IOS 8 copy paste problem + slowdown

Upgraded my ipad2 to ios 8. General slowdown, apps crashing on startup, huge lag when typing or selecting email from inbox. I've also experienced a strange copy/paste issue In Safari, facebook and other apps. When I copy and try to paste, I often get an old item I copied instead of the last item. Yesterday I tried to paste a URL repeatedly and kept getting text I copied from notes earlier in the day. I gave up. Today when I tried to copy and paste a sentence from a website, the URL that wouldn't paste yesterday kept pasting! Anyone else experience these issues?

iPad 2 Wi-Fi, iOS 8

Posted on Sep 20, 2014 7:51 AM

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Oct 20, 2014 2:40 PM in response to luay1985

WARNING: If you've just upgraded to iOS8.1 on your iPad 2 be warned ahead of time; DO NOT DO A HARD REBOOT!


My screen was locked for hours with the Apple logo and I was thinking I'd have no choice but to hook a laptop up through

iTunes and do a full restore on my pad. Luckily and eventually the plain black screen came back then my sleep screen.

I'm almost afraid just to shut it down for the night till I see if anyone else has heard of this glitch.

Oh yes, iOS 8.1 was fully loaded and operating prior to the reboot but since it was misbehaving that's why I did the reboot.


Do be careful if you have an older iPad or iPhone though.

Oct 20, 2014 7:31 PM in response to Niclet

I'm also very frustrated with the copy/paste problem. As far as other issues after IOS update...after going up the customer service chain at Apple, they finally had me restore to factory settings a second time...but not putting the backup back on this time. I haven't loaded apps back in yet as they told me there must be something corrupt (app or whatever) in my backup. The locking up and lag problems seem to be a lot better. Now I am scared to put any apps back because I don't know what was causing the slow down and lockups in the first place. Can't understand why Apple can't come up with some type of system scan that would find corrupt files or apps on a device. I mean...what good is having my device if I can't use any apps? The copy and paste thing is now the biggest problem I have. That is something I use a lot and didn't have problems until I updated to IOS 8. I do believe it is a cache problem...but that is a bug Apple should be able to fix. I have sent my customer service supervisor at Apple an email again about still having this issue after latest restore and am waiting to see what she suggests next. Will advise if I find out anything that fixes. I will try closing out runnng stuff next time when trying to copy and paste from one application to another to see if that works for me. That seems a lot of trouble though.

Oct 20, 2014 7:36 PM in response to TheHaj

I'm also very frustrated with the copy/paste problem. As far as other issues after IOS update...after going up the customer service chain at Apple, they finally had me restore to factory settings a second time...but not putting the backup back on this time. I haven't loaded apps back in yet as they told me there must be something corrupt (app or whatever) in my backup. The locking up and lag problems seem to be a lot better. Now I am scared to put any apps back because I don't know what was causing the slow down and lockups in the first place. Can't understand why Apple can't come up with some type of system scan that would find corrupt files or apps on a device. I mean...what good is having my device if I can't use any apps? The copy and paste thing is now the biggest problem I have. That is something I use a lot and didn't have problems until I updated to IOS 8. I do believe it is a cache problem...but that is a bug Apple should be able to fix. I have sent my customer service supervisor at Apple an email again about still having this issue after latest restore and am waiting to see what she suggests next. Will advise if I find out anything that fixes. I will try closing out runnng stuff next time when trying to copy and paste from one application to another to see if that works for me. That seems a lot of trouble though.

Oct 21, 2014 2:28 PM in response to TheHaj

Upgraded to 8.1 IOS release and still experiencing copy paste issue on iPad2! Thought maybe it could be a specific app issue, like FB. However, it's an issue whether I google and decide to copy paste from Google, or if I then select open with safari and try to copy paste into email.! FB, iMessage, etc. Makes no difference which apps I am interfacing with. The copy paste issue still ever present in IOS 8.1

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