I assume I can get the exact model number in Settings? So far the battery seems to work surprisingly well.
Is app compatibility just going to be a hit or miss? I don't want to chuck the thing just because it's not up to iOS 13. I guess I just want a realistic sense of what I might expect before going through the trouble of setting it up. Thanks for the response so far. Joe On 9/30/19, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote: > The first iPad to feature a Lightning connector was the iPad 4th Generation > which was released on November 2, 2012 with an A6X processor and it was > discontinued on October 16, 2014. > It was released with iOS 6.0.1 and the latest version of iOS which is > supported is 10.3.4 which was released on July 22, 2019. > It should still work fine, not sure how much battery life you get out of it > after such a long time especially if it has been gathering dust sitting > somewhere with a dead battery. > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Joe > Orozco > Sent: Monday, September 30, 2019 8:39 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Reviving an old iPad > > Hi, > > I have a 10 inch iPad I'm considering resurrecting. I don't know how old it > is. It was probably one of the first, if not the first, to feature the > lightning connector, if that gives you some idea. I'm guessing this older > model is no longer being supported, and if so, how much functionality would > I be able to get out of it? I'm looking for a good traveling replacement for > my larger laptop, which I'm hoping I can keep home in favor of the lighter > tablet. But I don't want to go through the trouble of resurrecting it if my > mileage will be severely limited. I want to be able to check email, do > Internet browsing, read some RSS feeds, and maybe stream some movies. Thank > you in advance for any tips you can pass my way on whether or not I can > breathe new life into this thing. > > Best, > > Joe > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/CAJNA4b%3D1VObS8xO_hH-rXKpM%3Dmz5vRPa2%3D4LQiN%2BnnAL29os0w%40mail.gmail.com. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/MWHPR06MB25732CB04499E042DBDA46D4C7820%40MWHPR06MB2573.namprd06.prod.outlook.com. > -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/CAJNA4bkYY2m3ezu6DPLt%2BeE6hPwrTuKOdojfyZ4m6kODGJ-ocg%40mail.gmail.com.
