iOS 8 is slow on my iPad 3

even double clicking on the home button delays approx 1.5 secs.

Totally disappointing,!!

Rollback to iOS 7.1.2 while you still can! Just did it myself and I'm very happy to be back. Won't update to iOS 8 again, either on my iPad 3 or on my iPhone 5, until I have confirmation that it works flawlessly and it's not any slower than iOS 7. I can do without all those new features in iOS 8. What I can't deal with is a laggy OS that will drive me crazy all the time. It's a shame what has become of Apple since Steve passed away. You wouldn't have seen crappy releases like these back in the day. He would have whip lashed anyone who would have even thought about releasing something that wasn't perfect. Now every time a new major version is released, everyone expects it not to work properly on anything else but the latest devices. And only after three other minor releases does it become acceptable. Best of luck!

Rollback?? How?

http://www.iphonehacks.com/2014/09/downgrade-ios-8-ios-7-1-2.html

By releasing new iOS which is not quite support old devices and force people buying new one, Apple is making money.

I won't buy Apple anymore anyway, decided allready long ago

Home button behavior is crappy anyway.

And the gesture for closing an app is also inconsistent since I did the update. For example in photos and Safari...

Not to mention typing in this box using the new Quick keyboard. Not good.

iOS 8 slows all my devices (iPad 3 retina, retina and iPad mini iPhone 5s). The Apple Team already accustomed to updating their half, losing credibility. If we remember the software was why we paid a lot more money, and we were left with smaller screens.

My ipad 3 with ios 8 slows home button (2 seconds) to show home screen.

Multitasking (3 seconds)

Spotlight takes to load the images of the Apps

Transfer apps wifi with my smart TV no longer work

Safari takes twice to load.

Whattsapp lost the support of my conversations.

And ... We are still hoping to use two apps (at least) on the screen of iPad or iPhone.

If the new iPhone 6 will want to look at Samsung ... The option is to migrate?

downgraded today my iPad 2 to 7.1.2

Amazing, how fast it runs in comparison to iOS8!

I highly recommend that to everybody w/ older hardware.

I had the same issue on my ipad 3.

I did a reset: General > Reset > Reset all settings

it made quite an improvement.

after my initial upgrade to ios8 I was disappointed and thought my ipad didn't have enough horsepower. Responsiveness was very poor and tabs loaded very slowly in Safari.

after doing the reset I think I can accept ios8.

IOs 8 is slightly buggy and has a rushed out feel about it. There will be an update very soon I think.

ffor the IPad 3 I agree, in particular Safari is quite sluggish, but my iPhone 5S runs very smoothly with iOS8. Not sure yet whether predictive typing is very helpful. I still hope there will be an update that will fix some of the issues with ipad3, staying with 7.1.2 May be a good short term goal but I expect many apps to require 8 at some point

I tried that and it seems to have helped. Thanks.

I'm sure going back to 7 would be great but, as I use iCloud to share documents with windows pc's this no longer works without using 8 so no choice.

Reset All Settings really helped my iPad 3 as well. Mine was especially horrible when closing an app, it would seemingly hang, then the app disappear as if crashed. After the Reset All, the normal app closing animation works again. Still not as fast as 7.1.2, which I think Apple has been forced to optimize for slower devices like my now retired iPhone 4, but much better. Thanks!

Hi, Bob

The problem is that you do not have enough storage on your device for it to run smoothly. Try restarting your iPad (by holding down your power & home button at the same time for 5 seconds) If you still have that problem try deleting some files or apps that are taking up space. Another problem may be is that your iPad is old and just cannot support iOS 8. The iPad 3 was released pretty long ago and is just too old and worn out to support the new hardware.

~Griffin

As I am sure you are aware, Griffin, electronics do not wear out. If Apple thinks a device cannot support a new OS, they won't let you download it, e.g. the iPhone 4 cannot get iOS 8. The iPad 3 is probably the next one to be buried, as it is indeed getting old, and yes, iOS 8 may run slower than iOS 7.1.2, but it's not because anything is worn out. The processor and device runs as fast as when it was new, but iOS 8 is written to take advantage of newer and significantly faster processors and devices, and will in most cases appear to run slower than the operating systems did when the device was new.