iPad 2 and iOS 9

[Brian 244]

Just curious if there is any feedback from users on how iOS 9 is working with the iPad 2?

 

[scifan57]

I still have my iPad 2 and when I update it I'll post here about how it goes.

 

[readyfreddie]

Just curious if there is any feedback from users on how iOS 9 is working with the iPad 2?

It's working great for me! Just took me 2 hours to download, but it's worth it.

 

[scifan57]

I still have my iPad 2 and when I update it I'll post here about how it goes.

I'm doing the update through iTunes right now.

 

[auntyj]

I updated my iPad 2 last night and so far have found no problems at all. Only took about 30 minutes to install.
Hoping there's not some nasty surprise lurking that I haven't stumbled on yet!

 

[scifan57]

I've just finished updating my iPad 2 to iOS 9 and have noticed no problems so far.

 

[scifan57]

Everybody's heard that the new news app is U.S. only for now. I live in Canada so imagine my surprise when I was looking in settings after updating to iOS 9 on my iPad 2.
In iCloud I found a switch for news. I turned it on and the news app icon appeared on my home screen. I opened the app and was able to set it up and start reading news articles. Here are some screenshots for those who have not yet seen the new news app.

None of my other devices have the news app, just my 4 year old iPad 2.

 

[scifan57]

I have noticed that scrolling and swiping between home pages is slightly hesitant, not as smooth as my newer iPads.

 

[Brian 244]

That is weird as I live in Canada as well and have no News option in my iCloud,

 

[scifan57]

That is weird as I live in Canada as well and have no News option in my iCloud,

I've just solved the mystery. I went to Settings>General>Region and my region had somehow been changed to United States without me doing it. Try setting your region to United States and see if you can see and use the News app.

 

[Brian 244]

I've just solved the mystery. I went to Settings>General>Region and my region had somehow been changed to United States without me doing it. Try setting your region to United States and see if you can see and use the News app.

I did switch to US with the same results. Thanks for the info.

 

[scifan57]

I just tried it with my iPad Air 2, it didn't work. News showed up in iCloud but no app appeared on the home screen. When I get the chance I'll try it with my iPad 3 and iPad 4.

 

[n1smo]

Have been running iOS 9 on the iPad 2 for a day and I like it. Seems much smoother than iOS 8 ever was. The only feature missing from the newer machines that I wished it had is Safari native support for ad blockers. But I run Weblock on this machine so no big loss. There was no way the iPad 2 would have been able to handle any of the new multitasking features of iOS 9 due to the lack of horsepower so no big surprises there.


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[Tahoechris]

Mostly I like it save for one really bad feature, (glitch?) when deleting your search history. Instead of just clearing the days history it's wiping all cookies and data without even having an option for just deleting your search history. I'm having to sign back in numerous times and constantly reset my Bing perimeters. Just go to delete your history and you'll see it.

 

[ardchoille]

Mostly I like it save for one really bad feature, (glitch?) when deleting your search history. Instead of just clearing the days history it's wiping all cookies and data without even having an option for just deleting your search history. I'm having to sign back in numerous times and constantly reset my Bing perimeters. Just go to delete your history and you'll see it.

Yeah, I used to use that feature to clear Safari history in iOS 8, which left my cookies and data intact. This feature now clears everything, including cookies and data, in iOS 9. It took me a few instances to figure that out.