iOS 9.3 on an iPad 2 == Bricked iPad
First it nagged me about the new update: My old iPad 2 kept popping up the dialog box informing me about the availability of the new iOs 9.3.
Then I gave in: Yesterday I finally gave in an started the update process. EVerything downloaded OK and seemed to install OK too.
Did it work? Unfortunately no - Everything when fine until when the newly updated iPad wanted to authenticate with Apple.
After several minutes I got this message;
“Your iPad could not be activated because the activation server is temporarily unavailable. Try connecting your iPad to iTunes to activate it or try again in a couple of minutes.”
Well, this seems like an endless authentication loop.
Then you see it: When you start searching the net you pretty soon see a pattern. Loads of people have experienced the same problem, and loads of people now have a bricked iPad!