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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Mary491

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Oct 30, 2017 6:52 PM in response to MichelPM

Hi MichelPM,

May I ask you a question? Okay - make that two or more questions... you seem to be very knowledgeable.

Can I turn on iCloud Drive in a 4th Generation iPad which has iOS 10.3.3 installed, or is it too late to turn it on?

Also, I have waited too long to update my iPhone 5s to any iOS past 8.4.1 due to a long, detailed problem with two third-party apps. I wanted to know if I can I turn on iCloud Drive in that iPhone as well, or is it too late?

iCloud Drive is present on both devices that I mentioned above, but I never turned it on, and I am afraid to turn it on because I have such an old iOS on the iPhone 5s. I'm also afraid because I learned that when iCloud Drive was first developed there was no iCloud Drive App available. As a result, if I turn on iCloud Drive now, I don't think I will see the iCloud Drive App since I would still be using iOS 8.4.1 on the iPhone 5s. However, maybe I can use the iCloud web version until I get the third-party app problems resolved.

I do not own a MAC of any kind, so I am not worried about the problem MAC users had with not having an iCloud Drive App available at the time that iCloud Drive was first developed.

I'm sorry for rambling so much, but I have been losing sleep over my problems for over a year now, therefore any help or insight is greatly appreciated. My next step is to broadcast my problems over the airwaves or get myself a giant antenna and broadcast into the sky. Maybe the aliens can help me. Thank you for taking time out from your busy day to read my long drawn-out story. I appreciate everything. Mary491.

MichelPM Author

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Oct 30, 2017 7:42 PM in response to Mary491

MichelPM Author

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Oct 31, 2017 2:55 AM in response to MichelPM