iPad with IOS 7 is suddenly unstable and crashes many times in a day. Had been very stable until 2 days ago no new apps added. Problem is worse on iPad 3 than on iPad 2. Anyone else having this problem? Possible answers or solutions?

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iPad with IOS 7 is suddenly unstable and crashes many times in a day. Had been very stable until 2 days ago no new apps added. Problem is worse on iPad 3 than on iPad 2. Anyone else having this problem? Possible answers or solutions?

Two days ago my iPad 3 and IPad 2 started to crash very unexpectedly. Both iPads have wifi and cellular and both are running iOS 7.0.2. I will be working and suddenly the screen just wipes to black and then the big white Apple appears as if I have done a hard reset. The iPads always come back, but the crashes and unexpected app closures are happening with greater frequency. It happens more with the iPad 3 than with the iPad 2. Until two day ago both iPads had been very stable. I don't keep a lot of apps open and I have plenty of GB of free space. I do hard resets after each event, doesn't help the situation. Did Apple do some kind of update to the OS in the last few days? I was just getting used to the new OS and this is very frustrating. Anyone else having this problem, have a possible answer or solution? Thanks for your help.

iPad 2 Wi-Fi + 3G, iOS 7

Posted on Oct 20, 2013 12:16 PM

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Answer 1

kb1951

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Oct 20, 2013 12:25 PM in response to GwenS57

Since you have tried resets, the only suggestion I have is to restore as new and see what happens. It seems odd that you are having the same problem on two iPads especially since you say you have not added any new apps recently.

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AnaMusic

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Oct 20, 2013 12:27 PM in response to GwenS57

Try This...

Close All Open Apps... Sign Out of your Account... 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 the issue persists...

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

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

Make sure you have the Latest Version of iTunes (v11) Installed on your computer

iTunes free download from www.itunes.com/download

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Apfelwurm

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Oct 20, 2013 12:33 PM in response to GwenS57

Try a restore first:

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

If that restore didn't fix things, then try a restore via recovery mode:

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1808

If all of this does not fix things, then clear the settings and preferences on your iPad. 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:

Settings > General > Reset > Reset All Settings

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Answer 4

Oct 24, 2013 9:26 PM in response to GwenS57

I find it really strange that this has started happening to my ipad too at pretty much exactly the same time. I have an ipad 3 64gb with 3/4g. Exactly the same my ipad had been completely fine then suddenly started crashing and resetting 2 days ago. It seems to happen as soon as I activate my wifi. I have not attempted the reset options above yet as I felt it was important to mention that it seems to happen to mine too. A rogue software update perhaps?

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kzen9

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Oct 24, 2013 10:03 PM in response to GwenS57

I'm having the same issues with my mini! I guess I'll try the same as above.

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Nov 7, 2013 12:24 PM in response to GwenS57

Yep I have a 128gb iPad 4 and it has done this strange reset thing.

I have done very reset and erase possible. I even went through the pain of rebuilding my iPad from scratch as I thought my restore contained something that was causing the issue.

The problem is still there. Also my iTunes is SO unstable now on the iPad, crashing all the time, I have disabled iTunes Match, logged out, logged in, reset, blah blah, I can clear the issue for a day or two, then it starts to crash again!

Apple have really dropped the ball of late, I don't know what's happened to them....

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GwenS57 Author

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Nov 7, 2013 3:39 PM in response to MrPants1970

Thanks for the post-it thought it was me or my iPad! I feel the same way, iOS 6 was not broken, I don't know why they tried to " fix" it. Wish they would revert back, although I know they won't. Don't know anyone who likes iOS 7, and have heard reports of many problems with similar or worse problems. None of the above mentioned fixes have helped solve the problem. They really dropped the ball, and will not admitt to the problems, none of the patches fix it.

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Apfelwurm

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Nov 8, 2013 7:35 AM in response to GwenS57

Yes, I like iOS 7, no, I love it!

Now you know someone who likes iOS 7.

iOS 7 is running clean as a whistle on my iPad 2, and I would not want to go back to iOS 6!

Ask yourself the question what you have done with your iPad in the past.

Has your iPad ever been jailbroken?

Are you running one or more unstable apps on your iPad?

If none the usual restore methods work, try to restore your iPad using DFU mode. Search this forum to find the answer.

Also, no one from Apple reads this user-to-user forum.
Therefore, if you want to talk to Apple directly, use their feedback procedure:

http://www.apple.com/feedback/ipad.html

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Answer 9

Mar 4, 2014 6:05 PM in response to robosheauk

Is ur ipad fine now? I updated my opad 4 to the latest software 7.0.6 3 days ago.then it started crashing and freezing at least twice a day for 3 days now. I hard reset it, still the same.... Help

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Answer 10

Mar 13, 2014 9:21 AM in response to 💋💋💋💋💋💋

I lived that nightmare with my ipad2 since IOS 7. I have tried all the different remedies, reset restore from backup, restore as new in dfu mode. Nothing helped. It crashed a couple of times after the 7.1 upgrade. The genius at Apple say it must be hardware related when I took it in yesterday. This last week it has become more stable. I have not been able to isolate the crashing to I any one particular app. When I restored it as new from dfu mode it crashed repeatedly for about 3 minutes with only the default program loaded. Since it is rather stable at the moment I have decided to live with it. My iPhone 4s has not had a single problem.

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