Report on the NEW iOS 8.1 Revision Today

I updated my iphone 6+ to 8.1 with no issues. Seems to be running great.

My iPad Air had just 2 issues before the update today: Safari issues such as blank pages, video playback issues, long load times no matter wifi or cellular connections. Second was the unable to download item pop up. The Safari issues were cured but the pop up remained with 8.1. I did a clean install by wiping my IPad of all data and installed my save after the update. Pop up gone. iPad running smoother and faster when transitioning between apps, web pages, etc.

i agree with Star Traveler about yearly fresh installs whether problems or not. I did that all the times with my Windows computers at work and it was like getting a new computer with all the junk gone! I plan to do the same with my phones, iPads, etc from now on. Thanks ST!

Not a biggy for iPads. I updated my iPad 3. It runs fine, so that's major accomplishment for an Apple update of late. The one feature I really do like is the Keyboard Dictation, it's fast! It keeps up with my voice, no problem. (Per other posts, you have to turn "dictation" ON in keyboard setting). The iOS keyboard and all the 3rd Party keyboards I've tried still are a major disappointment. The keyboard is the thing I hate the most about iOS. Why can't someone make a keyboard as handy as Google's (sorry, I had to say it)?

so i followed your guys advice before updating to iOs 8.1..i was foolish enough to think a backup would keep the files you have created with each app and not JUST reinstall a new version of the silly apps..so now does my ipad run a tiny bit faster? yes..but after i guess erasing all my garageband sessions, hundred of comic books in my collections and all my personal artwork that i will never get back it's something to be expected isn't it?..and my ipad still runs into a long black screen pause when i'm switching it on which after a whole month of fail after fail is not a good sign that all is going to be smooth for me..my question is can i salvage any of my files from an older backup i kept with a software like 'backup extractor' or should i just accept everything is gone at this point?

thankfully i might have found my solution..(be aware that if you select 'restore ipad' it will automatically install a clean version of iOs 8.1 AND ask you to make a backup of your device that it will install back to your device but it WON'T be a full back up(only the list of apps) so don't be fooled and do not accept it but rather do the full back-up manually before the process..thankfully I've kept a different backup elsewhere before starting the process that I've now was able to add back to my backup folder and will try to reinstall this fuller backup instead)

Can I just ask, when you have a couple of tabs open in Safari, and close them one by one in tab view, do you get lag when closing the last one?

Thanks

Updated to iOS 8.1 and this (so far) seems to have stopped the problem of losing the 3G signal and now iBooks doesn't spontaneously close after a few pages. Hope the improvement continues. My iPad is an iPad 2 so a bit long in the tooth.

I have installed IOS 8.1 on my ipad2 14 hours ago. I had a lot of difficulties using IOS 8.02 : "No Service" issue, slow, apps crashing,...

With IOS 8.1 it seems those difficulties disappeared (less slow, at least).

Bad news : To have a fluidly working ipad 2, I have to disable the new iCloud drive and iPhoto library functionalities.

No, I don't (IOS 8.1 on ipad 2).

Thanks for the reply. It's good to know they fixed that, because on the iPad Mini 1st gen, it would take about a second before the tab would unfreeze and disappear from view.

After the Updade it didn't lose G3 connection anymore. It is a little bit faster than before but still not as fast as it used to be before 8.

Need more time for further tests.

I've downloaded 8.1 on all my Idevices which include the Iphone 6, Iphone 4s, Ipad 4 and Ipad Air the issues I had with my bluetooth, wifi and signal has all gone away glad apple managed to sort this out. And the speed is allot slicker with wifi

How's the performance on the iPad 4? Are the animations smooth, or choppy? Given that it shipped with iOS 6. Sorry for all the questions, but I really don't want my iPad Mini 2 to feel sluggish...