safari iOS 8.1 freeze and slow

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!

see this very perceptive article and my previous post.

http://theconversation.com/windows-9-ios8-the-balance-between-bugs-and-upgrades- 32213

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.

iOS 8.1.3 and still no improvement!

Given this - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-31012410 - it's hardly surprising they couldn't give a F∩©ΣΪ∏G $#!T about fixing it!

Thx for the update, @noremacniai

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.

I wil have to give that a try, this j/b thing is not working out so well. I thought I'd try it out since it's a older model and probably going to get a new soon.

Thanks

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?