Upgrading iPad2 to iOS6

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Okay, I have an iPad2 and am still running iOS 5.1.1. Based on this recent info from ForeFlight, I take it FF 5.4 will not be available to me unless I upgrade to iOS 6? I've held off doing that for many moons because I didn't want to lose the traffic feature in Maps. Now that I have (and like) Inrix for traffic, I don't care about Maps, so I'm willing to consider the iOS 6 upgrade.

What gotchas do I need to worry about going to iOS 6 on an iPad2?

Is the upgrade fairly bulletproof now or do I still need to be careful (back everything up, etc.)

What about performance? Typically upgrading to a new OS always makes hardware run slower. Anyone running iOS 6 on an iPad2 care to comment? Is it noticeably slower but still tolerable? Barely noticeable? A pig?

(Reposted from this thread, to avoid threadjack.)
 
6 has been stable for me for a long time. So no worries there.

As you mentioned, prudently backing up all data you wish to keep if the upgrade goes TU is a smart idea.
 
I am running iOS 6.1.3 and the latest ForeFlight on an IPad 2. No issues with either.
 
I upgraded to iOS 6 pretty much right away and I still have traffic on maps.
 
LDJones said:
I upgraded to iOS 6 pretty much right away and I still have traffic on maps.
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Strange. I remember the whining when iOS 6 first came out that Maps woould no longer have traffic. And on my iPhone (running 6.1.4) the first thing I tried was Maps and found no real-time traffic, which is why I went looking for another solution.

Inrix works great, I have no complaints and don't really need traffic from Apple's Maps. Just curious, is there some secret to turning it on?
 
I haven't had any real problems with it on my iPad2 outside of it shocking me when I hit the button....;)
 
azure said:
Strange. I remember the whining when iOS 6 first came out that Maps woould no longer have traffic. And on my iPhone (running 6.1.4) the first thing I tried was Maps and found no real-time traffic, which is why I went looking for another solution.

Inrix works great, I have no complaints and don't really need traffic from Apple's Maps. Just curious, is there some secret to turning it on?
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Here's a screenshot...complete with the Show Traffic or Hide Traffic option. I use it often.
 

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I know about the Show/Hide Traffic toggle, but all it ever shows (AFAICT) is symbols tagging places where there's construction or blocked roads. Inrix (and Apple's maps app in IOS 5) has color coded real-time traffic speed displays, green/yellow/red for normal/slower than normal/stop and go. Unless I'm missing something, that feature is gone in the new maps app.
 
Okay, it's done, no noticeable slowdown under iOS 6 and at least one app that didn't quite work right after the last update now does. (Cloudahoy wouldn't display my flights as "valid", I had to choose "all loggings" to see them.)

Quite painless actually, I should have done it long ago.
 
azure said:
I know about the Show/Hide Traffic toggle, but all it ever shows (AFAICT) is symbols tagging places where there's construction or blocked roads. Inrix (and Apple's maps app in IOS 5) has color coded real-time traffic speed displays, green/yellow/red for normal/slower than normal/stop and go. Unless I'm missing something, that feature is gone in the new maps app.
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It shows backups in yellow and red. More detail as you zoom in.
 
LDJones said:
It shows backups in yellow and red. More detail as you zoom in.
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So how does it show normal traffic? I don't see anything but yellow now -- a few places have red dashes, but I thought those were closed roads.
 
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