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iPhone 6 Plus owner here. Bought it in straight cash a couple years ago. Was completely content and extremely happy... until now. It feels D.O.A. Random pauses

by b3b0p 9y ago

iPhone 6 Plus owner here. Bought it in straight cash a couple years ago. Was completely content and extremely happy... until now. It feels D.O.A. Random pauses for almost every action. Answering the phone even takes a good 2-3 seconds. Music crashes randomly. Podcasts pauses like it's meant to be intentional behavior. Battery drains noticeably faster now. I used to get at least 2-3 or more days. Now I can barely make 1. Similar problems started with my Apple Watch (2.0 bought in April). When the iPhone was first announced by Steve Jobs I seem to recall him exclaiming how everything was nearly instant, fast, responsive, and smooth. I feel like it must have been in a dream now.

samstave 9y ago
Exact same here. I’m on 11.1.2 iOS, and after that forced upgrade without my consent I went into apple and complained and got nowhere. The reason I complained is that after the upgrade the user experience was similar to that above where these problems persist; tapping on certain things don’t work, pauses in apps, crashing apps etc.. but also most notably for me is that my speaker volume is less than when it was new. Anyone experience lower speaker volume also?
- stumblers 9y ago
  Ditto. Haven't complained or followed up with anyone yet, but seeing all of this info has me now thinking it's not just me. Every action is noticeably slower (~1s response for everything) and now, as of last week anyways, need to recharge my phone midday where I've never had to do that.
- b3b0p 9y ago
  > Anyone experience lower speaker volume also? Now that you mention it, yes! Not just speaker though, headphones, earbuds, and especially noticeable using Bluetooth headphones/earbuds. I can't even use the phone to talk without a headphone/earbuds and a mic. I can't hear what anyone is saying anymore.
- scarface74 9y ago
  How did they "force an upgrade"? To upgrade your phone, you have to confirm you wNt it and enter your PIN.
  - samstave 9y ago
    YEP! So the phone would pompt and say that it would upgrade late at night, but it would ask you to confirm it to do so, then allow you to delay the upgrade - requiring your pin... welp, I ALWAYS delayed that upgrade and told it NO, ask me later and entered my pin.... Yet, I woke up one morning and it reported to me it had successfully upgraded. I was livid (this was right after the calc animation-deay-bug was made public) So I went into apple store walnut creek, super pissed off. I said to the "genius" "Do you know who Jonny Ive is?" he said "Yes", so I said "well if he were here in this store I ould punch him in the face" I specifically did NOT want to upgrade the iOS on my phone because I use a lot of features that were reportedly buggy in the new release. Apple told me there was "no way they could revert my iOS version whatsoever" but the upgrade was done literally without my consent.. I was really angry... Now, the farking thing is falling into the bug group of the 6S+ phones that have the faulty battery problem, yet my SN doesnt hit in their list of bad SNs that are suposedly affected: Poor batt perf, touch screen taps stop working/delayed like mad, batt drains in less than a day, random shutdowns, random reboots, app crashes, etc... so yeah, this isnt a conspiracy theory - the 11.1.2 iOS deserves someone at apple needs a shovel to the face. Tim, hows it going.
busterarm 9y ago
I bought my 6 Plus on release. Plagued with problems from day one. Only one I ever had to bring in for service. Four times (half of that was me breaking the screen though). I replaced it with an 8 and other than waking up if I hold my case with even the slightest amount of pressure, it's been great.
insickness 9y ago
I'm on a 6. I haven't upgraded to OS 11 and my phone is fine. From what I've read it's the new OS which is doing this.

by b3b0p 9y ago

samstave 9y ago

Exact same here. I’m on 11.1.2 iOS, and after that forced upgrade without my consent I went into apple and complained and got nowhere. The reason I complained is that after the upgrade the user experience was similar to that above where these problems persist; tapping on certain things don’t work, pauses in apps, crashing apps etc.. but also most notably for me is that my speaker volume is less than when it was new. Anyone experience lower speaker volume also?

stumblers 9y ago
Ditto. Haven't complained or followed up with anyone yet, but seeing all of this info has me now thinking it's not just me. Every action is noticeably slower (~1s response for everything) and now, as of last week anyways, need to recharge my phone midday where I've never had to do that.
b3b0p 9y ago
> Anyone experience lower speaker volume also? Now that you mention it, yes! Not just speaker though, headphones, earbuds, and especially noticeable using Bluetooth headphones/earbuds. I can't even use the phone to talk without a headphone/earbuds and a mic. I can't hear what anyone is saying anymore.
scarface74 9y ago
How did they "force an upgrade"? To upgrade your phone, you have to confirm you wNt it and enter your PIN.
- samstave 9y ago
  YEP! So the phone would pompt and say that it would upgrade late at night, but it would ask you to confirm it to do so, then allow you to delay the upgrade - requiring your pin... welp, I ALWAYS delayed that upgrade and told it NO, ask me later and entered my pin.... Yet, I woke up one morning and it reported to me it had successfully upgraded. I was livid (this was right after the calc animation-deay-bug was made public) So I went into apple store walnut creek, super pissed off. I said to the "genius" "Do you know who Jonny Ive is?" he said "Yes", so I said "well if he were here in this store I ould punch him in the face" I specifically did NOT want to upgrade the iOS on my phone because I use a lot of features that were reportedly buggy in the new release. Apple told me there was "no way they could revert my iOS version whatsoever" but the upgrade was done literally without my consent.. I was really angry... Now, the farking thing is falling into the bug group of the 6S+ phones that have the faulty battery problem, yet my SN doesnt hit in their list of bad SNs that are suposedly affected: Poor batt perf, touch screen taps stop working/delayed like mad, batt drains in less than a day, random shutdowns, random reboots, app crashes, etc... so yeah, this isnt a conspiracy theory - the 11.1.2 iOS deserves someone at apple needs a shovel to the face. Tim, hows it going.

busterarm 9y ago

I bought my 6 Plus on release. Plagued with problems from day one. Only one I ever had to bring in for service. Four times (half of that was me breaking the screen though). I replaced it with an 8 and other than waking up if I hold my case with even the slightest amount of pressure, it's been great.

insickness 9y ago

I'm on a 6. I haven't upgraded to OS 11 and my phone is fine. From what I've read it's the new OS which is doing this.