safari iOS 8.1 freeze and slow

jgc123 wrote:

Apple needs to let those children do the programing instead of dumpster diving for metal.

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It beggars belief that we're 42 pages in now and not one person from Apple has made an appearance, I'm thinking of contacting Watchdog about this as it seems that only when the BBC get involved that Apple really give a ****, I can just see Apple now spilling the B******t on Rouge traders....👿

They don't seem to care about what a few thousand people think and only really care when it's one million plus hearing how they treat their customers that they really care, You know for sure if they do not care about their customers they sure don't care about their child labour half way around the world..😮

Just to support everyone on their disappointment and sentiment. Apple finally has gone to $h1t. I could not even post to this discussion in Safari. And even Chrome does not work that well. But yes, I'm on an ipad2 and it is very sluggish, lots of crashes, video controls do not work very well if at all any more, dead links, odd, jerky, unmanageable behavior of Web pages and a strong urge to stick my middle finger at Apple and go to a Surface 3. I don't know if Apple has lost its way after Steve Job's loss, or it it's come apart some other way. But they clearly are no longer the purveyor of pristinely elegant, well-behaved products they used to be. They are about as good as HP at this point, if not worse. The only consolation is that others are having same problems on newer devices. I thought they were just trying to force us to upgrade.

I can confirm usability problems are not limited to the older ipad2, my ipad4, ipad mini and iphone5 all have identical issues ie slowness, freezing, crashing and requiring multiple taps.

I also have Android phone and tablet and a Windows8 tablet, all these have their own usability issues.

I suggest tablets and phones reached their optimum level some years ago but intense competition fforces ever more new devices into the market with neww features very few customers will ever use.

This intense competition is bad news for us as there is no time to fix basic usability bugs, the new "improved" product must take priority.

I am sure a majority of customers would be happy with a basic device that used a reliable and smooth operating system.

If i ever get my ipad back to reasonable usable condition i will never do another ios update.

Safari on 8.1.2 is running terribly for me and freezes often. Seems to gave got a lot worse lately.

I See there are 43 pages of similar complaints here, has anyone from Apple replied ? Can I get rid of this version back to 7.x ?

Of course Apple do read these forums but don't engage. How can they?

To respond with "this is not a problem" or "this is affecting a very small number of devices" would be an OUTRIGHT LIE and open them up to manner of problems.

To respond with "we are aware of this problem and working on rectifying this" would be an admission they'd f*€¥ed up! - which Apple NEVER EVER do!

A hangover from the SJ era.

I can no longer use Safari on my iPad due to crashes and freeze-ups and have had to switch to Chrome. I have kept OS updated and tried several off the tips to no avail. Score one for Google, I guess... If they ain't gonna fix it, they should at least allow you to delete it!

I Am sad to see that this has been going on so long with no FIX. I have been having the same problem and hoped to find a fix on this forum but all I see is a lot of upset people that are getting nowhere with Apple. So crappy. I have been a faithful Apple customer for a long time and can't believe that they haven't FIXED this yet. i guess I'll turn off my icloud, reset, delete my apps, refresh, and hope something helps. Thanks Apple

Not many years computers came with install disks for the operating system. If you upgraded the operating system and had problems you could always go back by wiping the system clean and reinstalling from the disks that came with the computer.

Apple has taken this control away from us.

By the way there are even worse problems with the iPhone. For example, on certain makes and years of cars it is no longer posible to place calls hands frre with SIRI. With iOS 7 it worked fine.

I just went and spent $99 on a Trio android tablet. Guess what? I can now watch a YouTube video, search something on the web. It is great! My useless ipad2 is now being used for reading books. Thanks apple!

For what it's worth here's my opinion -

I think we're all pretty well agreed that Safari under iOS 7.x ran fast and Safari under iOS 8.x runs slow?

I was never convinced of the notion that this was all a ploy by Apple to force hardware upgrades on users - so what is it all about?

Like Geoff37 I believe it's a race between manufactures to be leader of the pack and is all down to poor and sloppy coding in the scramble to be top dog.

The reason iPad Air 2s and iPhone 6s show no appreciable degradation in speed is due to the fact they have enough horsepower with the A8 chip to process the poor and sloppy coding that much faster than lesser models.

So, Apple, just write some decent code - We know you can do it because you did in iOS 7.x

Agreed. The big boys in the industry need to all calm down and restore some sensible balance between quality control and marketing deadlines.i have become increasingly wary of buying the latest gizmo after being repeatedly burnt, and i am not just talking about Apple. We seem to be in an over development stage with phones and tablets with more and more stupid features that damage the original basic functionallity.

Let us hope there will now be time for fixes and consolidation before the next super device hits the stores.

Whoa..... A squadron of pigs has just flown over!

TThis has went on for several months now. It is obvious they have no intentions of fixing our problems. I will go back to using my laptop for web browsing. Next month I will be eligible for an upgrade for my iPhone 5. Trust me there will not be an iPhone 6 for me. You people do as you think best.

The only thing that has worked for me on my iPad Mini is to disable Javascript (Settings,Safari,Advanced) - this restored my iPad to pre ios 8 levels of performance. Definite issue with the javascript engine in webkit. Unfortunately this issue is not resloved even in 8.3 betas.

A new model! Why?

The only thing "wrong" with older models is directly attributable to Apple's scr3w1ng around with the OS.

My wife's iPad 3 running iOS 7.1.2 is as fast as the day it was bought - and a d@mn sight faster than my iPad 3 running iOS 8.1.3!!

So tell me what is the issue here? - Older hardware OR newer software?

MY experience with 8.1.3 is a slight improvement in responsiveness but all the old Safari issues remain. Apple asked me to send a log and stack to them when a freeze occured, which i sent a few days ago. I am not holding my breath.