I have the "checker boarding" stuff going on big time but usually only when I'm on Facebook. So hopefully iOS 5 will repair that??

Originally Posted by anmanwar

I have the "checker boarding" stuff going on big time but usually only when I'm on Facebook. So hopefully iOS 5 will repair that??

Yeah, it will repair the checkerboard issue

iPad 2 owner

Correct me if I'm wrong (no doubts, I'm sure ) but the checkerboarding isn't the problem, it's a symptom of the problem. The checkerboarding is iOS telling you that it hasn't finished loading the page you're looking at. iOS5 may replace the checkerboarding, but unless it has some way to make pages load faster, it won't solve the underlying situation.

OK, hold up. The "checkerboard" is an indication that all your iPad memory is in use and Safari is therefore needing to do a lot of memory management.

THIS IS EASILY SOLVED.

You just need to close all of the apps which are currently backgrounded and filling the memory.

To do this, double tap the home button. Then hold down on the first icon in the switcher bar which appears until the icons start to wiggle. Then just close ALL the apps in there by clicking on the little cross by each one. This will completely clear out your iPad memory and I assure you the checkerboard will be gone if you reload the page in Safari...

Hope that helps.

Ahhh, I'm not the OP, but thank you! Note (again, correct if wrong): rebooting the iPad does not close apps, the ones in memory before will reload (???). That seems to be what I'm seeing with a memory/process monitoring app.