iPad Air 2 slow after iOS 12 update

MichelPM wrote:

Have you done a complete erase and restore, using iTunes or iCloud of your iPad Air since installing iOS 11?

As I mentioned earlier, I wasn't looking for help but if you must know, the answer is yes on the factory reset and yes on the restore since iOS11. Didn't help the slow down (compared to earlier iOS) of iOS 11. You can ask me more questions but I'm confident I've done it. I don't understand why is it so difficult for some Apple users to accept that the latest iOS slows down older devices?

MichelPM wrote:

Also, keep in mind, too, that a 1st gen iPad Air ONLY has 1 GB of internal RAM.

I know that too. Thanks. And yes, I have more than 30GB of available free space so that's not the reason why it is slow. I'm done troubleshooting because there's nothing to troubleshoot the slowdown. I just accept it. It's great that Apple still supports devices that initially come with iOS 7. That's 5 major updates. However, the trade off is a heavy tax on performance or speed.

Frustrating the slowdown issue you are having.

There have been other 1st gen iPad Air slowdown postings here, in the iPad forums, as well.

I hope this does not turn into a repeat of the slowdown issues that iPad 2 owners had with IOS 9 where the slowdowns were kinda random and didn't affect all iPad 2 users.

Thank you! I’ve tried all from your list, what I didn’t do earlier. Now I can use Safari, but only if I have opened 1 or 2 tabs, if I open 3rd tab it’s getting slowly again. I must mention that my iPad memory is only 16 gigabytes and almost 10 gigabytes is busy just with OS. That several apps that I didn’t delete I offloaded them, so I have only 4 GB internal memory. I don’t play games. Only files I have are just ibooks and I offloaded them. I don’t know why system is taking almost 10 GBs without apps. Thanks again for your advice, because it helped me and now at least I can use internet, watch videos on YT and read my pdf books. I’m not satisfied as I was, but now I can use at least some basics. I’m gonna try to reinstall the Skype and see is it usable now. Honestly I’m very sorry for 5 apps I had to delete them, because they were very helpful to me as a Musician and I don’t mean about GarageBand, but about 5 other very helpful apps for musicians and I miss them a lot! My iPad Air 1 is old, but until iOS 12 came out it was just right for me and I used to take my iPad on gigs and for practicing home. Simply iPad is much more comfortable than iPhone and PS.

Try my iPad performance tips link on the previous page of this posting.

See if all of it helps.

Try all of these tips and leave each tip active together. Do not simply try every tip individually, expecting just one tip to be a performance “cure all”.

Many of these tips are designed to work together to improve overall iOS/iDevice performance.

I was having the same issue after the iOS 12 update. My cousin, who is very computer savv, found this fix and sent it to me. I did this on both my iPad Air 2 and our Mac. Both are now performing perfecly.

Go to settings > WIFI > tap your wifi connection, scroll down to Configure DNS Automatic > Tap Manual > DNS Servers > Add Server > enter 1.1.1.1

There are a whole bunch of DNS settings that can be used, as well, but not sure if DNS settings have any affect on actual non-network connected iPad performance or not.

You can change to Google's DNS: Settings > Wi-Fi > Click on the Network, Delete all numbers under DNS and enter 8.8.8.8 or alternatively 8.8.4.4 OR use OpenDNS 208.67.222.123 or 208.67.220.123.

I experiencing same problems, I never expect such bad move from Apple, as customer and ios developer. The firmware is simply making Ipad air 1 and 2 unusable. They should keep signing IOS 11 for iPads.

The problem I am experiencing has nothing to do with DNS issues. All applications safari and others are maxing out cpu resources so you can type a text and do not see it typing seconds later. Is it simply maxing out all cpu resources

Thanks for Help Michael. It is a fresh install of IOS 12 plublic version abd ai tried dev beta as well. I understand all your siggestions, just one app running and it makes not sense need to disable most the services. I am in IT for more than teo decades and I moved companies from PC to macs. Everyone know me knows I am huge apple supporter but after steve jobs pass away the company is not the same. The firmware clearly heavy load old IOS devices that have been running vwry well on aiOS 10 or 11. The simple solution is keep signing old firmwares. Suggestions like that I use to see in microsoft world and that is why I shift many companies in Brazil, including petrolium distributors to macs since microsoft is the one who develops heavy software that runs poorly in most hardware. I appreciate your suggestions thought. Best regards

Instead of justifying your stance and reluctance to use all of my tips, why don’t you just try them, before dismissing them.

My wife and I use older iPads older than yours.

We use both 6 and 7-year old iPad 2 and 3 models.

With all of my tips those iPad run fine.

Your iPad Air 2 is 2-3 years, newer and more powerful than any older iPad models!

My tips WILL help your iPad Air 2!

A lot better than you think.

Also, FYI

Running a beta version of iOS is always risky, and not really advisable to run as these are unfinished and unrefined versions of the eventual final release of an iOS version.

For starters, turning ON reduce motion minimises all of the necessary iOS UI graphics eye candy and you will see an uptick in performance just doing THAT!

Turning OFF Background App Refresh is another biggie!

So is minimising and editing which apps get notifications.

You do not need every single app on your iPad getting notifications and reminders.

Your iPad Air 2 WILL run much better doing these things.

I own a 3-year old iPad Pro. Your iPad Air 2 is only one year older than mine.

Even on my iPad Pro, I run ALL of these optimisation tips and I am sure my iPad Pro is performing the best and fastest it is able.

Just try them all, please.

Michael, I understand you and I am not refusing your tips and your effort explaining all here buddy. Sure I will implement them all. I just explained my frustration with the need of it. As I said, I use to switch companies to apple platform and everyone knows me consider me the biggest Apple advocate the meet in their lives. I am just a bit frustrated with some Apple moviments lately, firmware, macbook exagerated thermal issues, keyboard, bended brand new ipads and so on. Appreciate your assitence anyways. I will let you know the results. Regards

Some of us, like me, keep falling into the system update trap. Apple panders bug fixes and security imrovements (that you can never ever verify) while all they want is pushing you to buy a new iPad.

If Apple were in good faith they would let us reinstall the old system version.

Developpers: please design an app that prevents us to do any system change.

Users: let's not use the misleading frase system upgrade. System dooming 12.2 is way more accurate.

Just because Apple pushes iOS/macOS upgrades/updates to their devices and computer, doesn’t mean you are forced to install them.

All of my iOS devices that are capable of upgrading to the current iOS are all still on iOS 10.3.3.

iOS 10, like iOS 9, has been running and working stable across all my iDevices with nary an issue.

So, I choose/chose stability.

There was really NOTHING I really wanted in iOS 11 and so far only a handful of things I was looking forward to in iOS 12.

My Mac has only been upgraded and maintained on OS X 10.11.6 El Capitán, but I regularly run and use the older OS X 10.9.5 Mavericks.

YOU DO have a choice.

Sure, many apps I use are not current, but they all still work and I can still use these without issue.

For the time being, small price to pay for a device that is still working as well now as it was three years, ago!

My opinion that since Apple's big push to 64-bit hardware/software iOS ecosystem, both iOS 11 and, so far, iOS 12 have been garbage. iOS 11 WAS REALLY total garbage and while iOS 12 appears to be better in some respects, there are STILL glaring issues and bugs that have kept me from upgrading my iDevices to iOS 12 when I really wanted to be able to upgrade, this time around.

Mainly for group FaceTime and things like the new AR-based Measure app.

Apple has forced me, once again, and for the near future, to have to wait out another major iOS version to see how it is going to shake out in the end.

For some reasons, totally unknown to my own tendencies and sensibilities, everyone with Apple mobile products and computers always just stupidly anf blindly upgrade/update their Apple devices and computers immediately, if not sooner, and end up living with the results. Good or bad.

The days of iOS/macOS upgrades/updates just working, with minimal issues, is gone!

Since iOS 8, I have look at iOS device upgrades/updates with extreme caution and, usually, wait out most of the iOS version update cycle before making the major decision to upgrade my expensive Apple devices and computers.

Once again, you DO have the choice to upgrade/update iOS devices and since Apple makes this a one-way only move, Apple iDevice users should really think hard before performing ANY iOS upgrades/updates.

FYI,

For future reference there is a way to temporarily remove any iOS upgrade/update so it can't be downloaded at all or by accident.

Go into the Settings App, General Settings panel.

In the right hand column, tap Storage ( and iCloud Usage, if still using iOS 9 or 10 ).

At the top in the first block of 3 panels where it is titled at the top of this block Storage, tap the panel that says Manage Storage.

A list of every app will generate itself.

Once this list stops generating, look through this list until you see something like iOS 10/11.x.x in this list.

Tap on the gray disclosure arrow at the far right on that iOS 10/11.x.x panel.

It will bring you to another screen that will allow you to completely delete/remove the entire iOS upgrade/update.

This removal/deletion of an iOS upgrade/update is not permanent and may return at anytime when the iOS upgrade/update at some point will get re-pushed to your iDevice, where you can simply perform this procedure, again.

The best advice ever! Complete with thorow explanation and a solution. Thank you so much, really.

As for us stupidly upgrading our IOS, what got me was Apple banging on and on about the security bugs the newest version would have fixed. May be so, but what is the likelihood of the new IOS having no security issues?

Stupid me!

Thanx again.

The iOS 12 update seems to have a heavy negative impact upon Apple A7 64-bit processors - these being the oldest CPU for which iOS 12.x.x is declared as “compatible”.

Despite Apple’s “marketing” claiming that Apps open faster, complaints posted throughout the Apple Communities (and personal experience across multiple A7 devices) suggest that performance claims for iOS 12 cannot be substantiated for A7 devices.