Ipad 1 slows down after installing IOS 5

Yes, clearing the cashe and history very regularly, seems to have a positive effect on the slow down of typing, crash or apps turning off for no reason. Also keeping apps completely turned off in the background helps as well. I don't know what more to tell you. I'm not even sure these changes are a placebo effect on me. No I'm more than sure as I am typing this the keys are keeping up with me type quickly were they would not before I started this process. This is NOT a fix there is still some a lil lag in the typing and things do turn off on their own periodically. I would love to get rid of my iPad to someone on Craig's list et al but I it maybe criminal to give someone else my problems and get another iPad but I am affraid of the same thing happening again.

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Sorry I don't see a link "below"??
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FS: 1st Gen iPad 🙂

It took me quite some time to post this considering how bad my iPad has become sine the upgrade. I am extremely frustrated with this. If they don't fix this soon I probably won't be buying future iPads. We also have a Samsung Galaxt tablet and I like it better. Hopefully they get it together soon.

What exact version are you running?

Just the same here on iPad1 with iOS 5. I bought the device less than two years ago, and it works unacceptably slow after updating to this version. If this is the way Apple wants to go, I won't buy an iPad again, even when I loved (in the past, not now) the user experience with my iPad 1, now I try to avoid it. I'm not ready to spend hundreds of bugs every two years just to keep an acceptable user experience. Speed is not the only thing when it comes to user experience but is one of the most important ones.

Same problem.. ipad1 3g and ios 5.1.1 very slow.

After a full recovery with DFU mode without backup my ipad it's now finally fast!

Wow

Could you please explain what you mean by "DFU mode without backup" Did you end up with iOS 5 are are you back to iOS 4? Did all your "stuff" on the iPad remain there?

I would really appreciate any help you can offer

I have make a full recovery in DFU (google DFU mode) and i make a fresh reinstall ios 5.1.1 from itunes.

After that ipad asked me "recovery from last backup" or "new ipad".

I have choose new ipad.

Reinstalled all my app happy😠... but now my old ipad run fast.

Hope it help

Thanks for the reply. How long ago did you do this fix? I've tried some fixes that seemed to work great for a few days, then things got slow with crashes again.

Please forgive me, but I want to make sure I understand what to do next.

When you chose "new iPad" you ended up with a new, clean iPad with just the Apple apps, and had to reinstall all your other added apps, correct?

What happened to all your "stuff" in the reinstalled apps? I use Goodreader a lot, and have many folders of PDFs that I need. Were you able to put that kind of data back into the iPad while maintaining the speed improvement?

Thanks for your help

When you chose "new iPad" you ended up with a new, clean iPad with just the Apple apps, and had to reinstall all your other added apps, correct?

Correct.

What happened to all your "stuff" in the reinstalled apps? I use Goodreader a lot, and have many folders of PDFs that I need. Were you able to put that kind of data back into the iPad while maintaining the speed improvement?

App data is not preserved. If you have an older backup, I would recommend trying that first so you won't lost ALL of your data, but then after that a restore as new may be in order. You might also check if Goodreader is compatible with iTunes File Sharing so you could import them to a computer.

To check, connect to iTunes. Click on your iPad's name under DEVICES on the left in iTunes. Click the Apps tab at the top. Scroll down to the File Sharing section and see if you see Goodreader. If you do, click the Save to... button in the lower right and select where you want to save the files to on your computer.

Thanks for the info. Please bear with me as I try to avoid a frustrating weekend "rebuilding" my iPad.

After backing up my iPad using iTunes, and then performing a DFU fresh iOS 5.1.1 install creating a "new iPad", can I THEN use iTunes to selectively access the data/files/pdfs/ebooks that are backed up on my computer (via iTunes) and "restore" just that info without ruining or corrupting the clean new iOS 5.1.1 that I just created?

Unfortunately, no. When restoring data from a backup, it's either all or nothing.

OK, that is very helpful to know before I undertake this project. It will be straightforward to replace my videos and photo albums. I assume my ebooks are safely stored in iTunes and can be easily put back into iBook. I'll just have to check my PDFs (Goodreader, iBook) to make sure they can be stored on my iMac using the iTunes File Sharing box and then re-imported into the iPad after I reinstall the appropriate app (BTW, I assume that apps I purchased are preserved in iTunes so re-installing, right?)

Do I have it correct (finally :-) )

Thanks again for all your help. I've had many frustrating months with frequent hard restarts, turning off all iCloud functions, notifications, spotlight search (except for apps) just to keep my iPad 1 functioning at an acceptable level....

Hi, I think it's possible to get the same results through Settings > Reset > Reset All Settings. That won't delete your contents (make sure you don't choose "Erase all contents and settings"). After that, it will ask you to set it as a new iPad or restore for iCloud or iTunes, just choose "new iPad". I just did this process and I didn't loose any data. It seems to be a little faster now.

But I don't know if this process can be as effective as the DFU process. Good luck anyway, and thanks to everybody for your feedback. When you mentioned something about setting it as new iPad I recalled I had seen something like that somewhere.