iPad Multi finger gestures a bit flaky in iOS8?

[Naramis]

As soon as I updated my iPad Air to iOS 8 yesterday I noticed that the gesture to go back to the home screen (five fingers closing) wasn't working. I went to Settings and it was turned on; I turned it off then back on again, and it seemed to resume working.
Today when I woke up it wasn't working anymore. At settings, it was still on; I left it alone this time. Later in the day when I tried it, it was working again without me changing anything.
Has anyone else experienced weird behaviour with this gesture in iOS 8?

 

[MarcoCapa]

THE same for me on safari.... IPad Air...
Sometimes work sometimes not... Also the new tab button make its own! Ahahah

 

[JonnyBlaze]

Yep I have this same issue, only real issue I've got though on ipad 3

 

[Batavian]

Same issue here. I see it mostly in iMessages.

 

[donnaw]

Same issue here. I see it mostly in iMessages.

Working ok on my Air so far but it is really jerky. Not the smooth transition it used to be.

 

[WilliamG]

Same issue here on my iPad Air. And going FORWARD a page in Safari (by swiping in from the right edge) is still flakey and doesn't work properly.

 

[EVL44]

Sometimes works, sometimes doesn't

The 5 finger gesture didn't seem to work at first, then I re-booted my iPad Air after which it did work. Just a few minutes ago it stopped working again but has suddenly started to work just as I'm typing this comment. Very weird! Similarly for the 5 finger sideways gesture to access another open app. Teething problems perhaps? Otherwise I'm happy with the update which incidentally took 90 minutes on my 32gb iPad Air.

 

[Donka]

I've had it fail a couple of times. Each time, I used the home button to close out..I went back into the same app and the gestures were working again. Something is definitely broken with this.

 

[XtraSmiley]

Same problems here. IPad Air, 32gb.

 

[R3k]

Yes!

I occasionally get stuck in safari, cannot get out with gestures as they don't work, only zoom the screen. I have to double click the home button to exit.

 

[spajdr]

Same issue here, randomly gestures not working at all, on Ipad Mini Retina.

 

[WilliamG]

Really starting to annoy me when I can't quit Safari...

 

[AllergyDoc]

Having the same problem on my Air.

 

[jjk454ss]

I hate trying to close Safari and it always brings me to the tab switcher

 

[flasser]

Multi finger gesters ios8

After IOS 8 download, I am also having a problem using the 5 finger gesture to close an app. Anyone else?

 

[Donka]

After IOS 8 download, I am also having a problem using the 5 finger gesture to close an app. Anyone else?

I haven't seen this issue since updating to 8.02. Not saying that update has fixed it, just I haven't experienced it since. Which version are you on?

 

[liteshow]

Same issue with ipad air on ios 8.0.2. Toggling the multi-finger gesture in settings fixes the issue but it comes back within a day or two. It happens in almost any app.

 

[jjk454ss]

8.0.2 seems to have fixed/made better the gestures in Safari. I can use 5 fingers to close Safari instead of it just bringing up the tabs

 

[Angriff]

Yeah, I had these issues until I updated to 8.0.2 and then toggled gestures off and back on.