safari iOS 8.1 freeze and slow

The problems affect sites that use Javascript fairly heavily, and are interactive. My engineering team has been affected by these bugs and they are pretty catastrophic for certain kinds of web applications. It appears it gets worse if you go to a site, start using it, then exit with the Home button and then go back to the browser later.

If you're using a site just to read articles and the site isn't very interactive, you may not notice the problems.

You've got the key word right there : "for me". You know you're mostly right, all by itself iOS 8 is not too bad. The problem is that my 700$ device is now much slower than with iOS 7, I was expecting the opposite. The new iPad Air 2 is shipped with iOS 8 and is very fast, just imagine how it could have been under iOS 7... iOS 8 is a mess for everyone except for you. So be happy, we're not.

My phrase "for me" ... makes invalid ... your phrase "all users" ... :-) ...

But even though all it takes is "one" to make your statement INVALID ... the fact remains that even here on this forum, I'm hearing reports from many users that they have either no problems -or- they have gotten solutions here so that they now have no problems.

I upgraded to ios8.1 and my ipad 3rd generation 16 wifi runs slow even when i close or open apps, type, safari runs too slow And.

if anyone reading this didn't upgrade to ios8(even8.1) don't do that.

will apple fix the prob?

By extension of Star Traveler's (one L) numbers game logic a few hundred deaths from NHS negligence is of no consequence!

Time-line October 5, 2011; Steve Jobs becomes a Star Traveller. (Two Ls)

What are we to conclude about Apple apologist "Star Traveler" (One L)?

I actually tried everything, restored 8.1 from PC, restored 8.1 from MacBook and still have issues. Although it helped a bit, my iPad 3 is still experiencing general slowness and Safari is the worst. Wish I could have gone back to iOS 7 until apple fixes the remaining issues.

I finally decided to sell my iPad 3 and bought a Nexus 9 as either apple isn't acknowledging the problem or the iPad 3 has a hard time with the new update.

I just wish apple would have let me downgrade.

Actually Apple does acknowledge any problems in the "most useful way" ... which is ... issuing any necessary fixes that they have analyzed and have provided solutions for. That's why we've had 8.0.2 from iOS 8.0 ... and why we've had 8.1 from iOS 8.0.2 ... and why we'll also have iOS 8.1.1 (or whatever they're going to name it ...). You can be ASSURED Apple is certainly addressing the problem and doing so in the MOST EFFECTIVE WAY.

I sure hope they are taking a look at these issues.

I understand that they have to realease software on schedual but it should be fully tested first. I don't want to start a war but it's funny how you don't mention 8.0.1 which killed cell service and touch id and was pulled after about an hour. How can something like this happen. I assume they would test on all devices before releasing an update. This is what happens when you rush things and try to get your updates out before your competitors.

I've never seen an iOS update with so many problems. Quality assurance in my opinion really was lacking for this release.

Nuf@n wrote:

... but it's funny how you don't mention 8.0.1 which killed cell service and touch id and was pulled after about an hour.

That wasn't relevant in my mind, precisely because it lasted only an hour or two. You only get the "early adopters" that do that kind of stuff (get something in the first hour) and they know very well how to deal with issues, or else they wouldn't be early adopters.

Star Traveler wrote:

If you're into conspiracy theories, then yes you'll believe the press is complicit in covering it up ... LOL ...

BUT ... the actual fact of the matter is that the press isn't reporting "the disaster" because there is no disaster ... only a very few out of the overall installed user base ... having any major problems!

Of course to the very few who are having some major problems ... it seems like a 100% to them ... :-) ...

Well at least 143 people that have come across this topic on this forum are having issues, that is quite a few if you ask me. Extrapolate that number to the total user base, not everyone that owns an iOS device uses this forum and not all that do have come across this thread.

ActIII wrote:

Well at least 143 people that have come across this topic on this forum are having issues, that is quite a few if you ask me.

I've lost track a long time ago, but I would say it's a fair estimate that 150 people have reported success in solving their initial problems, or have said that they've had success from the very beginning with iOS 8.

I'm reminded of "Bend-gate" where there was news of the bending of the iPhones. Apple finally came out and said that they had NINE TOTAL that reported that problem with their brand new iPhone ... but ... that was out of 10 MILLION SOLD!!

People who "make noise" sound louder than 10 million others ... :-) ... and we know that's a common phenomenon on the Internet.

AAgain, as a user and not an apple knowledgeable person, I have been very disappointed with the results of the ios8 change. I have found that using bing as my search engine, I have ended the freezes. For a day or so I have searched and selected sites from the list and it works. Stop using Google and the problem goes away. I still have the 4 finger gesture close failing at times. From what I see here my only possible way to remove the bugs iis to do a lengthy backup, restoral, a test period with an empty iPad, and then hope the backup that I reload does not contain the bug if all goes well. Or is Google incompatible. Seems a lot of bother for possible success. I have made a formal request to apple for help. No answer.

The workaround I found for the multi finger gesture bug is to go in Settings->General->Multitasking Gestures turn it off, wait a couple sec and turn it back on. you should be good to go until it stop working again... Just repeat the on/off and it should be working again. Not fun but at least it's not as long as a restore.

good luck

i have tried all work arounds that have been recommended. the only thing that has worked for me is to purchase the puffin browser. $3.99 is less than cost of new tablet. its not the really smooth but will load quick, and for me it doesnt have to reload every second or two.

IIt is clear that these problems are widespread and affected users have no choice but to wait for Aapple to fix.

the press is now reporting, see

http://www.phonesreview.co.uk/2014/10/30/ios-8-1-problems-add-to-slow-uptake-of- ios-8-x/