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If longevity is what they want, they should release private keys and hardware specs for hardware that they drop from their own OS updates. That way, we could c
by swerner 8y ago
If longevity is what they want, they should release private keys and hardware specs for hardware that they drop from their own OS updates.
That way, we could continue using old iPads and iPhones, albeit with custom Android builds.
- alliecat 8y agoI don't buy an iPad because I like Android...
- scarface74 8y agoYou can still use a first generation iPad today and do all of the stuff you did with it in 2010. Yes you can also redownload older apps from the store.
- swerner 8y agoNo, I can't unfortunately. Too many apps rely on web backends that have been upgraded and are incompatible with the versions that run on iPad 1. For example, the built-in YouTube application on iPad 1 is completely non-functional. Also, the newer iCloud features require you to "update" your iCloud to a version incompatible with the old iPad. Many older apps have now also been pulled from the store. My iPhone 1 can only reinstall Skype from an old iTunes backup, but not from the store.
- scarface74 8y agoBeing able to download the last compatible version doesn’t work with iOS 3 but does work with iOS 5. I don’t know about iOS 4. I have a first gen iPod Touch running iOS 3.x and a first gen iPad running iOS 5. Of course I have newer devices too.