iPad 2 running iOS 9.0.1, and is almost useless now except for reading. Is there any way to go back to iOS 6, 7 or 8 even? If not, I had no idea I was paying so much money for a disposable device and will not do so again.
iPad 2, iOS 5
Have you tried a hard reset of your iPad by holding down both the Home and sleep/wake buttons simultaneously until your iPad goes to black and restarts with Apple logo, then release the buttons?
Yes, I have. Switching from one app to another is very slow. The keyboard hesitates popping up and typing, and it needs a few seconds to catch up with typing. Even switching from one tab to another is bad. It reloads pages and takes forever. I use Gmail and it takes a while for that to open, and now it even freezes regularly. Facebook takes a very long time to open. That's some of the issues my iPad has now.
I have deleted games for my grandchildren and myself, just to free up space, in case that was an issue. I think I'll restore it and see what happens. I don't have anything to loose at this point.
To restore:
Please follow the instructions in the article below. The process is rather straight forward as iTunes will guide you along the way. You will have to disable Find my iPhone/iPad first. Don't forget to set it back to On when you are through and also set Send Last Location to ON.
Connect your device to your computer. Then import all your photos from the device to the computer and copy all important documents directly to your computer as well. Then do a full backup to iTunes, just follow the instructions below. Then select Restore iPhone/iPad and iTunes will install a fresh copy of the current iOS and will erase all your data and settings. After iTunes has installed a fresh copy of the iOS, it will ask you if you want to set your device as New or restore from Backup. Choose From Backup. Restoring from backup will bring back all your Settings, Apps, Photos on Camera Roll, etc. You should not lose anything.
After completion check to see if works. There is a possibility that restoring from the backup may bring back some system/app corruption. If this occurs (unlikely) you would have to start over again, set it up as New and install all Apps manually (a time consuming process). You would also lose your photos and documents so it is important to back them up first as I mentioned above. I have done this procedure many times in the past and restored from backup with no difficulties - it takes 30-50 minutes.
Is there any way to downgrade useless iPad 2?
