Safari is freezing after recent update. Many others having same problem. How long does it take Apple to release fixes for this? I do NOT want to reset to factory settings.

I Have never read anywhere that Safari freezing is a major problem in iOS 8.2. With any software release, there are going to be a percentage of users that experience issues with their devices, but to state that there is a problem that needs to be fixed might be going a little too far.

There could be a number of reasons why Safari so freezing. You might have an app conflict or a corrupt setting. If you don't want to do any further troubleshooting and wait around for a fix, that's your choice. Nobody knows when the next iOS will be released so you could be waiting for a while.

By the way, I have restored to factory settings a couple of times and I never lost a thing. If you backup, restore to factory settings and then restore the backup, you shouldn't lose anything at all.

With all software - the only problems that get fixed are the ones that are reported to the correct support area.

If the people posting on other sites have not either called Apple Support or Given Apple Feedback than apple is unaware of the problem - so it will not be fixed.

At least give them feed back at http://www.apple.com/feedback/

On the snow leopard version of Safari did discover that top sites add to themselves and refresh themselves and can cause a lot of problems if not continually pruned.