u/NoFall2205

This is a disabled iPhone XS running iOS 17.5.1. Is there any way to reset it without updating, or is there no hope?

I’ve seen many people say that r/applesucks is being run by mods that are pro Apple and are taking down many posts criticizing Apple and their horrible software quality. A couple of my posts were taken down. What’s even the point of the sub if the whole point of it is compromised? Might as well rename it to r/appleisgreat

My phone was completely frozen for almost 20 seconds. Great job Apple! Cant wait for all the Apple sheep to tell me I’M the one doing something wrong!

Here is a simple performance test of changing the wallpaper and opening the control center while screen recording on my iPad 8 on iOS 26.5 and my iPad 7 on iOS 18.7.9. Both devices have been DFU restored to their latest versions and given a day to index. Both are under equal conditions with the same settings and with testing both of their default wallpapers. The only differentiating factor is that the iPad 8 has 94% battery health while the iPad 7 only has 77% battery health (checked with coconut battery). Therefore, the iPad 8 should be performing at expected peak performance while the iPad 7 might have somewhat degraded performance.

As you can obviously see, the iPad 8‘s performance is absolute garbage; taking around 10 seconds to open the control center in the wallpaper selection menu, not to mention the fact that it was VERY unresponsive and running at around single digit fps the whole time. By the end it felt like a miniature sun in my hands. This is hands down significantly worse performance than an iPhone 4s on iOS 9.

In contrast, the iPad 7 is surprisingly smooth and responsive despite its degraded battery. There were only minor stutters throughout the test along with some lag in the control center while the wallpaper was switching styles. By the end, it was only slightly warm. Other than that, it’s very acceptable for a device with the SOC of the iPhone 7 Plus running an OS from 2024.

I’m tired of people defending the poor multi-trillion dollar company. iOS 26 performance is still way worse than iOS 18, especially on hardware that obviously can’t handle it, yet I‘m not allowed to downgrade…

Edit: I think Reddit limits videos to 30 fps so the iPad 7 appears laggier. In reality it’s quite smooth. Here’s an uploaded version so you can see the difference more clearly: https://gofile.io/d/uyWjYW

I’m not sure where to post this but, under software downloads there is an iPadOS 18.7.9 IPSW for the iPad 8th gen instead of the iPad 7th gen. This isn’t just a bug in the naming. Attempting to restore the IPSW to an iPad 7 says incompatible firmware. When attempting to restore to an iPad 8 it actually proceeds but then gives an error that means the software isn’t signed anymore. I’m curious if this might’ve worked if I did this before Apple unsigned the IPSW. If someone could check the IPSW and check if it’s actually meant for the iPad 8 please do. If someone managed to actually flash this to their iPad 8 it could potentially be super rare since I don’t think there was an OTA 18.7.9 for iPadOS capable devices.

This isn’t just a bug in the naming. When attempting to restore the IPSW to my iPad 7th gen (which the IPSW was supposed to be for) it errors saying it’s not the right device. When I attempted to restore the image to my iPad 8th gen, it actually tried to restore but failed. That error means the software isn’t signed anymore. Maybe if I did this earlier before Apple unsigned the IPSW it might of actually worked. iPadOS 26 is trash on my iPad 8th gen I want iPadOS 18 back.