Q: IPAD2 very slow after IOS 8 upgrade
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Nov 12, 2014 9:11 AMby Zotlerg,It's pretty careless behaviour of Apple, something should never get through beta testing if people are losing media files.
When people press the innocent update button on their pad, there is no message suggesting backing up their media. And you wouldn't expect to do it when you update your desktop computer OS, would you?
Maybe there should be a message like, "Update: Due to poor programming, you may lose some data, please back up and try again. Thank-you."
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Nov 12, 2014 10:08 AMby comochan,My iPad 2 is also slower after installing IOS 8.#, but I did read the warnings not to until it was vetted out a little more. Still, couldn't resist giving it a try. It's okay for me since the iPad 2 has been relegated as a secondary or more accurately a tersiary device now. I sympathize with the frustration but I'm glad to see that the iPad 2 is still supported at all. It's obviously had the longest supported product life cycle of any iPad so far. I got mine when it first came out so considering that it'll be 4 years old shortly, I've had mine for quite a while and it's served it's purpose well til now.
As bad as the situation is, I've seen much worse. For one, I find that every few years I need to get a new printer. Specifically, when Windows has a major upgrade because the printer manufacturer will simply choose not to develop a driver for the new OS. They could. It's not like printer technology has made any great leaps in processing power They just would rather say, buy a new one. Most Android phones and tablets get left in the dust after a one generation upgrade if even that. Given that, I think Apple has been pretty good at giving their IOS products a pretty long supported life cycle.
I guess what I'm saying is that I can understand that it can be hard to stretch the limits forward without leaving anything behind. Remember, the platform has moved to a 64 bit chip now which as it gets optimized will have features that the older devices can't possibly support. I imagine that means that the software needs to support hardware in multiple ways to do the same tasks and priority will probably set on the newer rather than the old. Probably not the answer you guys want to hear. But the fact is, the god that performed the miracles at Apple turned out to be a man and he died. The company is run by mere mortals after all. Rant as you like, but I'm sure they are working on it. They've already issued several updates. The alternative would be to say the update is not available to iPad 2's yet and you'll have to wait a few months in which case this form would have titled "IOS 8 very slow to come to iPad 2" and y'all would still be ranting.
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Nov 12, 2014 10:58 AMby seegeedubya,While I'm sure your comments are valid regarding some who are experiencing upgrade issues on the older iPads, I have to disagree that this is the norm. I know full well I'm running a 4-year-old piece of technology, and I don't expect it to be able to keep up forever. I can live with that. My rant is based on my belief that whomever decided to enable one to upgrade to iOS 8 on an iPad 2 should have taken into account the user experience following upgrade, regardless of whether the upgrade is technically possible. As it was, I mistakenly relied on Apple's assurance that an iPad 2 was a viable platform for iOS 8. It is my experience that while the new OS will run, it does so exceptionally poorly.
I would have been happier if Apple had simply excluded the iPad 2 from the upgrade, or had at lest provided a solution along the lines of "iPad 2 devices may or may not work with iOS 8, depending on your situation and the mix of apps you use. Here's how to upgrade try it out, and here's how to restore iOS 7 if you find your results are not adequate."
I agree with you regarding Microsoft doing similar upgrades -- it is not unusual with something as significant update to an OS to find that something does not work well. The difference, however, is that in the Microsoft world I could always revert, albeit painfully, if I did not like the upgrade. Apple has taken the ability to revert away, and that, in a nutshell, is why many of us now find ourselves carrying around devices that perform so poorly as to be useless in most situations.
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Nov 12, 2014 11:03 AMby RGarvia,NNot sure if this will help, but it worked for me. i did all of the suggested fixes, but nothing helped. My iPad warranty expired but my Airport Extreme warranty was still active. Since this was a connectivity issue, they talked me through a fix. I just changed the primary and secondary channels until we found a setup that worked. That was it. Now I have a speedy iPad mini again.
so, try changing channels on whatever router you have and see if it helps.
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Nov 13, 2014 6:18 PMby BertingAP,The sad thing is making the iPad 2 painfully slow encourages hardware upgrade.
I have tried all the steps in this thread, and my iPad 2 with iOS 8 is still very slow, making me want to replace it. Thus the problem:it is not reasonable to replace my iPad and iPhone every 2 years.
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Nov 14, 2014 5:45 AMby JohnMHoyt,Zotlerg wrote:
It is a little amusing that the iPad 3 is never mentioned again though. *cough*
EVERY iPad 3 entered into our system since the original 8.0.0 release still has problems. Just not as bad as the 2s. Our clients are screaming mostly about the iPad2. A large percentage have switched to different tablets now. I don't have exact numbers on that, but a guess tells me 30-40% ditched their devices.
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Nov 14, 2014 9:42 AMby herrbasan,Dear Apple,
i understand that you like to sell us new iPads, but crippling older devices with software updates you can't roll back from is just low. And in the case that this wasn't intentional, it's still a very serious f-up. As a developer I have quite an assortment of tablets and phones, and i'm not really affected, but this makes me angry enough to use the little power i have and advice clients to switch to android.
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Nov 14, 2014 1:22 PMby petermac87,herrbasan wrote:
Dear Apple,
i understand that you like to sell us new iPads, but crippling older devices with software updates you can't roll back from is just low. And in the case that this wasn't intentional, it's still a very serious f-up. As a developer I have quite an assortment of tablets and phones, and i'm not really affected, but this makes me angry enough to use the little power i have and advice clients to switch to android.
Apple are not here. Contact them at feedback
Cheers
Pete
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Nov 14, 2014 1:27 PMby Schumpf-1,After Reading all tha it seems that Apple does not want to keep iPad2 or 3 customers. They have managed to ruin a perfectly good machine. Having been a loyal customer ever since the MacSE it seems to be time to move on to Android machines. they cost 1/2 as much and it seems that the manufacturers do not willfully and wantonly destroy their customers property.
What Aple has done to iPhone4 and iPad2/3 customers feels like theft. If a stranger did that to one's property it is likely that person would be sued. If Apple does that to us customers we act like friendly sheep and throw mor money at them ... Are we all that hooked?
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Nov 14, 2014 1:42 PMby petermac87,Schumpf-1 wrote:
After Reading all tha it seems that Apple does not want to keep iPad2 or 3 customers. They have managed to ruin a perfectly good machine. Having been a loyal customer ever since the MacSE it seems to be time to move on to Android machines. they cost 1/2 as much and it seems that the manufacturers do not willfully and wantonly destroy their customers property.
What Aple has done to iPhone4 and iPad2/3 customers feels like theft. If a stranger did that to one's property it is likely that person would be sued. If Apple does that to us customers we act like friendly sheep and throw mor money at them ... Are we all that hooked?
Millions upon million of users have no issue. Every device in our studios are running perfectly well. If you don't care to look for or follow troubleshooting instructions, then there is nothing we can do here for you. Tell Apple here feedback or take it in for servicing.
Pete
