iOS 8.3 a disaster

8.3 upgrade killed my iPad Air 2. It's about 6 weeks old, having been updated from an iPad 1 with hundreds of apps. When 8.3 install finished it went into a restart loop, asking for my password and such, showing the home screen for 1/2 second, then starting again. Per Apple site, I put it in recovery mode and reinstalled the update. Same behavior. Then I did a factory reset and tried to restore from the only backup (which was created in the midst of this fiasco) and was told the backup was correct. Back to rebuilding the iPad from scratch. Be warned.

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Posted on Apr 8, 2015 4:22 PM

37 replies

Apr 8, 2015 4:49 PM in response to deggie

i find OTA is hit or miss...itunes ALWAYS WORKS FOR ME. The OTA download is 293ish MB...while the iTunes one was 1.83 gigs...leading me to believe its a patchwork update

deggie

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Apr 8, 2015 4:50 PM in response to ChazThePhoenix

I've never had a problem with a delta OTA update. Knock on digitally rendered wood.

Newstech Author

Level 1

9 points

Apr 9, 2015 6:19 AM in response to Demo

Demo: I usually ignore typos, but I laughed at your comment about rebuking the iPad. I am rebuilding it and at the same time repeatedly rebuking it. 😉

Csound1

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Apr 9, 2015 6:20 AM in response to ChazThePhoenix

ChazThePhoenix wrote:

i find OTA is hit or miss...itunes ALWAYS WORKS FOR ME.

And how many times is that?

Apr 9, 2015 6:22 AM in response to deggie

deggie wrote:

I've never had a problem with a delta OTA update. Knock on digitally rendered wood.

Neither have I.

zujojo

Level 1

19 points

Apr 9, 2015 6:22 AM in response to Newstech

That is very surprising! You should visit an Apple Retail Store. Then, go to the Genius Bar. They can solve anything.😎

Apr 12, 2015 1:37 PM in response to Newstech

any luck getting your iPad working again? I upgraded to 8.3 this morning and have the exact same issue. My Air2 is also only 4 weeks old.

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iOS 8.3 a disaster