TheHaj

Q: IOS 8 copy paste problem + slowdown

Upgraded my ipad2 to ios 8. General slowdown, apps crashing on startup, huge lag when typing or selecting email from inbox. I've also experienced a strange copy/paste issue In Safari, facebook and other apps. When I copy and try to paste, I often get an old item I copied instead of the last item. Yesterday I tried to paste a URL repeatedly and kept getting text I copied from notes earlier in the day. I gave up. Today when I tried to copy and paste a sentence from a website, the URL that wouldn't paste yesterday kept pasting! Anyone else experience these issues?

iPad 2 Wi-Fi, iOS 8

Posted on Sep 20, 2014 7:51 AM

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  • by Jerseygirltrixx,

    Jerseygirltrixx Jerseygirltrixx Nov 15, 2014 11:31 PM in response to TheHaj
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    Nov 15, 2014 11:31 PM in response to TheHaj

    OMG!!! This has been happening to me on my iPad 4 too!!, DRIVING ME  N U T S !!!!!!!!!

  • by mpare,

    mpare mpare Nov 16, 2014 2:23 AM in response to Jerseygirltrixx
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    Nov 16, 2014 2:23 AM in response to Jerseygirltrixx

    The persistence of this problem is more than a little annoying.  iOS 8 appears at the heart of the issue.  I had the same Apps on my ipad mini using IOS 7, and had no problems.  With the introduction of IOS 8, the problem is recurrent.  A complete reinstall only remedies the problem for a while.  Thank goodness that I have a real computer on which I can rely.  I have given up attempting to do any work with my iPad mini, if that requires copying or cutting and pasting.  This feature is just not reliable. 

  • by Skateroo,

    Skateroo Skateroo Nov 17, 2014 4:12 PM in response to mpare
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    Nov 17, 2014 4:12 PM in response to mpare

    Has anyone installed this yet?

     

    IOS 8.1.1

  • by TigerCatBrandon,

    TigerCatBrandon TigerCatBrandon Nov 17, 2014 8:57 PM in response to Skateroo
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    Nov 17, 2014 8:57 PM in response to Skateroo

    The iOS 8.1.1 Update has severely improved multi tasking and clipboard memory management on my iPhone 4S and made me feel confident enough to turn reduce animations back off.  Thanks, Apple !  (Written in a Text Editing app and Copy/Pasted )

  • by sweenoid,

    sweenoid sweenoid Nov 18, 2014 1:31 AM in response to Skateroo
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    Nov 18, 2014 1:31 AM in response to Skateroo

    Have downloaded the 8.1.1 update on our 2 iPad2's

     

    copy opy and paste and clipboard issues resolved on both     , too early to say much on the various stability issues we had but I have to say the little beauties  seem in rude health and are back to where they were pre iOS 8 install

     

    i ihave enjoyed my iPad this morning , it's been a pain for 3 weeks

     

    bbest of luck to the rest of you

    best wishes from Wales

     

    DAVE

  • by F1Mad,

    F1Mad F1Mad Nov 18, 2014 2:13 AM in response to sweenoid
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    Nov 18, 2014 2:13 AM in response to sweenoid

    When I first downloaded iOS8.1.1, the problem was still occurring. Right now, it's not and all seems OK. But I'm still reserving judgement.

  • by luay1985,

    luay1985 luay1985 Nov 18, 2014 4:58 AM in response to TheHaj
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    Nov 18, 2014 4:58 AM in response to TheHaj

    I update my iPhone 4S to 8.1.1 about 8 hours ago, until now it seems much better ... I didn't get the clipboard stuck yet ... I hope it stays like this forever.

     

    Plus I can feel performance boost ... the multitasking and refresh of apps is much better now ! It's Apple Engineers are waking up from their nap

  • by this-is-my-alias,

    this-is-my-alias this-is-my-alias Nov 18, 2014 2:33 PM in response to TheHaj
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    Nov 18, 2014 2:33 PM in response to TheHaj

    I Experience this same issue. A copy and paste will paste something I previously copied repeatedly no matter how many times I re-copy and re-paste. Though I have found a solution that while a big time consuming, does work.

     

    FForget you have a copy option. Use "cut" and if you are in a browser, or near one, paste it into the irk bar. I've been doing this a while pre-this bif, as the only way I found to remove styling to be able to "paste as plain text".

     

    By pasting in the URL bar you can see if your cut/copy worked. You won't be able to "cut" everywhere, like a web page. In those cases, I select all, copy, go to "notes.app" or if it's short, the URL bar. From there I cut out the bit I needed from "notes.app" and usually go right to the app I want to paste to without issue. Though sometimes I do have to take a middle step and paste to the URL bar.

     

    SOmething aboit bout the irk bar that allows copy to work a bit more reliably though still not 100% perfect.

     

    HOpe this helps some of you until Apple fixes this, which I have a feeling is going to take a long time as is usually the case with what I personally consider huge mission critical bugs but Apple seems to de-prioritize.

     

    Didn't it take until around version 3 of iOS to even get copy and paste? Granted, I'm glad they took the time as it works remarkably well when it works. Compared to Android, copy and paste is this beautiful, fluid, logical, self teaching function. On an Android based system, I have to think really hard about how to activate copy, and selecting columns and ranges off of www pages, compared to iOS it is a nightmare. Yet Android users seem to not be bothered. Probably because even if the implementation is crap, at least they *can* copy and paste.

  • by luay1985,

    luay1985 luay1985 Nov 19, 2014 11:59 PM in response to this-is-my-alias
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    Nov 19, 2014 11:59 PM in response to this-is-my-alias

    did you update to 8.1.1 ?

  • by this-is-my-alias,

    this-is-my-alias this-is-my-alias Nov 20, 2014 12:09 AM in response to luay1985
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    Nov 20, 2014 12:09 AM in response to luay1985

    Yes, I did the update the second I saw It. First I had issues. copy/paste was fixed but I couldn't answer calls, text alerts made no sound and a bunch of little issues. While the updated restarted my phone, a cold hard power down and restart solved everything that I was troubled by aside from long standing avd known bugs.

  • by luay1985,

    luay1985 luay1985 Nov 20, 2014 12:15 AM in response to this-is-my-alias
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    Nov 20, 2014 12:15 AM in response to this-is-my-alias

    Good to hear so ... I believe for my iPhone 4S, 8.1.1 has fixed the copy/paste bug ... until now I didn't get an incorrect paste ( I hope it stays this way )..

     

    And since there are much less people complaining in this forum, it seems that the issue has been solved for them as well ( please confirm guys )

  • by Justinlovenow,

    Justinlovenow Justinlovenow Nov 20, 2014 1:11 AM in response to luay1985
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    Nov 20, 2014 1:11 AM in response to luay1985

    iPhone 4S, after latest update with iOS 8.1.1 :

    1) copy-paste seem now working again so far,

    2) operation and loading and switching between the apps is snappier,

    3) so far no app crashes.

  • by mwg-hv,

    mwg-hv mwg-hv Nov 20, 2014 1:34 AM in response to Justinlovenow
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    Nov 20, 2014 1:34 AM in response to Justinlovenow

    Still have the bug on my iPad2 (copy & paste).

    Contextmenue appears only shortly and is hard to catch.

  • by AlanInUK,

    AlanInUK AlanInUK Nov 20, 2014 4:57 AM in response to TheHaj
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    Nov 20, 2014 4:57 AM in response to TheHaj

    On my iPad2, iOS 8.1.1 has just fixed this (as well as the general slowness issues)

  • by serenissima7,

    serenissima7 serenissima7 Nov 20, 2014 5:18 AM in response to luay1985
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    Nov 20, 2014 5:18 AM in response to luay1985

    Updated to 8.1.1 on both my iPad and iPhone 6. I still have the copy + paste issue.

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