HT1338 Update Safari on iPad/ best way not to crash? - eMail Overload

Question

My Safari often crashes, even though I only have maybe 3 to 4 tabs open. (This is even after a factory reset to new restore as new with only 2 apps installed. So no memory is being used on anything.) And I'm wondering do I need to update it separately or is that automatically done with the update to the iPad? I'm on top of cleaning the cookies and cachet, along w/ deleting history, etc on a reg basis, at least every 3wks.. I do have a lot of bookmarks, I imported from other browsers, and, I've been deleting those since I've discovered the crash is my error not apples. it also had the prob going from a 3rd gen to an air....so...any suggestions on stabilizing this, that I'm overlooking? I appreciate it.
Also, I have several  emailboxes that aren't always getting their mail (or the mail will come a few days later) ...my primary inbox, says something like 4k msgs, & I feel paralyzed by the #, I do keep chiseling away! but I need help .. these aren't all junk messages either, in fact most of them are not junk messages, they need to be filed, and they need to be glanced at and then discarded or fiiled or rarely replied to. But I've got the iPad set to only sync back 3mo, (I figure I'll handle it in chunks or the desktop)  & I find that my mail is crashing, and that it will often get stuck, as I'm doing searches and trying to mass edit & move. Any suggestions on organization, apps, settings to accommodate the problem?
All appreciated,
Blessings,
KellyS1709

Answer 1

Bugs, by definition, affect everybody, all the time. I'm just not seeing 10 million plus users all complaining about this and, believe me, they would be.
The progress bar can freeze up for any number of different reasons, with who perhaps to blame stretched out all the way from your iPad to your network to your ISP to the net itself to the server that you're connecting to.
As for best way to proceed, boilerplate follows:
A more or less standard sequence of steps is laid out in your User's Guide which you should follow in those cases when either your iPad or an app isn't behaving as it should. They sort of mirror 'The Three R's (Restart, Reset, & Restore) that you use for iPod troubleshooting, with a few extra iPad-specific things added in to the list.
Others here may just print out various parts of that list in their responses. I prefer instead to direct you to p. 170 of your Guide, in the Tips & Troubleshooting section. The directions there will start you out from the quickest and easiest first step, which will often be all you need to do, all the way to your atomic blast fix of totally restoring the iOS and all contents in your iPad.
You can call AppleCare, and they will probably have you do the same things. Or, you can take it I to a Genius Bar, and they will also go through the same steps. Needless to say, if you work through the whole process without being able to correct your problem, then you've pretty much shot your bolt and will have to start talking to Apple or the app developers for a resolution.