IPad 2

[B74A]

I agree with what has been said endlessly. Fine if you don't want to let users downgrade, but don't be so annoying to update. I have both my iPad and my iPhone on iOS 9 and the daily pop ups are annoying. They should give me the chance to at least stay on earlier versions without bothering me, if you don't want to let me downgrade.

I admire your strength. I lasted for a few months but finally gave in, when the phones started to become buggy in some ways. My wife has an iPhone 7 and things started not working well (like calendars and such).

Steve, where ARE you, Apple NEEDS you back to rid the federation of the dark forces

 

[FeliApple]

I admire your strength. I lasted for a few months but finally gave in, when the phones started to become buggy in some ways. My wife has an iPhone 7 and things started not working well (like calendars and such).

Steve, where ARE you, Apple NEEDS you back to rid the federation of the dark forces

You are saying that the phone started to bug on iOS 9? Also, I see why you would get tired of the popups. I had trouble -as I said before- with every single iOS update (I also said before that it might be due to my really slow Wi-Fi) and it caused devices to be extremely laggy, apps crashed, also -and this is more personal than a bug- I liked the iOS 6 design far more than the iOS 7< ones. iOS 10 is the worst of all imo. I would love to revert to iOS 6 on my iPad 4 but at least (and it is not the same, I would prefer it on my iPad) I kept it on my iPod Touch 5G.

 

[bufffilm]

Although almost off-topic, it's really not. Because all these downgrading desires are most of the time due to just that: Apple deliberately offering (or even nagging) to update to something they know will almost brick the phone. Let's call it snail or turtle the phone. In reality, most iOS devices are close to useless if you keep updating them.

What Apple could have (should have) done is stopping updates to older devices at an earlier stage - or at least make it an option with a warning, rather than a recommendation to update.

My iPad 2 has that little "1" on the the settings icon, reminding there is iOS 9.3.5 waiting for me. Well, that little "1" will remind me to be careful NOT to update.

No fruit is perfect, and this part of the Apple has a rotten dent. Jobs would turn in his grave if he knew.

As for the ipad 2 getting iOS 9...Apple kinda had to do this.

They promised a segment of adopters back in 2011 that they would support it for 5 years. And they did.

But be careful what you wish for...it sometimes has consequences.

 

[gobikerider]

i bought my iPad 2 in 2011, it cost a fortune and I've always trusted the upgrades recommended by Apple. I'm on 9.3.5 I think. The machine is a sad reflection of what it was, it's so slow and unpredictable that I just think I should throw it away. Are there any magic bullets?

You should be grateful it lasted this long. Look at any comparable Android Tablet at the time they didn't last even half the amount of time. The iPad 2 is pretty impressive considering it's running 2015 OS on 2011 hardware. As for improving the speed, have you tried a factory Restore through iTunes.
[doublepost=1489593103][/doublepost]You should be upgrading to a new iPad as they have become immensely more capable.