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setAI · Post by **setAI** » Fri Apr 25, 2014 6:02 pm

I just got my iPad Air a few weeks ago- so what's the deal with iOS updates- wait and see?

aMUSEd · Post by **aMUSEd** » Fri Apr 25, 2014 6:20 pm

The rule I follow is

Security patches - upgrade as soon as the dust settles

Bugfixes and new features - wait a while

asnor · Post by **asnor** » Sat Apr 26, 2014 4:43 pm

I made the mistake of upgrading to ios7 last year and it rendered my iPhone 4 useless for 5 months.

Live and learn.

Spiritos · Post by **Spiritos** » Sun Apr 27, 2014 8:06 am

Depends on the model I'd say. Had the same experience as @asnor though. An iPhone4 is pretty old in terms of development and ios7 installed on it is like dragging a horse through mud.

Then again, an iPad Air is pretty recent so updates are 99% of the time an actual improvement. Unlike Windows for e.g. Apple usually doesn't need to patch earlier mistakes.

KrisM · Post by **KrisM** » Wed Apr 30, 2014 11:48 pm

I don't trust updates from Apple, OS X or iOS, and never update immediately. Over the past several years, it seems every other f'ing one breaks wifi on whatever device I have at the time.

I loathe their wifi driver coders -_-

cron · Post by **cron** » Thu May 01, 2014 1:03 am

Unlike Windows for e.g. Apple usually doesn't need to patch earlier mistakes.

Indeed, but that's largely because they don't really care about leaving their mistakes on show. I think Apple's complacency regarding security will likely turn around and bite them in the arse sooner rather than later. Particularly their nasty habit of 0-daying one platform with the other by delaying patches (iOS 7.1.1 fixes vulnerabilities that were patched out of OSX 3 weeks prior, as just one example).

I'm using 7.1.1 here and all seems fine. The recent 7.1 update seemed to noticeably improve keyboard response on my iPad 3 in heavy load situations.

Uncle E · Post by **Uncle E** » Thu May 01, 2014 1:35 am

It seems to me that the iPad/iPhone notifies you when it's a good time to update. The only time an iOS update gave me trouble was when I did a manual update as soon as I'd heard about it. Since then, I've always waited till my device notified me and been problem-free.

Spiritos · Post by **Spiritos** » Thu May 01, 2014 8:34 am

Uncle E wrote:The only time an iOS update gave me trouble was when I did a manual update as soon as I'd heard about it.

I will say I almost always have trouble during the updateproces. Whether I do this over wifi or through iTunes (windows PC). I always suspected Apple to pay less attention to windows compatibilty or development.

I know it sounds kinda paranoia but friends who use iPhone/iPad <-> Macbook never seem to suffer from the hickups I encounter.

Jace-BeOS · Post by **Jace-BeOS** » Thu May 01, 2014 9:49 am

asnor wrote:I made the mistake of upgrading to ios7 last year and it rendered my iPhone 4 useless for 5 months.

Live and learn.

What happened after 5 months?

DrGonzo · Post by **DrGonzo** » Thu May 01, 2014 10:15 am

asnor wrote:I made the mistake of upgrading to ios7 last year and it rendered my iPhone 4 useless for 5 months.

Live and learn.

Yeah. The same here.

But when it comes to Apple, I would say all .x updates are pretty safe to install. The new versions x. = always wait.

/C

asnor · Post by **asnor** » Thu May 01, 2014 6:51 pm

Jace-BeOS wrote:
asnor wrote:I made the mistake of upgrading to ios7 last year and it rendered my iPhone 4 useless for 5 months.

Live and learn.
What happened after 5 months?

They released a fix for the iphone 4 performance issues.

iOS 7.1.1 is live