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I have a first generation iPad thatnhas worked great. Sometimes it's a little slow, but nothing too bad. However, in the past few days it's starting closing apps randomly. Safari, Facebook, YouTube, CNN news app, USA Today app, various games.
Any suggestions? Other than purchasing a new one?
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Are perhaps too many apps opened at the same time? Try closing them all and reset. It happened to me once or twice in a 2nd generation iPad as well, particularly the CNN app.
Standard troubleshooting...
1. Try a Restart by pressing the sleep/lock button until you see the slider. Slide to power off. Restart by pressing the sleep/lock button until you see the Apple logo.
2. Try a Reset by pressing the home and sleep buttons until you see the Apple logo, ignoring the slider if, it comes up. Takes about 5-15 secs of button holding and you won't lose any data or settings.
3. Remove all apps from Recently Used list...
- From any Home Screen, double tap the home button to bring up the Recents List
- Tap and hold any icon in this list until they wiggle
- Press the red (-) to delete all apps from this list.
- Press the home button twice when done.
4. If still a problem restore with your backup.
5. If still a problem restore as new, i.e. without your backup. See how it runs with nothing synced to it.
6. If still a problem, it's likely a hardware issue.
I have the same problem with my Ipad. I restored the ipad as new and it still crashes. This is not a hardware issue in the sense of hardware malfunction. if it was hardware, the crashing issue would not be isolated to apps. This appears to be an issue with old hardware running newer software and the management of system resources. This link may help, but I will keep looking for more options.
http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/puzzled-by-ipad-crashes-we-show-you-how-to-solve -it-167205
HI I have iPad 1 when I open safari application store etc after 2,3 min app close. Secondly my software is 5.1 ho ww update the version and also how install whatsapp YouTube . All app is outdated .thanks
1st gen iPad keeps closing apps
