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iPad 2 iOS 8 Performance

Ramandeep said:
Surprisingly good ,was expecting far worse performance than 7.1.2.Apart from some little lags here and there nothing serious.
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I wish I could say the same. Installed iOS 8 GM with a fresh install and my iPad 2 is running horribly. I don't know if I am experiencing memory leaks, but everything I do on my iPad 2 crashes. I was browsing Safari (all other apps in background were closed) and got 4 text messages really quickly and my entire iPad respringed.

Also, I am having a really weird bug that my photos through iTunes won't sync, and when they eventually do sync only a small percentage of them appear on the device. Not an issue on my 5S.
 
iOS 8 is a joke

I am not getting a new iPhone and the iwatch there is really no reason I have had my iPhone 5s jailbroken for over a year and I am perfectly happy plus I know how to fix any iPhone so I really do not care sorry if this is in the wrong thread but its a fact.
 
Terrible performance on my iPad 2. Think i'll be doing a clean install at some point though as its been through many upgrades.
 
Ramandeep said:
Surprisingly good ,was expecting far worse performance than 7.1.2.Apart from some little lags here and there nothing serious.
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Well that sounds good, how did you install? Is a clean install?

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Mlrollin91 said:
I wish I could say the same. Installed iOS 8 GM with a fresh install and my iPad 2 is running horribly. I don't know if I am experiencing memory leaks, but everything I do on my iPad 2 crashes. I was browsing Safari (all other apps in background were closed) and got 4 text messages really quickly and my entire iPad respringed.

Also, I am having a really weird bug that my photos through iTunes won't sync, and when they eventually do sync only a small percentage of them appear on the device. Not an issue on my 5S.
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Thats not so good. I'm really really confused :p Some people say it runs really well, others say it runs terribly!
 
iPad 2 iOS 8 Performance

oldmacs said:
Ramandeep said:
Well thats promising. Does SMS and Phone relay work for you?
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Apple's "What's New" page has added a little "2" next to the section about answering calls on and using SMS Messages on an iPad or Mac. If you scroll down to the bottom of the page, it says:

1.Health is available on iPhone 4s or later and iPod touch (5th generation).

2. Continuity features are available on iPhone 5 or later, iPad (4th generation), iPad Air, iPad mini, iPad mini with Retina display, and iPod touch (5th generation).

http://www.apple.com/ios/whats-new/

The same text is on the main continuity page: http://www.apple.com/ios/whats-new/continuity/


So it looks like the iPad 2 (and 3) won't get any continuity or handoff features or Health for that matter.

I've read in another thread that iOS 8 is buggy and sluggish even on the iPhone 5S/5C, so I can't imagine what it's like on the iPad 2, iPad Mini and iPhone 4S. Supposedly the iPad 3 is even worse.
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Morac said:
oldmacs said:
Apple's "What's New" page has added a little "2" next to the section about answering calls on and using SMS Messages on an iPad or Mac. If you scroll down to the bottom of the page, it says:

1.Health is available on iPhone 4s or later and iPod touch (5th generation).

2. Continuity features are available on iPhone 5 or later, iPad (4th generation), iPad Air, iPad mini, iPad mini with Retina display, and iPod touch (5th generation).

http://www.apple.com/ios/whats-new/

The same text is on the main continuity page: http://www.apple.com/ios/whats-new/continuity/


So it looks like the iPad 2 (and 3) won't get any continuity or handoff features or Health for that matter.

I've read in another thread that iOS 8 is buggy and sluggish even on the iPhone 5S/5C, so I can't imagine what it's like on the iPad 2, iPad Mini and iPhone 4S. Supposedly the iPad 3 is even worse.
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It makes no sense as it is working for people who have an iPad 2/3/4S.
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53kyle said:
No, the GPU is very much powerful enough for real time blur effects, just look at iOS 7 betas 1-3 and there is a jailbreak tweak to allow blur too. It is barely even laggy.
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Yeah, plus the A5 in the 4S (which, BTW, is under clocked) gets full blurriness effects, and it's pretty smooth- the iPad 2's res is only a bit larger than the iPhone 4S's Retina display.
 
Working kinda slow tho

I just updated my first gen mini to iOS 8 GM and notice that my iPad works slow when double tapping the home button it always take about a second and a half to go to app switcher I've tried removing the recent contacts but nothing happens its slow. overall its working similar when I first updated to iOS7 but worked well on the following updates especially on 7.1. Hoping will happen the same with iOS 8. Also hoping for a fast update and fix on this. Maybe a 8.0.1 update after the Sept. 17 release?
 
Also the performance of Safari on the original mini is horrendously slow. Noticable but still bearable keyboard lag is all apparent.

8.1 has to improve things.
 
ZippyZapp said:
Nice review. You stated in your review that you can answer calls from your iPhone on the iPad 2. Is that correct? My understanding was that it only worked on iPad 4 or newer? Under continuity, on the apple iOS page, seems to exclude the iPad 2.
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It does work - it worked for me anyway :)

People have call answering calling running on both the iPad 2 and 3 as well as SMS relay (When it was enabled). I believe Apple meant to write Handoff works, but SMS/Phone relay does?
 
oldmacs said:
I did my own review of it on the iPad 2 on another site:



http://www.mactalk.com.au/content/atrticle-ipad-2-ipad-just-won-t-die-3537/



Its not as bad as Arstechica seemed to imply.
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When you said you did a clean install of iOS 8, did you set up the iPad 2 as new or restore from a backup?

My 5s running 8.0 had a number of glitches (slow Wifi, very long boot up time, etc) after doing an OTA backup. Most went away when doing a restore and setting up as new. All returned when I restored from backup after that. That makes me think that unless setting up an iPad 2 as new, the performance will be very bad.

Also I mainly use my iPad 2 for web surfing and mail, but do play Clash Of Clans on it. I'm curious what gaming is like under iOS 8 on an iPad 2? I read someone was able to run Real Racing 3 on his, with very little slowdown, but most others have said games are unplayable after updating.
 
Morac said:
When you said you did a clean install of iOS 8, did you set up the iPad 2 as new or restore from a backup?

My 5s running 8.0 had a number of glitches (slow Wifi, very long boot up time, etc) after doing an OTA backup. Most went away when doing a restore and setting up as new. All returned when I restored from backup after that. That makes me think that unless setting up an iPad 2 as new, the performance will be very bad.

Also I mainly use my iPad 2 for web surfing and mail, but do play Clash Of Clans on it. I'm curious what gaming is like under iOS 8 on an iPad 2? I read someone was able to run Real Racing 3 on his, with very little slowdown, but most others have said games are unplayable after updating.
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I did an erase and no backup, I ran out of time to do a restore afterwards. I would think restoring from a backup would reintroduce some issues, but not all of them. I could be wrong though.
 
ipad2 & clean install

FYI, wiping out my ipad2 and rebuilding apps cleared up all issues of graphics and app performance lag. iPad2 now works as it should!:)
 
...personally, I think iOS 8 runs really buggy for me on my iPad 2 (now updated to iOS 8.0.2 - but issues still remain). I wish I had stuck to iOS7 if I am honest!

I updated via the OTA update.

The worst thing is, are the animations when zooming in and out of folders/apps. I rarely get a single smooth animation - they just constantly stutter, like the iPad is finding it really difficult to process the zoom!

It really is quite frustrating when I tap on a folder/app, and I have to sit there and wait/watch the stuttering animation go through the motions before the app/folder actually opens! :mad:

Even if I turn the animations off and instead use the 'fade' animation (instead of the 'zoom'), even that stutters!!

I also get blank icons for the bookmarks which I have added to the homescreen. The only way to get these to display correctly is to delete them and re-add them to the homescreen?! :confused:

Is there any way I can wipe my iPad and do a clean install of iOS 8, to see if it makes any difference to the stuttering/speed issues?
 
Dino F said:
Is there any way I can wipe my iPad and do a clean install of iOS 8, to see if it makes any difference to the stuttering/speed issues?
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If you want to do a quick wipe, you can do a reset all settings and data, though if that doesn't work, you might need to try an iTunes restore.
 
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