nothing on my ipad works after I upgraded to ios5

[Kiffy]

I have tried restoring my ipad multiple times over the last 2 days - each time it takes from 6-10 hours, and still nothing works at the end. What the f---?

 

[twerppoet]

A clean restore, or a restore from backup? If the second, try the first.

And what are the symptoms? Won't turn on, crashes a lot, ?

Otherwise it sounds like you might want to give Apple a call. If it's an iPad 2 it should still be under hardware warrantee, and it that's the problem Apple will fixe or replace it.

 

[Kiffy]

Thanks iPad wizard;eventually it all has come back, after many many attempts. Hopefully there won't be the same 'lose your app' problems with this new os. Happy Holidays.

 

[twerppoet]

Glad you got it fixed.

Most future updates for iOS 5 will be delta updates (small patches) that can be done without the computer; so it should be safer. Though it is always a good idea to let the bleeding edge upgraders do a bit of bleeding first; if you're not into risk taking yourself.