While the newest iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus users who got their locked smartphone with iOS 8 pre-installed on it have almost no problems with this firmware, earlier iPhone model owners complain about various issues after the update. If you wish to improve iOS 8 performance on iPhone or iPad, you can follow this instruction and get rid of the bugs.
Note that this guide is designed to solve iPhone iOS 8 performance issues and doesn’t support iOS 8.0.1 or 8.0.2 updates. If you have upgraded to the newer firmware you should have less problems than users who are still running iOS 8. This walkthrough will help you to make Safari load faster and solve similar issues with applications.
How to Fix iOS 8 Performance on iPhone 5S / 5c / 5 / 4S
Step 1. Make sure your iTunes version is the latest one. Just update your computer problem as iTunes plays an important role for correct app updates and upgrades.
Step 2. Upgrade all your older applications using iTunes to the most recent versions offered by developers as apps that support iOS 8 are running much better than older versions.
Step 3. Use the USB cable to connect your iPhone to your PC or Mac.
Step 4. Backup the smartphone. Having a backup copy of the iPhone or iPad is always handy as in case anything goes wrong you can always restore from this backup file.
Step 5. You can periodically use Check for Update options available in iTunes. It checks if there are any updates you can use.
Step 6. Sometimes if you change our Settings you can improve your system performance. For example, you can disable Parallax effect in iOS 8 by going to Settings – General – Accessibility where you can turn on Reduce Motion feature.
Step 7. Once in a while check your storage in Settings – General – Usage – Look where you can see how much storage you have available. Some users believe you should have about 1GB of free storage for good performance.
Step 8. Go to Settings and select General menu – Accessibility – Increase Contract option where you are able to enable Reduce Transparency feature. Just turn it on.
Step 9. If the steps above didn’t help you much you can also Reset All Settings which can make a big difference and make iOS 8 running faster and smoother.