ipad 2 upgrade to iOS9 failed and destroyed my iPad

Thank you so much for the link. If you follow the steps, it works like magic. I t is VERY IMPORTANT to have ios 8.4.1, in my case using the ipad 2. It is now clear to me that you cannot upgrade from earlier ios ver to ver 9 without getting into trouble...

I had to force a restore to factory settings which recovered my Ipad still using IOS 9. However, I cannot connect my Ipad to ITunes to restore my backup of apps etc as I receive an error "my Ipad does not have the latest version of ITunes". As the Ipad has IOS 9 loaded I would assume I have the latest version of ITunes but I cannot find a way of knowing what to do. On the Ipad I have ITunes store as an app and no way that I can see to upgrade it.

I also became the victum of IOS 9 on my iPad. My iPad was completely wiped out. Tried rebooting 5 times and connected to iTunes, nothing! I can't believe Apple's poor job on this.

Hi. I have the same problem, did you get your ipad working ye?

you can try to restore. but it did not work for me. my ONLY option is to wait. I tried for 6 hours - no joy. Let's hope it is soon.

Oh, so sorry. I have a 2012 Mac and updated iTunes. At least your devices are up and running. You can have up to five computers with iTunes authorized to your Apple ID (I think, check Apple's site for details). Maybe you have another computer with an updated system that can install iTunes and you can sync them that way. Meantime, perhaps you can back to the cloud until then. 😕 Somewhere there is a published list of supported Windows versions.

Tried this multiple times and still get the same issue - cannot get past the 'plug into iTunes' message!

Hi There,

I did it today. I restored it like a new one using the last version of iTunes 12.3. I lost all my data but now it is working again. I had to set up again as a new Ipad 2. The most strange thing is that the version of my iPad now is iOS 9.

Regards

It took a lot of trial and error, but I was ultimately able to fix this. Here's how:

-Follow the instructions on this web page to put the iPad into recovery mode: If you can't update or restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support

-When given the option in iTunes, chose "set up as new iPad" (do not choose "restore from backup" - this didn't work for me).

When this process was finished, I had iOS9 on my iPad with none of my apps or data. From within iTunes, you then have to specify what apps and data you want to sync with the iPad. Yes, you're starting from scratch, but at least you have a functional device.

Thank you so much! This finally worked, I tried to restore with iTunes and iCloud so many times but it just wouldn't work.

This worked! Thanks for the post

I had issues upgrading and my iPad 2 from 4.3.3 to iOS9 and it got stuck in recovery mode (connect to iTunes logos with the usb). I tried every reboot, restart, change cables, change computers, etc. suggestion and nothing would get it out of the recovery mode. I would connect to iTunes and click upgrade and/or restore and every time I would get an error in iTunes saying error code 9. I finally found this tool and it was able to get my iPad 'unstuck' in recovery mode. Either search the web for REIBOOT or go to copy this and remove the spaces "w w w . tenorshare . c o m /products/reiboot. h t m l"

Still no luck with the upgrade though.

I have exactly the same problem on my 3rd generation IPad.

If you have an issue, please be so kind as to spell it out. This thread is 5 pages long, so to try to figure out which of the various reported problems you are having is just too time-consuming. If you list your issues, and provide information about any troubleshooting you have done, then we may be able to help.

Cheers,

GB