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iOS 5 Multitouch gestures available for iPad 1?

Are multitouch gestures in iOS 5 available for the first genertion iPad

iPad, iOS 4.3.3

Posted on Oct 11, 2011 9:20 AM

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Oct 12, 2011 4:11 PM in response to Marv04

I had previously had my 1st Gen iPad multitasking gestures enabled via dev mode and now that I upgrade to iOS 5 I'm locked out?! It worked beautifully on 4.3!!!!!!


WHY IS APPLE LOCKING US OUT??? If I can't get this enabled via XCode or otherwise I am going to be livid. Clicking the Home button isn't the way to do this! C'mon Apple get it together!!!!!!!!! 😠

Oct 12, 2011 5:11 PM in response to tyeeman

Just noticed this as well, no gestures on iPad 1. Very disappointing, that was one of the reasons I (and my home button) were looking foward to iOS5.


This just seems petty. The omission isn't going to make anyone buy a new iPad, it's just going to annoy early adopters. Why not modify iOS 5 to also add some occasional screen flickering on iPad 1, if we're trying to prod users to upgrade..

Oct 12, 2011 5:56 PM in response to edditnyc

I have the same situation and sentiment (though, with a few less exclamation points).


Multi-touch gestures had been working fine through Xcode 4.0.2 for months on my gen 1 iPad. I loved them. There is no hardware reason for them not to work on an original iPad and I didn't know that iOS 5 would take them away before I updated - boo Apple!

Oct 12, 2011 7:43 PM in response to Marv04

Seriously apple! What the **** are you playing at! The only reason I'm still awake here in the uk at 3.38 am was to get its 5 onto my iPad, to them play with the new gestures! Well done for omitting them! Why did I bother even upgrading! I don't care about newsstand, and iMessage, I wanted gestures! I agree with other people on here, it won't make me buy a new iPad! But it will confirm my suspicions that now a certain figure has gone, mediocrity will return to a company that was way beyond its competitors!

iOS 5 Multitouch gestures available for iPad 1?

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