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I pad A 1475

A number of my apps go up to the cloud for storage and need to be down loaded when I want to use them

However now many of the apps are now unable to be downloaded and used. Such as google maps, AOL, google, facebook, apple store, kindle and others. when I try to down load them it states Unable to Download item please try again later I try later and they still will not download...Is it possible that the Ipad has updated its OS to a point where some programs will not download.

I would like to use the Ipad just as a Kindle for reading books but can not get the app to download

iPad Air, iOS 12

Posted on Aug 10, 2022 2:50 PM

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Aug 10, 2022 2:57 PM in response to stephenfromstockton

You have a first generation iPad Air, which cannot be updated past iOS 12.5.5. The Kindle app requires an iPad which can run iPadOS 14 or higher. If you want to use the Kindle app on an iPad, as well as other modern apps, you need to retire your 9 year old iPad and buy a newer, more modern iPad.


You may get longer answers, but this is the simple short answer you need.

Aug 10, 2022 3:04 PM in response to lobsterghost1

Thank you... It was working up until a few months ago. As I was swapping between a newer ipad and this older one to keep one working while the other charged. It stopped working so I dumped a number of apps and cleared memory and did many restarts and it still did not work

Should have known that it had a build in system to tell me to buy a new one...

Aug 10, 2022 4:03 PM in response to stephenfromstockton

stephenfromstockton wrote:

Should have known that it had a build in system to tell me to buy a new one...


Insofar as your iPad is capable, its system software is up to date. The first generation iPad Air, iPad mini2 and mini3 can only be updated to iOS 12.5.5.


Apple ended major update support for these models of iPad in September 2019 - although they since continued to receive occasional “point” security updates until late last year. These devices cannot be updated to iPadOS 13 (or any later major versions of iPadOS) as the internal hardware does not meet the minimum technical requirements (CPU and RAM) for newer versions of iOS/iPadOS.


Some App developers have dropped support for iOS versions preceding iOS 13.x for technical reasons (often because APIs or software libraries upon which they rely have been updated in the new version of iPadOS, making their App incompatible with earlier versions). 


Whilst many App titles remain compatible with your iPad, if you want or need to access to Apps requiring the most recent versions of iOS, you’ll need to consider replacement of your iPad with a newer or current model that supports iPadOS15.


Sorry, I appreciate that this may not be what you were hoping to learn.


I hope this information provides clarity as to your available options - and the fundamental limitations of your iPad.

I pad A 1475

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