Should I reset my IPAD?

Rebooting your iDevice

Hold down the Sleep (On-Off) and Home buttons together for about 10-15 seconds or until the Apple Logo appears - ignore the red slider if it appears - then let go of the buttons. The iPad should begin to start up.

This does not erase the device and may fix the problem.

Hi Just Do a Factory Reset Backup to iCloud first Turn off Find my iPhone in Settings Reset ipad to Factory Settings. This will get rid of any bugs Use the same Apple ID & password and you will get all your Apps & Data back. Cheers Brian

Reset all settings will do just that. You'll need to retweak your device.

Erase all content and settings wipes your iPad back to its out of box state.

IF you choose to restore your iPad to factory settings, you use iTunes and this has nothing to do with erasing all content and settings. You can read about it here.

Use iTunes to restore your iOS device to factory settings - Apple Support

IF you choose the erase all content and settings, that does not load a fresh install of the iOS. Many people use that feature first and if it dowsn help, then they restore to factory settings with iTunes and install the iOS again. Erase all content and settings does exactly what it says - it erases the device but does not download and install the iOS again.

You have alluded to this, and frankly, I would try it before erasing or restoring. Reset all Settings. It just might help and it takes minutes to do rather than possibly hours if you erase the device or restore it.

Settings>General>Reset>Reset all settings. You will have to enter all device setrings again, but no data is lost. You might also want t try the very simple reset that Kappy described.

Please read my response.

Do what Demo says

First try to reset all settings

If that fixes your issue, fine. You stop there.

If not, then backup and 'erase all content and settings'

When you hook your iPad back up to your computer you'll get the option to set up as new or restore from backup. Choosing that will put the backup back on your iPad and you shouldn't lose anything.

If that doesn't work, then you can do the restore, which reinstalls the operating system.

For both of the latter 2 options, plan at least an hour. It may take less but better to have plenty of time to wait than be stressing because it's taking too long.

First be sure you have done the backup. I recommend an encrypted backup as that saves passwords.

Then choose erase all content and settings. Once that is complete I suggest you do NOT restore your backup right away. Activate and test out the iPad to see if it is running better. Restore your backup after you have tested for a while. If the performance goes down after restoring your backup you can suspect that something on your iPad that is part of that backup was causing your performance problems.

Restoring through iTunes WILL download (if required) and install the most recent iOS your device qualifies for (currently iOS 8.1.1). To avoid this and STAY at the same iOS version currently on your device, do as Ralph9430 suggests...Erase All Content and Settings under Settings/General/Reset. Doing it in this way wipes out ALL content and settings and returns the device to an out-of-box state without downloading & installing a new copy of iOS.

kwitel wrote:

Demo-

You are implying above that Erasing and Restoring DOES NOT re install the iOS while resetting does load a fresh install?

I DO NOT want iOS8 on my ipad.

I did not see that you have said that until just now in this post. You said that you want to do a "full reset"

Semantics maybe.... erasing all content and settings is not erasing and restoring

Bottom line, if you do NOT want iOS 8, use the erase all content and settings. Do NOT use iTunes to restore. Erasing all content and settings will NOT download the new iOS.

BTW, I would still try the iPad reset and resetting all settings first.

Getting your content back depends on how you backed up in the first place. When you use the erase all content and settings, you will be given the option during the activation process to set up as a new device, restore from an iTines backup or an iCloud backup.

Setting up as new is self explanatory - you are starting from scratch.

If you have been using iCloud only for backups and never synced with iTunes, when you choose to restore from the iCloud backup, all of your content will download from the cloud ....all apps, app data, music, movies and so on. It can take quite a while if the iPad has lost of content on it.

If you backup and sync with iTunes, when you get to that point of the activation process, and choose the iTunes backup, you will have to connect your iPad to your computer with the cable, launch iTunes and the backup will restore and it should be followed up with a sync which will recover all of your apps and other synced media to the iPad. Bear in mind that this will not load the new iOS when you use iTunes this way. You are only recovering your backup and media from your iTunes library. The new iOS will download only if you "restore" using iTunes. You are not restoring when you do what I have typed here.

I Don't know if this will help, but take a look.

Back up and restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch using iCloud or iTunes - Apple Support