Q: IPAD2 very slow after IOS 8 upgrade

Problem : APPLE DOES NOT ALLOW DOWNGRADE for IPAD 2 ANYMORE !!!!

No need to use caps to underscore your surprise.  You should have realized this.  Apple has NEVER allowed IOS downgrades.

Actually, that's not true ... from the reports I've read, the problem for many is the initial "empty space requirements" for the installation process. After the installation is finished, of course the space is not needed, but it is needed at first. That's a problem for many with minimal available space and they may not even know what to do, so they find themselves "stuck" - even though they are not stuck. There are easy ways to deal with that space requirement, but many people don't even know the easy ways.

http://www.technologytell.com/apple/141542/report-slow-ios-8-adoption-due-storag e-requirement/

And then, secondly, another holdup for many is simply the wait for Yosemite, because of the integration between iOS 8 and Yosemite. The prior version of the iOS didn't have that kind of tight integration between the desktop OS and the iOS, but this is the first time that we've seen this level of integration. For that to come into full effect, you have to wait for Yosemite. Thus, a second item that causes many to wait.

And we've already seen that many users who had initial problems are not running and fully functional on iOS 8.0.2 ... without Apple doing a single thing to change that version ... so that shows that it's not an inherent problem with iOS 8.0.2 that caused those machines that are functioning "now" to have those problems. That's because they are running without problems, right now as we speak.

Apple has NEVER had users regress to an earlier iOS ... from the very first iPhone on the market - through the present (about seven years now). I don't know where you got that idea ... LOL ...

Thats why more and more people are looking at other manufacturers. As an early days Apple fan i am now in this situation too...

So frustrating.

The only way these issues are going to get fixed is when Apple releases another update with fixes and improvements. Yes this is a user forum but hopefully someone is reading this because sending "feedback" or wasting your time at a genius bar isn't going to get the job done.

You are wrong  :

1.) APPLE continued to sign IOS7 for one or two weeks after IOS 8 release.

2.) I use caps when im am upset, not surprised...

But now its over. And this quite new ipad2 with cellular / 64GB ram will be trashed

if APPLE does not do something for us.

Medium term i'll try to find my way out of APPLE, as many of us screwed by obsolecence

i assume.

Apple specifically says if you wan to "talk to Apple" or have them "take something into account" then you have to go to their pages they have set up for that. And they say that THIS FORUM is not the place. This forum is exclusively and only for "users helping other users". Apple says it's ONLY for asking questions for solving problems, and answers as to how to solve problems, and it's NOT for feedback and it's NOT for comments about Apple and it's NOT for Apple taking into account something, and it's NOT for giving a message to Apple. You should read the Terms of Use for the forum, that you agreed to when you signed up here!

My interest in the forum is specifically for what Apple says this forum is for ... that is ... "users helping other users". Apple has set up a "point system" to show when users actually do help other users ... and that's what the points mean next to my name. They indicate the "other users" who have "voted" on their own, when something has helped them. That's how you can get points too. So, that's what I'm doing here.

Here are some relevant links for you ...

Apple Support Communities Terms of Use

https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-5952

Community Etiquette

https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-6082

Apple Website Terms of Use

http://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/terms/site.html

Apple Support

http://www.apple.com/support/

Apple Retail Store - Genius Bar

http://www.apple.com/retail/geniusbar/

Product Feedback

https://www.apple.com/feedback/

For everyone else:

On my iPad 2, have already:

1) Soft reset (kept contents)

2) Hard reset (lost contents)

3) Rebooted numerous times

4) Used the device with no apps installed on it

5) Turned off all the keyboard settings such as auto-correct etc

All of these still have the same result:

1) Slow opening, switching apps

2) Crashing of Safari

3) Reloading of almost every tab when switching back and form

4) Keyboard extremely sluggish and slow

If you have a device, it's really probably not worth resetting it since chances are you'll just waste your time and end up with the same result. A little bit of degradation is acceptable when running a newer OS on older hardware but surely no one would expect such a poor release.

If there was something inherently wrong with the update that Apple needed, and could fix, then why is it that the Update has worked on other devices, iPads, iPhones etc..?

The Update is just a set of instructions.  If you hand a sheet of Paper to 10 people with the exact same set of instructions, but 2 have issues with whatever the instructions had them do, then do you automatically assume the instructions have an error that needs fixing, or do you perhaps think that the 2 people with issues may have done something wrong, or something happened while they were following them?

Now I'm not saying you did something wrong, during the update, but It is possible that something happened during the update that caused a file to corrupt, or was improperly copied over etc...  something that is out of Apple's control.

Because, with all things being equal, if you follow the same set of instructions the same way every time, the results should be the same.   Since the update did not change between your iPad and someone else's, then there's other factors here to consider.

Again, if there's something inherently wrong, why is it My iPad works with the update?    The error could not have magically corrected itself on my iPad but not yours?

The issue here, is not that Apple needs to fix a phantom problem with their update, its that something happened while updating, that is basically impossible to foresee, or account for.

As StarTraveler has said, many people have been able to resolve their issues by Resetting, Resetting all settings, or even Restoring the iPad to Factory Condition using a computer running iTunes.

If you have not done so, Its a good idea to try it. And even if you have done so, its a good idea to try it again without restoring a backup, if only to see if it runs o.k without anything on it to rule out possible culprits.

Ohh, and FYI, I own an iPad 2, almost 3 years old. Cracked screen, and non functional home button due to a drop, that works perfectly fine on iOS 8. Software wise everything works the way it did on iOS 7, and sometimes even better,

I Totally agree as my experience have mirrored yours. 

There are 32 pages of complaints regarding this particular issue. I don't think the problem is with "Individual" devices.

SInce safari shat itself and Google chrome not much better, I gave dolphin a try, and it seems to work well.

Touge wrote:

 

There are 32 pages of complaints regarding this particular issue. I don't think the problem is with "Individual" devices.

When you see many of the individuals here solving the problems and still using iOS 8.0.2 ... and the vast and overwhelming majority using iOS 8.0.2 without problems ... and all the while without Apply having change one single thing to iOS 8.0.2 ... there's no question that it's related to individual machines, ranging all the way from corrupt files to a glitch during installation, even hardware problems.

Just the mere existence of ONE iPad working with iOS 8.0.2 shows that it is not inherently a problem within that version. But, we don't have "just one" ... we have millions upon millions running it. So, it's far beyond a forgone conclusion that iOS 8.0.2 can run on iPads, without any major problems. That puts it down to problems within individual machines.

Again, tha doesn't mean that those very few (compared to the overal installed user base) are "not" having problems or that they are simply having some "halucination" ... but rather it means that they CAN fix it and it WILL run on iOS 8.0.2.

Stop looking to Apple to blame, when it's already clear that the iPads and even the iPad 2s can run on iOS 8.0.2. If you sit there and just continually blame Apple and don't work toward a solution on your individual device ... all you will have is "nothing but complaints" (and nothing more will happen). And unfortunately, that's what we already see happening here.

Touge wrote:

 

SInce safari shat itself and Google chrome not much better, I gave dolphin a try, and it seems to work well.

All the iOS web browsers have to use the Safari engine. They all are "Safari" underneath ... :-) ...