Apple released a couple of days ago, the latest version of iOS 9.3 with a large number of functions, although not all of them are available on all devices, as is the case of Night Mode, only compatible with 64-bit chips. As always happens, if there is no rush to update our device the ideal is always to wait and see how the community reacts. In this case, users who have not yet updated to iOS 9.3 on their iPad 2 are in luck, as Apple's support forums are filling with users who are claiming that this update is turning the iPhone into a brick.
According to Apple at the developer conference in which it presented the new iOS 9, those in Cupertino affirmed that this latest version of iOS is would focus on improving performance and consumption of this latest version of iOS, but until Apple has released several updates to iOS 9, performance on older devices has not improved.
iOS 9.3 seems to be causing problems on some iPad 2, not all devices. Once the latest version is installed, the device stays hung up trying to get activated but never gets itas the process fails over and over again for no apparent reason. From Apple's support page, they assure that it is due to the high demand for activations that Apple's servers are supporting, but 24 hours after the launch, the server continues to reject the activation of this device.
Sometimes this problem is solved by connecting the iPad to iTunes for the latter to take care of the activation. If this is not your case, the only possible solution is restore back to iOS 9.3 erasing all the data that is inside, a method that will not be funny to anyone and that leaves the Cupertino in a rather bad place.
iPhone 5s also happened to me. The problem is bigger from what I see
Have you been able to solve your problem with the iPhone 5s? I have the same problem, I restored it from the device, it turns out that it tells me that Apple's activation servers are not available. When pasting the device with iTunes it does not recognize the device therefore I could not do the restoration. Has anyone been able to?
Have you been able to solve your problem with the iPhone 5s? I have the same problem, I restored it from the device, it turns out that it tells me that Apple's activation servers are not available. When pasting the device with iTunes it does not recognize the device therefore I could not do the restoration. Has anyone been able?
It happened to me with my ipad 2 3g ... I've been waiting for hours and nothing even with iTunes ... If I restore I have data that I'm going to lose ...
Have you been able to solve your problem with the iPhone 5s? I have the same problem, I restored it from the device, it turns out that it tells me that Apple's activation servers are not available. When pasting the device with iTunes it does not recognize the device therefore I could not do the restoration. Has anyone been able to?
It is true, it happened to me with iPad Air 2, it was left hanging when entering the key to activate with the iTunes account. Until I plugged it in and it recognized iTunes on the Mac via cable. Spend over an hour trying restarts.
It happened to me with the iPad 2, is there a solution?
My iPad 2 cannot be activated, it has been hours since I updated it and I can not, neither by the device nor by iTunes, if the only solution is to scratch it then I will, I do not want my iPad to remain as a useless device and that stop working
I have the same problem with IPad 2, I contact Mexico and they tell me that they are working but there is still no solution.
I am the same ipad2 tells me that it has a problem with the download server and it no longer lets me restore the ipad2
to all these, what do we do?
If someone could solve it, then let us guide you, thank you
I updated my iPad 2 and the same thing happened to me, is there a solution? My iPhone 5s if it updated successfully.
I restored my 0thGen iPad and my iPhone 4s from 5; and the activation was carried out without any problem, this was from Monday.
And today, being Wednesday, I updated my girlfriend's iPhone and the activation was carried out successfully.
I don't know if the problem is if they update via OTA but if they update with their respective .IPSW through iTunes, I am sure they will not have problems, also it is always advisable to update from scratch so as not to drag problems from the previous version.
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How did you update without problem? the restore process of my iphone was not complete. Did you download ios 9.3 from itunes and there you proceeded to update the iphone 5s?
All my devices updated and perfectly activated except my iPAD 2, impossible to activate it. I'll try iTunes and tell you about it. Now to put up with the jokes of the android and above they will not lack reason, in short ... we go backwards instead of forwards
It happened to me the same day that Apple released the update, first I updated my iPhone 5 without any problem, everything was perfect then I tried to update my iPad 2 3G 64 gb and when I finished it told me that I could not verify it SOLUTION: put it in recovery mode connect it to iTunes restore and update already works perfect that yes I erase everything but well better that than to run out of iPad
clever! I had to download the ios 9.3 from itunes and connect the device to the computer to restore it
I'm the same It does not activate iPod 2 or connecting it to iTunes, nor does it allow me to restore it. In chat with Apple support they referred me to a phone in the US
With the iPad Air, I had a VPN, a server in Germany, virtual, of course, being in Spain, and it didn't let me update: disable the VPN, and update to 9.3. Is this your problem?
Mariela, but when restoring you lose your data and programs from your iPad 2 or not? Answer me because here in Venezuela the same thing happens with the iPad 2 that do not activate after installing iOS 9.3
I currently have my iPhone 5 as a brick since I updated it via ota and now when I try to activate it it tells me that the sim is not valid and it does not activate. Has it happened to someone ????
I think that if the affected users, because of iOS 9.3, we will have to sue,
if Apple does not allow to recover the devices blocked by iOS 9.3. Let us
to Apple for a few hours to see if they solve this terrible bug, they are also human and
they are wrong. And do not forget, that the Genius Steve Jobs is not. That's why what happened happened
with iOS 9.3.
They have already solved especially ipad 2 3 g wifi, you have to restore with i tunes
how to restore the problem with itune please help
I was able to solve my activation of the ipad 2, they guided me very well from apple support, gia chat and later by phone, I had to restore to zero, but at least it works, so it is important to make a backup before each update
Hello, how is it restored if itunes does not recognize the ipad 2, it does not let me activate it in any way
It doesn't recognize me either ...
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NOTE: YOU HAVE TO RESTORE FROM ITUNES THEN UPDATE TO THE PREVIOUS IOS AND IN CASE YOU HAVE A BACKUP COPY YOU WILL KEEP YOUR DATA. IT'S SUPER SIMPLE. GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE !
In my case they have managed to get me to switch to Android after years of buying only Apple. I already have my Samsung S2 tablet and it goes like a cannon. No more Apple please.
I am at the limit of supporting that after an update for an iPad that is from Apple, I have to enter ID and password data again ... why, it does not make sense if it is for this same computer. It has also got stuck with the new update and I can't activate and even less use my computer !!!!!!!!! Aggggggggggggggggggggggg
I had the same problem and when updating the ipad2 and restoring it I delete the information from the shared ipad now how do I recover the information from that ipad ???
You have to follow the steps described in Apple support.
https://support.apple.com/es-us/HT206214
honestly I have been 2 months and apple does not give a solution, their support is very bad and the worst solutions ask me for the invoice and my ipad I bought it about 3 years ago that little I think I will never use apple again
my ipad 3 tells me impossible to activate ipad. I tried to connect to itunes and it gives me error 0xe8000001. How do I use it, I already have a day without use.