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  1. Rainings

    iPad Successfully refurbished iPad 2 into mint condition

    Hi new user here, I have been reading news from this forum for a long time and finally register an account to share my experience fixing the old iPad2. tldr; I will not recommend anyone to do it, it is extremely tedious and tiring, opening up the iPad, cleaning, source the correct parts etc...
  2. star-affinity

    iPad Get hold of purchased iPad apps (iPad 2) no longer on the App Store?

    Hi! On the iPad 2 I have the passcode was forgotten and the iPad eventually had to be restored to factory settings, erasing all the data on it. I didn't set up a backup for this iPad 2 since I was thinking it's a device the kids could use every now and then. I've no realized there were some old...
  3. Giuanniello

    iPad iOS 8.xx to 9.xx - what would I loose?

    My old iPad 2 is nothing else than an ornament, I mainly used it to read ebooks I would store on my Mac through the iBooks app and upload on the iPod with iTunes. All of a sudden I realized a lot of free space on my iPad and all the books gone, also found out that iTunes would not allow synch...
  4. GeeHendo

    iPad logs, is enrolled in MDME... but definitely shouldn’t be!!

    Posted this on Apple support 2 weeks ago but I’ve heard zero back... am running 11.2.6. Noticed something odd in my logs when trying to investigate why my iPad had been running REALLY slowly on a fresh install... just concerned what the following might mean? This is has always been a...
  5. CoronaOrange

    Resolved Help please: transfer/recover all photos from iPad 2 (2011)

    Bought my Mam a new iPad (5th Gen, A1822, 2017) and wanted to transfer all her photos (thousands of photos, nearly 9 GB) to it from an iPad 2 (A1396, 2011). Problem: Neither restoring from a current Backup via iTunes (Windows10 Laptop) nor extracting photos with an additional software show and...
  6. belkinkunal

    iPad2 9.3.5 "Activation error" (32GB, GSM)

    I am unable to activate iPad2 (32GB, GSM) factory unlocked. I have attempted several steps as below: http://techbakbak.com/updating-ios-93-solve-ipad-2-activation-error-update/ apple UK support (force restore, etc) to force update and/or force restore with 9.3.5 ipsw File name...
  7. S

    Airplay still an issue. Iphone 5s, Ipad 2 will not play video to my Apple TV. Only sound comes over

    Airplay still an issue. Iphone 5s, Ipad 2 will not play video to my Apple TV. Only sound comes over. This includes all video, including video I shot on my iphone, so no copyright issues here, or third party applications causing the problem. This used to work seamlessly, but some time with all...
  8. HunterCupp

    Downgrading iPad 2 to iOS 6

    Hello all, I am generally good at things like this but I have had the utmost trouble attempting to downgrade my iPad 2 from the horribly sluggish iOS 9x-whatever back to the what I remember to be incredibly smooth and impressive iOS 6. I have gone through numerous tutorials, via redsn0w and...
  9. tomowl

    iPad 2 Wi-Fi + 3G won't activate after update to 9.3

    As the title says, my iPad 2 won't activate and when I connect it to my MacBook it says I need to contact Apple or go to a Genius Bar. Anyone else having this issue? I'm assuming this is on Apple's end as well? Thanks for any help/replies. Edit: Spoke with Apple and they pretty much said their...
  10. B

    iPad 2,iOS9.2.1 AppSwitcher Problem

    hi there, since the update to 9.2.1 i got a problem with the app switcher on my iPad2. The double click on the home button normally shows the used apps in liitle windows with content. Now some windows are blank (for example: settings window) with no content. Of course tabbing on the blank...
  11. Giuanniello

    iPad iOs 9.x iPad2 anybody?

    We have got 3 iPad2 home and all running iOs8.x, it is smooth enough, no big complaints but was wondering if worth the pain upgrading to iOs9.x, did anybody upgrade? I seem to know there is no way to then downgrade shouldn't I like how the 9 performs and as such am not gonna risk, would...