Apple iPad Air 2 (apple-ipad5,3)

A mainline fork for this device is available here with further instructions here. Still needs to be tested and ported to postmarketOS.

Apple iPad Air 2

File:Ipad5,3.jpg iPad Air 2
Manufacturer	Apple
Name	iPad Air 2
Codename	ipad5,3
Released	2014
Type	tablet
Hardware
Chipset	Apple A8X
CPU	3x Apple Typhoon@1.5GHz
GPU	PowerVR GXA6850
Display	2048x1536
Storage	32GB
Memory	2GB
Architecture	aarch64
Software
Original software	iOS
Original version	8
postmarketOS
Category	testing
Pre-built images	no
Unixbench Whet/Dhry score	2904.0

This device is marked as not booting.
Status: does not boot

Contributors

• nergzd723

Users owning this device

• ByteXD23! (Notes: didn't update, currently at iOS 9, white variant)
• Clygro (Notes: 16GB 4G ghost touches iOS 12.4)
• Furret
• Nergzd723 (Notes: daily-driver, might run Sandcastle if I won't be lazy)
• TipzTeam (Notes: Works fine, running iPadOS 13.2.3)

How to enter flash mode

Plug in the cable, hold Power and Home key for 2-4 seconds for device to power off completely, so the backlight is dimmed, then release the Power key and continue holding the Home key for 8 seconds until you get a new DFU device. Run checkra1n.