4S issues with iOS 6

[xanis]

I updated my 4S to iOS 6 on release day and I've been experiencing two problems. Neither of them make my phone unusable by any means, but they're pretty annoying nonetheless.

#1 - General slowness. I since the update, my 4S has been significantly slower. I did a soft reset about two weeks ago which seemed to have fixed it, but within the past few days it's gone back to freezing randomly and slowing down.

#2 - MMS messages (photos, specifically) fail to send. Again, not a problem that happens all of the time, but enough to be annoying. I'll send a photo to someone and I'll get no errors in Messages, but people will sometimes just simply not get the message; not in a couple hours, not in a couple days, nothing.

Has anyone else experienced these? Are there any good solutions? My Google-fu is failing me today.

 

[Subyman]

I've noticed some slow downs, particularly with messages. Sometimes it takes several moments for the messages to pop up. I'm on a iPhone 4 though, so I'm sure its much slower than the 4S.

 

[JavaMomma]

No slow down that I noticed at all, OS still seems snappy and fast. Maybe the lock screen after I enter my password is a little slower? But that might be because I switched to a long length password rather then 4 numbers, not sure, never gave it any thought.

 

[tokie]

I've noticed battery suckage.

In iOS 5, when I put it into airplane mode overnight I would lose maybe 1% battery.

In iOS 6, I lose like 20% battery in airplane mode overnight.

Not cool.

 

[nervegrind3r]

agreed on the battery suckage in ios6, uses more than usual

 

[runawayprisoner]

Try a clean flash.

Go into DFU and wipe the device completely.

And don't restore from any backup.

 

[TuxDave]

I am still using my 4S and I don't notice any battery or slowdown issues. 😵

 

[mmntech]

Seems to be a common problem when Apple rolls out a new OS. iOS 5 had the exact same issues, as did iOS 4. It always seems to affect a large chunk of users but never everyone.

I agree with doing clean installs. It's too bad Apple blocked letting people roll back the OS. Even worse when they release a crappy "upgrade".

 

[Syrome]

I have also experienced this issue before with previous versions of iOS. It only affects certain people I guess but I haven't seen this issue since iOS 4. Good Luck though.

 

[slicksilver]

Try a clean flash.

Go into DFU and wipe the device completely.

And don't restore from any backup.

So how do you restore your data?

 

[z0mb13]

So how do you restore your data?

I have the battery issue and would like to know as well