Ipad1 keeps crashing and apps keep closing?, Ipad1 keeps crashing and apps keep closing?

Your iPad 1, even in 2015, the first 2010 iPad 1 was an early adpoter device that was severely underpowered THEN and with an iOS version that only lasted for one year before iOS upgrades/updates were halted.

The 1st gen of a brand new device category is always going to be a, sort of testbed.

The 1st gen Macintosh, in 1984, was very underpowered, when it was first introduced, compared to the technologies that were out there at that time.

While the iPad 1 is still useful, today in 2017, (I revived mine at the beginning of 2016) it is still a somewhat limited device with the much lower 256 internal RAM, the amount of background activities need to be kept to a minimum.

I just found out that my iPad 1 and iOS 5.1.1 supports AirPlay mirroring!

At least the first iPad had a CPU that ran at the full 1.0 Ghz frequency speed!

While the iPad 2 and 1st gen iPad Mini had double the RAM of the first iPad 1, at 512 MBs of RAM, Apple dynamically clocked the 1.0 CPU to run, nominally, at 800 Mhz with the iPad 2 and Mini performance CPU PEAK of 1.0 Ghz, if it needed it!

If you were/are still getting by on the 1st gen, 2010 iPad, newer iPads have come a long way way, especially since the introduction of the iPad Air and Pro models and even the current iPad Mini 4 is packed with much better/faster technology.

So, you are really missing out!

My wife and I still regularly use an iPad 2 and 3 even though I now own a large screen iPad Pro.

I'll get, at least, another 4 years or more out of my current iPad Pro.

Also, I just checked my iPad 1.

2017,

The old iOS 5.1.1 version of the YouTube app still works fine.

You need to log into your current Google account to use the YouTube app and make sure you are connected to Internet.

The YouTube App for iOS still works fine and I can even AirPlay it to my 2009 iMac running OS X 10.9.5 Mavericks using the Air Server application!

Have you tried a hard reset of your iPad by holding down both the Home and sleep/wake buttons simultaneously until your iPad goes to black and restarts with Apple logo, then release the buttons?

Good Luck!

1. Close all inactive apps in the Task Bar. Double-click the Home button and hold apps down for a second or two. Tap the minus sign to close app.

2. Hold the Sleep and Home button down for about 10 seconds until you see the Apple Logo.

yatri0558 wrote:

My iPAD 1 with ios 5.1.1 is crashing all the time and apps keep closing and going back to the home screen....

Try This...

Close All Open Apps... Perform a Reset... Try again...

Reset ( No Data will be Lost )

Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button and the Home button at the same time for at least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears. Release the Buttons.

http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1430

If no joy...

Connect to iTunes on the computer you usually Sync with and “ Restore “...

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1414

Also consider Deleting any Apps you have Purchased / Downloaded but you now never use..

I have noticed this since the last iOS update too particularly with memory hungry Apps. Resetting or closing down active Apps has no effect. I suspect it has something to do with the iPad 1's lesser powered processor aswell as memory allocation. Additionally although there have been numerous updates to iOS 6 there have been no further updates for the iOS which only works on the original iPads. Perhaps a minor update would fix it?

I would like to see this investigated further by Apple, although I fear the answer would be to upgrade to a newer iPad - I must admit that's a pretty expensive and disappointing thought.

Mine does it too on Safari! I asked a 'genius' if it was perhaps some of the websites have a lot of moving images or adverts that perhaps the older model couldn't cope with but he said "no, it should be ok". Thanks....! I find the major problems are with newspaper sites and Facebook, especially on people's individual pages that's why I thought maybe it was the images thing. I wonder, do the later models have the same problem?

Hi,

I have the same problem, IPad I, IOS 5.1.1

I am having the exact same issues with the exact same iPad 1, and IOS, the last one to be engineered for it.

The App Store crashes all the time and when I relaunch it, it goes to the last page I had done a search about, not the one I was on, which could be several pages past that.

Games don't resume where you left off.

Many of the simple games, for example ' iTrash' a digital version of the card game 'Garbage', constantly crash, while they play fine on my wife's iPad 2. Go figure. 😟

I have over a gig free memory, I've done a full restore, hard resets, backups, deletions, etc.

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Apple wouldn't be trying to get us to buy a new iPad (which I personally don't need, mine is only 4 years old) woudn't they? Naaaaaah, they'd never do that.

I love my iPad 1 but this issue has turned it into a disappointing user experience. As others have noted, the suggested fixes do not work.

Is this an IOS version issue? And if so, is it possible to roll back to an earlier and more stable version?

I've been dealing with similar issues. Resetting and restoring have proven to only waste time. The words "#%&amp;@ing iPad" are heard daily in my household. We tested out a surface last week and while it has it's shortcomings, it did not crash regularly. Due to this issue I will not be buying another iPad- the reasoning is simple. Nothing about the newer iPads justify their cost to me and the iPad1 reminds me of using a PC in the Windows 98 days.

I do not think apple will lose many customers due to the issue, however, since most apple customers seem to take hang the latest device very seriously, even when the specs are only marginally better. To each their own I suppose. If the iPad1 did not crash on a regular basis it would still be a great tablet for me.

While surfing the web on Safari last evening, the native iPad browser, my #%&amp;@ing iPad 1 just went back to the home screen again.

To add another 'Apple' inovation issue to the mix, I 'went 98% Apple' about 6 six years ago, leaving only one Windows based laptop because only it would run a specific application I needed.

Since then I have run the gammut of every cat named OSX on my three MACs, each progressive OSX upgrade causing various issues, prohibiting some applications from ever running again, or necessitating the need for total upgrades at hefty prices fpr others. I now fear the upcoming release of OSX 10.9 Mavericks will again make me jump through more application and device driver upgrade hoops.

After viewing all the media hype of yet another iPhone release and IOS7, watching sadly as thousands of people sat in lines for hours to get the latest iPhone that will ultimately populate a landfill within the next year or so, I believe you are correct Dsmity, about Apple not going to loose any customers.

When will we consumers learn?

Rushed to market devices with the latest innovations being doled out in mere dribbles every few months, to drive sales solely to boost market share and stock prices, instead of having an actual breakthrough, fully operational product that will stand the test of time and offer consumers real bang for their buck for a few years has become not just Apple's business strategy, but most major company's modus operandi.

Can everyone say 'Planned Obsolescence' ? iPhone 6 will be out in 2014... three months, six months from now?

Think about it.

It seems that this is an issue with the iPad 1 and IOS 5.1.1. I did not have this problem with earlier versions of the operating system. I always accept Apple updates when suggested and unfortunately an OS upgrade seems to have created the instability. Does anyone know how to roll back to an earlier and more stable version of the operating system? I love my iPad and I just want it to work again...

Same deal here. Any updates?

I'm trying this article out. I will update if I see any improvent.

http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/puzzled-by-ipad-crashes-we-show-you-how-to-solve -it-167205