IPAD2 very slow after IOS 8 upgrade

I just wanted to update everyone about my experience with the 8.0.2 update to the update...

This has helped me a LOT....

• The speed has increased 100% over-all. And I mean from opening apps for the first time, to re-opening one that is in the background. Shame it's still only half as fast as it was before the update to 8.0.0.
• Copying and pasting seem to be resolved.
• Crashing of apps has improved significantly. They crash half as frequently as before.
• I have not seen the black or blue screen of death in 2 days. Fixed?
• Broadband and wifi speed have improved - though still laggy in comparison to before.
• Spontaneous reboot has not happened since the update to the update.
• Entire freezing of the device for a second to as long as 15 seconds has not happened again.
• I can upload a photo to facebook from within safari again (yeah, my life is complete).

While the device is better by far than it was when I updated to 8.0.0, I would STILL NOT RECOMMEND AN UPDATE to 8x for anyone with an iPad 2 or iPad 3. Stick with 7x and be happy. There is not enough added to make it worth the decrease in performance.

outback1 wrote:

DId your employees get their iPhones fixed?

Not my employees, they were employees of one of the customers we serve. Apple gave them an update (probably 8.0.1 or .2?) before it was released to the public, which got them going.

I Have the same experience...you have to have a bit of patience and slow down....I do still have lock ups or freezing and a few of my programs do not work as seemlessly as before, but they work. I did experience a crash, but this might have been due to the fact that the iPad is not responding as quickly as before and I was expecting it to process more quickly. I can live with this, but it is not near as nice as the old system....do NOT upgrade.

thanks to everyone participating here, as it really felt better knowing that I was not alone, although we might just be left with one oar, at least we can go in circles.

Thanks for your reply....good to know they are working now. I was thinking of finally packing in my old flip phone and getting the new 6plus....but I am still reeling from my iPad experience and now with this issue, I am wondering if I should hang out with the old flip and wait for the new iPad air next month?

like you, I use mine exclusively for work and home....I was hoping for the new large ipad, but it sounds like that might be a year out yet, and I see the cost might be pretty steep. after This experience, I am not so sure I would want to be the first to have one of those!

outback1 wrote:

I Have the same experience...you have to have a bit of patience and slow down....

No no no... I use mine for business.... I have zero patience and cannot afford to slow down! heh

outback1 wrote:

Thanks for your reply....good to know they are working now. I was thinking of finally packing in my old flip phone and getting the new 6plus....but I am still reeling from my iPad experience and now with this issue, I am wondering if I should hang out with the old flip and wait for the new iPad air next month?

like you, I use mine exclusively for work and home....I was hoping for the new large ipad, but it sounds like that might be a year out yet, and I see the cost might be pretty steep. after This experience, I am not so sure I would want to be the first to have one of those!

I think the new products with the latest hardware would be fine. The IOS 8 was designed for them, so it is optimized and should run great, now that they fixed the major connectivity issue anyway.

Me, I'm going to hold off on any further Apple purchases until this becomes a distant memory and I can forgive them for the many days of lost productivity and honestly, just upsetting me by telling me that I should just buy a new device if I want their IOS to work correctly.... It's going to be a while.

I hear you....I feel the same....and it has been hard when you are working and this is not producing like it used to....after all, our time is valuable and I just don't want the struggle when I am trying to work. No it was not right...and they SHOULD have expressly warned those with older devices better...I was going to try to find out how much their buy back is...any idea?....My thoughts were to turn it in and get the new one, like you I am bummed, but I remember the day I ordered this one, and it was refurbished....and how I felt when the box came and I turned it on for the first time...remember that? well, it would be like getting a brand new car.....and we should be set (you would think) for another 3 - 5 years???? who knows? the way things are going out there, there might not be any satellites to run these things any longer. I checked out the watch, which I have no interest in...but I see it will not work right unless you have the iPhone.

They better do a good job letting folks know, don't you think?? LOL...they are in for a lot of disappointed folks if they are ASSUMING you have the iPhone.

Thanks again, I enjoyed your thinking as it is along my lines. ...stay tuned out there! Hopefully we will get a better fix yet...I am still holding out for that!

I've been a supporter of Apple for a long time and have bought 5 iPads for family members over the past few years.

They used to be better than "those of guys" in every way. Unfortunately, this is the official collapse of Apple as a dominant company because now ... they are "those guys". After up-grading from IOS 7-8 my iPad 2 64 GB Wi-Fi, is basically a paper weight.

I too am suffering all the pitfalls the majority on this post have complained about. I'm sitting 3' away from my wireless router that used to propel my iPad 2 at impressive speeds but now I wonder if it's actually working???? Launching an application is like watching paint dry. What is most mystifying, infuriating and insulting all at the same time, is just the simple "too bad" attitude that appears to be coming out of Apple over this IOS up-grade fiasco.

I expect crap to come out of Microsoft and instability to come from Android products. However, to have this junk passed off as an up-grade is pathetic and insulting to those of us that know Apple is simple forcing customers into purchasing newer iPads!

Must ... keep ... Chinese plants ... grinding ... out ... product!!!!

The person that mentioned they would have waited till the up-grades had been tested more, is completely missing the point. Apple is responsible for ensuring their product is bullet proof BEFORE being made available to the public. Furthermore, to prevent their customers the ability to revert to an IOS that has been found to be stable is just down right underhanded and justifies the label of Apple being called a corporate bully to its customers.

Tim Cook should be rocking the guillotine with those responsible for this latest fiasco. I used to purchase Apple because they were effortless in their performance and support. However, they are now officially as pathetic as Microsoft and some of the Android tablets. Disgusted.

I completely agree with you. This iOS update has been the worst from Apple ever. We pay premium prices for these devices. I use my iPad 3 on a daily basis, my most important application is the web browser and text editors. After upgrading to 8.0.2 I still find serious issues. Try to copy and paste. This feature is now a nightmare to use. Try to use the search feature or try to type something on the URL; the cursor moves in slow motion. I feel these updates are still in BETA release. How is it possible that a company like Apple releases a software so buggy. Where is their Quality Assurance Department?

I am now typing this message on my Windows machine, seating at my desk. My iPad is no longer a pleasure to use. My Windows machine is now more reliable, I can type fast without any annoyances from a buggy Operating System.

We demand that Apple respect us as customers by properly releasing software that works with the hardware that they promise that it will support.

I guess now Apple can't say "It just works" anymore.

Someone posted a a great response and it is now gone... How do I know? Because I have it in email.

if you try to view the response you get a message that access is restricted. How lame.

The moderators representing apple want this ugliness to go away. So they will censor it out of existence....

Question for you.... have you seen a single post saying how great their iPad is after the 8.x upgrade?

really?....wow...i just wonder...if this is true, does this mean when we do the buy back we will see getting less than before???

maybe apple will no longer buy back the old iPads, since they aRe now doomed??does anyone have info of the buy back of ipads???

cannot say that there is any agenda here, but think about it, let us hope.....and expect that as the years go by that everything evolves, and hopefully, newer and better preformance. Otherwise we would still be in the horse and buggy....and cars would not be so cool....aren't we all on edge as the new year comes rolling out for the new technology?.....it happens and thankfully should....it does not fix our issues sadly, it only leaves us behind or we have to get more clever

This evening I went to my iMac to check my email....and I got a totally blank white screen....on my IMAC!!!

what is up with that?....It seems to me that this issue with ipad may not be selective to us low end iPad users, give this time, I think we will see this will be widespread and effecting all eventually. I was one of the first into apple purchasing a apple PC jr.....it was so horrible, that's when I went to windows. After so many years with windows base and it getting so terrible, when I tried out this ipad, I felt I had seen heaven...i immediately ditched all my windows based products and purchased my iMac....no I am getting scared....is this the end of the best? I have been trying to be reasonable here and figured in a short while we would see a real fix....a REAL FIX, am I wrong here?....I sure hope not....I will think twice before purchasing stock.

terribly buggy update.

my ipad still loses cellular connection and when I try to reboot which gives me the connection back, it's a slow reboot and I have to press the top button three or fine times to get the lock steen to appear so I can enter the passcode. The home button seems unresponsive.

overall, it's become much less stable than it used to be.

i just loaded the new 8.0.2. It is still quite buggy. Constant reloading, occasional freezes, mail slow to load. Have had to reset twice because of this. Apple needs to pull this, take its time and get it right. I use an iPad 2 and see no excuse for this mess.