I think the ESPN app stinks...one thing I tried when I ordered the UFC app was reminded it a couple minutes so the buffering would have a chance to stay caught up..,I was 3 minutes behind on the Jon Jones fight but it worked pretty good.
Try changing your default resolution to 720p. I know you are sacrificing some quality, but that is what I did for lag issues and it fixed any issue that I had!
Re: Partitions on a SSD drive.
They only killed TRIM support for SSD. I just bought a PNY Optima 240GB...works great. Also I got an email from Dave Hamilton from "The Mac Geek Gab"podcast and he said this exact thing. What you have now is "Garbage Collection" which is essentially the same...
I was playing with my iPad Mini last night and thought of an idea in which might speed up and/or improve the experience.
It's pretty simple. Go into settings, and look at each app. I noticed that I had every single app on "background app refresh". My suggestion is if you don't need that...
Re: why cant i internet restore?
Try using "Disk Maker X". Here's what you want to do.
1. Inside OS X, download Yosemite from the App Store. It is gonna tell you that you have it already...download anyways.
2. Quit Yosemite Installer. Go to diskmakers(dot)com and download the app and...
I would think you have three options:
1. Order a replacement battery and replace it yourself (look at i fixit.com)
2. Find somewhere to get the battery replaced.
3. Get a new iPhone, as the 4s is almost 4 years old.