I recently was able to get back my 4th gen iPad that I used for university and got excited to start using it again just for basic stuff like searching stuff on the browser, reading comics and such. However I quickly realized that I was unable to download anything from the AppStore as my iOS version is 10.3.4 and apps like Firefox request at least iOS 14. This wouldn’t be an issue if I still had the apps downloaded but it isn’t the case.

I was able to re download a few apps through the Purchased tab on the AppStore but some of them are not available anymore (ComicFlow for example). So yeah… What now?

  • edric@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Similar situation but for me it was an old android tablet. Same issues, too slow and most apps are no longer compatible. What I did was convert it into an ebook reader. I just downloaded an epub reader app that was still compatible and use the tablet exclusively for reading novels. I imagine an iPad doesn’t have a lot of flexibility for modification, so you don’t really have a ton of options.

    • T (they/she)@beehaw.orgOP
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      1 year ago

      Yeah, that’s pretty much what I would like to do. I know I can just give up and send it for recycling but I will try a little bit more.