Q: IPAD2 very slow after IOS 8 upgrade

Sure, I'm interested in trying anything that can make my iPad good again.

Apparently, nothing, but blame the public. Damage limitation are the words you're seeing.

You are clearly, doing it wrong.

I find it unconscionable that we have over 1700 people in this thread complaining about poor performance running iOS 8 on an iPad 2.   I too made the mistake of believing Apple when they told us iOS 8 would run on an iPad 2.   After upgrading, I find, as you folks do, that my iPad runs insanely slowly -- to the point of being unusable.  All I want to do is revert to iOS 7.

What's even more astounding is Apple's refusal to re-instate the ability to restore iOS 7 for those running an iPad 2.   I get that they're trying to force people to update, but has nobody thought about the tradeoffs between giving iPad 2 customers some slack vs. having a few thousand ****** off customers?    It's not that it would be that difficult to write a process that checks the iPad model before it allows for the signed restore -- I'm sure Apple has engineers who could knock that out in a day or two.

Like many people here I've been working with computers since the 1970's, and have been through countless upgrades, but I'm appalled to find that Apple -- who was once known for being better than this -- has created an upgrade for which there is no option to restore.   Shame on you.

Does anyone from Apple read these comments?   Where's the product manager?  

Unfortunately, all I'm accomplishing by posting here is letting of a little steam.  It's obvious that nobody at Apple is listening.   Great job, product team.  

seegeedubya wrote:

 

I find it unconscionable that we have over 1700 people in this thread complaining about poor performance running iOS 8 on an iPad 2. 

 

Where does it say 1700? I see 800+ and many of them are the same people replying again and again. Many are suggestions on how to fix some peoples issues.

 

All I want to do is revert to iOS 7.

 

You have never been able to downgrade any iOS since the very first release.

 

I'm sure Apple has engineers who could knock that out in a day or two.

 

Tell them here https://www.apple.com/feedback/ipad.html

 

Like many people here I've been working with computers since the 1970's, and have been through countless upgrades, but I'm appalled to find that Apple -- who was once known for being better than this -- has created an upgrade for which there is no option to restore.   Shame on you.

 

Again, iOS has NEVER been downgradable.

 

Does anyone from Apple read these comments?   Where's the product manager? 

 

No. We are just users as you are. Try the above link I gave you.

 

Unfortunately, all I'm accomplishing by posting here is letting of a little steam.  It's obvious that nobody at Apple is listening.   Great job, product team. 

 

Again, they are listening at their Feedback site. Not here.

 

Cheers

 

Pete

AmidoTC, Zotlerg, seegeedubya: have you tried to restore your iPad as a new iPad (instead of restoring it from a previous backup)?

You will have to reinstall manually the apps you need (and re-enter all passwords for your iCloud account, but also for accounts such as DropBox, Evernote, Gmail end so on, so make sure you have them). Just make sure that everything you need is either stored in a cloud, or if there are documents that are stored only on your iPad) you will have to back them up (using iTunes) before resetting the iPad. You will have to restore them manually since you won't be using your previous iPad backup.

Sounds like a lot of hassle but it may be worth it.

If you don't know how to do it I am sure you can post the questions here and you will get a lot of help.

I have iOS 8.1 on my iPad 2 which is a little better than 8, it doesn't freeze anymore, but is MUCH slower than with iOS 7. This is sad, I think Apple expects us to by new hardware every 2 years.

Mine hardly works anymore too. So frustrating and can't afford a new one. Screwed!!!! And ******. Sorry, just venting.

What troubleshooting steps mentioned throughout this post have you tried so far?

Pete

I Havent tried anything yet, just joined in on the convo tonight. Kind of afraid to try. Don't want to lose everything. Although the only thing of any importance is my music and photos and those should be backed up on the cloud. I could care less about all the apps.

Hi Peter

The 1700 number I mentioned is related to the 1st post in this thread....   As I write this, 1777 people have clicked the "I have this problem too" link.

As for troubleshooting, yes, I restored the iPad as a brand new device, with only the stock apps installed.   I connected to my home Wi-Fi (Verizon FiOS business grade, quite fast) and found that simply loading the Google home page in Safari took > 6 seconds, and some apps (Settings, for instance) took as much as 15 sec to load.  In iOS 7 the time for any tasks like this was negligible.  Is there anything else I could try?

WWhen you do try make sure you save any PDFs you have in iBooks.  There is an issue there too.  Good luck

alan

seegeedubya wrote:

 

Hi Peter

 

The 1700 number I mentioned is related to the 1st post in this thread....   As I write this, 1777 people have clicked the "I have this problem too" link.

Hmmmmm....maybe 900 of them solved their issues through the fixes posted so far. They have certainly not replied back to this thread.

Cheers

Pete

petermac87 wrote:

 

seegeedubya wrote:

 

Hi Peter

 

The 1700 number I mentioned is related to the 1st post in this thread....   As I write this, 1777 people have clicked the "I have this problem too" link.

Hmmmmm....maybe 900 of them solved their issues through the fixes posted so far. They have certainly not replied back to this thread.

 

Cheers

 

Pete

If I didn't have the problems anymore, I would certainly click the "I don't have this problem anymore" link as a courtesy to others.  Which makes me think, if JUST half of the people who ever clicked that button have removed it, there's many more that HAD a problem, but fixed it?

I wish I could click it about 300 times.   Because that is how many iPads we have that have major problems.

Yesterday, I picked up 4 iPad 3s from a client that they had to replace (with another brand) so they could do simple work.   They sent me away with the old tablets after the new ones were setup... They aren't coming on here and clicking a button saying they have problems.   They didn't give them to me, they just asked that I find a way to fix them, and return them when done.

joannefromarizona wrote:

 

I Havent tried anything yet, just joined in on the convo tonight. Kind of afraid to try. Don't want to lose everything. Although the only thing of any importance is my music and photos and those should be backed up on the cloud. I could care less about all the apps.

The key word is "should" (be backed up)....  Others have lost data and been unable to restore it. People here have said to not rely upon the cloud or timemachine, etc.    I agree with them.  If it is important, back it up in some way.   Amazon Prime now has free UNLIMITED photo storage, maybe you could use that to get your photos backed up outside the iPad and icloud.    But after you are *SURE* that everything is backed up, then follow the steps to do the reload and you may notice that you get up to maybe 80% of the original speed back. A huge improvement over what you may be experiencing now for sure.