CAN THE IPAD 2ND GENERATION BE UPGRADED OR UPDATED

Before we can tell you whether it can be upgraded or not, we need to know some things about the iPad.

Go into Settings, then General, then About, and post the model number, and the version number that appear there.

This will tell us specifically what iPad it is and what iOS it is running. From there we can tell you if it can be updated and to what it can be updated specifically.

With that said, the maximum iOS version an actual iPAd 2 can run is iOS 9.3.5 which should be sufficient at this time to run most games and software available in the App store.

No. It is not upgradable beyond iOS9

You can trade it in, however at an apple store you will simply get 10% of the original cost. At other places you may get a bit more, you'd need to shop around.

Wont be a lot but better than nothing.

If its an actual iPad 2, you need to make sure you have your friend disable Find my Phone with his Apple ID and password and make sure your friend has de-activated/de-authorised this iPad from his Apple ID and password or else you will run into iOS Activation Lock?

I am not sure if iOS 4.2 had Activation Lock or not, but if it does, you will never, EVER be able to use this iPad 2 with your own Apple ID and password.

If you get this iPad 2 to work with your own Apple ID and password, you will need a computer running the latest version of iTunes to connect the iPad 2 to in order to upgrade the iPad 2 to iOS 9.3.5.

You can upgrade this iPad 2 to iOS 9.3.5 and see how it works and if it would work satisfactory for you!

Some, not all iPad 2 models had issues running iOS 9.3.5

And since this iPad is to be spared all of the iOS upgrades past, that iPad 2 may just run AOK on iOS 9.3.5 with still some system mods after the fact!

Good Luck to You!

Are you sure that this iPad is an iPad 2?

Does it have a camera lens on the front and back of the iPad?

Hi

No the hardware & cpu cannot run any higher update.

Cheers

Brian