Yes, I dislike iPadOS15 that much. I never downgrade, ever. I'm not sure I can deal with this absolute mess on an $800 purchase.
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iPad mini Will I be able to immediately wipe and somehow install iPadOS14 on the new iPad Mini?
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I have never tried it but I know with Mac computers, you can not install an OS earlier than the one they were issued with, have no idea if the same on iPadOS.
You won't be able to downgrade from whatever version ships with the device.
Apple didn’t build an iOS 14 IPSW for a brand new device.
Out of curiosity what is it about iPadOS 15 that you hate so much? I despise the Home Screen layout spacing, but that’s about it. The most of the rest is just iterative refinements, and it’s fairly stable.
Safari on iPadOS 15 is --- dreadful
An incredibly hideous design that sadly can't be fully reverted through the Settings/Options.
Unbelievably pointless "change for the sake of change".
I can't believe that is something they wasted resources on.
An incredibly hideous design that sadly can't be fully reverted through the Settings/Options.
Unbelievably pointless "change for the sake of change".
I can't believe that is something they wasted resources on.
A mess? Except for adding the useless app drawer and support for widgets on the actual screen (a positive), it's the same as 14.
I love the app drawer. One screen of common apps and everything else via search.
Jailbreaking a just released A15 device isn’t very realistic. Then iOS 14 would need support for the new hardware which is also very unlikely to exist. It isn’t reasonable to think you can install iOS 14 on a device not designed for it.
I too dislike iPadOS 15, none of my iPads will see it (except my 10.5 Pro used for testing new versions).
I dislike the reduced number of icons (iPadOS 14 gives me 30 icons + fixed set of widgets on my home screen, much more than 15, which reduces my productivity) and I hate the new safari.
Unfortunately there is no way of downgrading new devices to 14 (fortunately for me I don't plan to buy any new iPad for a while, unless an iPad pro Max arrives)
I dislike the reduced number of icons (iPadOS 14 gives me 30 icons + fixed set of widgets on my home screen, much more than 15, which reduces my productivity) and I hate the new safari.
Unfortunately there is no way of downgrading new devices to 14 (fortunately for me I don't plan to buy any new iPad for a while, unless an iPad pro Max arrives)