Will an iPad 2 be upgradable to iOS 8?

To be on the safe side, it is a very good idea to check these forums for problems occurring on older devices with any new upgrade. If your device is working properly with an older version, it is sometimes wiser not to upgrade. No one is forcing you to do so.

Agree, i should have remembered that, however, a word of caution from Apple would have been appreciated. Particularly for IPad2. It is not that ios 8 has a single problem, it has multiple and major issues. And from what i read, it is not limited to older devices.

I do agree that a word of caution from Apple would be a good idea. Older devices often do not have the hardware to keep up with the latest and greatest. I also suspect that the individual's device configuration and the particular Apps they run add to the issue. My best advice--when in doubt wait, and check the forums for problems before upgrading. Your iPad will continue to run just as it always has and maybe we will see fewer of these threads on the forum. I do think Apple should warn that new updates may not be successful on all older devices. This from someone who still runs IOS 6 on her iPad 2 and successfully upgraded her iPad Air.

Another thing I always do before a major upgrade is to go through my apps and delete any that I don't regularly use. They can always be re downloaded after the upgrade. This might help eliminate some, but certainly not all the problems people are having.

Bonjour,

can van you tell me if anyone receive any news from Apple service? I tried to communicate with them without any success. I upgraded my IPad 2 with the IOS 8.02 and i have still have fees problems. In term of service forget the name of Apple because they are not there. A lot of discussions but no solution. I was ready to buy the new IPhone 6 but not anymore.Any smartphone will be better.

Agree...it would be nice however if Apple would NOT have the new iOS show up in "Settings" for "Software Update" with an alert if the software update won't work with that unit! This feels like a half-baked scheme to force the purchase of a new tablet, and if I end up needing one, I can tell you that after purchasing quite a few Apple products, there will be no more. I will NOT buy Apple again! Right now it seems that everything is focused on iPhone 6 (and now the new iPad coming) and the **** with the older products. THAT is not customer service - just the opposite. I just wish Apple would allow us to return to 7.12.

Mine is completely dead. I have a black screen with a white apple that is it!!!! kills the battery in a couple of hours and will not connect to PC. Worked perfectly before this update. iPad 2 64 GB perfect condition. Very Sad

WE are on the same page. I am a software eng. and i absolutely know better. The message for IOS8 popped in front of me and without thinking i clicked on it, i guess i trusted a bit more because it is Apple. Oh well, Lesson learned.

I have an iPad2 64GB in excellent condition. The 8.0.2 update totally killed my iPad2 it cannot do anything. Stuck in perpetual Black Screen White Apple tries to reboot but fails. a completely charged battery dies in ONE hour.

Bonjour à toi aussi,

i did not hear back from Apple either. My hope is that they are too busy fixing all the bugs in IOS 8 and have no time to spare before releasing .03 to us that will resolve all our current issues with IPad2. i am the perpetual optimist 😁

I hear that instead of having iOS 8.0.3 ... that you're going to see iOS 8.1 next ... :-) ...

Don't do it!!!!. I updated my husbands ipad 2 with ios 8 and now his programs crash, my camera wont work in my software. Everything is sluggish. USELESS, I called apple and they had me do a complete restore as a new ipad and download the programs from scratch. everything is still crashing and they told me I have a hardware problem, they could try to repair it or I just needed to purchase a new ipad. Why didnt apple just tell people with a ipad 2 they cant update to ios 8 instead of killing a working ipad. I have purchased alot of apple products since they started, ipad, ipad min, macbook pro, desktop, iphone, ipod nano, ipod to name a few. But I think I am done purchasing apple products after this. I feel ripped off.

I would almost sell my soul to undo this terrible update! My iPad 2 is almost dead!

I'm so unhappy! All I want is a downgrade.

Restore it to the "new" condition ... a factory default reset and don't restore your data just yet (from your backup). See how it operates as a "brand new machine" from Apple. That will give you a baseline of operation for iOS 8.0.2.

nitewish wrote:

I would almost sell my soul to undo this terrible update! My iPad 2 is almost dead!

I'm so unhappy! All I want is a downgrade.

What have you tried to resolve these issues?

Try these basic troubleshooting steps:

1. Reset the iPad. Hold down the home and power/sleep buttons until the Apple Logo shows up.

If this does not solve the issues:

2. Reset Settings. Settings->General->Reset->Reset all Settings. The iPad Should reboot.

If this still does not fix the issues

3. Restore the iPad to Factory Condition. This should refresh the iOS installation and is known to clear out many bugs and glitches.

Use iTunes to restore your iOS device to factory settings