iOs 7 on iPad 3

iPad 3

Terrible slow typing....APPLE WAKE UP ! We are discussing of BASIC topic ! Grrrrrrrr

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I currently own an iPad 3rd Generation with 64GB and WiFi only. Since I updated to iOS 7, the entire system is lagging. Setting up a wallpaper takes 40 seconds to a minute. When pinching into homescreen, the graphics lags. The transition is not smooth. This also applies when I change the wallpaper. Occasionally after switching out of private browsing in Safari, the iPad restarts. Then, it also has random restarts while I am gaming. The Keyboard is slow and lags like crazy!!!! I have to switch the "reduce motion" on to get a better response, but the graphics are lousy when it comes to speed of transition and also the smoothness of it.After all the beta releases by Apple, this still feels like a beta version to me!!! And I thought that Maps in iOS 6 was going to be their only screw up! This is utterly unbelievable for a company like Apple who pride themselves on design and experience! Absolutely disappointed!!!!!!!

If you visit 9 to 5 Mac you will see widespread problems and complaints with any iPhone 4 and non mini iPads. Why is it the ipad mini has air drop and the iPad 3 does not? I also find it funny that the iPhone 4 and IPad 2 don't have siri. Anyway, I heard some people were able to get their devices replaced by calling customer service and complaining and asking for a replacement. They will allow you to pick it up at the apple store and will call the store and tell them them not to update to iOS 7. It can't hurt right if we all call and demand back the products we spent our hard earned bucks for? After all our devices feel broken and unusable. Let me know if you have any success doing so. I have apple care on mine so if they don't help I might have an accident.

Moving forward, I had an old Android tablet sitting in the cupboard after replacing it with the iPad 3 because it was so slow. Since it was out of warranty anyway I decided to unlock it and root it. I installed a custom ROM by Cyanogen Mod and the tablet now feels like new. I really appreciate the fact that I can install the OS I want with Android and Google. I was looking forward to the launch of the new iPads but after this experience and witnessing iOS 7 first hand I will not be giving my money to Apple.

I like this good looking new iOS but I'm having similar problems with usability, bugginess and performance with iOS 7 on my third gen iPad and iPhone 4S.

On the iPad, the OS periodically freezes and reboots. This is a major problem as it is happening about once per day.

On both products typing is laggy as are some of the animations. This continues to be a problem even after I set the parallax effect to reduced motion in the accessibility settings. Apple: it flat out shouldn't take two seconds for the keyboard to pop up when I open the search bar in Safari. This is a basic usability issue and should be corrected ASAP.

Multitasking is also jittery and unreliable with many apps, including Safari. For instance, if I look up directions in the Google Maps app, switch to another app then go back to Google Maps the app will reload and I have to re-input the directions.

Researching the issue, I found many people facing similar problems when multitasking. Apple says that this happens because certain apps are not configured to use the new background app refresh and this is causing them to reload. It recommends turning off background refresh for those apps in settings. I tried this but it failed to prove effective.

I have found similar problems with some Safari tabs. A couple of days ago I was reading an article on my iPhone in a safari tab. Each time I left the tab then went back to it, whether by leaving the app or switching tabs, the tab would refresh. This was especially annoying as the article was very long and I kept having to find my spot.

Another usability issue: the home button no longer functions as a home button while multitasking. When multitasking, a click of the home button returns the user to their previous app. This is a vast departure from the way the previous OS functioned which was, in my mind, the more logical execution.

Lastly, Siri and the new music app.

Music is and always has been an intrinsic feature of the iPhone but the app has been made significantly worse/borderline unusable in iOS's newest iteration.

I have many bones of contention with this mainstay app too numerous to mention but I'll try to explain a couple.

Apple has forced album art down our throats, by removing the option to remove cover art in the artist list. This is a colossal waste of space, especially on the smaller screen of the iPhone, is information poor and leaves my thumbs exhausted from overuse. There should be an option to toggle album art on/off while in the iPhone's vertical display mode.

Second gripe with the new music app. I have all the tracks in my library sorted by genre. I used to be able to easily shuffle by genre. This is no longer possible within the music app. There is a workaround: you can ask Siri to shuffle by genre but I'd prefer having it as part of the app, as it had been since iOS's debut.

Cover flow: the old cover flow mode was useless. The new mode is prettier but still essentially not usable. This is why it's currently useless and how it could be easily fixed. Currently, whenever you flip your iOS device horizontally while in the music app the app will show you every album on the device in alphabetic order. This is essentially useless, as I have said, because I have over 900 albums. However; if the app changed the albums displayed in cover art mode depending on what genre or artist is open in the list view, then this could be a very cool way to relevantly display cover art. For instance, I have about 20 Beatles albums. If I'm in my Beatles section in the artist list view, it would be logical that when I flip my device horizontally only Beatles albums are to be displayed, right?

Siri and the music app. If I am listening to the music app then interrupt it to use Siri to say send a text or ask the time or something, I have grown to expect that once the Siri query has been completed the music app will resume. But this is no longer the case in iOS 7.

All of these issue taken separately represent minor annoyances; but combined they indicate a product that looks rushed to market without the meticulous care and attention to detail we have come to expect of Apple. Here's hoping the company starts to address some of these concerns before adding new features - bells and whistles - to what is, essentially, a beta product.

This happened to me last night! I don't understand how it can be a software issue the apple tech that works for me told me it was software because the battery isn't the issue it's software causing the loop because a big on ios7 is running in the background when you have maxed out all safari windows it triggers this issue ....can anyone confirm if this is true or how to get my iPads back up and running? FYI this is with 4 of the 6 iPads we use here at work...not just 1

I meant hardware I don't know how it can be a hardware issue clearly software issue

There are people who claim that:

1. Many of these problems are caused by updating OTA instead of clean install via iTunes.

2. The slow response and battery drain are caused by indexing of spotlight and photos in the background, and disappears after a day or two.

To find the truth of these statements it would be extremely helpful if people who are experiencing problems could specify their method of update and if they have noticed any improvements after a few days.

I did a clean install via iTunes about 3 weeks ago. Battery life is still very poor, even though I turned off evertyhing suggested here and on the web. I even moved the animated clock icon into a folder to see if that helps. It doesn't. The only thing that improves battery life is turning off wifi via airplane mode. But that makes it a big iPod touch. It doesn't respond slow, but there are some weird visual glitches on the lock screen. The worst thing is that I don't enjoy using iPad anymore with iOS 7 and there's no fix for that.

I have the same problems.... Shouldn't Apple reconsider allowing us to go back to 6.1.3? I have a REALLY expensive tablet and I can't do anything with it! It really *****!

iPad 3 - 32GB Wifi

I did OTA update first (2 days after official iOS7 release date) and recognized serious UI lags and almost unuseable keyboard (switching between chars and numbers, etc.). During application re-installs it was unacceptable. UI response became better when all app install finished but key lags and "slow UI" feeling remained...

than I decided to perform a clean insall... download IPSW, iTunes, etc...

result: same... nothing has changed... "slow UI" - like android 2-3 years ago on very basic devices....

Than I turned off new UI motion feature... it helped a bit but stilll huge difference between ios 6.1.3 and 7... ios7 seams 5-10times slower than 6.x... UI reactions for gestures, touches, I'm not talking about application performance... almost the same... (real racing 3 seams a bit slower but I think it is my emotioal reaction)

than I turned of iCloud, stopped several services... viber, skype, ... + got a lot of app update for iOS7... installed... restared several times...

UI became slightly smoother (still not enjoyable... sorry to say), apps are working, stability is ok, I don't have problems with wifi...

UI:

I think UI contains too much white background elements which eats battery heavily if I set brightness high (general problem with iPad3 I think). Before iOS7 I was able to use my iPad 5-6 days without charging... not it is 1-2... and I'm doing the same things.

Other "feature" which makes me crazy is charing... I'm not able to charge my iPad via USB connected to my Lenovo W530 laptop... ???? I tried several cables, my colleagues machines... only MacBook was able to charge it... ???

My overall experience regarding iOS7 is still total negative. I understand that Apple designed iOS7 for next generation iPhone/iPad/iPod hardware and they're making extra money from "restrictions" (ringtone downloads, etc.)... but come on... why don't they let me switch back to my lovely 6.1.3 and let me work on this beautiful device which was an easthetic combination of hardware and software... I'm still using my device on a daily basis (iPad3/iOS7) beause I need to use tablets for software testing, etc... but I'm not enjoying anymore.

I hope it will be fixed soon but to be realistic... it will not be... it seems that the whole graphical UI mechanism has changed and this new "UI core" relies on new hardware capabilities... iPad2/3, iPhone 4/4s is simply too slow (processor) to run it smoothly... so love it or leave it... you can spend additional 5-600 USD/EUR for 5th generation to "feel Apple UI"...

"Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works." - Steve Jobs - R.I.P

How to Fix Keyboard Lag on iPad in iOS 7

Step 1: Go to iPad's Settings app and choose iCloud. Then toggle Documents & Data to Off. Once again turn On the option.

Step 2: Proceed to General section and click Reset. Then choose Reset All Settings. Finally, reconfigure your keyboard shortcuts to restore your keyboard to normal functionality.

My 64GB Wifi iPad 3GS with iLaugh 7 is able to type better now. If you want to test go to any website with disqus comments and leave a reply. That is if Safari doesn't crash first.

Anyway what I don't understand is why this S*** just doesn't work. Doesn't anyone do testing ? By the way I did ota first but doing a full reset through iTunes didn't make a **** difference.

I think I'm going to go buy an iPad 4 that's sitting in a sealed box with iOS 6 pre-installed. Or call apple and see if they will replace this for me. Mail doesn't work, let's just say I don't trust it. Safari is a joke now. Videos don't load smoothly. You have to wait for it to preload then tap play a few times. aaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrgh I just want iOS 6 back.

Actually why should we give more money to apple after this ? The LG Gpad 8.3 is looking mighty attractive and functional compared to this.

ronfromtoronto wrote:

Actually why should we give more money to apple after this ? The LG Gpad 8.3 is looking mighty attractive and functional compared to this.

Have a look at the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 edition!!!!! Absolutely brilliant piece of kit!.

I definitely will be checking out that piece of kit. But the whole reason we bought iPads was because they were great and we enjoyed using them and they didn't burn out it 6 months. The Cupertino team need to bring back Forstall I could live with bad maps. My iPad battery went down 20% checking for emails that never arrived, typing 3 comments and browsing over the past hour. I've turned off refresh background data and location services as other sites have suggested.

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I updated to iOS 7 through the updates in the main settings not anywhere near iTunes and have all same issues with my 6 month old retina iPad that cost me over £600. The lag is actually getting worse and the battery drain is noticeably more. Mine keeps dropping wi if connection to my router which never happened with iOS 6 and it's not the router either as my xbox 360 and laptop keep connected. I'm supremely disappointed that I can't do what I want with wallpapers any more, for that much money I should be allowed to make it look how I want, and to top it all off it seems to now be crashing while I exit from apps.

I have really enjoyed owning my iPad and it was a great piece of kit to have travelling, when I had iOS 6. but ios 7 has ruined my iPad for me. I hope apple will fix these problems soon or give us choice to have iOS 6 back if we want.

This worked for me ;)