Anyone know if iOs11 is compatible with iPad mini 2?

gabstoomuch · ‎03-16-2010

There are some iPads that ios11 does not work well on, but I am not sure if the mini 2 is one of them.

Has anyone put it on iPads yet? I have an iPad Air regular size and heard 11 doesn't work well on that. But my mini is unknown 😏

BirdieGal · ‎12-20-2015

I just bought a new iPad Air. 11 did not work too well because the keyboard kept messing up. Today I updated to 11.3 and it seems to be working better.

I do not like the new keyboard however. Where you can drag the key down to change the character. I find it cumbersome and the character on the top of the keys distracting.

Constantly reinventing the wheel...

GusMo · ‎07-11-2012

I think it depends on how old your iPad mini is. Some of the older models of Apple products can't download/support the newer IOS

gabstoomuch · ‎03-16-2010

It is 2 years old. I think it is running 9.3.

I am a little leery, because Apple does not let you roll back once you update.

Gotta love Apple. (and I do love Apple!), I just do not like their sales tactics. The more they update, more apps begin to fail if you are not updated, and I resent that they force people to get something new (phone, iPad, whatever). Their products are not cheap!

I guess I will wait a bit longer until I have to. I can't see the whole thread now, but at least one person confirmed they have an issue.

itsmagic · ‎08-08-2011

I have an iPad mini 2 that is a couple years old and downloaded the latest iOS 11 and it is working fine. However I also don’t really care for the new keyboard but maybe I just have to get used to it.

apple1964 · ‎08-07-2013

No one was more surprised then me when my old IPad 2 mini updated. The only difference I saw was the play store was completely changed not too many free applications. I was not going to try to update as I said on another forum. I figured the IPad was old so what the heck. Everything else is the same I checked my settings ...No big deal updating and installing it just took a few mintues no problems at all. And it seems to be compatible with the ios11 I am on it now and everything is working the same. I would recommend everyone that has a older IPAD as I do to install nothing will happen.

geezerette · ‎03-16-2010

“iOS 11 compatibility list:

iPhone X

iPhone 8 | iPhone 8 Plus

iPhone 7 | iPhone 7 Plus

iPhone 6S | iPhone 6S Plus

iPhone 6 | iPhone 6 Plus

iPhone SE | iPhone 5S

2017 iPad Pro (12.9-inch) | 2017 iPad Pro (10.5-inch) | 2017 iPad (9.7-inch)

iPad Pro (9.7-inch) | iPad Pro (12.9-inch)

iPad mini 4 | iPad mini 3 | iPad mini 2

iPad Air 2 | iPad Air

iPod touch 6th generation

That means if you're rocking the iPhone 5, iPhone 5C or anything older you can't take advantage of the final iOS 11 release.”

from TechRadar

Some of the older models of Ipad, like mine, will support iOS 11, but not all the new features will work. I can’t do the new Split View, for instance, along with a couple of other things. But other new functions do work.

For those that don’t like the new keyboard, you can disable it and go back to the old keyboard. Go into Settings>General>Keyboard>then turn off “Enable Key Flicks”. The old keyboard comes back, although be aware that in the numbers view and the symbols view the arrangements of both are a little different than before. The letters view remains the same.

apple1964 · ‎08-07-2013

@geezerette wrote:

“iOS 11 compatibility list:

iPhone X
iPhone 8 | iPhone 8 Plus
iPhone 7 | iPhone 7 Plus
iPhone 6S | iPhone 6S Plus
iPhone 6 | iPhone 6 Plus
iPhone SE | iPhone 5S
2017 iPad Pro (12.9-inch) | 2017 iPad Pro (10.5-inch) | 2017 iPad (9.7-inch)
iPad Pro (9.7-inch) | iPad Pro (12.9-inch)
iPad mini 4 | iPad mini 3 | iPad mini 2
iPad Air 2 | iPad Air
iPod touch 6th generation

That means if you're rocking the iPhone 5, iPhone 5C or anything older you can't take advantage of the final iOS 11 release.”
from TechRadar

Some of the older models of Ipad, like mine, will support iOS 11, but not all the new features will work. I can’t do the new Split View, for instance, along with a couple of other things. But other new functions do work.

For those that don’t like the new keyboard, you can disable it and go back to the old keyboard. Go into Settings>General>Keyboard>then turn off “Enable Key Flicks”. The old keyboard comes back, although be aware that in the numbers view and the symbols view the arrangements of both are a little different than before. The letters view remains the same.