Q: IPAD2 very slow after IOS 8 upgrade

Alessio,

Well fingers crossed and after a month of mucking about setting, resetting and other time consuming things my i Pad seems to be working alright on 8.1. I have not got anything switched off and it's not hanging.  Thanks for the help on here and hope you guys who are still having issues get them sorted.  However we should not have to put up with our devices being "damaged" by a software upgrade! without the safety net of not being able to go back if we ( the customer, past, present and future) wish to.  Oh and I know Apple employees come here because one told me so and had read this thread. 

From Ian's iPad

Good luck Ian. Glad you are back on track.

Pete

I Am having similar Issues with my iPad 2 after the update, safari is super slow and when I try to type it lags a lot. 

Hey Blackapples!

I'm really happy that you sorted out the issue of the newer software in one month.

Unfortunately I still find absurd to have to spend one month to make my device work.

I never said my device was damaged. I said it's unusable! It's frustrating no to be able to visualise pages correctly:

When i open a page with a map, the ipad just goes crazy, it start to speed up or down on the map, trying to pinch or stop it makes things worse.

Why am I forced to spend one month of my life trying to fix that?

Where is "think different" involved?

I wish someone could give a proper reply instead of keep eliminating posts.

Cheers

Alessio

There IS no proper reply. Many iPad2 users have fixed their issues using many different methods related to their individual issues.

Pete

Hi All,

Well like a kid with a candy in front I could not resist the temptation to upgrade to 8.1, so I did it.  I have been following the forum and also other sites and followed the recommendation given which are:

Install 8.1 as a new install and not an upgrade to your 7.1.2.  (do it on recovery mode)

Download all your apps, movies, etc from the cloud and not from your backup.

Well I am happy to let everybody know it worked very well.  I did it last night and left the ipad loading all apps and movies overnight.  This morning I just made a hard reboot to clean any left overs just in case and my IPAD is working flawlessly.

No crashes, no lagginess, etc.  I did disabled the predictive keyboard since I don't find it useful though.

Thanks

Jose

Best fix for IPAD 2 with IOS 8.

Make two Settings changes.

Change 1 ; go to Settings / General / Accessibility / Reduce Motion / Turn on

Change 2 ; go to Settings / General / Accessibility / Increase Contrast / Reduce Transparency / Turn on

Display will look a little different, but the IPAD will be useable and run much faster. Worked for me, let me know if it works for you.

My iPad 2 is also messed up. ISO 7 it was working so great and upgraded to 8 and the iPad has 5 second delay. This company does not care. Apple has changed. It's all about profit. It went big corporate. It has lost touch with its customers. I just bought an iPhone 6 plus and Apple tv. i think I'm done buying Apple products. This company died with its leader.

Cheap shot. Go buy another brand. Customers like you are never missed.

Pete

Don't be such an hypocrite. Failing to recognise valid concerns is an early sign of dictatorship. Corporate values are important - corporate dogma is destructive.  Recognise the difference!

Sent from my iPad

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Valid concerns? Rubbish! Even the username was an attempt at Trolling. Hypocrite? Dictatorship? And you want me to follow some link you provide to  Virginmoneygiving.?

Pete

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It's not only ipad2... I have ipad4 and the same problems with IOS8.1... Tried everything with my wifi... Other band, other type, disconnected all other users of my wifi (printer, repeater, airport, hue, etc..)  Sometimes i have to wait so long after paused/sleep my ipad with safari, facebook or especially netflix that i reboot my ipad all over... So IPAD4 ALSO BIG DELAY PROBLEMS

A poster who signs up only today, has an obviously flame-baiting user name, who doesn't post according to the terms of use here on this forum and doesn't stay on topic for what this forum is for and about ... is better off just leaving and never coming back ... because that kind of poster is of no use to anyone who comes here seeking tech support solutions from other users! Good riddance!

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