![]() You cannot trust that the seller actually has the correct needed info to properly reset the iPad back to factory settings right then and there before the actual purchase and exchange of money for the iPad, in question. If the iPad powers up to any other screen, then forget purchasing this iPad. If the iPad DOES NOT display the initial animated, multi-language “Welcome” screen, then pass on purchasing this iPad. If purchasing a used device in-person, power the iPad ON User Activation Lock can never be bypasss, circumvented or worked around IF there is no correct previous/original user information to be able to do so.Īpple doesn't get involved with ANY user activation locked, used/second-hand sold devices, either. We have seen plenty of used iOS device purchasers get scammed. If you purchase any iPad, or any Apple iOS device, for that matter, used/second hand, online, or even in-person, make sure this iPad does NOT have user activation lock and has been properly reset for sale.Ī properly reset for sale iPad should initially power up to an animated, multi-language “Welcome” screen.ĭO NOT take the iPad seller's word that this iPad is user activation lock free! If you decide to go down the path of purchasing used, secondhand Apple devices, here is how to avoid purchasing an Apple iOS/iPadOS device with user activation lock, in the future. I am sorry that you had to learn all of this, but this does not change any of the facts regarding these very old iOS devices. Get the largest internal data storage model you can afford as NO Apple iOS device has ANY expandable storage. ( 1st gen Pencil support )Ģ016, 9.7 inch screen iPad Pro models ( 1st gen Pencil support )Ģ017,10.5 inch screen iPad iPad Pro models ( 1st gen Pencil support )Ģ017, 9.7 inch screen iPad 5th gen modelsĢ018, 9.7 inch screen iPad 6th gen models ( 1st gen Pencil support )Ģ019, 10.2 inch screen iPad 7th gen models ( 1st gen Pencil support )Ģ020, 10.2 inch screen iPad 8th gen models. If you need OR ONLY able to purchase older, less expensive iPad models, look at older IPads from 2014 and later.Īll of these older model iPads below, CAN run the latest releases of iPadOS 15.Ģ015-2017, 12.9 inch screen iPad Pro models. There are PLENTY of less expensive, newer, older iPad models that can run the latest, current versions of iPadOS. You really need to seriously consider a purchase of a new iPad model OR a much, MUCH “newer” and less expensive, refurbished or used iPad models, from better known, trusted Apple product/device retailers/resellers, some locally or from online, on the Web/Internet, capable of running the latest iPadOS versions. Sorry, but this is the reality for ALL 8-10-year old AND OLDER iOS devices now. This includes apps for both iOS 9 AND iOS 10 devices!ĪND, NO WAY to, initially, install any older, compatible, third party apps into this old iPad, any longer!Īll 2011-2012 iPad 2, 3, 4 and 1st gen iPad Mini models are fully and completely unsupported AND obsolete! Third party compatible apps for such old devices are few and far between, now, in 2021. There are, virtually, NO MORE third party apps available from the iOS App Store, any longer! Third party app developers abandoned and stopped supporting these 8-10-year old iOS devices nearly 3 years, ago, in 2018. The 2012 1st gen iPad Mini is, now, over 9-years old.Īpple ended support for all 8-10-year old iOS devices nearly 5 years, ago, in 2016. ![]()
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