5 year old iPad

Foggy Jew

Just thought I'd share...
After upgrading to the most recent ios, the wifi on my elderly iPad was completely greyed out. I phoned Apple, and followed their instructions, resetting network settings, eventually resetting the whole device and connecting to iTunes to reinstall IOS9. Still no joy. So they are replacing it. I'm getting a brand new iPad. Apparently, Irish customers have a 6 year warranty. I still can't believe my luck.

3DataModem

Result

ScouseMouse

You jammy so and so.

The amount of old ipads going to be upgraded now is gonna be huge

kupus

ive an ipad2, can i get a new one!!!!

i probably need paperwork. I dont have. I bought it 2nd hand

Glebee

My Ipad is that old it wont update any more. iOS 5.1.1 is most it will update to.:(

_Whimsical_

Foggy Jew wrote: »

Just thought I'd share...
After upgrading to the most recent ios, the wifi on my elderly iPad was completely greyed out. I phoned Apple, and followed their instructions, resetting network settings, eventually resetting the whole device and connecting to iTunes to reinstall IOS9. Still no joy. So they are replacing it. I'm getting a brand new iPad. Apparently, Irish customers have a 6 year warranty. I still can't believe my luck.

Nice! Thanks for sharing.
Did they happen to mention if it's a known issue? I've been afraid to upgrade my aged ipad in case the wifi slowed to anymore of a crawl.

iggy

I bought a refurbished iPad 2 direct from Apple.
The wifi on it now is utter rubbish.
Are refurbs warranty the same?

whiterebel

iggy wrote: »

I bought a refurbished iPad 2 direct from Apple.
The wifi on it now is utter rubbish.
Are refurbs warranty the same?

Should be, Apple give one year on them like the new ones. They also allow APPs to be bought for them, so it should be the same. I'm shocked they gave this 6 years without a fight.

sdanseo

That's very odd.

The 6-year warranty is an EU law and requires the customer to prove that the fault existed at the time of purchase. The fault is only assumed to have existed at the time an item was bought if it's reported in the first six months (Apple's own warranty extends similar protection to 12 months).

Not like Apple to replace after 5 years, but hey, who's complaining!

Zcott

Great result, can you imagine Sony or Samsung doing that?

Sad Professor

sdanseo wrote: »

That's very odd.

The 6-year warranty is an EU law and requires the customer to prove that the fault existed at the time of purchase. The fault is only assumed to have existed at the time an item was bought if it's reported in the first six months (Apple's own warranty extends similar protection to 12 months).

Afaik all that clause really means in practice is that the seller isn't obliged to help you narrow down the problem, i.e. since the burden of proof is on you, they don't have to prove that it's not hardware fault. They can just say "oh it's a software problem or you aren't using it correctly" and shrug their shoulders. Which is why most people have to go the small claims route to get any satisfaction. The OP's issue is a pretty obvious hardware problem, though, which is probably why Apple were so easy to deal with it.

Foggy Jew

_Whimsical_ wrote: »

Nice! Thanks for sharing.
Did they happen to mention if it's a known issue? I've been afraid to upgrade my aged ipad in case the wifi slowed to anymore of a crawl.

Nope - they didn't say anything like that, nor would I expect them to...:D

I got my new iPad yesterday. It came in a box, without a charger or earphones, and the booklet which accompanied it was titled 'Your Replacement iPad', which leads me to believe that they must replace a good few of them.

_Whimsical_

Foggy Jew wrote: »

Nope - they didn't say anything like that, nor would I expect them to...:D

I got my new iPad yesterday. It came in a box, without a charger or earphones, and the booklet which accompanied it was titled 'Your Replacement iPad', which leads me to believe that they must replace a good few of them.

So you'll have to buy a new charger cable then to work on the later ipad model refurb ? Or did they send you an older refurb that works with your old cable?

Good result, delirah for ya

Deep Thought

is it a new model iPad? or a like for like replacement

DT

davo2001

There is no 5 year old iPad that can run iOS9, a 5 year old iPad would only be 1st generation, which can only run iOS5.

Why are you lying OP?

whiterebel

sdanseo wrote: »

That's very odd.

The 6-year warranty is an EU law and requires the customer to prove that the fault existed at the time of purchase. The fault is only assumed to have existed at the time an item was bought if it's reported in the first six months (Apple's own warranty extends similar protection to 12 months).

Not like Apple to replace after 5 years, but hey, who's complaining!

It's not an EU law, it's the Irish Sales of Goods, and supply of services Act. This goes beyond the remit of the EU regulation, which gives 2 years warranty against the retailer. Unless OP bought his from the AppleStore directly its is very strange.

mocathain

whiterebel wrote: »

It's not an EU law, it's the Irish Sales of Goods, and supply of services Act. This goes beyond the remit of the EU regulation, which gives 2 years warranty against the retailer. Unless OP bought his from the AppleStore directly its is very strange.

http://www.apple.com/ie/legal/statutory-warranty/

whiterebel

mocathain wrote: »

http://www.apple.com/ie/legal/statutory-warranty/

I'm not sure what point you're trying to make?

sdanseo

whiterebel wrote: »

It's not an EU law, it's the Irish Sales of Goods, and supply of services Act. This goes beyond the remit of the EU regulation, which gives 2 years warranty against the retailer. Unless OP bought his from the AppleStore directly its is very strange.

whiterebel wrote: »

I'm not sure what point you're trying to make?

I believe he's making the point that while Directive 1999/44/EC gives a two year guarantee, in fact it also specifically states that

3. Unless proved otherwise, any lack of conformity which
becomes apparent within six months of delivery of the goods
shall be presumed to have existed at the time of delivery unless
this presumption is incompatible with the nature of the goods
or the nature of the lack of conformity

To my knowledge, nothing in Irish law gives any greater protection other than the extension of the period in which a consumer can expect repair, replacement or refund to six years - but only subject to the conditions above.

feelgoodinc27

Foggy Jew wrote: »

Just thought I'd share...
After upgrading to the most recent ios, the wifi on my elderly iPad was completely greyed out. I phoned Apple, and followed their instructions, resetting network settings, eventually resetting the whole device and connecting to iTunes to reinstall IOS9. Still no joy. So they are replacing it. I'm getting a brand new iPad. Apparently, Irish customers have a 6 year warranty. I still can't believe my luck.

What exactly did you say to them OP? I have a 4S and its wifi and bluetooth have stopped working. I have tried a factory reset and updating to iOS 9 but after googling it, a hardware fault due to overheating appears to be the issue.

Eire Go Brach

Think I'd like to see some proof on this. iOS 9 can not be installed on the first iPad. Which came out 5 years ago on 2010.

Creamy Goodness

It's more likely that the op updated an iPad 2 to the latest iOS and perhaps got the years wrong.

Probably not lying just unaware.