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MichelPM Author

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About iOS 11 and Anyone Still Using an iPad 4th Generation

The iPad 4th generation is ineligible and excluded from upgrading to iOS 11

With the introduction of iOS 11, ALL support for older 32 bit iDevices and any iOS 32 bit apps has ended.

Your iPad 4 is a 32 bit hardware device.

The new 64 bit coded iOS 11 ONLY supports newer 64 bit hardware iDevices and 64 bit software, now.

The iPad 4 is incompatible with this new iOS, now.

No need to panic or worry though.

Your iPad 4th gen will still work and function as it always has, but will no longer receive any more app updates sometime after the Fall of 2017.

The 4th gen iPad has had over 5 years of iOS upgrades/updates

The final app updates your 4th gen iPad will receive will be its last!

Your iPad 4 will survive and stay a viable, functioning iPad for a few more years to come.

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 in anticipation of iOS 11, which will render all older 32 bit iDevices obsolete.

Good Luck to All of You!

iPad Pro Wi-Fi, iOS 10.3.3, 12.9 inch screen, 128 GB

Posted on Sep 21, 2017 5:50 AM

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MichelPM Author

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Posted on Sep 28, 2017 8:08 AM

Why?

Do you need iOS 11 so badly?

What is your hurry to upgrade?

A lot of users just blindly rush to upgrade their Apple iDevices, then beech and moan when the new and “shiny” iOS upgrade is full of bugs, issues and problems that negatively affect the operations of everyone's iOS devices!

Right now, iOS 11 is pretty bug laden.

I still consider it a “general released, world-wide FULL public beta”, now!

Your iPad 4 will still serve you for, at least, another full year, maybe longer.

My wife and I are STILL using older iPad 2 and 3 models!

They are still working fine for our needs!

I have a 1st gen iPad Pro and I am waiting indefinitely to upgrade to iOS 11 until it is much more stable and reliable.

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Sep 28, 2017 2:50 PM in response to MichelPM

Hi MichelPM. Sorry to butt in, but I saw you working with a GoodReader update problem. It looks like there's hope. Check the website, link: http://goodreader.com/index.html. Just letting you know.