iOS 11 on iPad Pro 9.7 very slow

I got the iPad Pro 9.7 128GB for its speed and performance.

I got this device for about 60k and now on iOS 11 it feels like im using iOS 10 on iPhone 5.

it lags a lot. all the animations have a stutter. And everything takes forever to load. It’s not smooth. It is visually depressing to see a new device perform this way. Please find a way to solve this. And also please could someone else confirm if their device is performing in a similar way. I have tried hard resetting and also even restored to get the same exact results. Please help.

iPad Pro Wi-Fi, iOS 11, null

Posted on Sep 24, 2017 3:09 AM

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MichelPM

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Posted on Jan 14, 2018 1:05 PM

Other things to look at.

In Settings app, General settings panel, turn OFF Background App Refresh.

In Settings app, under General settings, Reset panel, at the right bottom of the list, Reset All Settings.

Also, in general, if you want a faster IDevice, on all of my iDevices, I turn off most of the iOS motion graphics eye candy, by simply turning ON Reduce Motion in Settings app, General, Accessibilty settings.

Make sure you aren't running scads and scads of background apps in the iOS 11 Control Panel/App Switcher.

If you are, you need to quit the bulk of these background running apps by tap and hold a finger on an app window in the switcher and slide your finger upwards to quit an app. You should be able to use more than one finger to quit more than one app simultaneously.

Also, make sure you don’t have scads and scads of active website tabs running in the web browser.

If you do, greatly reduce the amount of active website tabs your web browser.

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Jan 29, 2018 6:32 AM in response to MichelPM

Hello,

Thank you for taking the time to provide several solutions, it’s truly appreciated. The snarky tone of not responding in less than 12 hours on a Sunday was unnecessary, but ok.

My iPad has 50 of 128 used memory, and I had done the hard reset. It was painfully slow, and I feared that it was already on the apple list of slowing down so we have to buy new device - opps, I mean processor might over heat or whatever the reason old devices start to move at dinosaur speed.

However, I followed each one of your suggestions and the device seems to be moving MUCH faster than previously performing. Like much faster.

Your response was helpful, thank you!

Amy

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Feb 1, 2018 6:26 PM in response to MichelPM

Tried that on 12 inch model here. 17.5 GB of 32 avail. Since iOS 11 update it creeps along. Touch screen is worst. Almost can’t copy/paste with a freshy clean screen, no matter the location on screen. Have to tap and hold down for a few seconds to get the cursor to catch up with me. Pasting, same wait. Scrolling a web page is a pain. Can’t until it “thinks” about it for a couple seconds, then responds. Open up a new browser, immediate message on page, “not internet detected”. So WiFi is effected too, although my Netgear Nighthawk AC1900 is 15 ft away.

So what’s up with iOS11 and iPAD Pro ?

Mar 5, 2018 10:43 PM in response to pranavfromchennai

I Also Have The Same Problem, Today I Bought A New iPad Pro 9.7inch With A Great Craze Of it's Performance And it's Speed, But After Updating It To IOS 11 It Stared Lagging And My iPad Pro 9.7inch Turned Into A iPad 2010

Janfan

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Mar 30, 2018 9:10 AM in response to pranavfromchennai

I have same issue. Have about same amout free, a little more. I just downloaded ios11 as got to the point when reminder going off 6-7 times a day, and additional releases have come out too. I regret it now. So slow and the black lettering looks gray too.

MichelPM

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Sep 24, 2017 3:15 AM in response to pranavfromchennai

How much free data space is left on the device?

Sep 24, 2017 3:18 AM in response to MichelPM

I have about 90 GB left -.- it’s a 128gb device

Sep 24, 2017 3:53 AM in response to MichelPM

Haha. I get it.

But it’s supposed to work properly with all those on right.

And ya. My Bluetooth is always off. And its wifi only version. So no cellular.

Sep 24, 2017 4:28 AM in response to MichelPM

Hi MichelPM. Just to reinforce your comments, iOS 11 is running fine on my (now venerable) iPad Air. And I'm learning to use this clever dock. So iOS 11 should really rock on a modern Pro.

Sep 24, 2017 7:26 AM in response to MichelPM

Ive tried all of the above mentioned my friend. But it’s still slow.

Sep 24, 2017 7:27 AM in response to Diana.McCall

If it’s good on iPad Air it’s supposed to be lightning fast on the pro. This is pure disappointment.

Sep 25, 2017 10:20 AM in response to MichelPM

Been there. Done that

Sep 30, 2017 9:31 AM in response to MichelPM

Try the five finger pinch gesture. It’s lagging horribly.

Oct 1, 2017 12:39 AM in response to pranavfromchennai

Same problem here horrible slow animation. I already hard reset and set new iPad on iTunes.

Oct 1, 2017 1:15 AM in response to MichelPM

It’s not that only 4 people have been reporting. It’s just that people haven’t seen this forum yet.

Oct 1, 2017 1:17 AM in response to Krashouille

I Even tried restoring it. No use.

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