Just updated IPad 2 to IOS8 and now have no 3G service have WIFI but not 3G Says No Service at top

I Reverted back to ios 7.1.2. My iPad runs faster and never gets the no service. apple really dropped the apple on this one.

F'ing Apple!!!!! I work in the field and I run my company on an iPad 2. Ever since ios 8, the cell data service still drops (even after updating to latest updates). To get it back, I must hard restart. The restart is also f'd up, requiring about 8 minutes to bring the iPad back up (the apple symbol comes up and then the unit goes black. Hold the power button for several seconds 2 times, and then do it again a third time and the unit comes back on. This never happened and Apple does not seem to give a rats a**. The Microsoft Surface is starting to look good.

Just to make the list of disappointed users longer:

same problem with me, iPad2 drops 3G service randomly, nothing helped so far.

I'm from Germany and my provider is Vodafone.

Please, Apple, give us an update!!!

It didn't work. Thanks Apple. You seem to have plumbed the same depths only Microsoft used to be able to achieve.

Well a half of tank of gas and 5 hours of my day and I now have 2 iPads with ios7.1.2. Running smooth as silk. Good luck to everyone I am freezing my Apple products in time until they no longer work and then I'll look at my options.

How do you get back to IOS 7.1?

right place, right time.

if I had to do it over again I might try and set up as new ipad but not through itunes, not sure it will work but what do you have to lose...?http://ipad.about.com/od/iPad_Guide/ss/How-To-Wipe-Your-iPad-And-Erase-Data.htm

Same problem here. iPad 2 - i0S 8.0.2

Hey trsgmb, how did you manage to revert back to iOS 7.1.2? The link you provided says nothing about this! Apple stopped signing the 7.1.2 version a few days ago and there is now no official way to install it. Please help us. We're in the dark here!

On another note, after a call to Apple's customer center, I might have fixed my iPad. The advisor told me that I was experiencing a faulty update to iOS 8 and that I needed to restore my iPad. I did exactly what he recommended: I connected the iPad to my Mac, went into iTunes, pressed the restore button, the Mac downloaded the iOS 8 from the Internet and installed it fresh on my iPad. Then I set up my iPad as a new device (attention: I did not restore any previous backup!). 1 day and 1 night later, I am no longer experiencing 3G freezes. I now have to reinstall all my apps, but at least 3G seems to be working.

According to the Apple advisor, if you restore your iPad (i.e. perform a factory reset from within the iPad's settings), it apparently does not reinstall the iOS, but rather just wipes all the data and settings. This is why you need to do it through iTunes.

I will keep you posted with my progress.

PLease complain as much as you can on social media. Maybe that will give some pressure on the Apple boys.

When you call them they simply tell you to wait for updates. They have no idea when the update(s) will come. They just ignore their customers. I need my iPad every day for my work!

I went into Apple store, 100 mile drive and a good portion of my day.

I did not try erase all contents and set up as new, seems after further reading that you will still be stuck with ios8 after doing that though. Another thought I had but may or may not work, can a device be restored from back up of someone else running ios7 and manually change settings to your settings after restoring back up? My daughter and mother in law both did not update on advice from me, to wait because I was having so much trouble. So that maybe an optio for someone who has access to a person with ios7, I'm not sure.

I was lucky, like I said right place, right time, but it took up most of my day.

Hello

I've come across something which isn't a fix, but speeds up the process of restoring 3G (given that an IOS8 reboot takes and age and driving back home to plug the F*****g tinto a computer might be inconvenient!)

1) Go to settings

2) Select "icloud:

3) As it connects to your icloud account, 3g seems to re-appear.

This is not a permanent fix, but I've tried it 3 times now and its restored 3g every time. Also hints at the source of the bug maybe? I haven't got iCloud drive activated as I'm waiting for Yosemite, but I wonder .......

Anyway, would love to hear if this works for others!

Ah good! Do you have iCloud drive set as active? I'm wondering if its that....

Apple formal complaint link, worth a try....

http://www.apple.com/feedback/ipad.html