diff --git a/js/angular/controller/slideBoxController.js b/js/angular/controller/slideBoxController.js
index f4bc4dc850..ed628b511c 100644
--- a/js/angular/controller/slideBoxController.js
+++ b/js/angular/controller/slideBoxController.js
@@ -66,6 +66,45 @@ function(scope, element, $$ionicAttachDrag, $interval, $rootScope, $timeout) {
   self.onDrag = onDrag;
   self.onDragEnd = onDragEnd;
 
+  /** DEPRECATED METHODS **/
+  self.update = deprecated.method(
+    '$ionicSlideBoxDelegate.update() has been deprecated! Slidebox updates on its own now.',
+    console.warn,
+    angular.noop
+  );
+  self.currentIndex = deprecated.method(
+     '$ionicSlideBoxDelegate.currentIndex() has been deprecated! Use self.selected() instead.',
+     console.warn,
+     self.selected
+  );
+  self.slide = deprecated.method(
+     '$ionicSlideBoxDelegate.slide(newIndex[, speed]) has been deprecated! Use self.select(newIndex[, speed]) instead.',
+     console.warn,
+     self.select
+  );
+  self.slidesCount = deprecated.method(
+     '$ionicSlideBoxDelegate.slidesCount has been deprecated! Use self.slidesCount() instead.',
+     console.warn,
+     self.count
+  );
+  self.slidesCount =
+  self.stop = deprecated.method(
+    '$ionicSlideBoxDelegate.stop() has been deprecated! Use $ionicSlideBoxDelegate.autoPlay(0) to stop instead.',
+    console.warn,
+    function() {
+      self._stoppedInterval = self.autoPlayInterval;
+      self.autoPlay(0);
+    }
+  );
+  self.start = deprecated.method(
+    '$ionicSlideBoxDelegate.start() has been deprecated! Use $ionicSlideBoxDelegate.autoPlay(newInterval) to start instead.',
+    console.warn,
+    function() {
+      self.autoPlay(self._stoppedInterval);
+    }
+  );
+
+
   // ***
   // Public Methods
   // ***
@@ -109,6 +148,7 @@ function(scope, element, $$ionicAttachDrag, $interval, $rootScope, $timeout) {
   }
 
   function autoPlay(newInterval) {
+    self.autoPlayInterval = newInterval;
     $interval.cancel(self.autoPlayTimeout);
 
     if (angular.isNumber(newInterval) && newInterval > 0) {
@@ -216,8 +256,9 @@ function(scope, element, $$ionicAttachDrag, $interval, $rootScope, $timeout) {
     // If one of the child nodes was destroyed but not yet removed
     // from the DOM, we'll enqueue a new digest to re-check
     // once the element is actually removed.
+    var slideScope;
     for (var i = 0; i < slideNodes.length; i++) {
-      if (angular.element(slideNodes[i]).scope().$$destroyed) {
+      if ( (slideScope = angular.element(slideNodes[i]).scope()) && slideScope.$$destroyed) {
         $timeout(angular.noop);
         break;
       }