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iOS 8 : Problems & Issues

Hi All,

Please add your issue/problem/difficulty with iOS8 on your iDevice. Please hit "I have this question too" if you find similar problems on your device and request others to do the same.

List of issues: iOS8

1. Miserable battery life.

2. No option to choose 2G network.

3. Excessive heating problem. Becomes very hot with a little use.

4. Display(flickering and color gradient) issue if the brightness is increased to the highest level.

5. Safari crashes frequently.

6. Safari gets the maximum usage of battery though I closed/terminated it from multitasking menu.

#iOS8Problems&Issues

iPhone 5s, iOS 8

Posted on Sep 20, 2014 1:05 AM

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MyBlueSky Author

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Posted on Sep 26, 2014 2:52 AM

It_caveman wrote:

You can revert back. I did it on all my devices.

Here you go. I rolled my Air, Mini and iPhone 5 back to 7.1.2 and all are back normal.

http://www.redmondpie.com/how-to-downgrade-ios-8-to-ios-7.1.2/

Follow directions carefully and note that this is only available for a while. Apple will stop signing the file eventually. Hopefully this will get you back to work until ios 8 is fixed.

Helpful guide 🙂

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garin001

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Sep 20, 2014 7:51 PM in response to garin001

OOops that should have said shutdown all location services and notifications

ssschmidt

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Sep 21, 2014 1:05 AM in response to garin001

E is Edge - essentially 2g.

Sep 24, 2014 7:21 PM in response to macritj

macritj wrote:

I upgraded the IOS8 to my iphone5 and now I am dropping calls all the time. How can I go back to prior IOS?

Downgrading is not supported. Sorry.

Oct 25, 2014 1:05 PM in response to raghuseeth1

By any chance do you sync your email or Contacts with GMail? I believe I have reproduced a bug where doing this leads to very poor battery life on IOS8, where as it didn't on ios7.

Oct 25, 2014 1:06 PM in response to Dxxxx

By any chance do you sync your email or Contacts with GMail? I believe I have reproduced a bug where doing this leads to very poor battery life on IOS8, where as it didn't on ios7.

ssschmidt

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Sep 20, 2014 1:08 AM in response to MyBlueSky

1. Not seeing that (you can possibly check settings - general - usage - battery usage, and see which apps are draining your battery).

2. This is an option controlled by your carrier.

3. Not seeing this.

4. Not seeing this (but I don't turn my brightness all the way up.

5. Not seeing it.

6. My major battery drain is caused by the Moves App.

- If you performed the upgrade over the air, you may consider backing up your device and restoring to factory settings using iTunes in case there was a problem with the ota update.

MyBlueSky Author

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Sep 20, 2014 1:25 AM in response to ssschmidt

To clarify the toggling option of 2G/3G:

Previously on iOS 7.1.2, we had an option to enable cellular data without enabling 3G which consumed less battery power as it worked in 2G(GPRS/EDGE) network. Now on iOS 8 enabling cellular data enables 3G by default which consumes a huge battery power.

People facing the same issue:

Re: Ios8 3g 2g toggle

MyBlueSky Author

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Sep 20, 2014 6:20 AM in response to Lincdunn

Thanks a lot for adding your issue.

However, do you use any other apple devices? Have you updated your icloud settings while updating to iOS 8? If so accept the settings change on your other apple devices. You can also try reset all settings of your phone.

On the other hand, you can give a try by restoring your phone with iTunes. Hope your problem resolves soon 🙂

Sep 20, 2014 6:50 AM in response to raghuseeth1

And I have tried everything I could think of

For battery issue:

soft reset, hard reset, turning off location services, turning off handoff, reducing brightness of screen, not looking for wi-fi etc...

For Bluetooth issues:

Deleting the bluetooth link and Re-establishing the bluetooth link, resetting network settings, restarting the car system, hard and soft reset of phone

Nothing works... definitely an iOS 8 issue....

MyBlueSky Author

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Sep 21, 2014 1:06 AM in response to garin001

garin001 wrote:

With the 3G thing I notice on my 4S when I turn off the 3G the signal drops to one dot and an E appears next to the carrier name (in my case Telstra) I thinks this means Emergency only I also…

To my understanding "E" in the place of 3G refers the attachment/registry with 2G network of your operator which is EDGE/GPRS.

applle

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Sep 23, 2014 2:05 PM in response to MyBlueSky

i am using iPhone 5, 32GB and updated to iOS 8 through iTunes . answers to your questions below:

1.battery life degrades a bit but not much as you and others mentioned and reason is more features in iOS 8. 😮

2.yes, there is no option to choose 2G/ 3G. tip to get 2G: if you have only 2G activated then it will switch to only 2G mode else default 3G mode if activated

or you are in some area where 3G is not there then default would be 2G. apple is expecting everyone to use at least 3G and so they gave this option only 😐

3. felt this issue initially but nowadays i am not facing. It depend on temperature also when you are using iPhone. yes when I use 3G in bright sunny day, iPhone gets hot after sometime and this was the issue with iOS 7 also. hopefully next update will resolve the issue as much as possible. 😁

4. Not facing this issue.

5. nope. I prefer chrome but whenever I use safari, didn't face this issue. Chrome is the best browser.

6. nope, no issues.

as like everyone, i am also waiting for next update. 🙂

MyBlueSky Author

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Sep 26, 2014 2:52 AM in response to Oclair

Oclair wrote:

I have exactly the same issue updating my iPhone 4s to iOS8.0.1 including new bugs introduced in ios8 (copied text forgotten) of course the app switching refresh bug from IOS7 remains an as intended feature....

Productivity could not be lower

You can give a try on updating to iOS 8.0.2

MyBlueSky Author

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Sep 26, 2014 11:22 AM in response to aarrooww

aarrooww wrote:

Hello,

I have upgraded to iOS 8 on my 5s and have problem with Reminders - frequently use location based reminder for incoming calls: Decline - Remind me - When I leave. Location based Reminder was correctly set up automatically. Now with iOS 8 the new Reminder si set but without any location. I checked setting for Setting - Privacy - Location Services - Raminders. Now there is options Never or While Using the App (my option). Other apps has option Always but this option is not available for location services. iOS 7 had only toggle on-off for every app.

Can you help me, please?

Thanks

Vaclav

I am not sure about the toggle in iOS8. You can check Settings -> Privacy -> Location Services -> System Services -> Location-Based Alerts

Best Luck.

Dxxxx

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Sep 28, 2014 5:53 PM in response to MyBlueSky

Major battery drain issues iOS 8.2. Yesterday my battery drained and phone shutdown in under 9 hours. Bluetooth off. No data surfing. iMessage appears to be an issue. Sent a couple of text messages and messaging shows 54% battery drain. Never had this kind of drain on my 4s with iOS 7.

Today my battery has drained down to 36% in 6 hours. Just sent a few text, no phone calls, no data usage and had no Bluetooth turned on. My battery would last 2 days with iOS 7 and now it will not last a day with iOS 8.2. Battery usage shows 51% messages and 35% lock screen. Something is seriously wrong!

Oct 14, 2014 1:16 PM in response to MyBlueSky

more of the same issues here, after upgrading my iPhone 4S from 7 to 8.0.2

Phone becomes very hot
battery drains in a couple of hours, instead of in more than one day
main culprit is application Phone, with message low signal. However this did not happen on iOS 7.

my phone is now practically unusable at home. Not good at all

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