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Canon 12x IS USM (S3 IS built-in Lens) -- 36-432mm (35mm EQ)

12/18/2015 05:31:17 PM · #1

Hello clever people,

my iPad2 is sick. It has been getting slower and slower. I try to always keep it updated, I close apps, I have rebooted it.

It says I have used up 40.2 GB and have 16.8 GB available.

When I say it is slow, I don't just mean internet, although that, too, is much slower now (even with perfect wi-fi available).

Clicking on the home button to get to the home screen takes ages, as does getting to the settings screen or opening any app.

It is slow, and getting slower.

Any ideas of what I can try to improve it? The battery life is still rather good, and the screen etc is perfect, I am not ready to toss it out yet.

Thanks for your help.

GeneralE

Canon PowerShot S3 IS

12/18/2015 05:43:34 PM · #2

Don't know if there's malware for the iPad, but it sounds like something is running in the "background" (or hidden from you) ... could also be a "feature" of something you installed. For example, do you have something set up to automatically back up files to an internet site, or is the search engine set to "index' the "disk"?

I've never used an iPad, but I've seen a commercial for one on TV ... ;-)

Canon 12x IS USM (S3 IS built-in Lens) -- 36-432mm (35mm EQ)

12/18/2015 05:47:44 PM · #3

Originally posted by GeneralE:

..I've never used an iPad, but I've seen a commercial for one on TV ... ;-)

LOL that was funny!

Yes, I am considering that it could be something in the background, but I don't know how to look for that.

GeneralE

Canon PowerShot S3 IS

12/18/2015 05:57:10 PM · #4

Well, actual help should be arriving shortly ...

Canon 12x IS USM (S3 IS built-in Lens) -- 36-432mm (35mm EQ)

12/18/2015 06:11:57 PM · #5

Originally posted by GeneralE:

Well, actual help should be arriving shortly ...

You're on a roll tonight!

Anyway, I just downloaded and installed something called "PhoneClean" on my computer, hooked up the iPad - it is currently running a scan.

With any luck, this will be at least a partial answer to my problems. My Google session told me that the CAUSE of my problems is having the latest iOS - something designed for the newest of gadgets, and guaranteed to kill our older ones *sigh*

No wonder I've moved from an iPhone to Android.... I am sick of Apple.

Leo

Apple iPhone Xr

12/18/2015 06:12:29 PM · #6

My iPad 2 is getting slow also. Especially after the last two software updates...
I'm not a techie, but I'm thinking the processor is having a hard time handling the latest iOS updates.

MEJazz

Canon EOS-6D

Canon EF 35mm f/2 IS USM

12/18/2015 06:32:51 PM · #7

"My Google session told me that the CAUSE of my problems is having the latest iOS" - that. Apple's strategy is to make older models obsolete so the consumer would spend on newer model. Windows and Android have been good to me all these years. I stay far away from Apple products.

GeneralE

Canon PowerShot S3 IS

12/18/2015 06:57:07 PM · #8

I always try to run the OS the device came with/was designed for, without upgrading, as long as it keeps working.

I find the latest/greatest is almost always more a pain than a boon. I'm using a 20 year old Mac right now -- I'm using it to control a 10 year old Mac (for internet) and to edit pictures (Photoshop 5.0).

Nobody

Pentax K-S2

Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 EX DG APO IF for Pentax

12/18/2015 08:27:27 PM · #9

The ipad II is definitely on its last legs (I have one and speak from experience).

Double-click the home button and then close all the running applications. This will help you isolate if there is something is running in the background that is killing the CPU.

12/18/2015 09:24:02 PM · #10

Originally posted by Nobody:

Double-click the home button and then close all the running applications.

No, that doesn't help. I am quite compulsive about closing apps I'm not using, so sadly that isn't it :-(

Tiny

Apple iPad mini 4

12/19/2015 06:30:35 AM · #11

Please send you full name and addy and I will send you a brand new one.

and your bank details of course

Voigtlander Ultron 21mm f1.8

12/19/2015 04:53:13 PM · #12

Originally posted by Tiny:

Please send you full name and addy and I will send you a brand new one.

and your bank details of course

What a lovely, generous offer, thank you!

However, I'm done with Apple .... please send a 10# Android tablet (perhaps a Samsung?) Instead.

Thanks again.

jnenvir

Canon EOS-5D Mark III

Canon EF 24-70 2.8L II

12/19/2015 08:48:25 PM · #13

Originally posted by Beetle:

Originally posted by Nobody:
Double-click the home button and then close all the running applications.

No, that doesn't help. I am quite compulsive about closing apps I'm not using, so sadly that isn't it :-(

Check the documents and files that have been downloaded. They accumulate and rob RAM space.

MAK

Leica M Monochrom

12/20/2015 06:16:32 AM · #14

Sadly Apple is not the same company it used to be.

The reason your machine is getting slower is with each update they release it is more and more demanding on hardware, thay are basically bullying you into having to buy a new machine.

My Macbook and iMac both run older OS and I am constantly bombarded with demands to upgrade, flash player wont work etc etc, there are ways around it but its getting very old very quick.

Tiny

Apple iPad mini 4

12/20/2015 06:33:02 AM · #15

I would take it to someone who knows their stuff, rather than let folks on here play guessing.

It may be fixable.

How old is it ?

Message edited by author 2015-12-20 06:38:09.