I´m trying to update my grandma´s ipad from ios 8 to ios 12, but itunes does not help, i tried 3utools but cant make it work out of the recovery mode, I have tried flashing and re installing the software but it´s still the same on the recovery mode. Is it permanently dead or is there hope? More than enything to recover the photos not the ipad itself
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From ios 8 to ios 12.5 Ipad air 1
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The original iPad Air? iOS 9.3 is the latest.
Edit: oops! I confused the Air with the Mini. I have the first gen Mini which tops out at iOS 9.3.
Edit: oops! I confused the Air with the Mini. I have the first gen Mini which tops out at iOS 9.3.
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This is wrong. The first iPad Air can run 12.5.x.
You're both right. I have the first gen mini, not the air. It's the Mini which can't go above 9.3; the Air should go up to iOS 12.5.2.
As a user of the OG iPad Air still.
don't upgrade past 12.3
Going to 12.4 and 12.5 has rendered it completely unusable as a daily driver. Safari takes 20-30 seconds to load. Pages take 20-40 seconds to load. It keeps only a single page in memory now. most apps are slow and barely usable. Even smaller old apps like the reddit app are just slow and take forever to respond.
i'd be downgrading back to 12.2 or 12.3 if I was capable of it. Device was still at least usable for couch surfing. I don't begrudge or Blame Apple as I get why the Air is having these problems with the newer OS. But it doesn't change the fact that 12.5 has made the original Air unusable.
don't upgrade past 12.3
Going to 12.4 and 12.5 has rendered it completely unusable as a daily driver. Safari takes 20-30 seconds to load. Pages take 20-40 seconds to load. It keeps only a single page in memory now. most apps are slow and barely usable. Even smaller old apps like the reddit app are just slow and take forever to respond.
i'd be downgrading back to 12.2 or 12.3 if I was capable of it. Device was still at least usable for couch surfing. I don't begrudge or Blame Apple as I get why the Air is having these problems with the newer OS. But it doesn't change the fact that 12.5 has made the original Air unusable.
The only option is to either stay on iOS 8 or upgrade to 12.5.3, and obviously iOS 8 is going to have significant app compatibility problems, so if the iPad isn't working for the user on 8, it's worth upgrading.
An unfortunate position to be in that's for sure.
Really wish Apple would allow us to downgrade and pick a slightly older version. I'm not able to go past 12.5 anyways, so it' snot like these older devices are being kept up to date with the latest fixes anyways.