Apple VGA adapter not compatible with OS 5 on iPad!

Few months ago I updated my iPad 2 to OS 5. Since then, the Apple VGA Adapter has stopped working and I'm no longer able to mirror the content of my device on my TV (or any other TVs or equipments for that matter). Before the update, with OS 4, it was working perfectly. That's why on my second iPad 2, the one I use for work intensively, I had decided to keep OS 4 so I could use mirroring. As a sales trainer, I really need that particular feature to project presentations, videos and many apps I'm using, on a TV or a screen (through a projector). Yesterday, I eventually decided to upgrade to OS 5 because I wanted to fully use iCloud and also needed to update Pages, Keynotes etc...
Well, now it's impossible to make the Apple VGA Adapter works!! Same iPad, same cable (the expensive one bought at the apple store), same TV, different OS and it no longer works! My conclusion is that Apple deliberately introduced a function that deactivate the VGA cable in OS 5, probably to force people to buy the even more expensive Apple TV. I don't need Apple TV because I'm traveling and simply need to connect my iPad to a projector or a TV and share my screen. I'm not going to travel with an Apple TV box....Don't mention the HDMI cable because most of the equipments I'm using don't have an HDMI port.
I've seen Apple changing a lot those last few years, slowly becoming a greedy and unethical corporation, it's so sad really...I hope that the competitors will come up soon with a product as good as the iPad.
In the meanwhile, if somebody knows how to make the cable work after the OS 5 update I would really appreciate some help! Thanks!

Strange - my two VGA adapters (model A1368, both  purchased in 2010) work just fine on my
- 5.1.1 iPad 2 AND iPad 3 (mirroring too)
- 5.1 iPad 1 (video playback only)
The iPads are not jailbroken.
I've heard stories of component / composite  cables stop working (my "old" component cable works just fine on all these devices) and it's also known the "old" (pre-March) HDMI adapters display a "Not compatible" dialog but they still do  work if you just dismiss the dialog. However, I have never heard stories of the VGA adapter's stopping working. Are you sure it's indeed the VGA adapter?

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