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Q: apps for ios 4.2.1

I have bought two of my children second hand ipods, 2g i beleive (but vwere advertised as 3g) for xmas (last of the big spenders i know but in my defense i do have 6 kids!) only to discover that no apps appear to work with them. they are thoroughly disapointed, as am i, but surely there must be some still available that will work? is there a list anywhere of compatible apps for ios 4.2.1?

all i can find on the www is to get apps the ipod must be jailbroken and im not brave enough to attempt that!

hope somewone can help, many thanks in advance, carol

Posted on Dec 26, 2012 12:53 PM

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  • by joanatte,

    joanatte joanatte May 5, 2013 8:36 AM in response to Elil613
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    May 5, 2013 8:36 AM in response to Elil613

    Thank you, too. That's great information. Another good word to add in the search is "free."

  • by SolverWiz,

    SolverWiz SolverWiz May 5, 2013 11:13 PM in response to joanatte
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    May 5, 2013 11:13 PM in response to joanatte

    Look at vintapps in the Apple app store.  It has information on tons of apps available for the earlier ios devices.  It can also download them from the app store.

  • by Bambanoo,

    Bambanoo Bambanoo May 7, 2013 10:24 AM in response to Julius Cheng
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    May 7, 2013 10:24 AM in response to Julius Cheng

    Also, how hard would it be for apple to create a section in the ap store which is iOS specific? My big problem is not being able to use the apple "remote" app after having to restore two ipod touches that i use to control my whole house.

     

    Its a bit insulting to be left back like that when my devices work perfectly fine for what i need them to do. Imagine if microsoft stopped supporting XP users...

     

    Anyone know where i can get a 4.2.1 version of "remote"?

  • by Amrit Singh Lally,

    Amrit Singh Lally Amrit Singh Lally Jun 10, 2013 12:53 AM in response to Elil613
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    Jun 10, 2013 12:53 AM in response to Elil613

    that's just ******* appss onlyy

  • by max69power,

    max69power max69power Jun 11, 2013 9:54 AM in response to Bambanoo
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    Jun 11, 2013 9:54 AM in response to Bambanoo

    It is called planned obsolesce. They do it so you need to buy new hardware. That is where apple makes their money. Google makes money on advertising and a little off the app store. They make no money on the hardware. so the more devices they support the better it is also an open vs closed OS. Apple dose make some very good hardware though. it have a very low failure rate.

  • by grendelmon,

    grendelmon grendelmon Jun 20, 2013 6:52 AM in response to houdgard
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    Jun 20, 2013 6:52 AM in response to houdgard

    Houdgard, no. Your screenshot is from a current version of the App Store, probably iOS 5 or iOS 6. The App Store in iOS 4.2.1 does *not* show the requirements for the apps.

     

    That is why it is so difficult for 4.2.1 users to identify what is compatible with their older devices (e.g. 2nd generation iPod Touch).

  • by tomahawk332,

    tomahawk332 tomahawk332 Jul 8, 2013 5:22 PM in response to Sumanth Alvala
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    Jul 8, 2013 5:22 PM in response to Sumanth Alvala

    I have some games everyone might like. They are:

     

    moto x mayhem lite

    breakout

    record video

    air hockey

    and baseball superstars II. But thats it for now.

  • by tomahawk332,

    tomahawk332 tomahawk332 Jul 8, 2013 5:51 PM in response to Sumanth Alvala
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    Jul 8, 2013 5:51 PM in response to Sumanth Alvala

    And also paper glider

  • by Elil613,

    Elil613 Elil613 Jul 9, 2013 3:37 PM in response to carolplus6
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    Jul 9, 2013 3:37 PM in response to carolplus6

    Apps I have (All Free):

     

    -----GAMES:-------

    Parking Mania Lite

    Paper Toss

    Air Hockey Gold

    Dots Free (by Optime Software LLC)

    Rollercoaster Extreme (by Dare Digital ltc)

    Gravity Guy

    iBowl (by SGN)

    Knots (by Josh Snyder)

    Word Jewels 2

    Ping Pong Table Tennis (by Best Free and Fun Games LLC)

    Fall Down: Elemental (by Ruan Yao)

    Whirly Word

    Free Games 2 (by Gary Rosenzweig)

     

    -------Other:-------

    My Books (PDF Reader and Book Reader)

    iGameClock (Chess Clock)

  • by Elil613,

    Elil613 Elil613 Jul 9, 2013 3:51 PM in response to Elil613
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    Jul 9, 2013 3:51 PM in response to Elil613

    To find all compatible apps - search in google:

    site:https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ "requires ios (2.0|2.1|2.2|3.0|3.1|3.2|4.0|4.1|4.2)" "free" <Keywords>

     

    • Replace the word "<Keywords>" with what you want to search for.  ex. games, bowling, etc...
    • If you are not looking for free apps remove the word "free" from the search.

     

    You can also search on www.appleappstore.webs.com for:

     

    "requires ios (3.0|3.1|3.2|4|4.1|4.2)" "free" <Keywords>

     

    • Also replace the word "<Keywords>" with what you want to search for.
      If you are not looking for free apps remove the word "free" from the search.
  • by XMegan13X,

    XMegan13X XMegan13X Jul 23, 2013 7:22 AM in response to carolplus6
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    Jul 23, 2013 7:22 AM in response to carolplus6

    I too have an Ipod touch 2G that cannot update past 4.2.1 and I have a little brother that I download games for. This thread was really helpful and so I decided to post some more games that this thread did not have (and in I'm going to repeat some just to make it easier on me).

     

     

    Games:

    Zenonia (very fun, I have it on my own Ipod touch 4G Now my favorite game on iPod Touch.)
    Hybrid (very fun also)

    Break Block! (like brickbreaker)

    Doodle Bowl

    Super Save (a soccer game)

    8Bitninja (a falldown game)

    Retro Pinball

    iPro airhockey lite

    Infinity Lite

    Mrs. Pac-Man

    BREAKOUT

    Ninjago: RotS

    Turbo Granny
    Happy Feet Two

    Wacky Pigs

    Bubble Burst

    Smart Bowling

    Mal Function

    Jump or Die (don't be threatened by the name, great for kids)

    Summon War

    Fantasy Defense

    Mega Monkey Jump

    Bob Burnquist's Dreamland

    WolfBoy Lite

    Rollercoaster Extreme

     

    And that's just the start. In another post on another blog about iOS games for 4.2.1 the link led you to a google search with this in the bar 'site:itunes.apple.com/us/ "requires iOS 4.2 or later"'.

    Just put this:

    site:itunes.apple.com/us/ "requires iOS 4.2 or later"
    in your google search bar and you'll find pages of apps that can work. Not all of them do (as I tried) so some have been updated, but there are a lot there that do work. These apps (in the list above) are ones I found that do, just to save you guys some time. I hope this helped!

    (And PS: Angry Birds does not work for iPod Touch 2G anymore, and neither does normal Pac-Man, Gravity Guy, or Paper Toss)

  • by Shells2,

    Shells2 Shells2 Aug 11, 2013 9:42 PM in response to carolplus6
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    Aug 11, 2013 9:42 PM in response to carolplus6

    In the ITunes Store under search I typed in

    4.2.1 apps and everything available came up. There

    is quite a few. :)

  • by SolverWiz,

    SolverWiz SolverWiz Aug 12, 2013 9:45 AM in response to Shells2
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    Aug 12, 2013 9:45 AM in response to Shells2

    I tried searching "4.2.1 apps" on iTunes,  When I checked the first app listed, it stated, "Requires iOS 4.3 or later."

  • by steve.travis,

    steve.travis steve.travis Sep 11, 2013 12:30 PM in response to carolplus6
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    Sep 11, 2013 12:30 PM in response to carolplus6

    To find apps compatible with your device:

    http://findoldapps.com/

  • by may I help,

    may I help may I help Oct 8, 2013 10:32 PM in response to carolplus6
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    Oct 8, 2013 10:32 PM in response to carolplus6

    try asphalt audi rs3 (compadible with ios 4.2.1) and free

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