Performance boosts from iOS 8.1.1 look minimal at best

Posted on by Stephen Schenck

Earlier this week we saw Apple distribute iOS 8.1.1 to its userbase, resolving a few bugs and delivering what were supposed to be performance improvements for older Apple hardware like the iPhone 4S, which had been struggling to meet the demands of iOS 8 with aging A5 SoCs and just 512 MB of RAM. Did Apple succeed in its goal? Some real-world testing suggests it did to an extent, though even these tweaks are insufficient to bring these models back to previous levels of performance.In an array of ...

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iOS 8.1.1 jailbroken in video, but it’s not for everyone

Posted on by Jaime Rivera

Just like there’s a daring community of users that can’t live without rooting an Android phone, there’s also another community that still believes in the need of an iOS Jailbreak. So far, jailbreaking devices isn’t getting any easier, and at the same time, the community has slowly lost its importance as Apple keeps addressing the needs for people to Jailbreak. If you’ve accidentally upgraded your iOS device to iOS 8.1.1, there’s ...

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iOS 8.1.1 surprises iPad users with some extra storage

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Apple’s launch of iOS 8.1.1 yesterday brought some much-needed repair to those of you running the OS on legacy devices like the iPhone 4s and iPad 2. I personally still use an iPhone 4s for my running routine, and after testing it today, I did notice a much ...

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iOS 8.1.1 released to fix legacy iPhone 4s and iPad 2 performance

Posted on by Jaime Rivera

Many boast that Apple’s support for legacy devices is better than its competitors, and in a way, we could say that is true. You can walk into any Apple Store and notice customers still getting support for Macs and iPhones that are years old, which is great, but that doesn’t mean that Apple doesn’t try to convince you to upgrade through some planned obsolescence. Many complained that even though the legacy iPhone 4s and iPad 2 were still supported by iOS 8, this slowed their devices to a crawl, and it seems that Apple has decided to address that.Apple has just launched iOS ...

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Latest iOS 8 beta sets its sights on improving performance with older hardware

Posted on by Stephen Schenck

Nobody likes to get left behind when it comes to mobile updates. In a perfect world, maybe we’d upgrade to the latest and greatest hardware the moment it came out, but financial realities have a way of forcing us to make do with the older stuff for as long as it holds out. Luckily for iOS users, Apple has a decent track record for supporting its older gear, like we saw this year with iOS 8 handling hardware as old as 2011′s iPhone 4S or iPad 2. But while iOS 8 runs on such devices, newer software like ...

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