Bugwigs, yes, this works for me, too. Just select "Settings" on the Home page, then select "iCloud" and wait for 6 to 10 seconds. I have been using this for weeks, and it always works. However, "No Service" returns within a few hours, or maybe the next day.
For everyone else, please don't believe everything the Apple Store Geniuses say to you. They are very good at the things they have been specifically trained on, but they are just as weak-minded as anyone when they start speaking from their "common sense knowledge" of how things should be. On multiple occasions over the years I have been told things by the geniuses that were simply incorrect. Recently, at the North Park store in Dallas, Texas, a group of three, including the senior local expert, conferred together and agreed upon answering my question about Airport Time Capsule with something that was absolutely wrong. I suspected they were wrong, so I checked into it further before acting on their "facts." Good that I did, for I saved myself a lot of money and headaches.
If a genius tells you that the problem is with your iPad 2, and that nothing is wrong with IOS 8.x, he is not getting that from knowledgeable Apple techs. He is only making that assumption, based upon his amazing experience. I can assure you that Apple is not sending that message down the pipe to the local store geniuses. And the last thing any genius is going to easily volunteer is "I really don't know anything about this."
