Netgear DG834g-v3 ios 6.0.1 issue?

Question

Hi
This is a bit puzzling
A freind asked me for help with his iPads his & his wifes
They both have 16gb wifi +3g with retina display they dont use the 3g they keep it switched off
After the ios 6.0.1 update they got this mad problem.
When they first turn on their ipads not from sleep but switching on they cant slide to open until the screen goes to sleep, when I looked it seems a though its freezing until the screen goes off, but by pressing the home button it would make the screen turn off then pressing it again you could open it it worked fine after that.
Thing is when they're not using them they power them down to save battery they like the fact the battery lasts for days without charging
I thought a quick reset would do the trick, nope i then did a full reset in iTunes holding the home & power button putting into recovery, nope still didnt fix it as it was both i did them both that didnt solve it either
I sent them up to the local Apple store where they tried this also, they ended up swapping them this fixed the problem for a while
Both iPads they replaced had ios 6,0 on them, his wife updated hers first to 6.0.1 this worked fine but when he updated his the issue returned.
His wifes worked ok for a day then it came back the only difference was when they updated on his wifes one on set up they selected not to use Siri where he did, so we put it back into recovery mode then didnt select Siri on set up but this didnt fix it either
Finally i get to why i think its the router it seems to be freezing while trying to connect to the network its the only thing common to both ipads after the update they didnt restore from any backup or even plug them into itunes
I know its a long one i apologize so thanks for reading
Any help or even ideas greatly appreciated
Thank you

Answer 1

I feel your pain. Since updating to 6.0.1 I've had various problems, like the phone spontaneously rebooting itself when I move home screen icons. But the most egregious is the problem of not being able to be heard by callers. I discovered that if I switched to speaker I was able to be heard.
There was no physical damage to the phone and the Genius said diagnostics showed it was a software problem.  They replaced the phone because no troubleshooting methods worked.  Then with the new phone I had the problem of the app store crashing each time it tried to access Purchases, another software problem.  Apple replaced the phone again.
When the Apple Genius helped me set up the new Phone, I chose to set it up as new and not update the iOS from 6 to 6.0.1.  It has been working without a glitch so far.  I will avoid syncing with iTunes until I'm confident the bugs are worked out of 6.0.1.
Btw this is the 4th iPhone 4s I've had within a year due to defect  Things appear to be going downhill with Apple products.