ipad air 2 terrible lagging with Safari

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ipad air 2 terrible lagging with Safari

My Ipad air 2 lagging so terrible while I am browsing with Safari, that actually I cannot do my works. I heard content blocker can cause the issue, but I've already disabled it and the problem still exist. But even with content blocker should work as every other device and browser do.

So here is my problem visually;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qPWU4euJsI

Can I expect any solution for this problem? By the way I'm running the latest ios 9.3.5 firmware and the problem already existed with previous firmwares. Maybe way back using IOS 8.X worked normally.

Iphone 2G 4GB-OTHER, iOS 2.x

Posted on Sep 9, 2016 12:01 PM

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MichelPM

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Sep 9, 2016 1:42 PM in response to Zoroo84

What storage size is your iPad Air 2 and how much free storage space is left?

How many apps are you leaving running in the background in the iOS App Switcher?

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Zoroo84 Author

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Sep 9, 2016 2:48 PM in response to MichelPM

This is the 64GB version and 34GB is available. I have like 20+ apps in the backround, should I close them?

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MichelPM

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Sep 11, 2016 2:18 AM in response to Zoroo84

Uhhh...YEAH!

See if this makes a difference with Safari.

I realise that your iPad Air 2 has 2 GBs of RAM, but web browsers, especially Chrome and to some extent, Apple's iOS Safari can eat up device resources.

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Zoroo84 Author

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Sep 11, 2016 2:18 AM in response to MichelPM

IT is really better now, works fluently. However I do not find ok i need to closing all my running apps in the background if i want use Safari. I do not remember it was problem with my ipad air 1st gen or earlier devices. But thanks for the reply, issue is partly solved.

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Sep 11, 2016 8:57 AM in response to Zoroo84

Hi. Some, maybe one, of your apps may have a big appetite for memory. It may even have been fighting with Safari for use of that memory. There are apps you can get that show how memory is being used, for example Avira. You might be able to identify the culprit.

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MichelPM

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Sep 11, 2016 11:12 AM in response to Zoroo84

Having over 20 apps running in the background is a bit much and bordering on ridiculous.

You can't even run nearly that many apps on a full blown computer with 16 GBs to 32 GBs of RAM.

You're current iPad only has 2 GBs of RAM.

I had an older 2003 PowerMac that maxed out at 2 GBs of RAM and no way could you run 20+ plus apps on that computer.

Just because you have a more powerful mobile device in 2016 doesn't mean that you can tax its resources like you have been doing.

You could try leaving only half that many apps running in the background and see if Safari still functions fine.

Why do you think you need to have 20+ apps ready to go at a moments notice all of the time?

You don't.

Launch the apps you need when you need them.

Keep the apps you use MOST OFTEN up and running in the Background Switcher, get rid of any other apps you do not use very often and relaunch these apps only when you need them.

Keep your background running apps to 10 apps or less for best performance out of your iDevice

Good Luck!

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