag is concerned it is due to network.