Q: No Airplay icon on iPad 2.

Trouble-shoot AirPlay

http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4215

http://support.apple.com/kb/ht5209

http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4437

http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4215

 Cheers, Tom

PS Don't double post the same question.

I found this fix from 2010 when someone upgraded their software and ended up loosing Airplay....sounded crazy but totally worked! My airplay icon is back, and working!!

On your iPad, iPhone or iPod touch, navigate to Settings > General > International > Language and change to a different language (e.g. if you are using English, switch to French). The device will go through a language switch/reset process, and your AirPlay icon should be restored.

Next navigate back to Settings > General > International > Language (translated into the new language, of course) and switch back to your original language.

Thank you sooooo much for that solution aellis1519, I have been trying to sort out my own lost icon for weeks now with no luck.

By sheer chance I came across the same question (after discovering this forum) and then I read your reply.

So I tried it and it WORKED...yippee! ...now all I can hope for now is that the wretched thing stays put. lol

worked for me too. Thanks!

Worked for me. Thanks!!

It worked for me too. Thank you so much.

I'm now finding that the icon is 'dropping off the radar' quite regularly, so knowing how to get it back by such simple means is a good thing.

Has anyone else found the same thing is happening to them?

Aellis1519, worked for me also. Thx!!!

aellis1519, you are a genius. All the tech support discussions, product support pages were useless and your seemingly unconnected solution worked! Thank you...and thank you to the person who shared it with you in 2010.

This fixed my iPhone 5 with same problem. Thanks! Wish there was a faster solution though.

This solution worked for me, I had been trying all day to sort this out, Brilliant, thank you!,!!!!

Silly, huh? I unplugged the ATV2, turned off the iPad2, did this language thing...

Presto.

It's there again.

THANKS! Easy fix.

/Michael.

Hi,

Was so hopeful this would resolve my problem with no airplay icon on iPad 2 or iPhone 4S after IOS upgrade and installation of ATV.   Have tried all the recommendations-rebooting the modem and router, unplugging ATV, reboot iPad, iPhone.  ATV has airplay on and all devices set to same network.  Tried the language change trick mentioned above and no luck. - no airplay option/icon showing up on either device.   Downloaded some tv shows using my ATV so Network connection appears to work ok on the ATV setup.   Just can't get my devices to interact with the ATV which was the main reason I installed the ATV.  My router is an AirPort Extreme.

Any other suggestions?  don't know if the latest IOS upgrade caused the problem or not because I wasn't using ATV before the upgrade.   Any help much appreciated.