Since iOS 8... iPAD 2 slow WiFi, unresponsive taps at times, copy and paste function not working properly, typing is slow, opening and closing apps is SLOW. EVERYTHING WITH IOS 8 IS SLOOOOW

Having the same problem since the update. My iPad 2 shuts itself off after start up, then after a couple minutes of trying to get it to respond it turns itself back on just to black out for a few more moments. Downloading anything is impossible. Everything is bogged down. Frustrated, I have tried resetting my iPad and all the other suggestions.

SOooooooo Apple any response? As I'm sure you monitor these forums 😠

I tried lots of suggestions to improve terrible ios8 performance on my 3 year old iPad2, nothing worked UNTIL I followed the instructions in this article and did a hard reset. As by magic problem solved

http://www.devicegarage.net/diy-repair-blog/fix-slow-ios8-on-older-iphones

This does take time, but well worth it. Not only did the performance improve dramatically, I also got a lot of storage back. I guess any computer after several inplace OS upgrades and three years of hard usage will appreciate a reinstall - my iPad2 most certainly did :-)

Darn, just updated the latest iOS 8.1 fix, thinking it would solve my issues with the iOS 8 on my iPad 2, but now it still has the same problems, when I first turn my ipad 2 on, you see the apple, then my homescreen flashes fast, then it blacks out for a couple minutes, response time for links, typing, or anything is soooooo slow and I can no longer play video clips. wish I just kept the old iOS 7, it worked beautifully.

I'm so extremely upset. I've just downloaded ios 8.1 on my ipad mini before searching and it's so slow super laggy interest browser isn't responsive...it really *****!!! Plz fix it apple . this isnt fair. My ipad is just useless now.

i too have this problem. Ipad 2 that keeps crashing after software update. Slow macine especially in safari and apps....

APPLE get your $&@? together. if you don't support all those who have problems with your machines they will not come back.

The only way I know to get back to an older ios is if you have a backup. When I backed up my 5s on ios7, I updates and did not like ios8 so I just reset with my old back up and won't touch the update. That is the only solution I can think of to help you all, hope you have that backup.

Peeps, chill.

Yes it's absolutely a pain that iOS 8 breaks your iPad

no, Apple don't monitor the forums so stamping your feet and threatening wont achieve much at all.

The only thing that seems to work, and I can confirm through personal experience is:

1. Do a backup through iTunes. Encrypt the backup and it will save passwords.

2. in iTunes, click Restore Your iPad - top Pane (not Restore Backup)

this is will download iOS8 and instal it fresh.

3. When your iPad boots up, Restore from Backup.

it should work fine.

Remember that that spotlight index may have to rebuild - give it 24 hours....

4. If no good still, then you have an app that is interfering with proper operation.

Fixing this will be painful and slooooow. Open beer here and get ready for s long one....

5. Repeat step 2. You will see that the iPad works great (hopefully)!

6. Suggest you'll have to restore settings like mail etc manually

7. Install app by app till you find the culprit(s).

Good luck and stay icy.

(since 100 percent of iPad 2's are not compatible)

Completely inaccurate statement. I am running an iPad 2 under iOS 8.1 with no problem.

Barry

Barry,

+1 running fine iPad2 /iOS 8.1 (after procedure above...!)

Ever since the upgrade to ISO 8 while in Safari there are now many sites where the links fail to work until I zoom in on them. I can also say that wifi is slow, typing can have delays, Safari blips out, the machine has frozen a few times and did not reset during the first few tries. My iPad 2 runs like a cheep knock off. I can safely say this all happened when I upgraded from 7.1.2 to 8.0.2. After 3 years of dependable service, this is very disappointing.

I am having many of the same problems others have posted on here with their iPad 2s. Mine used to work wonderfully well (pre-iOS 8) and I never saw a need to upgrade to a newer iPad. Then I installed iOS 8 and the subsequent iterations and my iPad 2 is a hunk of junk. I've tried the factory reset, etc. etc. and it's still slow, choppy, often unresponsive, etc. etc. Internet browsing is like surfing on dial-up (if I can even open any links at all). Very unhappy. Meanwhile, my husband has an iPad Mini which he has kept on iOS 7 and his works great. I'm so mad I installed iOS 8.

With iOS 8.1 on my iPad Air I have a myriad of problems, numbering in the scores.

But, above all, iOS 8.1 is SLOOOOOOOOWWWW, and my iPad frequently hangs for 10-20-60 seconds.

ApplePay may be sexy, but how about a fast, bug free iOS 8.1.1?

TThank God I'm not the only iPad2 user who is still having snags despite yet another update to iOS 8

i would suggest that contrary to a previous post apple will monitor these forums, good way of researching customer feed back for market research, and that being the case Mr Apple please resolve these issues with either a bug free 8.1.1 or allowing us to go back to ios 7

THe likelihood is that the longer this goes on the more likely it's going to get in the press and hey........Samsung, Nokia and all the other competitors start rubbing their hands with glee as Apple gets another dent in its reputation and looses more of its market share

bit of a no brainer reall

My iPad crashed and will not even let me reboot.... One way to get people to spend more money.