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Original iPad unstable, Safari crash, official explanation?

by Dec 15, 2014 6:16AM PST

Has Apple ever officially acknowledged and offered a solution for the instability of iOS 5 running on the original iPad? I have the latest and last iOS update for the original iPad. As I understand it, it is impossible to downgrade iOS without special previously saved files that I never made. It simply blows my mind that Apple would not address this. Their update damaged the functionality of their hardware and they don't say anything about it!!!!!! WHAT!?!? I refuse to pay $30 to hear Apple's explanation.
Also, I guess if anyone wants to throw out their best suggestions for dealing with this, it might help me out. Right now, I've found the Atomic browser to be more stable.

Thank you- David

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by Dec 16, 2014 10:55AM PST

No, Despite the fact that they introduced this instability, Apple has not attempt to fix it and never will. Dredge the forums for a wide variety of suggestions that may help.

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A few buddies have the iPad 1 and don't report this.
by Forum moderator Dec 15, 2014 7:36AM PST

It's possible that with all those pads out there will be some that are failing. However there are folk that call any browser glitch, well what you wrote. I guess you've yet to see how bad browsing can be. Try any Smart TV!
Bob

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Follow up #1
by Dec 16, 2014 1:02AM PST

Spoke to Apple ( I got through on a separate, covered laptop issue and got them to transfer me to iPad support.) My hardware checks out. Safari crashes bc it is running out of memory. There's a bunch of suggestions you can dredge from forums on how to avoid this. I'll try one more wipe just out of curiosity and the just cope with whatever the device decides to do from now on. I suspect I'll still end up using a different browser but I'll let you know. I didn't inquire as to whether one iPad 1 could behave differently than another based on date of manufacturer / internal revisions.

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Now that is not fixable.
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Dec 16, 2014 1:22AM PST
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I call this...
by Pepe7 Dec 17, 2014 5:47AM PST

...'naive operator error'. Simple.

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Lot's of new users today.
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Dec 17, 2014 6:22AM PST

I'm running into more and more that have no inkling that we can't expect same performance from desktop to tablets. Maybe someday.
Bob

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by nbgeorge Dec 17, 2014 7:51AM PST

This is completely off topic. But I've been reading some of the post that you've left comments on. Since you do not have the option to contact you via email through your profile. I would like to pick your brain on a few things.

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Went to Stackoverflow to find an example.
by Forum moderator Dec 17, 2014 8:01AM PST
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