Ipad 1 slows down after installing IOS 5

Same here. My iPad is rediculously laggy now. Pages takes forever multitasking is laggy. Unlocking the iPad is annoying. And opening folders is laggy

I'm sorry I can only confirm such problem and Apple needs to fix this soon because my IPad is no longer enjoyable.

Yup, my Internet web browsing seems faster, but YouTube is painful, no.... It's Glacial...

Same problems here. Are you listening Apple? At least acknowledge the problem publicly and let us know you're working on it! My iPad 1 was a joy to use before installing iOS5. Now it's dog slow and also just kicks me out of Safari and back to the desktop at seemingly random times.

Have posted this reply in a few discussions. Don't know if this will help but... I was having the same problems. Crashes, speed lagging, and such. I have the app system activity and saw that my RAM was almost non existent. I only had 5MB free RAM after upgrade. WEIRD! Anyway...I closed all Apps on the recent list in system activity, refreshed the RAM and poof! my speed is better and so far no crashes. I have the iCloud disabled for everything except my docs and bookmarks. I hope this helps.

I have the same problem with various applications on both my iPad 1 and my iPhone 4 where 50% of the time (maybe more) the applications refuse to load unless I try a couple of times. I can't help but feel this is a bogus attempt to get me to upgrade to the new iPad 2 and the iPhone 4-S. I have to say I am not feeling the love...

So 5.0.1 didn't help as well.

I have 1rst gen iPad, but holding off upgrading of 4.3.3

I'm gathering issues pro/con on an earlier post.

Good Luck

This is just plain wrong! It's only one version behind current line-up and my first generation iPad is practically useless after the iOS 5 update. I remember Apple promoting it as an ultimate work companion that would make presentations easy and effortless. Well not anymore!

Just a couple of days ago I had a meeting with a client and had to present a bunch of stuff and, boy, did i get humiliated thanks to my iPad! Apps crashing, everything lagging and taking lots of time to load up. Clients wants to show his website and so I open it in Safari - CRASH! - ok, let's try again - CRASH!

Thanks, Apple, for making me look unprepared and unprofessional.

P.S. This and also it looks like without Steve there is no more trust in Apple.

Same problem as everyone else! My iPad is so much slower after iOS 5, really regret it! my iPhone 4 has also slowed down but thats another issue! Apple please help! ( by the way I had almost this full message typed before any text appeared!)

Did you update to iOS 5.0.1?

Those of you who still haven't updated, do that and see what happens! For me it solved all problems. Before update the iPad was practically unusable, but now it's back in business. It seems like 5.0.1 didn't solve the problems for all of us, but it did for me.

To install the update you don't need iTunes anymore, just tap the Settings icon, select General, and then tap Software Update to get going.

And finally to those of you who expect Apple to reply or in any other way react to what you're describing here:

These are user-to-user forums, and not monitored by Apple. If you want to leave feedback for Apple then you can do so here : http://www.apple.com/feedback/ipad.html

Newbie here and and oldie (62 years old)

Now my Ipad is a NoPad after Ios5 udate.

Thanks for your suggestions and I will try to get my Ipad back tomorrow !!

Do as I did.

Went to Apple Store.

There they reinstalled original Firmware.

It helped enormously

G

Thanks goka, I just left my feedback for Apple on that site and would suggest that others do the same.

BE WARNED Gen 1 iPad users.... DO NOT UPDATE TO IOS 5!!!!!!!!

Left Feedback as well...

"I'm at iOS 5.0.1 on my Generation 1 iPad and it's almost un-usable. It's slow when typing, Safari is slow and apps are frequently crashing. I own several Apple products (MacBook Pro 17, iPhone 4, Airport Base Station, Airport Extreme..) and I have to say I'm extremely disappointed with this update."

I definately have to rollback... tempted to jailbreak it just out of spite.

Hello :)

The reason for this is the upgrade is a big deal and requires alot of space (memory wise), therefore if you have alot of content on your device as well as upgrading, it puts allot of strain on the system. iPads are basically a tiny computer and like computers, require memory/space/etc. I recommend getting the free app called "Free Memory" in the app store. This app basically defrags your device and clears up things into your system that speeds it up a bit. Deleting apps that you no longer need will help allot too, as they take up space which lowers your memory on your device, hence slowing it down.

Hope that helps, good luck. :)