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Safari crashes on ipad2 after ios7 upgrade

Hi, I recently upgraded my ipad 2 to iOS 7 , but now when I open up my university blackboard page using safari, safari keeps crashing and going to home page, I have tried closing opened apps and I tried a reboot. Please help

iPad 2, iOS 7

Posted on Sep 24, 2013 2:56 AM

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Nov 19, 2013 3:11 AM in response to wavesofstatic

That didn't work either unfortunately but thank you. Tried dfu, restore, recover mode all via iTunes and a factory reset via WiFi and it still has the same issue after the update yesterday. I try to download a shared document over 100mb from box.com and the browser just crashes. It's still under 12 month warranty so it looks like I'll have to take it back.

Nov 19, 2013 6:30 AM in response to Yewande91

iOS 7 was designed for iPad air. Earlier generation iPads suffer for the update. My iPad 4 will never be the same since I took the update when it first was offered. I cannot go back to iOS 6, and as a result, pages load at a true snails pace. Earlier iPads are degraded by accepting iOS 7. My wife's iPad 4 with iOS 6 is lighting fast. My iPad 4 with iOS 7 is terrible!

Nov 19, 2013 6:58 AM in response to Apfelwurm

Same, everyone I know on various devices has no issue, my partner has it running on her iPad 3 no problem and a friend has it in his mini. It's only my mini 2 and it seems a small number of other users who are having this extremely frustrating issue.

Do you have any other ideas apfelwurm? Some setting or something similar? It crashes every time I attempt a larger document download without fail, but I can browse with much fewer crashes?

Nov 19, 2013 7:29 AM in response to wavesofstatic

Perhaps there is an issue with your iPad's settings.


Start by resetting the settings and preferences on your iPad:

Settings > General > Reset > Reset All Settings


The data on the iPad is not affected, but you will have to enter your favorite settings and preferences again, including the password for your Wi-Fi router.


Next you may also want to reset the network settings and other settings.


If any of this works, make a backup of your iPad immediately.

These settings are also backed up in a backup.

Restoring from a faulty backup would therefore also restore the faulty settings.


If all of this does not help, start a new discussion to reach other iPad users with better ideas.

Nov 19, 2013 8:01 AM in response to Apfelwurm

I would say good for you, of course. And my sister's iPad 4 with iOS 7 works just fine. The techs at the Apple Store could not speed my iPad up at all. It does seem to be a spotty thing. I'm far from alone, but it's far from 100% of people who are in my situation. I'm no tech or geek. I had the "pros" work on it. My iPad has behaved like I had a dial up connection ever since the update, which I took when first offered. I still use my iPad, but it is not the devise I had before ios7. But, I cannot explain why everything tried has failed so far. High jack is not a factor with me. Yes, it crashes too often, but that comes in streaks. The longest lasting of the problems since the update has been the snail pace loading pages with Safari. I can't say Chrome is any better. Just seems like I have a dial up devise.

Dec 27, 2013 11:30 AM in response to Yewande91

Just for the record, it's not just Safari that crashes. I also use Chrome on my new iPad Air and it crashes, too, in exactly the same way. I got my new iPad Air because my old iPad crashed like this 4 or 5 times a week; my new one crashes 20 or 40 times a DAY, and seems to be getting worse. And they say only apps developed by the 'govmint' (eg Obamacare) have "glitches"...

Safari crashes on ipad2 after ios7 upgrade

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