Too bad Apple won't allow you to downgrade your own device, restoring to ios 6 or 7 would probably give you back some usability. Well, you shouldn't really buy an Apple product if you want it to last more than a year and a half anyway... I learned that lesson back when I was having similar problems with my iphone4 once I upgraded to iOS 5.0.1, I switched to Android and have never looked back. I guess I should actually thank Apple as without that 'gotcha' I might still be struggling with their overpriced junk.