Ipad really slow after update to iOS 9

Nice suggestion MichelPM, I will try various alternatives and see what part of Siri is actually causing this. I found this accidentally. Like porpoise007 I never use Siri, and my kid triggered it all the time, so I decided to disable it. I'm on an iPad Mini 1, and saw amazing improvement after this. It was very sluggish and actually took up to a minute to switch between open apps. After disabling Siri it went back to instant switching.

Amazing!

Sort of like a Sherlock Holmes moment finding that!

My iPad and iPhone have went back to the speedy smooth normal way of iOS but I disabled spotlight search and every app that was turned on for it and it took the iPad awhile after doing that for it to go back to normal. Maybe there was some indexing going on or info being uploaded to Apple servers. I also have to say I never liked iCloud backup which runs when charging and on Wi-Fi because it slowed down my internet while I'm trying to do things. I wonder if that's why it might have been doing some kind of indexing or whatever in iOS 9 and bogging everything down very bad for me and maybe other people. I need Siri on my iPhone for quick navigation when driving so I won't shut that off. I don't have any spotlight search though but I didn't use it anyway. I'd like to have it on but am afraid if I turn it back on I'll be having lag again.

Yup,

I accidentally found iCloud and iCloud drive automatically on for certain apps. When i shut these down, my iPad 2 got even snappier!

Same goes for Spotlight searches, but I edited the list of apps, so Spotlight isn't searching every single app on my iPad 2.

I have since updated my list of suggested fixes since I last posted here. So, I will post my new list for others to try here.

Also, I have since found that my iPad 2 has become "like new out of the box" fast performance-wise by doing a variation on a normal erase-reset/restore procedure.

On both my iPad 2 and iPad 3, I did a backup to iTunes, then did and erase-reset restore as new iPad, first. Then, reconnected my iPads to iTunes on my Macs and then, I did a restore from backups.

The performance increase from this were noticeable and apreciable and both iPads are operating with a like new performance speed and, in addition, both iPad models have gotten an appreciable amount of free storage space returned to them.

Here is the procedure for this restore procedure and this has already worked, sucessfully, for one other iPad 2 user so far!

First, connect your iPad to USB and sync and backup your iPad to iTunes (make sure your iTunes is up to date).

Then disconnect/eject your iPad from the computer.

From just the iPad, in the Settings App under the General setting, look in the right column for Reset option, then erase and reset your iPad to completely erase your iPad and then, again, from the iPad, set it up as a new iPad setup to factory "out of the box" operation.

Then reconnect your iPad to the computer and make sure to cancel the syncing, by tapping the small X to the left in the top center iTunes display box.

iTunes should detect your iPad and ask if you want to update to the latest iOS version.

Select OK. If iTunes begins to try and sync, again, cancel the sync. Let the update continue until it loads into the iPad.

May take anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour to update the iPad.

DO NOT WALK AWAY FROM THE COMPUTER DURING THE UPGRADING PROCESS!!!!

Once your iPad is updated and your iPad appears in iTunes, again, CANCEL the sync, once more.

Select Restore from Backup instead and pick your last backup to restore back to your iPad.

Once the restore is complete, finish setting up the iPad and let it sync back to iTunes you can either cancel the sync, again or let it backup, again.

Then disconnect the iPad.

Do one 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.

Once your iPad is back to the Home screen,

In the Settings App under the General tab, to the right under Spotlight sesrch, try disabling the search under apps that really do not need a search, like some games, remotes, apps that really do not need to be searched, etc., to reduce the list for Spotlight to search.

Try turning on Reduced Motion.

This is found in the Settings App in the General tab the left panel.

In the right panel look under Accessibility, the look for Reduce Motion and turn this feature "On".

You should see an appreciable performance increase on all iPad 2, 3 and 4 models.

In the Settings App under the General Tab, in the right column, look for Background App Refresh and turn this setting to "off".

If you purchased any music from iTunes, you will need to redownload that content back to your iPad for playing directly from your iPad and not from Apple Music servers.

Also, if your iPad contained a lot of images in the Photos app, these will take time to regenerate the original AND thumbnail images themselves inside of the Photos app when you first launch it.

I update ALL my iDevices connected up to my iMac and sync'd over USB through iTunes.

My Mom"s and Wife's iPad 2s were still both on iOS 7 and my own iPad 3 this way.

I have NEVER, EVER had an issue with any iOS updates.

Glad you got your iPad 2 to a much better performance level than what you experienced previously!

If you choose to try this, your iPad 2 should be even better running!

Good Luck!

Here is my updated list of suggested fixes for a slow iPad 2, 3 or 4 model.

Try resetting All Settings found in the Settings App under General and in the right column under Reset.
Try resetting histories and deleting/resetting caches in all of the web browsers you use.
If you use Safari, these functions maybe in the Settings App under Safari.
Other web browsers have their settings inside of the running app, itself.
If your iPad has been activated for iCloud, in the Settings App under iCloud, to the right, under iCloud Drive, tap iCloud Drive and make sure Safari is turned off for saving Safari data to iCloud Drive.
Also, under iCloud in the Settings App, in iCloud Drive, disable the saving feature for any other apps that you DO NOT want data being saved automatically to iCloud Drive.
If using Safari is still causing issues,
Try changing/using another, different third party web browser.
I don't use iOS Safari too much any longer because I found it causing me some headaches on certain websites I, regularly, visit.
I commonly use another third party web browser, Perfect Web Browser (there are others that may suit your web browsing style better, so look at all of them first to see which third party browser may work better for you) and I never experience a lot of the issues that Safari was causing.
In the Settings App under the General tab, to the right under Spotlight sesrch, try disabling the search under apps that really do not need a search, like some games, remotes, apps that really do not need to be searched, etc., to reduce the list for Spotlight to search.
Try turning on Reduced Motion.
This is found in the Settings App in the General tab the left panel.
In the right panel look under Accessibility, the look for Reduce Motion and turn this feature "On".
You should see an appreciable performance increase on all iPad 2, 3 and 4 models.
In the Settings App under the General Tab, in the right column, look for Background App Refresh and turn this setting to "off".
Try a 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.

Good Luck!

Look at the last page in this post that shows the success of a complete clean restore, then restore from backup from user Gul540

Then go back one page to see my more abbreviated procedure for this.

Re: How is iPad 2 performance using iOS 9.1?

Yes! iPad mini 1 VERY slow! Good work only iOS 6.

2 year lag!

Newer buy apple!

Instead of coming to Apple's troubleshooting forums to complain in three short statements, why don't you have a go at trying ALL of my suggested fixes on the previous page of this post.

If you still have your iPad Mini and if you are using iOS 9, I think my solutions will help greatly with your iPad Mini issues.

On the previous page, try ALL my updated list of suggested fixes.

If still having issues, see my thread post above that list for doing a complete backup to iTunes/clean reset/erase/setup as new/restore from iTunes backup procedure.

My restore procedure may reaaly help bring your iPad Mini back to life.

I have the Air 2 but it's working fine now. I would like to have the spotlight thing on but if it's going to possibly hinder things again and I'm not going to use it anyway then I can do without it. iOS 9.2 will be out eventually. Maybe Apple will address some lag bugs in it. Thanks for the help.

You are very welcome!

One more thing you can easily try that one other iPad user in another post I posted in, and may add to my ever growing list of suggested fixes, if you do not really use the Find My Phone/iPad app, turn it off to aee if things get even a little better.

If you like having this feature always activated, then just leave it alone.

This particular iPad user turned off Find My Phone and his iPad got immediately much faster in functioning performance.

Wouldn't hurt to try this.

Just carefully gone through this whole 7 page thread taking notes and now having done all but a full erase/restore I have a responsive first gen iPad Mini.

Might do the erase restore soon to get the space back etc.

I did the General>Reset>Reset All Settings and it totally fixed all my problems. It's a bit of a pain because you have to put in all your preferences again for each app like notification etc and sign in again sometimes but totally worth it to get it working normally!

Thanks to help.

but iPad newer work like on this video:

http://youtu.be/0Klpw1QpOEo

that's why i'm angry😐

and downgrade is not available

The video was a speeded up animation. I have no idea what it intends to show. Also the mini appears to have been jailbroken, never a good idea.

Google translation.

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Problem not with speed animation.

http://youtu.be/4PHFvTPXhUk

On iPad mini 1th similar situation.