IPAD2 very slow after IOS 8 upgrade

Hi, I'm so sorry to tell you, that you can't go back. It's impossible to downgrade because Apple is not supporting this anymore.

Make a backup and set it up as new. You will lose all data but this helped me at least a little bit. It will still be not as smooth as before ;(

my ipad 2 is also very slow and full of bugs after upgrading to ios 8.1 .....( front camera lagging, keyboard showing up every 2seconds

I really feel screwed by apple right now by not allowing people the downgrade to ios 7.1 or correcting their ios

apple, by acting like that ...you can be sure i won't buy any more of your product ...my next tablet and phone won't be an apple

I was afraid to update my iPad after hearing all the nightmare stories on the net. Last night, My 64GB iPad 2 decided to stop working, so I had no choice but to restore it. I knew for sure that after restoring and updating my iPad, I'll no longer have a working machine. After restoring by connecting the iPad to my MacBook Pro, I was able to restore and recover everything back to the way I had it setup before it crashed. The best part is, The latest version IOS 8.1.3 is installed and working without a glitch. Since I have many apps on the iPad, it's taking awhile to download all the apps and data from my iCloud account.

To download and update successfully to the latest IOS, you have to perform the update using your computer via iTunes.

Also, having enough storage space on the iPad doesn't hurt; I had about 10GB of available space on my iPad.

I didn't revert to iOS7. After reading my post, It does sound as though I reverted to iOS7😊. Once my iPad was connected to iTunes, I was forced to upgrade to the latest iOS version which is 8.1.3. As I've said, I'm not having any lag / crash issues many posters are experiencing. I know how frustrating it can be when things don't workout, but I think we all need to step back, take a deep breath and try restoring the iPad again. Try restoring your ipad using the iTunes App on your computer.

Yes I am experiencing the same issues, fortunately it seems to be worse after the ipad has bee asleep for a period of time, once you start using it it seems to respond almost normal. I almost swapped out the home button, thinking it was faulty, good thing I read the issue here is normal for a ipad 2, hope they have a software fix soon. I have no plans on upgrading to a new ipad anytime soon, this model does everything I need and have all the accessories, stands for it. Clear this up apple ASAP. THANKS

I think what Apple has to do is be honest with its customers. EVEN Microsoft lets you know when an OS is no longer able to be installed on a users config because of chip speed etc. If MS can be "honest, can't Apple just say "this iOS update should only be installed for iPad 3+??

And if this is the case how about making some happy users and lettings us downgrade back to iOS 7.x rather than having genius bar staff tell us that we have to buy new iPads

javaguy39 wrote:

I think what Apple has to do is be honest with its customers. EVEN Microsoft lets you know when an OS is no longer able to be installed on a users config because of chip speed etc. If MS can be "honest, can't Apple just say "this iOS update should only be installed for iPad 3+??

And if this is the case how about making some happy users and lettings us downgrade back to iOS 7.x rather than having genius bar staff tell us that we have to buy new iPads

Tell Apple. Not us.

Pete

I read the long post and I've not yet tried restoring my iPad2, however I noticed an improvement ONLY by changing the image of the dektop ...

Yeah!!

I used a photo (taken from the library) that for its size (about 8Mb) probably took up too much memory.

Replaced with a default desk image, the most annoying lag (jerky transition from one app to another in the task) are greatly improved.

it is clear, at this point, that each device has its own history that iOs 8 has contributed to exasperate.

I'm not sure that a full reset will contribute better because my old iPhone 4s whose default reseated without backup restore, but it has same lags and jerky as before.

iPad 2 is not the only one slowing down after getting the new iOS 8. Basically all Apple A5 Device seem to suffer the same problem. My iPad 2 is still running on iOS 6.1.3 and nowadays it's started to load very slow.

iOS 8 could be the last iOS for all Apple A5 Device, iPhone 4s, iPad 2, iPad Mini 1, and iPod Touch 5th Generation.

OMG YOU ARE A FLIPPING GENUIS TOTALLY TOOK YOUR ADVICE TURNED OFF MULTITASKING GESTURES AND REBOOTED AND MY IPAD 2 IS RUNNING SMOITHLY AS IT DID BEFORE IOS 8 UPDATE..... THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hello, my Mac Book Pro - late 2011, became progressively slower with 2 os upgrades.. I was advised to add more ram. I did so and additionally added a new solid state drive. Now it works faster than ever. To save money you may add just the additional ram (memory). This may be sufficient to get up to a good speed.

i Believe this or these hardware upgrades will solve the speed problem.

The hard reset improved speed, but still slower than normal. I am on this page as reaction to input has recently slowed long after the upgrade to 8. Not sure what is causing the problem? Will keep reading and document of any other alternatives?

We're all on the 8.4.1 with painfully slow iPad 2's, even with multitasking gestures disabled. I've done a couple other tweaks, but it's almost unusable...

Was this Apple's way of making us buy newer iPads? Cause if it is, it's not working but making me very disappointed in their thinking...why not just leave our iPads at iOS7?

As it was explained to me the issue is 2 fold. The older processor is less powerful and thus slower and secondly both the new OS and also the new applications or application upgrades are larger so even if one had the OS 7 there might still be problems?

This is going to sound too simple to be true. Once when Safari was crashing for the 100th time that day, I noticed a very brief message saying "Zoom Enabled". Went to Settings>General>Accessibility>Zoom and turned off. Immediately, everything is running like it used to.