iOS 9 on iPad 3rd Gen. glitchy

My 64 GB iPad 3 runs great on iOS 9.1 once you disable some features like all of the iOS motion effects and eye candy and a few other items.

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!

I would like to install iOS 9

But I fear that my iPad will become slow

Is it possible to restore iOS 8 ?

No.

There is no support from Apple for downgrading from a previously upgraded iOS version.

That and Apple has stopped authorising/signing on iOS 8 about two weeks after iOS 9 came out.

Here's what I believe is the correct and proper way to upgrade/update an iDevice to insure a higher level of a successful iOS upgrade/update.

Ideally, your iDevice should maintain a minimum free storage amount of 4- 6 GBs or greater on any iDevice (the more free space, the better) , plus, more than 50%-60% 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 a computer running iTunes with you iDevice sync'd and backed up through iTunes rather than Over The Air (OTA) using a wireless WiFi connection.

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

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

Thank you very much MichelIPM

I Will follow your advice and i'll give you feedback

Good Luck!

Upgrade done, it's go well

My iPad 3 16GBs is a bit slow, compared to before, but not so much

Thank you again

If the upgrade went well, try some of my previous tips like turning on reduced motion for all the iOS motion graphics and other eye candy.

Set background app refresh to off.

Make sure iCloud isn't affecting any of your apps or general performance issues.

See my above suggestions.

qbench18 wrote:

Does anybody else have an iPad 3rd Generation WiFi?

If so, does the software iOS 9 on it super glitchy?

Yes, 3rd Gen wifi here, upgraded to iOS 9. I find that my biggest complaint is with the 4-finger swipe up to access all open apps; the previews are HUGE and occasionally I can’t swipe up to remove one -- it gets stuck about 1/4 of the way up.

I do second MichelePM’s advice about turning off the “eye candy” -- but then, I did that back on iOS 8.