iPhone 5S - Running at Speed of Snail after Upgrading to iOS 11

LTapori on 30/10/2017 - 18:42

Hi Ozbargainers,

I made a huge mistake and upgraded my iphone 5S 16GB to IOS 11 and ever since it has been running extremely slow. Can hardly keep 2-3 apps running in the background. Background App management has simply been aweful.

I was wondering what options I now have to fix this? Can I change the IOS back to 10? Should I take it to Apple store for them to have a look at it and potentially fix it for no chagre? Or just sell it, not sure how much I’d get though?

Any assistance will be appreciated.

Mobile Apple Mobile Phone

Comments

  • [Deactivated] on 30/10/2017 - 18:46

    buy iphone X obviously

    • lostn on 30/10/2017 - 20:38
      +3

      That's basically what they're trying to get you to do. They're smart.

      On Android you can just reject the update and tell it not to check again. It doesn't download until you tell it to.

      On iOS they download the update first and then they ask. Don't even give you the option to say no. The only way is to reject the terms. But that's only temporary. It will pop up again.

      You can delete the update but it will download again.

      There used to be a way to block it from checking for updates but it doesn't seem to work anymore.

      • Tapori on 30/10/2017 - 22:18
        +1

        Totally agree on every point you mentioned. They ridiculously roll out the updates with no way to roll them back!!

        Sometimes these newer software updates do more damage to older devices than to improve anything.

        With Android, I have always updated/rolled back/modified ROMs and have ensure the device runs the software it is capable of running.

        Anyway, I will try resetting the phone and then using backups to restore to see if that makes any difference as others have suggested here.

  • rambutann on 30/10/2017 - 18:48
    +3

    Welcome to the iPhone.

  • stargalaxy on 30/10/2017 - 18:57
    +5

    Apple is sending you a signal that it is time to upgrade.

    • Tapori on 30/10/2017 - 22:18
      +3

      & move to Android ;-)

  • fredblogs on 30/10/2017 - 19:12
    +1

    Try to do a full restore using a computer, apparently that can help.

    • Tapori on 30/10/2017 - 22:18

      Yep, will try that. Thanks

  • txchou on 30/10/2017 - 19:13

    when you say background apps, what exactly are you running in the background? typically when apps are close they aren't running in the background unless they're really doing something like playing audio or navigation type apps for eg.

    sometimes it takes a few days to settle down as it updates and changes things.

    • Tapori on 30/10/2017 - 22:21

      Even common apps like emails, Whatsapp etc which used to be running fine in background on IOS 10. Now, perhaps due to less free RAM, these apps close as you switch away from them and need to be re-open everytime which takes good 3-4 seconds to open and then sync.

      Have been running IOS 11 for a while now, just got little more frustrated today…

  • oscargamer on 30/10/2017 - 19:32
    +1

    factory reset

    see what happens

  • verio on 30/10/2017 - 19:57

    Give it a day or two, it could be doing some system things in the background, e.g. analyzing your photos. I have iPhone 5S on hands with iOS 11 and it works fine.

    • Tapori on 30/10/2017 - 22:22

      Have been running IOS 11 for a while now, unfortunately, it hasn't made the experience any better in my case.

  • lostn on 30/10/2017 - 20:36
    +1

    Gotta love how Apple forces these updates on you. You used to be able to block it with Adblock but they get around that now.

    • Tapori on 30/10/2017 - 22:23

      Yep, push out the updates to devices which virtually cannot handle it…& provide no way to roll them back.

  • coxjon on 30/10/2017 - 20:37

    My 6 was horrible on iOS 11. I feel for you. You might be able to go back to 10 by restoring from iTunes using and ipsw file? There is a window of time before apple stops signing the previous o.s. We might still be in that time frame.

    How bad is the laggy keyboard hey. :(

    Edit: just checked and they stopped signing iOS 10 on 4th October

    • Tapori on 30/10/2017 - 22:28

      yep, I had been looking around for ways to go back to IOS 10 and saw that they had already stopped signing 10.3..

      That laggy keyboard, even scrolling to the most left on home screen where it loads widgets takes forever to display the weather. By the time it displays weather on phone, I can go out of my home and check it myself :)

  • Cave Fire on 30/10/2017 - 22:28

    Give Apple some feedback? There's a few different apps to do this.

    • Tapori on 30/10/2017 - 22:32
      +1

      I'll also head down to Apple store to see what they've got to say. I won't be surprised if they say, the T&C I agreed to before upgrading said that you agree to buy new iphone if your existing device starts running slower after this firmware update ;-)

  • Halsmich on 30/10/2017 - 23:14
    +1

    Bit late since you've already updated, but it is possible to block iOS updates from Apple if you have the Apple TV profile installed. I'm currently on 10.3.1, and the phone thinks the software is up to date when it isn't.

  • Oz8argain on 31/10/2017 - 13:05
    +1

    Its happening to a lot of older iphones. If Apple doesn't fix this issue, they are going all out with planned obsolescence, I hope this becomes a big issue and raise awareness, but people will just give in and buy new iphones… gg

  • rheggiey on 31/10/2017 - 15:48
    +1

    It also happen to my iPad 3 and iPhone 5s.. so very slow unlike before. I already did a couple of hard reset, factory restore but doesn’t work.

  • Tapori on 01/11/2017 - 11:00

    So guys, i have factory reset the phone and restored the backups, will see how it goes. If it doesn't help, will start deleting apps. Thanks all for your inputs.

    • fredblogs on 03/11/2017 - 19:04

      How's it so far?

      • Tapori on 06/11/2017 - 14:42

        It has certainly helped but not as fast as running on IOS 10. But better than what it was before.

  • g1 on 03/11/2017 - 16:15
    +1

    Lesson number 1 with Apple phones:
    *If your phone is one of the bottom two phones for ios compatibility then your phone will be extremely slow after an update. Choice is yours in having the latest or faster running ios. This has been the case since at least 3GS (don't know about 3).

    If you choose to try the new update and don't like the speed then you really need to try and restore ASAP.

    If its really that bad change to android.

    • txchou on 03/11/2017 - 16:39
      +1

      Good advice! But get a good/flagship model Android phone because, if you thought updates were bad on iOS, OS update support on Androids is pretty hard to even find for most phones!

      • g1 on 03/11/2017 - 17:23

        With Apple it can be painfully slow yet the security updates are available, so the slow 5S is at least secure on ios11. It’s about half a year younger than Samsung s5, and Samsung can’t officially run latest android so will be left behind in security!

  • vodanh on 17/11/2017 - 11:37

    dowbload Adblock (ocasionally free from ozb) and block dns to mesu.apple.com

    also add to block on your home router

    normally best if you start fresh rather than restore from backup or update, that way you have a chance to “purge” any app you don’t really need/use.

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