How do I upgrade my IPad 2 to IOS 5.1?
Is it worth it?

I installed on my MK1 iPad purley because it said battery life had been improved. To be honest, I've not noticed much difference. I've had Safari crash out a few times but no more than the original iOS5 upgrade brought about.

It'd be nice if there was a way of removing all the crap for the iPad 2 that can't be used on the 1 to make it a bit more streamlined. The battery life thing sucks arse though. How I remember the days of it lasting nearly a week rather than a handful of hours.

Purchased an IPAD 2 last week. Received the IOS upgrade on Friday. Since then I can only connect to the Itunes store one out of three attempts. Customer experience to date with this product suggests that my relationship with Apple is at an end.

I upgraded my iPad 1st generation 64gb the other day and its the worse thing i have done now.
Since the update i cannot Stream Over WI-Fi no films or Tv Series from my western digital My book live
I have over 1000gb worth of films & Tv Series on my Western Digital Drive which i watch everyday and
now iam unable to watch any of it i also tried to restore it a previous back up all i get is 5.1 software it
was working fine on 5.0.1 i won't be upgrading to the latest software next time once bitten twice shy

Originally Posted by iain1970

I installed on my MK1 iPad purley because it said battery life had been improved.

In case you did not know, the biggest drain on the battery is the screen brightness. If you have it on full even a brand new iPad won't get anywhere near the advertised 9-10 hours. When indoors 1/3 screen brightness looks pretty good, and will almost double your battery ife.

Originally Posted by twerppoet

In case you did not know, the biggest drain on the battery is the screen brightness. If you have it on full even a brand new iPad won't get anywhere near the advertised 9-10 hours. When indoors 1/3 screen brightness looks pretty good, and will almost double your battery ife.

Thanks, obvious when you think about it but I had not, great suggestion!

I especialize in obvious.

I updated to 5.1 hours ago. So far there is no problem.

I am using Verizon mifi 4G I have tried many times during day and evening to update and all I get is "An error occured while checking for software update". I am using ipad to update. Won't have access to my computer until I get home in a few weeks. I have updated before even the 5.0 update using the mifi with no problems. Any suggestions?

since upgrading to 5.1 via wifi my iPad and iPad 2 have problems,
slow surfing, video does not work, YouTube plus other sites.
how can I uninstall 5.1 and reinstall iOS 5 or sort the problem.
I have tried, reboot router, hard shutdown,reboot iPads, deleted iCloud.