

In Settings app, General settings panel, turn OFF Background App Refresh for any apps you feel do not need constant data updating/Internet updating in the background when not using the an app OR turn OFF Background App Refreshĭo the same in the Settings app under Notifications.Turn off notifications for apps you do not think you need notifications for and/or edit the different ways you receive notifications to help with performance by not always using all the notification methods together.

IDevices need to always maintain, at the very least, between 2-3 GBs, OR GREATER, of free data storage space. How much free data storage space is left on your iPad? Take a look a my tips here to help optimize performance of your iPad 2. The current YouTube app is STILL compatible with iOS 9.3.5.

Make sure all of your apps are up to date, including YouTube. I use an iPad 2 and the YouTube app works just fine on my iPad 2.
