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Hello, I recently purchased an older I pad air, version 12.5 I bought a case for it on eBay and it doesn't quite fit .Most cases I see for sale give dimensions of 9.7. My I pad measures 9.5 x 6 3/4.
What size case will fit this device.
Thanks
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Activation Lock for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch - Apple Support
Also:
The All Too Common SAD Reality of Buying a Used iPad/iPhone
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Identify your iPad model - Apple Support
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Hello,
I recently bought an insta 360 x camera. I was told that I needed an pad or I phone to work with this camera. I bought an older I pad version 12.5 and am learning to use it. I am now needing to buy a phone.
My experience so far has been with android. I am thinking of getting an I phone since I have the I pad. I am thinking if the i phone will work better in using the camera.
Is there a valid reason for switching to the I phone? Also will I be able to send my contacts and other information from my android to the i phone?
Thanks for all the help.
Return this iPad and get your money back!
iPads stuck on some version of iOS 12 will be completely phased out by sometime in 2022.
All iPad and iPhone models stuck on iOS 12, all third party app support will end by the 2022.
This downtrend of third party app support has, already, started this year and will continue until 2022, or so.
iOS 12 devices are, already, 7 and 8-years old in 2021.
If you need OR ONLY able to purchase older, less expensive iPad models, look at older IPads from 2014 and later.
All of these older model iPads below CAN run the latest releases of iPadOS 15.
2014, 9,7 inch screen iPad Air 2 models
2015, 7.9 inch screen iPad Mini 4 models
2015-2017, 12.9 inch screen iPad Pro models. ( 1st gen Pencil support )
2016, 9.7 inch screen iPad Pro models ( 1st gen Pencil support )
2017, 10.5 inch screen iPad Pro models ( 1st gen Pencil support )
2017, 9.7 inch screen iPad 5th gen models
2018, 9.7 inch screen iPad 6th gen models ( 1st gen Pencil support )
2019, 10.2 inch screen iPad 7th gen models ( 1st gen Pencil support )
2020, 10.2 inch screen iPad 8th gen models. ( 1st gen Pencil support )
Get the largest internal data storage model you can afford as NO Apple iOS device has ANY expandable storage.
I am sorry that you had to learn all of this, but this does not change any of the facts regarding these older iOS devices.
Also, iPad screens are all measured on the diagonal of the actual screen area.
So any case/cover you purchase for any iPad uses this diagonal screen dimension.
Sorry & Best of Luck to You!
If you decide to go down the path of purchasing used, secondhand Apple devices, here is how to avoid purchasing an Apple iOS/iPadOS device with user activation lock, in the future.
If you purchase any iPad, or any Apple iOS device, for that matter, used/second hand, online, or even in-person, make sure this iPad does NOT have user activation lock and has been properly reset for sale.
A properly reset for sale iPad should initially power up to an animated, multi-language “Welcome” screen.
DO NOT take the iPad seller's word that this iPad is user activation lock free!
We have seen plenty of used iOS device purchasers get scammed.
User Activation Lock can never be bypasss, circumvented or worked around IF there is no correct previous/original user information to be able to do so.
Apple doesn't get involved with ANY user activation locked, used/second-hand sold devices, either.
So, buyer beware!
If purchasing a used device in-person, power the iPad ON
If the iPad DOES NOT display the initial animated, multi-language “Welcome” screen, then pass on purchasing this iPad.
If the iPad powers up to any other screen, then forget purchasing this iPad.
You cannot trust that the seller actually has the correct needed info to properly reset the iPad back to factory settings right then and there before the actual purchase and exchange of money for the iPad, in question.
Pass on the device!
If you are purchasing this used iPad online ask the seller to provide multiple images, either online or be sent to you via email, showing this animated, multi-language “Welcome” screen of the interested in purchasing iPad model.
Even better, ask for a short video be sent to you showing this animated, multi-language “Welcome” screen, in action and in its entirety, posted to the online ad or emailed to you.
If the online iPad seller refuses any of these requests, pass on the iPad. DO NOT buy!
Good Luck to You!
Here’s an article on moving info between platforms
Move from Android to iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support
Need a case for my I pad
