Q: IPAD2 very slow after IOS 8 upgrade

GGood posts with valid points.  I have done the full reset many times. I have lost calendar items as part of the process and of course many settings have had to be done again.  Safari still freezes and the iPad tHe iPad runs very slow. It is also very slow running Facebook.  More and more I am going to my iMac to do what I used to do on the iPad. Very frustrating. IOS 8.1 has not fixed my issues - they have been slightly improved. My iPad 2 is now aspiring to mediocrity!!

Jose

Many thanks, this is very helpful.  I have always restored my apps.  I was put off downloading again because I was worried I may be charged again!! And it will take forever.  However, like your self I have also deleted lots of apps I don't need.

I was thinking of buying my wife a mini 3 but I am really concerned about performance - her original iPad keeps lumbering along!!

Alan

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GGood posts with valid points.  I have done the full reset many times. I have lost calendar items as part of the process and of course many settings have had to be done again.  Safari still freezes and the iPad tHe iPad runs very slow. It is also very slow running Facebook.  More and more I am going to my iMac to do what I used to do on the iPad. Very frustrating. IOS 8.1 has not fixed my issues - they have been slightly improved. My iPad 2 is now aspiring to mediocrity!!

Funny, I had the same conversation with a guy last night at a Halloween party. He asked where my iPad was, since I have been known for years to carry it everywhere.   I told him I now go to my phone, because it is quicker, and less frustrating.  Sad to say.

The calendar loss is not really the iPad, I don't think. Of all the problems I have seen this last month+, that has not been the big one.

If you are syncing that to a corporate server, it may be set to only sync two weeks at a time maybe?    Maybe the calendar entries are there, but just too far out?    You can change that and maybe it will fix it.   Sorry for all the "maybes", but I'm not sure. 

Again, while the freezing and slowness in general I can attest to, this calendar thing is not something people have been complaining about to me.  Not saying it is not happening either, because some people will swear up and down that certain problems don't exist, such as "I don't have any problem copy/pasting", until you show them, then they are like "ohhhh, sorry, I see now"

I will not recommend resetting again, you may encounter the same issue I  have, I can not even do the set up, so I can't access anything in the ipad.

I am going back to the store, since my ipad was at least functional when I took it in this afternoon before they reset it and now is useless.  When I was there earlier today they offer to give me a brand new iPad 2 (same iPad I have) for a discounted price of 249 dollars since I have the 32GB, but I don't want to spend that kind of many and I don't need a new one, mine was working just fine before the update. 

HHappy dreaming I'm afraid.  My iPad2 was purchased under the Apole replacement scheme about 3 months ago. It no longer functions - a victim of IOS8

John

I am only syncing my iPad to my iMac.  I retired 2 years ago after 43 years in IT - I startef in my teens as a trainee programmer, 6 weeks after Mr Armstrong stepped off a lunar lander.  I have weathered all sorts of upgrade/ release storms.  This has been a beaut.

I have had all the issues that others have been reporting but in following the advice on restoring etc somewhere along the way my calendar got  messed up - important dates went missing.  I have since recovered by re entering what I could remember and it hasn't happened again.

I have reset and restored the iPad2 numerous times and still suffer from slow response.  I am about to try downloading every app again from the App Store, to see if I have a rogue app somewhere.

You have made some great posts and I do not envy the scale of challenge you have supporting what has become a real problem child.  I wish you luck and recommend you keep posting your updates, even in the face of some of the unhelpful feedback.

alan

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John

 

I am only syncing my iPad to my iMac.  I retired 2 years ago after 43 years in IT - I startef in my teens as a trainee programmer, 6 weeks after Mr Armstrong stepped off a lunar lander.  I have weathered all sorts of upgrade/ release storms.  This has been a beaut.

 

I have had all the issues that others have been reporting but in following the advice on restoring etc somewhere along the way my calendar got  messed up - important dates went missing.  I have since recovered by re entering what I could remember and it hasn't happened again.

 

I have reset and restored the iPad2 numerous times and still suffer from slow response.  I am about to try downloading every app again from the App Store, to see if I have a rogue app somewhere.

 

You have made some great posts and I do not envy the scale of challenge you have supporting what has become a real problem child.  I wish you luck and recommend you keep posting your updates, even in the face of some of the unhelpful feedback.

 

alan

Please don't get me wrong - I'm not doubting you have had problems.  It's just not been one that I have personally seen or my clients have been screaming about =)       In fact, you now have me worried a little bit, because as I may or may not have mentioned - a large percentage of my clients are in the legal field and a missed court date is a lost case!  I don't even know what to do to alert them to the fact that this *could* be happening to them.     sigh

It sounds just like the notes problem. That HAS happened a lot.  I have lost notes, clients have lost notes.

I found no work-around for the lost notes either.  The geniuses were stumped too. 

If anyone else has any ideas about the notes (or the calendar), that would be very helpful.   One guy we do work for lost several years worth of notes and the backups from his computer or the cloud/would not restore them. They are just gone.   Unfortunately, he was one who lost a bunch of photos too, so he's beyond mad.   He went as far as to blame me personally. =(    I have zero help for him, nor has 3 or 4 trips to the Apple store.

John

This is is probably not helpful, but what messed up my calendar was a restore.  It didn't bring back the iPad completely.  There were other minor issues with wallpapers etc, but the the killer was the calendar not backing up and syncing properly.

I hope I'm not just giving you another headache.  In the multiple times I have restored the iPad it has only happened the once.

alan

I updated to 8.1, now my windows PC and iPad 2 are on the same version! Like everyone else my iPad 2 is barely usable, Safari is the biggest problem, super slow loading pages.  I have tried resets, factory restores, uninstalling every app I could, changing every recommended setting, still running super slow.  I am afraid this is it, it won't get any better from here.  The only thing I could do was to take back a seven day old new iMac to BB, the heck with you Apple, I will wait on buying any new hardware, I am ticked.

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

Pete

I submitted a feedback form this am.  Thanks, that's the right thing to do.  I am also going to try to make an an appointment at the Genius Bar.  P.S. I did return a new iMac last week.

Turning off Java for Safari speeds up page loading but creates problems on most sites.

A friend was having the same issues with slowness on his iPad mini and tried the recommendation @edmundseet suggested. We were both VERY surprised this worked. It sounds weird but it's worth a shot. Good luck!:

My iPad3 severe lag was resolved. this not only helped in Safari but my entire iPad3 and all its applications (including Facebook) regained much smootheness.

Here's what i did.

1. Open a few webpages in Safari (i had 6 tabs openned)

2. Go to the last tab on the right & "pinch the page" with 2 fingers (the screen will reduce into 6 mini tabs).

3. Select any one of the mini tabs.

When Safari resumed normal size after Step 3, my iPad3's regained 80% of its original zappiness, like magic. All other apps can scroll smoother again.

I'm a happy iPad3 (iOS8) owner once more

It worked for me. May it work for you too.

I had this problem too and tried many of the workarounds - reboots, shutting off animations in the OS, etc.

Finally last night, I backed up to my laptop - DID A FACTORY RESET AND SET UP AS NEW.

Then I added apps back one at a time through the app store (which remembered I had purchased them)

So far, IT IS WORKING MUCH BETTER.

Good luck!

I have just come to the graveyard for iPad2. Add mine to the pile via ios8