Article Review: ExplorOz Traveller

Yes. A mini doesn't go as fast as a Ferrari does it?

To add to my earlier comments I have stripped out all the other apps I used on the old Mini 2 which left me with around 17Gb of 32 GB. Before doing this I had less than 2GB spare so no headroom at all. After doing a full refresh to tidy up any remnant files and rebooting the 2 is moving noticeably quicker than it was. But not anywhere near as fast as the 4.

So if you have an older tablet and you can just dedicate it to mapping I suggest you have a crack at cleaning all the old apps out first to see how much of a difference that may be able to make for you

Rob

Chris,
A number of people with older iPad Minis are having problems. There is a pattern developing which, IMO, indicates they may be underspecced for the Traveller app.

Minis up to and including Mini4 have only 2GB RAM. Mini5 has 3 and that may work better, depending on the processor.

The 128GB you refer to is storage, not RAM. You need 5GB of free storage for the app and maps.

I suspect you need to upgrade your device.

From the Traveller System Requirements:
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CPU/Processor & RAM
The difference between a cheap device and more expensive device is often the speed of the CPU and the type of System on Chip (SoC). This is not a “light app” so you should avoid using budget or older devices that are only designed for general everyday use for calling, browsing, or light apps. The quality of the hardware inside your device will have a very big effect on your satisfaction with the user experience. You’ll want the best CPU for processing speed, and the more RAM the better it will handle multitasking. Low RAM can result in freezing and even app crashing. A slow CPU can result in lagging and poor response.
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Chris,

I'm not an Apple expert, so you've called me out on that, LOL, so I can't tell you what boxes to tick in an Apple device's settings. Maybe someone else can, I hope so.

But there are some basic principles that are common to all devices.

1 Make sure you have enough free storage. Your device has 128GB. Look in your settings to see if you have less than 123GB used up already. You say you don't have many apps on your Mini, so I think that is not the problem.

2 Transferring from your iPhone... I don't know if that will work. I suspect not because on an Android with maps on an external SD, taking the SD to another device doesn't work. I think Apple will be similar in a different way, but I suppose you could try.

3 Deleting all apps? You could try that. Some apps always run in the background, using resources. If you uninstall everything you'd eliminate those. A less drastic approach might be to try to find which apps run in the background all the time and uninstall those. In Android I find that difficult, but the Apple system might be easier.

4 Erase and start again with Apple Quickstart? I don't know what Quickstart does. If it reloads apps from the cloud I can't see it being of much help, it will just reload the problem. If you want to go to that extreme, maybe factory reset, update OS, load just Traveller and maps.

5 Streamline settings? Sorry, not being an Apple person I can't help you with that one.

If iPad mini users who have solved this performance problem could contribute here I'm sure many others would appreciate it.

Cheers