iPad 2 keeps crashing rebooting after ios 8 update

This is a continuing problem for my iPad. No such problem with iPhone of iMac. I cannot encourage others to buy an iPad even as this graduation period begins. I'm afraid iPad sales will continue to plunge.... What about the Galaxy which Costco provides?

Mr. Charming:

I've heard conflicting reports regarding the soon-to-be-implemented iOS 9.0. Some say it will fix many anomalies suffered by the older devices, such as iPad 2. Others suggest that it won't even be recognized by the A5, and therefor inaccessible to iPad 2 users. What say you; any news?

Fantastic! My iPad Air had gone into a recycle mode when I could only get the Apple logo on the screen and eventually with a quick red flash the screen would go black and then recycle to the Apple logo. Nothing would get it out of this mode except this solution. It appears to be something to do with recharging from a power point and not via the Macbook. After having left it to recharge for a few hours the screen went to the Apple logo etc etc.... Now I am updating via iTunes and waiting to see what happens next.

I'd be a bit afraid to update to a 9.0 since Im still getting rebooting and freezes after going to 8. Are there any iPads out there that do work...normally. No problem with the iMac or the iPhone 6+ just the iPad technology which is the problem....iPad 3. Is this similar on the other tablets out there....any recommendations?

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Just advising that my iPad 2 which was fully functional with 8.2 (despite being slow) has discovered the reboot spam since updating to 8.3. I have tried all the suggested ways to power down the iPad including the DFU and no luck, it won't break out of the reboot cycling .... if reboots so repeatedly I can't even reliably power it down.

I dread attempting a Genius store visit but I am also angry that an iPad 2 that worked its now no better than a table mat.

I will attempt a revert to a previous iOS using the content of http://www.ipswdownloader.com/download-ipad-ipsw-files.php before trying the teenagers at the local Genius store.

I'm very frustrated with this, this iphone 5s product bought is brand new and ever since I updated it to 8.3 it keeps on restarting and restarting and restarting. I'm getting very very frustrated. I don't know if I should bring it to Apple Customer Support or something, they may just charge with an unreasonable price for checking it.

My iPhone 6+ is working quite well while my iPad continues to reboot in the am with about 20 minutes of the white Apple ghost of death on the screen....no answer I guess but am looking for "alternatives" that work.

Well the solution was an exchange for a new/refurbished iPad air of exactly the same spec as the failed one. I visited and Apple store and was told the red flash was an indication of a hardware failure and not a SW anomaly. The only possibility was to part exchange and get another iPad at a discounted price from new but with only a 90 day warranty! Buy a new iPad in Europe and I get a 2 year warranty. It just doesn't figure! Anyway I am addicted to the iPad and use it more than my MacBook. So it had to be done. At only a cost of time and money.