1st gen iPad... Safari crashes constantly

[Ashwood11]

My 1st generation iPad running iOS 5.1.1 never crashes running Safari!

 

[touchipods]

My 1st generation iPad running iOS 5.1.1 never crashes running Safari!

Try this. With no background apps running and only 1 tab open try the Apple website, tap on the iPhone tab. Once finished loading, double tap to zoom in-should be instant crash. Also try google news desktop version.

Did 5.1.1 make Safari crashing worse compared to 5.1? In 5.0 and 5.0.1 crashes were constant but 5.1 fixed many issues.

 

[MRiOS]

I had this problem all the time. My solution was to jailbreak and turn off spotlight. I'm running the latest version, I think it's 5.1.1, and I found that by turning off spotlight, it frees up quite a bit of system used RAM which helps load pages better. I still can't have more than 3 tabs without them auto-refreshing when I switch between them, but it's better than before.

 

[DeafRaiders]

I had the same issue so downloaded google chrome haven't had any issue so far. Try other browsers!! You may get different experience from them

 

[weas]

That's about the gist of the problem.

I've tried clearing cookies/history and also turned off iCloud. My Safari has become almost unusable as 50% of websites make it crash.

Has anyone found a solution for this problem?

Did you try restoring the software?
Maybe time ti get a new one?

 

[MrMoonshine]

I'm sure many of you may Have already updated to the new 5.1 software, but just in case you haven't, you'll be pleased to know that the new update fixes these app crashing and stability problems tremendously! Our beloved iPad 1's are usable once again.

Looks like they reintroduced the problem in 5.1.1

Little SHlTS!

 

[Indiana113]

my ipad1 is on 5.0.1 right now, but if i upgrade to 5.1, i lose the JB. however if this does indeed fix the crashing problem, i will probably have to do it

I am running 5.1 and have EXACTLY the same problem, upgrading makes zero difference

 

[css1323]

I am running 5.1 and have EXACTLY the same problem, upgrading makes zero difference

This is kind of an aged thread but times have changed. Websites evolved and became more demanding on resources. It was almost amusing seeing all the "Low Mem" logs in the settings.

I've stuck with my iPad 1G till late December last year only using it for iBooks and very light browsing. Moving on to an iPad Air 2 was a huge step, hard to ever look back.