iPad won't update past iOS 9.3.5
MY iPad is stuck at iOS 9.3.5 how do I update to. The latest version
[Re-Titled by Host]iPad Air Wi-Fi, iOS 9.3.5
Can iPad mini be updated to iOS 10 or 11
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The iPad 2, 3 and 1st generation iPad Mini are all ineligible and excluded from upgrading to iOS 10 OR iOS 11.
They all share similar hardware architectures and a less powerful 1.0 Ghz CPU that Apple has deemed insufficiently powerful enough to even run the basic, barebones features of iOS 10.
Why would you want to upgrade, anyways?
Since iOS 8, older iPad models such as the iPad 2, 3, 4 and the original iPad Mini have only been getting the most basic of iOS features.
Older iPad users get none of the newest and coolest cutting edge features that newer model iDevices, with better hardware specs, can handle with more aplomb.
Besides, if you could upgrade your 1st gen iPad Mini to iOS 10 or 11, you would be signing up/coming into these support communities complaining how poorly your iPad Mini performance is, instead.
FYI,
Just because your 1st gen iPad Mini is no longer able to upgrade to the latest iOS doesn't mean your 1st gen iPad Mini is suddenly useless.
So, your options are really keep using your 1st gen iPad Mini or purchase a new iPad if you feel you need or want to.
Your current 1st gen iPad Mini will still work and continue to receive app updates until sometime in the near future, when, with the introduction of iOS 11, ALL support for older 32 bit iDevices and any iOS 32 bit apps will come to a final end.
Your 1st gen iPad Mini will still work and function as it always has, but will no longer receive any more app updates sometime in the foreseeable future.
The 1st gen iPad Mini has had 4-5 years of iOS upgrades/updates
The final app updates your 1st gen iPad Mini will receive will be its last!
Currently, your 1st gen iPad Mini is STILL continuing to receive app updates under iOS 9.3.5, but look for this trend to end at some near future point in time.
This is why Apple introduced the new, lower cost 2017 iPad 5 model, in April
Apple is trying to get older iPad 2, 3, 4 and 1st gen Mini iPad users to upgrade to more modern iPad hardware, with the recent release of iOS 11, which will render all older 32 bit iDevices obsolete, in time.
Good Luck to You!
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Dowlond apps on my ipad
What iPad do you have and what iOS version is it running?
May ipad is stuck on ios 9.3, how can I update?
I don't know someone gave me this iPad. I wold love update to version 11.3
My iPad is not update to version 10 what to do
Please help me
Shameem_ahmed wrote:
HI Carolyn it's a gen 1 and I guess I am stuck at that, is ere anything else I can do?
If it is a 1st gen iPad (the original iPad), you can only update to iOS 5.1.1.
Nothing else you can do.
Before my original posting, I had looked for an apparent 10.2.1 update download to delete it, but it was not displaying on the list ... at least near the top of the memory use list as most iOS updates normally would. I finally found it not near the bottom of the APP memory list, about 100mb or so in size ... it must have been a partial download that became corrupted somehow. Once deleted, the 10.3.2 update proceeded normally.
I had understood that 10.2.1 was no longer signed by Apple to install, but the error message generated when attempting to install 10.2.1 was a rather unhelpful "cannot connect to network ... try again later" rather than "would you like to download the latest version?"
It also seems odd that iTunes did not see this issue and simply reported that 9.3.5 was "current" with no further options or warnings. Once 10.3.2 was installed via the iPad, reconnecting to iTunes then correctly reported 10.3.2 as being "current"
Thanks for your support!
I'm glad you asked, I have the same problem, hope someone can help. So I own an iPad mini 2 that is currently functioning on iOS 9.3.5. On your list, it is clearly written that the iPad mini 2 can be updated to iOS 10. Could you maybe help? Maybe I should show up at the apple store and wait 6Hours in line waiting for the manager to text me so I can finally discuss my problem.
What at should I do? I tried everything to make go past iOS 9.3.5:(
-Nick
If you're having the same problem that I was, your iPad may have downloaded an older version of iOS 10.x that is no longer supported, and if it's still in memory, it will confuse iTunes, and at the same time prevent download of the current version of iOS 10.x.
Look under the Settings / General /Storage & iCloud Usage / Manage Storage menu and sub menus on your iPad. Look through the list of Apps and their memory usage; if any of those are an iOS update file earlier than 10.3.2, then delete it and try again. You may need to power down your iPad and turn it back on if you are still having difficulty and try again. Good luck!
Thank you Carolyn, I am sorry to ask another question how do I find out what model is my iPad?
thanks in advance
HI Carolyn it's a gen 1 and I guess I am stuck at that, is ere anything else I can do?
Does your iPad use the larger 30 pin dock connector or the newer, smaller Lightning connector?
iPad won't update past iOS 9.3.5