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Problems After update to iOS 8 on ipad 2

Hello community,


please pay attention when you update your iPad 2 from iOS 7 to 8. The whole useability of my iPad broke down and their are many problems using my iPad now. Everthing is really slow and I always need a restart to connect to my service provider with 3G. The following problems occurred on my iPad:

  • Safari is working realy slow and sometimes brake down
  • mail is also realy slow and most of the functions sometimes don't work or hang
  • 3G connection fails anytime you switch on the iPad and needs a restart


TO Apple:

please improve this version of iOS and submit your update asap, otherwise my iPad is not usable anymore and lose me as a customer.


thx.

iPad 2, iOS 8

Posted on Sep 24, 2014 7:33 AM

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Posted on Sep 24, 2014 2:30 PM

SSimilar issues using wifi as far as not connecting to servers. Crashing apps this update is an unmitigated disaster and another example of poor quality control which was something they used to excel at

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Sep 30, 2014 5:08 PM in response to flygreg88

I am locked out of my iPad 4 after updating to iOS 8.0.2.


I've clicked to update my iPad 4 with iOS 8.0.2 . When I came back to my iPad it had closed down. I turned it back on and on the screen was the "connect to iTunes image". I connected it to my MacBook Pro and the message in iTunes said * "if I was experiencing problems with my iPad I had to restore it before I could connect to iTunes." The only other option was to eject the iPad . As I couldn't do anything on the iPad I chose restore, clicked on OK to restore to factory settings . It starting downloading 1 update - iPad software update. This took about 50mins. Once it had finished it said *"If I was experiencing problems etc" again! I repeated it all again and yet again it said "if I was experiencing problems with my iPad I had to restore it before I could connect to iTunes" !

It seems to be stuck on a loop! I can't do anything on the iPad and nothing resolved by restoring!

HELP! What do I do?

Sep 30, 2014 6:08 PM in response to Team Traction

I tried all of the suggested solutions mentioned in this thread, and finally did a full reset according to Apple's instructions, step by step (as an engineer and 40 year computer user I am good at that stuff).


Sorry to say after the several hour process, not one of the problems I have experienced have been solved.


IPad 2 is still running slow and choppy.


Some Apps do not even load.


Website pages will not load and result in error messages. One particularly annoying Safari error on loading a new web page is: "a problem occurred with this webpage so it was reloaded".


MY iPad 2 worked perfectly for the last couple of years through several updates that performed seamlessly, but this one and the two most recent corrected updates have rendered my iPad so degraded that I don't think I will be using it much anymore. I originally bought the tablet because of it's smooth GUI and fast performance, the reliability and error free environment, and Apple's proven record for effective updates. That's all gone now.

Sep 30, 2014 6:21 PM in response to jinkhaos

Jinkhaus,


I bought a Surface Pro 2 several months ago and I have been using both since then. The Surface is a great machine and while I have been leaning toward favoring the Surface, I continued to use both (Surface for work and iPad for leisure). Now with my iPad being trashed by IOS 8.***, I'm jumping off the Apple cart and will now use my Surface for everything.

Sep 30, 2014 9:43 PM in response to Dunnster09

I had the same problems when I installed iOS8. Frankly, it was disgraceful. Safari crashed so often that I had to resort to my PC to log onto this community to try to find possible solutions.


I ended up getting onto the Apple support page and doing the live chat thing. I had already done a full system reset which made no difference. Being out of warranty of course, I had to tick the box that indicated that I thought there was a special reason I shouldn't have to pay for support! Anyway, long story short, apart from suggesting that I do a full system wipe and restore from an iTunes connection to my PC, they couldn't offer anything useful. Let them know how cheesed off I was with their stupid update and was told there was no way possible to revert to iOS7 (which of course there may well be).


I turned my iPad2 off completely and put it away, had to do that, otherwise it was going to learn how to fly!


Later that day I turned it on and the performance seemed to have gotten better. Hmmmm, I think to myself..... that seemed to help!?


So I then turned it off again, waited a few minutes, and turned it on again. More improvement.


Have now done that several more times, and at last it seems that I am getting back to something close to iOS7 levels of performance.


I had held off doing the iOS8.02 fix, but have now done that now, it only took a few minutes, and things still seem to be running fine. I also did the "pinch screen in safari" solution mentioned earlier in this thread, not sure if it made a difference or not.


So give the old shut down and reboot multiple times solution a try, everyone. It cant hurt, and in my case has got things pretty much back on the rails.

Sep 30, 2014 10:21 PM in response to Sonnyboy89

I was also able to revert to 7.1.2, within 36 hours of the iOS8 train wreck, but with a loss of a lot of iCloud data. My iPad mini's performance was totally restored, with only one or two very minor glitches remaining. Safari is working well, I can save stuff to my clipboard and also retrieve it later, apps aren't spontaneously closing, etc. I keep checking this board for information on 8.0.2 to see if it's time for me to try upgrading again. Looks like it's not. I feel for you guys who are stuck with it. I was beyond angry and frustration when the debacle first hit. What's makes the whole situation more aggravating is hearing NOTHING from Apple, either directly or in the media at large, regarding resulting iPad malfunctions. No apologies, explanations, plans for remedies, or acknowledgments of any kind regarding our very serious woes. What are they going to do about this?

Oct 1, 2014 3:49 AM in response to flygreg88

Apple updates used to be realy good I have hae no problems with my iPad 2 UNTELL the iOS 8 update safri keeps ceashing and the wifi connection crashes non stop worst update ever I will not do any more update ever nothing but problems with the iOS 8 do not update ever to iOS 8 I will never ever do any more update again

Problems After update to iOS 8 on ipad 2

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