Please go to Apple's own website and tell me your experience with any device running iOS 7 firmware. After it loads (if it loads) try to double tap/zoom in:
http://www.apple.com/iphone-5s/features/
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iPad iPad Air - Low Memory Crashes - Fix
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Please go to Apple's own website and tell me your experience with any device running iOS 7 firmware. After it loads (if it loads) try to double tap/zoom in:
http://www.apple.com/iphone-5s/features/
I'm sure that this isn't the type of solution all of you are looking for, but try turning of Javascript. System Preferences -> Sarfari -> Advanced.
The only time Safari ever crashes for me is if Javascript is enabled. Of course, if you browse a lot of sites that require Javascript then you are SOL.
The only time Safari ever crashes for me is if Javascript is enabled. Of course, if you browse a lot of sites that require Javascript then you are SOL.
whatever you guys do, it won't fix it unless you upgrade to iOS 7.1 (beta as of now). The crashes have to do with how iOS compresses memory and it looks like 7.1 fixes this. Prior to iOS 7.1 i was getting a lot of low memory logs and safari crashed a lot on my 5S and iPad Air, now with 7.1 it is all fixed.
I am surprised its taking Apple so long to release 7.1 as it is stable and fast for me and many others. 7.1 should have been the 7.0 released back in september.
I am surprised its taking Apple so long to release 7.1 as it is stable and fast for me and many others. 7.1 should have been the 7.0 released back in september.
I'll find him....went on and on and on and on for several weeks....you're absolutely right, I'm seeing about 545Mb available, only 230 wired---so, including active almost 75% overhead. Active RAM can be redirected to what you're doing
On it now---looks, loads and works beautifully....in landscape. (I was surprised how quick it loaded with your comment). In Landscape, there is no 'zoom' in. As it's already perfectly centered.
In portrait, I was able to crash it on the third try on my Air, second try on my Mini. Now...is this the ONLY place you've found this? Weird...I visit all the ridiculous sites (for code and java)---from Ars to T/C, Anand to Facebook. Never an issue. There's ALWAYS going to be a site that'll crash ANY browser. It's hard to believe this would be the 'only' one....but, sure, in Safari it will crash one out of three times in portrait, not at all in landscape....nor on my 5s.
Tried site on iCab. Loads perfect, fast and doesn't crash....in landscape. Does in portrait
Tried site in Chrome, almost immediate load....perfect in landscape, fast scrolling....and really the FIRST time I did the 'cruise' to check out the entirety of the content. Apple F'ed up that page. It's BAD!!!! There are about 4 dozen high resolution pictures, ton of content, links and as mentioned above, EXTREMELY dependent on Java.
That's an extremely BAD example though....a TON of interactive and scrolling content....after looking through, there may be a HUNDRED pics---lol, if you DO want to enjoy this exact page though---turn your iPad in Landscape and it works JUST fine!
LoL----Good job though finding a singular example on of all sites....Apple's!
ARS, Facebook, T/C....they all FLY now, lots of optimization since last year's release of HiDPI displays. I've been pleasantly surprised both by the browsers and the site coders over the past 18 months. As an early rMBP adopter, initially it was pretty ugly....things have changed a LOT!
Come on Apple though....That is a helluva loaded page...and in landscape it's a Beauty!
I started mine from scratch as well. I can get safari to crash every day, many times a day by visiting sites with embedded video and scrolling as soon as the page begins to render and before the image for the embedded video appears. Boom - guaranteed.
The crashes have trained me to tie a knot in it when I go to a media intensive page. So my crashes had decreased, but only because safari has trained me by forcing me to alter my browsing habits. I wonder how many people have subconsciously altered their routine.
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Yeah thanks:/ That's what I've being having to do, but it slows me down way too much. If only there was a way to open them directly in Chrome or Mercury. And just now I was led to open a site in Safari telling me to install flash - same site worked fine in Chrome. It's sometimes even difficult to copy from Safari and I resort to a stylus 'cause the selecting is all over the place. Sometimes links within Safari are dead too.
I really don't see Safari as having any redeeming qualities at all, and am wondering why it is taking so long to fix. It's not like it doesn't have some great role models out there.
While I agree this is a weird problem....why do you need to double tap to zoom in anyway. The ipad was designed to avoid this by switching to landscape orientation. All of apples site is perfectly useable even in portrait without having to zoom in. It's at 12 point font in portrait. Sounds like some people need some new glasses.
Fresh install = have you restarted your computer?
What is the point of backing up, if
's answer is always a fresh install.
I am too plagued with crashing on the iPad Mini since iOS7. It's a buggy mess, hell, mail crashes too.
What is the point of backing up, if
's answer is always a fresh install.I am too plagued with crashing on the iPad Mini since iOS7. It's a buggy mess, hell, mail crashes too.
"Youre holding it wrong"
I'm sure if Steve was still here, he would give the same advice as you did, wait till the page is loaded, scroll slower, don't zoom in too fast.
But you are right, this is exactly what I have done. I have changed the way I browse. I now wait for a page to completely load (no spinning circle in top bar) before I scroll or zoom.
mine keeps crashing also.
i've reset both from backup and as a new iPad and it just crashes when i've got a few windows open in safari and visit the 'wrong' site even if nothing else is open and there are no other apps on the machine. which sites force the safari crash change, but the 'kobe bryant twitter test' posted by kokoui in the other thread was quite helpful in making it a repeatable error. i'd be curious if anyone with an iPad air can have a few tabs open and can run that test without a safari crash.
the test, if you wanna play:
regardless, i've walked through the entire thing with applecare, a couple of times, and they're sending me out a new unit. we'll see if it solves the problem. i'm guessing it would have to, as if everyone was having multiple crashes with the safari browser there would be more threads about this issue, right?
i've reset both from backup and as a new iPad and it just crashes when i've got a few windows open in safari and visit the 'wrong' site even if nothing else is open and there are no other apps on the machine. which sites force the safari crash change, but the 'kobe bryant twitter test' posted by kokoui in the other thread was quite helpful in making it a repeatable error. i'd be curious if anyone with an iPad air can have a few tabs open and can run that test without a safari crash.
the test, if you wanna play:
regardless, i've walked through the entire thing with applecare, a couple of times, and they're sending me out a new unit. we'll see if it solves the problem. i'm guessing it would have to, as if everyone was having multiple crashes with the safari browser there would be more threads about this issue, right?
This is THE most ridiculous thing I've ever read on the internetz. Some guy replacing his device because he can't read some kovebriant or whatever twits. ROTFLMAO!!!
The only related ridiculousness that approaches this level of ridiculousness is loading nin.com in 14 tabs.
Try it bro. 
Neither worked for me
Long list of memory error logs.
I would be curious if those are the only apps you are using.
The issue could be some third party app like Facebook not releasing memory and then you go into safari etc and it crashes cause it needs memory that isn't there
This is THE most ridiculous thing I've ever read on the internetz. Some guy replacing his device because he can't read some kovebriant or whatever twits. ROTFLMAO!!!
The only related ridiculousness that approaches this level of ridiculousness is loading nin.com in 14 tabs.
not a nin fan. also not a kobe bryant fan (or kovebriant) if you read the rest of my post, you'll see that i tried a variety of things that's just a repeatable error. safari was crashing with nothing else open, and no apps on the iPad which didn't come out of the box. seemed odd to me, and i was looking for something that would cause safari to crash which was repeatable. i found it and thought someone else might find it helpful. :shrugs:
What is the point of backing up, if
I am too plagued with crashing on the iPad Mini since iOS7. It's a buggy mess, hell, mail crashes too.
my air crashed once just rotating the screen
I had the crashing issue with my Mini. The issue was really bad after jailbreaking it. I restored back to stock a few days ago, installing all apps from scratch and not a backup, and have not had a single problem since. I will be sticking with stock for a while. Prefer a smooth running tablet to a customized, not smooth tablet.
I did clean iOS7 install after my Air start rebooting on running different apps, it is better now but Safari still crashing time to time. I am waiting for Apple releasing update, if not I will move away and sell my Air. It is very annoying especially these horrible restarts in a middle of my work with Air. Reminds me Windows 95/blue screens of death Sad that Apple is not fixing it until now, might be hardware related ...
Sad that Apple is not fixing it until now, might be hardware related ... 
Here we are now at the end of FEBRUARY. No iOS 7.1
Constant safari crashes, and the usual plethora of "Latest Crash - " and whatever handful of apps there are, and a slew of "Low Memory" messages in the logs.
This is on an Air that was set up as new from Day 1, not restored from backup.
The only reason I can think of for the iOS 7.1 delay is so the NSA / GCHQ have time to implant their spying exploits.
Constant safari crashes, and the usual plethora of "Latest Crash - " and whatever handful of apps there are, and a slew of "Low Memory" messages in the logs.
This is on an Air that was set up as new from Day 1, not restored from backup.
The only reason I can think of for the iOS 7.1 delay is so the NSA / GCHQ have time to implant their spying exploits.
I get crashes very frequently on my iPad Air..and not only on Safari,but also sometimes in Mail even sometimes in Settings..
doesn't matter if there is only one tab and one app open or a few.it happens randomly and frequently.
and there is always "low memory" error logs after these crashes..
I'm not really sure if it's just an iOS problem,since I have the exact same version of iOS on my iPhone 4s and the iPhone 4s has NEVER crashed.despite the fact that it obviously has less RAM and an older,slower processor.
could it be that some (many!) memory cheaps used in iPads Airs are faulty?
or could it be a problem with the 64 Bit CPU?
I bought my iPad Air on black friday from Apple,so I need to decide quickly if I want to return and replace it.
doesn't matter if there is only one tab and one app open or a few.it happens randomly and frequently.
and there is always "low memory" error logs after these crashes..
I'm not really sure if it's just an iOS problem,since I have the exact same version of iOS on my iPhone 4s and the iPhone 4s has NEVER crashed.despite the fact that it obviously has less RAM and an older,slower processor.
could it be that some (many!) memory cheaps used in iPads Airs are faulty?
or could it be a problem with the 64 Bit CPU?
I bought my iPad Air on black friday from Apple,so I need to decide quickly if I want to return and replace it.
it's not that..crashing can happen even while browsing mail app or iPads "settings" with no app in background.same as seen in this video :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ap3G98Q40oE
I get crashes very frequently on my iPad Air..and not only on Safari,but also sometimes in Mail even sometimes in Settings..
doesn't matter if there is only one tab and one app open or a few.it happens randomly and frequently.
and there is always "low memory" error logs after these crashes..
I'm not really sure if it's just an iOS problem,since I have the exact same version of iOS on my iPhone 4s and the iPhone 4s has NEVER crashed.despite the fact that it obviously has less RAM and an older,slower processor.
could it be that some (many!) memory cheaps used in iPads Airs are faulty?
or could it be a problem with the 64 Bit CPU?
I bought my iPad Air on black friday from Apple,so I need to decide quickly if I want to return and replace it.
Its the softwares interaction with the hardware thats causing the problem. Thats the reason your 4 works so well and why iOS 7.1 has vast improvements on it.