hello can i update ipad mini 1 from ios 9٠3٠5 to the lastest version ?
hello can i update ipad mini 1 from ios 9٠3٠5 to the lastest version ?
iPad mini 2 Wi-Fi
hello can i update ipad mini 1 from ios 9٠3٠5 to the lastest version ?
iPad mini 2 Wi-Fi
That model can not be upgraded further.
That model can not be upgraded further.
No.
The iPad 2, 3 and 1st generation iPad Mini are all ineligible and excluded from upgrading to iOS 10, 11, 12 or any other future iOS versions.
These all share similar hardware architectures and a less powerful 1.0 Ghz CPU that Apple has deemed insufficiently powerful enough to even run the basic, barebones features of any newer iOS versions.
In addition the 1st gen iPad Mini is a near functional equivalent to the 7 year old iPad 2 which ONLY has a paltry 512 MBs (NOT GBs) of internal RAM.
No where near enough RAM to run newer versions of iOS.
In addition, iOS 11 is now for newer 64-bit hardware iDevices, now.
All older iPads ( iPad 1, 2, 3, 4 and 1st generation iPad Mini ) are 32-bit hardware devices incompatible with iOS 11 and all newer, future versions of iOS.
Why would you want to upgrade, anyways?
Since iOS 8, older iPad models such as the iPad 2, 3, 4 and the original iPad Mini have only been getting the most basic of iOS features.
Older iPad users get none of the newest and coolest cutting edge features that newer model iDevices, with better hardware specs, can handle with more aplomb.
FYI,
Just because your 1st gen iPad Mini is no longer able to upgrade to the latest iOS doesn't mean your 1st gen iPad Mini is suddenly useless.
So, your options are really keep using your 1st gen iPad Mini or purchase a new iPad if you feel you need or want to.
Your current 1st gen iPad Mini will still work and continue to receive app updates until sometime in the near future, when, with the current versions of iOS 11, ALL support for older 32 bit iDevices and any iOS 32 bit apps will come to a final end.
Your 1st gen iPad Mini will still work and function as it always has, but will no longer receive any more app updates sometime in the foreseeable future.
The 1st gen iPad Mini has had 4-5 years of iOS upgrades/updates
The final app updates your 1st gen iPad Mini will receive will be its last!
Currently, your 1st gen iPad Mini is STILL continuing to receive app updates under iOS 9.3.5, but look for this trend to end at some near future point in time.
This is why Apple introduced the new, lower cost 2018 and 2017 iPad 6th and 5th generation models.
Apple is trying to get older iPad 2, 3, 4 and 1st gen Mini iPad users to upgrade to more modern iPad hardware in anticipation of the recent releases of iOS 11, and now iOS 12, which will render all older 32 bit iDevices obsolete, in time.
So, the decisions are really up to you!
If you decide to stick with your older iPad until it is no longer getting any app updates, I would STOP using that 2-2-1/2 year old Safari web browser as it is, most likely, no longer safe or secure to use and seek out a third party web browser that is STILL currently being updated and STILL being supported on iOS 9.3.5.
Here are a few third party web browsers that I know are STILL being updated and supported on iOS 9.
Popular third party, iOS 9 and earlier compatible Web browsers are more quickly dwindling, now.
iOS 9 users are now down to 6 current and up to date, popular third party Web browsers, now!
iCab Mobile Web browser
Dolphin Web browser
Dolphin Incognito Web browser
Snow Bunny Web browser
Private Browsing Web browser
Maxthon Web browser
Good Luck to You!
hello can i update ipad mini 1 from ios 9٠3٠5 to the lastest version ?