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iPhone 6 Plus and iOS 9 major lag

Hello!

I just wanted to check how many of you have a bad and not stable/laggy experience with iOS 9 on your newer devices (iPhone 6 and 6 plus)? After I updated my phone a week ago, my phone feels like it was made at least 5 years ago performance wise. EVERYTHING is laggy. From scrolling, writing, opening and closing apps, animations, to the worst lagfest of them all - the new appswitcher. How is it possible that such a new device, iPhone 6 Plus, performs in such a horrible way with the new iOS? Do you guys know if Apple has acknowledged this problem? I can't seem to find anything online stating this fact except for same threads as mine. This is not acceptable in any way, shape or form. We've reached all the way up to iOS 9 and Apple should not release such a poor excuse of an iOS to the public in such a manner. Furthermore this problem doesn't seem to be exclusive for the phones as I am experiencing exactly what was mentioned above on my iPad mini 2.

Does anybody have some insight into this problem?

iPhone 6 Plus, iOS 9.0.1

Posted on Sep 28, 2015 9:01 PM

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user807

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Posted on Sep 30, 2015 7:55 PM

I have the exact same issue with my iPhone 6 Plus 128GB model. After doing a full restore using the ipsw files for iOS 9, iOS 9.0.1 they still have not been fixed. Performance with the OS, Apple apps and third party apps is so lagged and brutal that I hate using or even looking at my phone. I feel like I've been ripped off by Apple at this point. I've contacted their support twice and now that iOS 9.0.2 has been released I'll be doing a fresh restore using that ipsw. If it still isn't improved I'll be calling for a third time tomorrow.

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Oct 18, 2015 1:09 PM in response to blackneck6666

This is old and has been around for a while. I have tried this and it helps some but its still not a fix. I am personally at my wits end, I paid over $1k for a phone that doesn't work. I am seriously considering getting rid of it and getting an HTC or Android of some sort. It feels as though Apple doesn't give a s*it about this issue or will try to resolve it anytime soon.

Oct 18, 2015 1:36 PM in response to Mendomar06

IF it's going to take a while to fix then they should let us downgrade to iOS 8 so we can actually use our devices, but we can't even do that because they've stopped signing it

Shahraki Author

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Oct 18, 2015 1:43 PM in response to blackneck6666

I just made an interesting observation guys! I bought a new iPhone 6 for my girlfriend a couple of days ago, the silver 64 gb model and the first thing I did was to compare its performance with my 6 plus 128gb model. Her phone doesn't lag at all and runs very smoothly on all tasks. I just can't figure out what the **** is going on with our 128gb models. Also like someone stated previously in this thread, the performance issues seem to be connected by one common factor, all of us have the 128gb iPhone 6 Plus model..

HyperT

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Oct 18, 2015 1:58 PM in response to Shahraki

This is the problem with iphone 6 plus 99%. My assumption, is because of 1080p screen as this is the only difference between 6 and 6 plus.

Also my previous comment was deleted, so to confirm ios 9.1 beta 5 till lags on 6 plus no matter the phone GB capacity.

Oct 18, 2015 2:31 PM in response to HyperT

This is rediculous... It's frustrating

Oct 19, 2015 6:30 AM in response to Shahraki

Even I'm using iPhone 6 Plus - I'm on 9.0.2 and I'm also facing lag after clean restore.
My iPhone 5C works faster thn 6 Plus.
I'm shocked tried everything... dunno what is Apple doing ?

Oct 19, 2015 7:20 AM in response to Shahraki

I have a iphone 6 16GB and have the same problem. My phone is terrible! My notification bar does not clean the notifications, i need reboot my fone everyday because the bar gets full of old notifications. A lot of LAG too. I want to go back to IOS 8.4.1 but a can't, bacause is not sign enymore. COME ONE APPLE DO YOUR JOB!

Obs. IOS 9.0.2

MAHAC

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Oct 20, 2015 5:37 PM in response to Shahraki

Bought my iPhone 6 Plus less than 6 months back and it already performs like a 3-year-old phone. It stutters here and there, some of the animations look like they're rendering at 10fps, apps (even the native ones) crash or get stuck from time to time. I once missed a very important call because the phone was ringing, but not responding to my touch commands. I'm waiting to see if iOS 9.1 is going to fix these issues or else I'll have no choice but to say goodbye to iPhone after more than 7 years of loyalty. I never forget the year 2008, when iPhones used to be light years ahead of anything else in the market, known for their robust and crash-free OS and buttery smooth transitions. Well, not anymore.

HyperT

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Oct 21, 2015 11:21 AM in response to Shahraki

So iOS 9.1 final is out and still lag is not fixed. Tried update and tried to restore as new phone. Absolutely no improvements. Time to switch. I ain't paying that money to try and figure out what's wrong with my phone. Apple failed miserably.

Shahraki Author

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Oct 21, 2015 4:23 PM in response to HyperT

I also just updated to iOS 9.1. I read the complete update log and it was stated that there were optimizations done to the multitasking features, however my phone hasn't changed at all for the better. There is still lag when doing most of the tasks. Now suddenly my spotlight searching feature is lagging like never before. I mean the one where you swipe from up to down on the home menu. I can't even begin to express how frustrated and angry I am that a **** device that is 1 generations old is performing like this....

Oct 23, 2015 11:26 AM in response to Shahraki

Same issue. Very laggy almost in everything. Im also have an iphone 5 running ios 8 and that one is faster than the 6 plus. Very disappointed. This is masive and apple still doesnt di anything about it.

HARCRACK

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Oct 23, 2015 11:55 AM in response to Shahraki

Theres are tons of post in this forums about this, and apple its doing nothing this a major problem now fix this.

This 1k mobile device it should work flawlessly smooth don't know what this apple developers are doing!!

Oct 23, 2015 12:16 PM in response to user807

No improvement that I can see. Careful installing 9.1. I doesn't didn't fix the apps not updating bug and seems to have killed iMessage. I'm currently trolling for a fix for that. Still can't backup to iCloud and this hasn't worked since ios8. The new function of sketching in the note program still isn't working. I'm very disgusted with apple right now. I've had issues with upgrading both my iphones, imac and macbook pro.

srayan

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Oct 23, 2015 12:32 PM in response to Shahraki

I have two major problem after my upgrade to iOS 9.1 beside the Lagging issue...

First: I used to deal with contacts as to write down the names and get it once I write the initial, middle, last name...etc., now after I update my iOS to 9.1, I can see the full contacts but when I search for some names specific , it says at the middle of the screen "No Results"... this is the first time I witness this kind of problem.

Second: as long as I go through the upgrades of iTunes and Or iPhone, starting from iTunes Version 12.XXX there is no any Conacts Sync between iTunes and MS Outlook 2010 even if it's enabled in iTunes, so I return back to Version 11.XXX and it's working by this old version.

Finally, I need apple to answer on these two major problems ASAP

Oct 23, 2015 1:20 PM in response to HARCRACK

Thats right my friend. I dont know how many complaints it will takes to apple realize that this is a mayor problem. Makes me sick dealing with all the lags. Please apple do something!. I really apreciate all the advices given before for turning the phone a little bit faster in the meanwhile, It helped me and thanks for that, but guys, we are not supposed to be dealing with it. Its an apple problem! Lets encourage friends with the same issue to complain about it.

iPhone 6 Plus and iOS 9 major lag