Why iOS 6 Just Turned Your iPad 1G Into a Paperweight

#1

Post by accarrino » Tue, Oct 02, 2012, 1:49 PM UTC

So why did Apple quietly abandon the iPad 1 with iOS 6? lack of RAM. the iPad 1 only has 256 MB of RAM. Back in 2010, that was enough to handle iOS 4 and the current crop of available apps in the App Store. But as the apps and OS got more complicated, and started running in the background, I’ve seen major performance issues on the iPad 1.

Why iOS 6 Just Turned Your iPad 1G Into a Paperweight
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Re: Why iOS 6 Just Turned Your iPad 1G Into a Paperweight

#2

Post by accarrino » Tue, Oct 02, 2012, 1:51 PM UTC

hard to believe that my iPad 1 is basically obsolete in Apple's eyes at this point. In the future, let’s hope Tim Cook adds "2-year+ lifetime" to their long term product strategy.

Re: Why iOS 6 Just Turned Your iPad 1G Into a Paperweight

#3

Post by panda_person » Tue, Oct 02, 2012, 2:13 PM UTC

The moral of the story is to simply not update older Apple devices. My brand new 4th gen iTouch was slow and buggy a year ago running iOS 5 right out of the box-I don't see why people think its worth the risk updating.

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#4

Post by wesley » Tue, Oct 02, 2012, 2:27 PM UTC

panda_person wrote: post #3

The moral of the story is to simply not update older Apple devices. My brand new 4th gen iTouch was slow and buggy a year ago running iOS 5 right out of the box-I don't see why people think its worth the risk updating.

did you read the story? 1st generation ipads can't update. So new apps are not available to them.

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#5

Post by shahidhussain » Tue, Oct 02, 2012, 2:27 PM UTC

Is there anything like whited00r available for these machines? (I installed it on my original iPhone, and it's been a lifesaver.)

Re: Why iOS 6 Just Turned Your iPad 1G Into a Paperweight

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Post by TeeOff » Tue, Oct 02, 2012, 2:29 PM UTC

panda_person wrote: post #3

The moral of the story is to simply not update older Apple devices. My brand new 4th gen iTouch was slow and buggy a year ago running iOS 5 right out of the box-I don't see why people think its worth the risk updating.

The moral of any story is to read the story before commenting:

"...your 1G iPad will become little more than an expensive paperweight as new apps and updates to your existing apps start to require iOS 6"

Not updating aiPad 1 will not amend this problem... Sorry.

Re: Why iOS 6 Just Turned Your iPad 1G Into a Paperweight

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Post by dmishe » Tue, Oct 02, 2012, 2:30 PM UTC

It was slow already, and only 256mb of ram. Sad but true.

Re: Why iOS 6 Just Turned Your iPad 1G Into a Paperweight

#8

Post by bbx » Tue, Oct 02, 2012, 2:31 PM UTC

panda_person wrote: post #3

The moral of the story is to simply not update older Apple devices. My brand new 4th gen iTouch was slow and buggy a year ago running iOS 5 right out of the box-I don't see why people think its worth the risk updating.

Problem is: a lot of apps require a recent version of iOS.

A likely solution would be to stick with old versions of your apps running on an old iOS version, but:

* you don't get the feature updates

* you don't get the bugfixes

* some old version of apps just won't work anymore (especially the news apps that connect to a server)

* if you've got an app that constantly crashes (I've had it with one game in particular), you're stuck with it

Right now, my iPad 1 is running the latest iOS 5. It's obviously slower than iOS 4 but I could update all of my apps. For now...

Re: Why iOS 6 Just Turned Your iPad 1G Into a Paperweight

#9

Post by akadien » Tue, Oct 02, 2012, 2:31 PM UTC

I've had the same experience with a 1G iPad. Within the past few months or so, the browser started crashing frequently for no good reason, and the device has slowed down considerably. I am a soft-core iPad user and stick mainly to mobile web apps or Google apps. Pity because I like the device's form factor.

After this and other weirdness with my Macs, my next purchases will most likely have names on them like "Roku", "Kindle", "Samsung", and "Lenovo". I'm in Linux or a command line most of the day anyway. The Apple premium isn't worth it anymore.

I've started moving my iTunes library to Amazon. Any thoughts?

Re: Why iOS 6 Just Turned Your iPad 1G Into a Paperweight

#10

Post by simias » Tue, Oct 02, 2012, 2:34 PM UTC

TeeOff wrote: post #6

panda_person wrote: post #3

The moral of the story is to simply not update older Apple devices. My brand new 4th gen iTouch was slow and buggy a year ago running iOS 5 right out of the box-I don't see why people think its worth the risk updating.

The moral of any story is to read the story before commenting: "...your 1G iPad will become little more than an expensive paperweight as new apps and updates to your existing apps start to require iOS 6" Not updating aiPad 1 will not amend this problem... Sorry.

Do they still provide security updates for older iOS versions? Or do they drop the support altogether once a new one is out?

Having an unpatched tablet connecting to all kinds of... "wild" and untrusted networks (as tablets are wont to be) seems a bit risky.