I'd think they would prefer for their devices to work as intended. EG, upgrading to iOS 8 on other devices seems to break traditional iCloud document syncing forcing an upgrade. People care about features as well, which is indicated by the number of people who upgrade every year. People also care about security, which is often neglected in older iOS releases.
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Should I update my ipad2 to iOS 8
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I'd think they would prefer for their devices to work as intended. EG, upgrading to iOS 8 on other devices seems to break traditional iCloud document syncing forcing an upgrade. People care about features as well, which is indicated by the number of people who upgrade every year. People also care about security, which is often neglected in older iOS releases.
And still being sold, I believ!
It's just okay with a clean install. Frustrating lag in Safari with lots of tabs open, and some of the other symptoms I see here, but okay a lot of the time. But okay is a little disappointing, ya know?
My iPad 2 was painfully slow, almost unusable with iOS 8 and 8.1, but then I wiped it clean and started over, reinstalling apps manually, and leaving a lot more empty space on it. The difference is night and day. It works great now.
We have two ipad 2s in the house and both seem to be running fine with the latest OS. We did do a complete safari cache clear, a reset network settings, and made sure that unused features were truly turned OFF since upgrading the OS seems to turn things ON that you don't want.
Weird...but ours are running fine.
Weird...but ours are running fine.
Same experience with those saying they wiped everything and started from scratch. iPad 2 working great with latest release. Very pleasant surprise.
I did a clean install and started from scratch and within a week it was slow. I did a reset all settings the a week ago, and its a lot better. Animations still stutter at times, and safari and mail are slower than iOS 7 and sometimes third party apps seem to have a pause after pressing the icon.
With 8.1.1, stuttering, slow wi-fi and Safari lags are all gone. My iPad 2 is working like a champ now....
8.1.1 is not back to 7.1.2 speeds, but there is less stuttering, less keyboard lag, safari works better, less instability and fluidity. Some apps seem a little faster.
I watched a video of a 4S on Beta 1 of 8.2, compared to a 4S on 8.1.1 and there was a marked improvement, so fingers crossed that improvement translates into an improvement on the iPad 2!
I watched a video of a 4S on Beta 1 of 8.2, compared to a 4S on 8.1.1 and there was a marked improvement, so fingers crossed that improvement translates into an improvement on the iPad 2!
Some people swear the iPhone 4 runs great on iOS7 too. It's all subjective. Whilst it may 'run fine' it will also be running significantly slower.