Q: safari iOS 8.1 freeze and slow

I decided to post a little poll in the Apple google+ community yesterday afternoon.

Here are the results as of right now.:

This poll includes all iDevices.

Although 109 results isn't 100% accurate I think the trend is clear.

With at least 31% of respondants reporting having issues with iOS 8.1 and 11% saying it rendered their device unusable. Thats on top of people who probably don't realise they have a problem.

Now this may seem a small number to Star Traveler (surely in the "Who cares, i'm a Fanboy!" category), multiply that by the millions of iDevices out there and I think you have a major problem that Apple can't continue ignoring.

Same problem here, i have buy 3 months ago the iPad Air and have the same problems. I find out that when you go to Google and search on a subject then the Google page let see the results. Do not click on a item but refresh the page and then try to click on one result. It is not possible to click any.

All the iPads i have tried have the same problem. I called Apple and they still telling me that i am the only one with this problem.

I think it is time to sell all my Apple products because the products and the service are very low on this moment.

I have an iPad Air....frustrating Safari issues even after 8.1 update....Safari links stop working after search results, but sometimes even when I begin a new search nothing happens...Safari freezes up!  I would then switch over to Chrome and get perfect and very fast results!

Huh...How can that be? What's happening Apple?? Chrome works better on an iPad than does Safari?? APPLE where's your pride!!

TThis is the case in the UKK, Apple claim they don't know anything about it but their authorised dealers do, I was with our local dealer yesterday and they confirmed they have the same issues with the store models as well as customers units.

Nuf@n wrote:

 

I decided to post a little poll in the Apple google+ community yesterday afternoon.

 

It's well known that these kinds of polls "self-select" towards a problem, because all those, no matter how small a minority they are, will GRAVITATE towards complaining about an issue. The ones who are doing okay, are NOT LOOKING for problems ... they are running fine. Therefore a self-selecting poll will gravitate towards users having a problem, and are not representative of anything.

In other words, it's like this "users helping other users" forum ... most people come here not because everything is running all right, but because they are "looking for a solution" for a problem they have ... LOL ... therefore people here have already "self-selected" to being overly representative of "problems".

If you go to a hospital, you're going to find sick people there, except for the staff who take care of the sick people. It's the same with self-selecting polls and forums dedicated towards "problems".

Mndance165 wrote:

 

Chrome works better on an iPad than does Safari??

Chrome uses the same rendering engine as Safari does. In fact ALL the iPad browsers use the same rendering engine.

Charles Hughes2 wrote:

 

Agree or disagree, there is a problem.  A widespread, serious problem.

There's a problem for some, and not widespread or even a majority. It's a small minority. Now, for that small minority, some of those people may have an "all-encompassing" problem, but not even all of that small minority has an all-encompassing problem. For some of those in the minority, it's a minor problem, while for others (as I just said) it may be "all encompassing".

FYI - I have to write this post on a Windows 8.1 system since my iPads and iPhones won't stay connected to the net long enough for me to post.

 

I'm posting to you on my iPad ... right at the moment being WiFi, but prior to the WiFi session I'm on now, I was using cellular.

Could you do us a favour and just stop your very unuseful comments and advice?

Albatros blanc wrote:

 

Could you do us a favour and just stop your very unusefu comments and advice?

If you use the forum the way it states to be used, namely a user posting a problem, then another user giving you a solution that you can implement to the problem, then I don't say much other than giving some solutions, and that's it. And I've given a large number of users, here, solutions that they've been able to implement themselves.

On the other hand, if you want to engage in commentary about Apple's policies or business practices or statements of Apple's intent, or rants or statements "to Apple" or "about Apple" ... you can absolutely count on me jumping in there. That's my cue for "open season" on comments ... :-) ...

If someone else engages in off-topic comments, outside of asking for a solution and offering a solution ... then I'll be right there, too.

Therefore ... "it's up to you" ... :-) ...

Thats not true for anyone I know using IOS8.1 they all find it performs significantly worse than IOS7 whichever device they use. Also using an a IPad Air gets similar poor performance. This is from various home and enterprise users.

virtualgeo wrote:

Star Traveler, after my 4th attempt of following your magnificent corrective instructions, my iPad 2 STILL operates like something that a red-headed child of Bill Gates and Khloe Kardashian might have envisioned.

If you followed my advice, then you have an Apple Support trouble ticket ... a specific number that you have on your account, that you can followup for escalation on the item in question on that trouble ticket.

The question here is going to be, very simply, do you know your trouble ticket number?

Maybe it's time your stopped your sarcastic comments to Apple customers who have issues with their devices. If you can't help the customers of Apple in question maybe it's best to say nothing rather than appearing to be trying to provoke posters who are frustrated at the poor performance they are experiencing. It gives a negative impression of the Apple brand.

If you ask another user for a solution and someone gives that solution to you ... that is fine. I don't have a problem with the forum working the way it's supposed to.

If you find no user able to give you a solution ... then you go to Apple Support ... and open up a trouble ticket with them.

Apple Support

http://www.apple.com/support/

Apple Retail Store - Genius Bar

http://www.apple.com/retail/geniusbar/

If you want to say something about Apple or to Apple or comment on their policies or procedures, then go here ...

Contacting Apple

http://www.apple.com/contact/

Product Feedback

https://www.apple.com/feedback/

So, go ahead and ask for a solution to a tech problem or give a solution for a tech problem.

Much better, thank you.

And what's the link to report "trolls" like you?