I just got a gen 1 ipad ios 5.1.1 and I can't get facebook on it.
Does anyone know how I can do that.
iPad, iOS 5.1.1
I had this problem with an iPad that I had been using that I reset for my mother-in-law to use. As I'd previously backed it up to my Macbook, I synced it with the Facebook app selected as the only item to sync and it works fine now.
You are right, popular apps such as Facebook, Twitter, Google Chrome, are unavailable if you have iOS 5 or lower. I figured i had to find a new way to use them. For those of you who likes the "real" facebook, If you go to www.facebook.com from your safari, you'll have a hard time but, m.facebook.com is a lot more fluid, easier to fit in the iPad.
What I strongly recommend is for you to download Flipboard app. You just have to sync your Facebook and Twitter account and then you can acces your feed in a new, beautiful and fluid way, like you were reading a magazine or a newspaper.
As for any other apps i tried, everything was fine, so before switching to a newer Ipad, just try those simple alternate way, which just gave my ipad 1 a lifetime extension.
This seems to be a glitch which is specific to the 1st generation iPad. have an iPod Touch running iOS 4.2.1 and I just downloaded the Facebook app using the "last compatible version" feature which was introduced in September, 2013. A lot of people have reported this problem on the Facebook help page, so maybe now it will get some attention.
You can access FaceBook website from the mobile Safari web browser using this link.
OR you can download the dedicated iOS FaceBook app from the App Store app on your iPad. Launch the App Store by tapping on the App Store button and do a search for FaceBook for iPad.
Good Luck!
Actually, the FB app version is no longer compatible with IOS 5.1.1.
So, you cannot use the dedicated app with your iPad 1.
You need to use FB's own website.
Sorry.
There may also be third party facebook apps that can work. Honestly, given as many people that complain about the Facebook app crashing, simply accessing it via safari may be the best. That's how I do it and I have no real issues.
I believe there is also m.facebook.com which is the mobile site.
Using Safari to access Facebook but when I comment on a post I am unable to post.
Has anybody tried to get a legacy version?
http://www.imore.com/app-store-offering-older-versions-ios-apps-leaves-many-unan swered-questions
http://www.slashgear.com/old-versions-of-ios-can-now-download-compatible-apps-17 297977/
Not sure there's one for facebook available, but ti would be worth a try.
mackerm wrote:
This seems to be a glitch which is specific to the 1st generation iPad. have an iPod Touch running iOS 4.2.1 and I just downloaded the Facebook app using the "last compatible version" feature which was introduced in September, 2013. A lot of people have reported this problem on the Facebook help page, so maybe now it will get some attention.
It's not going to get much attention. The app developers determine which iOS version their apps will run on. Facebook made the decision to no longer support earlier iOS versions. There are workarounds as have been mentioned above, but don't expect any real change on this.
I had this problem too, and found the solution in another thread so thought I'd cross-post. The "legacy" (archived) versions of apps are only downloadable if you have already "bought" the app (even if it's free). When I first tried to download the facebook app it told me only that I couldn't do this because it's only compatible with iOS 6+. Following advice I found on this other thread, I used my Apple ID to "buy" the current version of the app, downloading it onto my computer in the app store.
Then I tried to download the app again from the iPad. This time, along with the warning about iOS 6+, it offered to allow me to download the latest compatible version. Bingo!
This was very useful ! Thank you.
My daughter had this same problem when setting up apps on the 1gen iPad I gave to her. We tried this last night and it worked. 1. Open Itunes on your laptop ( should work on PC, but I don't know) 2. Go to Apps & Download the Facebook app. Make sure the app has downloaded. 3. Sync your iPad to your laptop (PC) 4. If the app is not on your iPad after syncing, go to the App Store on your IPad and download the Facebook app. When attempting to download you should get the message asking if you want to download the latest compatible version. We also did this to download the compatible iBooks app. Hope this helps.
This solution is brilliant and has given my iPad1 renewed life...... Thank you so much TeresaAG !!!
I am sorry i have posted this reply to the incrrect thread...:(
This solution is brilliant and has given my iPad1 renewed life ... thank you so much for "thinking out of the box"6
how to install facebook on ipad 1 with ios 5.1.1
