I want to download Kindle to 2012 ipad

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I want to download Kindle to 2012 ipad

My Mum is in hospital and will be for a while. I bought her an ipad from 2012 with the hope of downloading Kindle and Audible so she could read. Nothing else. She doesn't want to game or browse the internet. Imagine the disappointment … I can't download the Kindle App because Apple rip off makes it so that anything older than 4 years is virtually obsolete. This ipad can't download IOS10 and Kindle won't upload if you don't have it. Please can someone tell me how I can bypass the obsolescence and get Kindle and Audible on my (not really very old) ipad. I am quite disappointed with the corporate greed, but that aside, please can someone help an 85 year old in hospital get her books! (Who'd want a top-range ipad left in a hospital with an 85 year old, really).

Posted on Jan 27, 2019 11:47 AM

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Answer 1

Jan 27, 2019 12:09 PM in response to ijustwanttogobackintime

If one of the solutions in the MichelPM link doesn't work, there will be no way to use the Kindle App on an iPad now obsolete and 7 years old. Your assertion that Apple Ripoff is the reason, is completely out of line. Devices made in that day and age were 32 bit devices. Apple no longer supports 32 bit architecture and moved to 64 bit as that's the current standard. App developers moved their apps to 64 bit architecture accordingly. The fact you bought an out of date device is not a ripoff from Apple. You simply bought an out of date device.

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Answer 2

Jan 27, 2019 1:07 PM in response to ijustwanttogobackintime

Because the other device already had Kindle on it, which was downloaded to that iPad when Kindle worked with that iOS version. The used iPad you bought likely didn't the Kindle App downloaded, so when you went to download the Kindle app, you are up against the reality that Kindle no longer has an app that you can download to an iPad running that older iOS version.

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MichelPM

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Jan 27, 2019 2:19 PM in response to ijustwanttogobackintime

If there is still an older version of the Amazon Kindle app still available on Apple’s IOS App Store servers, the link to my various procedures to obtain older versions of apps work.

While there are many apps left that still support older iPads and older iOS versions, since Apple's move to all 64-bit hardware/software architectures, app developers have to move on, eventually, to only support more modern devices and operating systems.

Many, but not all, app developers have left older versions of their apps behind on Apple's iOS App Store servers, but Apple is, also, engaged in app thinning out within the iOS App Store by removing apps that have not seen any updates in 4-5 years, for whatever reasons.

So, eventually, there may not be any more compatible apps for older devices, but in many cases, older versions of app will still work on these older devices.

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MichelPM

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Jan 27, 2019 2:18 PM in response to ijustwanttogobackintime

It was your decision to purchase a 6-7 year old iDevice.

You probably purchased because it wasn't expensive.

You get what you pay for.

And yes, you should have purchased either a new, refurbished or much newer ( used ) iPad that capable of running the current iOS version.

Apple dropped supoort for older iPads and iOS 9 devices close to 3 years, ago.

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Answer 5

Jan 27, 2019 1:14 PM in response to lobsterghost1

Is there really no way that I can download the old version onto this ipad???? I'm astonished at how back-blocking these companies are to make money for themselves.

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LACAllen

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Jan 27, 2019 3:07 PM in response to ijustwanttogobackintime

The Kindle app is free, so nobody makes money on it. Amazon makes their money when you buy their books.

It is Amazon that has abandoned you, not Apple.

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Jan 27, 2019 1:01 PM in response to Lyssa

I have another ipad from that 2012 that has Kindle for ipad on it and I use it 4 or 5 hours every day for reading. I presumed that I could buy one for my mum and download the same. If it works on mine, why would they make it so freaking difficult to make it work on another exactly the same, if not for vast monetary gain. So, back to my original question, on my exactly the same ipad, same date, same memory, why can I use Kindle App on one and not the other? And how can I download it on the other so that my old mother in hospital can listen to stuff on Audible and read on Kindle? I can do that on my exactly the same spec ipad. Confused.com.

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Answer 8

Jan 27, 2019 1:30 PM in response to lobsterghost1

Wrong! I have two ipads the same spec and the same memory. The one I have had from the beginning has Kindle Appnand I regularly use if for reading. The one I bought for my mother is the same spec exactly. I bought it assuming it would do the same as the one I already have. I checked every detail before I bought it to make sure it was the same. However, the one I bought won't download what my other one has. I bought the exact same model as I use every day, believing I could use Kindle for ipad on it, but it won't let me. I've tried going through the endless hoops offered on here, for the last seven hours, but none work. What shall I do? Buy my mother one that costs £200 more that'll get nicked from the hospital?

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MichelPM

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Jan 27, 2019 2:13 PM in response to lobsterghost1

My bad.

Meant to post to the OP.

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Answer 10

Jan 27, 2019 1:41 PM in response to ijustwanttogobackintime

What you're failing to comprehend is the one you had already had the Kindle app. As long as you never updated the iOS version on that iPad past where it is and you don't update the Kindle app, you can use what you had. The newly acquired used iPad didn't have the Kindle app when you bought it. So you went to the App store to download the Kindle App. Only Kindle no longer offers an App that can be currently downloaded on a device running an out of date iOS version.

I can't explain this more clearly.

In terms of whether there is an option, did you try the suggestions in the link Micahala provided from user MichelPM? If after you've tried those suggestions and you still can't get the Kindle app, then no, there is no way you can get the Kindle app on the newer ipad.

And as to being astonished about this, you also seem to have an unrealistic expectation a device now 6 years old (an eternity in the life span of handheld devices), should still be maintained to current operating levels. That's completely unrealistic and honestly not possible given how iOS has changed so much.

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