iPad ipad air 2 five finger close gesture sometimes not working

I used to have this happen from time to time but since I updated to iOS 8.1.1 I haven't had it happen. Now, it's only been a few days since the update and some other folks claim it still happens so it's a known issue.

I'm hoping it's fixed but it appears that it's not. Have to wait for the next update and they'll hopefully take care of it.

If you haven't already, try three fingers and a thumb. I just seem to naturally end up using that gesture more often than not.

The only problem I've seen, which seems to be fixed for me in iOS 8.1.1, is losing the setting for Multitasking Gestures (gets set to disabled). The "fix" is to disable, then re-enable it. (Settings > General > Multitasking Gestures.)

Swipe down the notification menu when the gestures stop working to make them work again.

Just to be clear. This is not an iPad Air 2 specific problem. It's an iOS problem. The Air 2 has been getting enough criticism here in the forums.

On my Air 1, it stopped doing this after 8.1.1. Prior to that I had to turn gestures off, then on again to get it working once it had stopped. The one finger left to right swipe sometimes won't work at all, though.

Simacca said:

Swipe down the notification menu when the gestures stop working to make them work again.

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Sorry for kicking an old thread. But this help me a great deal, thanks a lot.

Simacca said:

Swipe down the notification menu when the gestures stop working to make them work again.

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This ^

cerberusss said:

Sorry for kicking an old thread. But this help me a great deal, thanks a lot.

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Ditto!

still happens with 8.1.2

Working on 8.1.3 now.

No hiccups for me on my iPad 4 either on 8.1.3

Your welcome......seriously. I had 4 or 5 calls in December with them. Did 2 videos to send to the engineers and they finally said they started working on it a few weeks ago. I narrowed it down to a rotation issue during certain situations that I documented on my iPhone. It had to do with if you set your iPad down in one orientation like landscape. Then picked it up in portrait BEFORE waking it up, gestures quit working. Weird. But I expect my QC check in the mail since it took JOE CONSUMER to figure it out. Hehehe