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Any way to turn off iOS 7 navigation animations?

The zoom animations everywhere on the new iOS 7 are literally making me nauseous and giving me a headache. It's exactly how I used to get car sick if I tried to read in the car.


How do I turn them off? Do I have to revert to 6?

iPhone 4

Posted on Sep 18, 2013 4:59 PM

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Sep 30, 2013 3:51 PM in response to Ensorceled

This is one of the worst "feature" of iOS7. Luckily, I don't feel sick because of zooming, but I consider that whole system is over-animated. Zooming is too heavy, too slow and really annoying. It slows down common usage of the device: turn-on, unlock, run app, close app, run another app. The situation on iPad is even worse - bigger screen, bigger animations, bigger annoyance. 😟

Sep 30, 2013 6:41 PM in response to Ensorceled

I am having the same problem and beginning to hate my iPhone 4S. I get the motion sickness the worst when opening it closing apps. It's the zoom in and zoom out animations, if they could turn that off and allow you to choose the "classic" iPhone look vs the new one it would help people who suffer from motion sickness. I can't even see 3D movies because it affects me badly, and had I realized the new update would be like a futuristic experience I would've never updated it. I do not want to be forced to get an android but if there's no resolution to this animation and turning it off I will be forced to go with the competition. This was bad apple! Very bad! All you need is an option to turn it off! Patently waiting for a fix but I'm not sure how much longer I can wait :(

Sep 30, 2013 9:02 PM in response to Ensorceled

This iOS7 is a Mickey Mouse interface..... Apple is going the way of Win 8. Fonts are too small and rectilinear, and subject to visual chromatic aberration. Depending on the background color, they are unreadable.


Having tried my son'e Galaxy last week, Saturday 28th I ordered a new AT&T Samsung Galaxy 4, to be delivered Oct. 5th.... The only solution, simple..., and larger screen, has an SD card, user accessible battery, and easy to change SIM card when travelling (roaming) overseas! Life is good <g>.

Sep 30, 2013 9:44 PM in response to Ensorceled

I have the same thing happening to me!!! I am so upset that there isn't any going back to IOS 6.

I feel as though I took my Maserati in for a tune up and was handed back a ghetto, unsophisticated eye sore.

The iPhone now lacks elegance and respect to our optical nerves! Why all the white screens everywhere? The Calender is destroyed and the keyboard is too tall in size with unnecessarily thin font. The new features are cute, but who cares when using my phone makes me sick?!! Come on Apple. Be Apple and not something you're not.

Oct 1, 2013 1:33 AM in response to Ensorceled

The iOS 7 colors are just blaring into my eyes. Why so much white space, bright and florecent colors?

I like the control center and swipe for back navigation but everything else is cringe worthy. The colors is beyond belief, appaling. Lets start with the icons, i have hidden phone, facetime, message and music app out of my sight, such bright colors. I assume iOS 7 was designed keeping in mind the 5C and young teenagers. The zoom feature is totally unecessary. I want to open an app, I don't want to see an app opening. It is slow and not for power users. I minimized an app and wait until the zoom does his thing. Pathetic. Slows down the whole experience. Also why is it not instant for screen to light up when I press home button when phone is locked ?


Let me speak about the iOS 7 on iPad. The new OS is clearly designed for phone NOT for iPad, I used to use my iPad for - browsing, movies, recipes, notetaking basically everything in my day to day life. Now. I can't, the white and bright colors are just killing my eyes and appaling. Not to mention a zoom navigation on a 9.7 inch screen. Feel so sad, can't turn to it anymore, tried getting used to it but not happening.


Just imagine if Mac OS X became blaring colorful, would you use it for day to day activity. NO. Cringe.


Oh the mighty is on decline.

Oct 1, 2013 2:36 AM in response to Ensorceled

I finally got around to updating my wife's iPhone 4S to iOS 7 and wouldn't you know it, she happens to be another person that is nowgetting motion sick from iOS 7. It isn't really the parallax effect as much as it is the zoom in/out, so the 'reduce motion' setting doesn't help at all. It's to the point where she really cannot even user her iPhone right now due to this.


Figured I might as well add a +1 to this post in case anyone important is keeping an eye on the issue.


Hopping this issue gets fixed soon, cause while mamma ain't happpy... I'm not getting any. 😢

Any way to turn off iOS 7 navigation animations?

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