Q: Severe performance degradation on 2nd Gen iPad after updating to iOS9.x
Has anyone else seen the performance of their older, but still perfectly usable iPad2 degrade after applying the upgrade to iOS 9? My iPad2 has become so frustrating to use - apps crash; apps take 20-30 seconds to load, then crash; apps take 20-30 seconds to load the 2nd time after the crash; iPad randomly crashes, trouble with bluetooth and WiFi - the list goes on, and on, and on, and on...
It's not hardware because the iPad2 was working absolutely perfectly before the upgrade, and all these problems appeared immediately afterward. Apple really needs to FIX this. I'm sure iOS9.x is great on newer devices (4th gen and better) but how about not cutting out owners of perfectly viable hardware, dear Apple?
Anyone have any good instructions for rolling my iPad back to a stable for the platform iOS version? I don't have a spare 900 or more to buy new hardware, and rely on my iPad. Oh eventually I'll upgrade the hardware, but I'd rather do so after the iPad has a hardware failure, rather than just because Apple doesn't care about owners of only slightly older hardware. I mean its only 4 years old - I suppose that's ancient though in the computer world...
Again, any rollback help would be appreciated.
iPad 2, iOS 7.0.2
Posted on Jan 20, 2016 8:38 AM
Have you tried factory resetting the device? Have you tried disabling a few things such as background app refresh etc?
Posted on Jan 20, 2016 10:26 AM