Update my iPad 2 to iOS 7 in 2015 My iPad 2 is running iOS 6.1.3, but now I want to update to iOS 7. In Settings → General → Software Update, I can only can update to iOS 8.4. iOS 8 destroys your iPad. How can I update my iPad to iOS 7 now, in 2015?
You only ever have two options with iOS - stay on the iOS you're currently on, or update to the latest your device will support.

Apple stops signing all older iOSes within a few days of releasing a new version, meaning that even if you could install it, it would not activate.

As the iPad 2 is supported on iOS 8 [currently 8.4.1] this is your only choice if you wish to update.