I updated my iPad mini (1) to iOS 9 yesterday, and now it is really slow. It takes forever to open or close apps, the swipe to close is a real pain, I have to swipe several times before I can close an app, and sometimes they just won't go away. I am getting very frustrated with this and wish I had not gone and updated it. Has anyone else had this issue?
iPad mini Wi-Fi, iOS 9
Well, I had hopes,that the update today would help with this issue, but it only seems to have made it even worse. Now it's constantly freezing and I have to read-set it almost every time I try to use it. Beginning to wonder if I Apple ever looks at these forums. My guess is not or they would have addressed the issue in the latest update. A friend has suggested that I re-install iOS 9 from my computer, but that would mean I will lose everything and I really do not want to do that. Still incredibly frustrated and now getting really annoyed with this whole issue.
myself and my family (4 iPad mini 1) all having similar slow down/ not working issues.....
As promised, I took my iPad 3 to the Genius Bar. No success. They first reinstalled IOS 9 claiming that rather than applying patches, a full reinstall may be more effective. No luck. Then they wiped the iPad clean to factory defaults and did a full restore. No luck. iPad remains sluggish and diffucult to swipe apps closed. Apple suggested deleting apps because I'm using 12 gig of 16 gig capacity. Sounds like the only fix for everyone having problems with older models is to upgrade.
The common problem among everyone here is that they have an old iOS device. iPad Mini 1 is a few years old and has the computing power to handle iOS 6. The newer iOS updates are designed to take advantage of the most recent hardware. Older devices weren't built for iOS 8 or 9, so they struggle to keep up performance. Always consider this before installing an update. Your solution is to install an older iOS, or buy a new device. Apple wants you to do the latter.
I Agree that Apple want us to upgrade. Wouldn't that be nice! But they say we should always update to latest OS for best performance. They also claim iOS 9 will improve performance of older devices. I don't know why they lie like that, the reality is every update brings slower performance, unless I imagine you're on the latest devices....
I have the same problem since IOS 8 in IPAD 2 and Mini (1). The only solution is to go back to ios 7.1.2 or 6. Please, Apple, let us to go back. The user experience is horrible with IOS8 and 9. And Apple will no spend time trying to solve issues of old HW. I think that is a problem of memory management, and maybe, application and data encription. I have read that IOS 8 introduces aditional security meassures, maybe affecting performance.
Exactly the same problem. Would be really constructive if we could go back to older versions.
Same problem, wi-fi icon would also blink on and off. 9.0.2 didn't help. Turning off Spotlight didn't help. Erasing and restoring didn't help. Only turning off Wi Fi helped, but then no internet = sad.
But then, telling the iPad to forget each wireless network, then rejoin just mine, fixed it.
Was looking for ways to try and speed up my iPad this morning, and discovered this unnamed app on my iPad. Does anyone know what the heck this is? It wasn't there before I installed iOS 9, and it seems to be using up a fair amount of memory. Dont like it when strange things show up on my device and I didn't install them.
Well After updating my iPad mini to iOS 9 it has become terribly slow. Dont know what should I do to make it faster. Apple are you listening we need a Lite version of the OS. If you release an update for older generation ipads.
I have Ipad Mini (1), it became practically un-usable since iOS 9 upgrade.
If Apple can not fix the problem soon, I need help to downgrade IOS version (8.x) and use it until this problem is fixed. Tried a few methods myself and failed.
In the future, I hope some test engineers at Apple take a look at old iPads and do not let those to be upgraded if they see any problem (which is actually very easy to spot, just use the device for 5 minutes after the upgrade, it should not cost a lot ? )
I have upgraded my own iPad 3, my Wife's iPad 2 and my new iPod Touch, all with 64 GBs of storage space, and every device had a successful upgrade to iOS 9 with no issues.
If your iPad was near full (2 GBs of free storage space or less) this is but only one reason why your older iPad isn't coping well with iOS 9.
You need to backup all of your data on your iPad, either to iTunes on a computer, through Apple's own iCloud OR a dedicated Wireless WiFi hard drive, and then start deleting items off of your iPad.
You should start with paring down any music, movies and photos you may have on your iPad.
Then look at apps that you may no longer use and delete these (you can always redownload deleted apps at a later time.
Ideally, your iDevice should maintain a minimum free storage amount of 4- 6 GBs or greater on any iDevice, plus, more than 50% battery status to ensure proper operation, as well as, to ensure the possibility of a successful iOS upgrade/update installation.
In addition, it is best to upgrade an iDevice connected up to computer running iTunes with you iDevice sync'd and backed up through iTunes rather than Over The Air (OTA) using a wireless WiFi connection.
Have any of you here in this posting tried a hard reset of your iPad by holding down both the Home and sleep/wake buttons simultaneously until your iPad goes to black and restarts with Apple logo, then release the buttons?
Well Storage shouldn't be an issue for the lagging, I have 4+ GB freespace on my 16 GB iPad Mini. Its the update that made it super slow and sluggish. Have also Hard reset and I notice no improvements. Even typing there is considerable amount of lag which is horrible. Hope to see a complete new update soon from Apple.
So that it forces you to change to new iPad and keep on buying new iPads.
Ipad really slow after update to iOS 9
