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Home : Apps : Why iOS 6 Just Turned Your iPad 1G Into a Paperweight

Why iOS 6 Just Turned Your iPad 1G Into a Paperweight

October 2, 2012 by jayfrankwilson
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If you ignore Apple‘s fumble with the Apple Maps app, then their latest mobile operations system, iOS 6, had 200+ great improvements and was well received. However, iOS 6 has a dirty little secret… it doesn’t work on the iPad 1. Unfortunately, this means that your 1G iPad will become little more than an expensive paperweight as new apps and updates to your existing apps start to require iOS 6. I’ve seen this first hand with my iPod Touch 1G.

Are you angry yet iPad 1 owners? I thought so.

I own a 1G iPad myself and it’s extremely frustrating to see such an expensive purchase become basically obsolete only 2-years after it was released. Even my old iPhone 3GS (I know, I have a lot of old Apple gear) was able to update to iOS 6 and it came out almost a year before the iPad 1.

So why did Apple quietly abandon the iPad 1 with iOS 6? According to documents they had to disclose during their lawsuit with Samsung, Apple has made $39 billion dollars from iPad sales since 2010. Are they just greedy and want us to buy more iPads? I’m sure Apple wouldn’t mind if we did. But the real reason why Apple had to discontinue support for the iPad 1 is most likely lack of RAM.

The simple sad fact is that the iPad 1 only has 256 MB of RAM. Back in 2010, that was enough to handle iOS 4 and the current crop of available apps in the App Store. It also helped keep the iPad’s price down. But as the apps and OS got more complicated, and started running in the background, I’ve seen major performance issues on the iPad 1. The only reason why the iPhone 3GS, which also only has 256 MB of RAM, can handle iOS 6, is screen size. With the smaller screen, the 3GS can probably get away with running iOS 6 on only 256 MBs of RAM.

Why Ios 6 Just Turned Your Ipad 1G Into A Paperweight

So now myself and millions of other iPad 1 owners are left with an expensive paperweight.

What should we do? I suggest putting as many non-Internet required apps on your iPad 1 as soon as possible, and never syncing/updating your apps again. If you update an app to an iOS 6 version in iTunes on your computer and then try to sync your iPad 1, the old version of the app will just get removed from your iPad 1. I’ve seen this firsthand. The home screen on my iPod Touch 1G is pretty barren. It still works, but it’s little more than a very slow web browser. And unfortunately, it’s a sad prediction of what my iPad 1 will become over the next few months.

Some other things you can do with your iPad 1 include:

  • Use it in the kitchen as a recipe look-up tablet
  • Be thankful you didn’t sell you kidney to buy one (true story!)
  • Give it to an elderly family member or friend
  • Blend it
  • Shoot it with a shotgun
  • Sell it (do it fast!)

In the future, let’s hope Apple adds “2-year+ lifetime” to their long term product strategy.


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  1. dionkraft

    August 16, 2013 at 9:55 PM

    I am wondering is what are the number of orig IPADS are out there?

  2. dionkraft

    August 16, 2013 at 9:47 PM

    Don’t upgrade any apps as if any of the apps contain IOS6 code then they will not run on your orig Ipad. Did you not understand what that means? You can’t dload any IOS apps but any updates will config your apps on your ipad but will not run/crash on it. There as good as gone.

  3. hohopig

    October 8, 2012 at 9:03 AM

    So … you are telling me you NEVER encounter one single apps which cannot be updated?

  4. hohopig

    October 8, 2012 at 9:02 AM

    mmm did you even read the article? He IS saying that Apple is NOT supporting iPad through the obsolescence of apps …. which is the same as not support a legacy device. And Mind you, this is less than 2 years after its debut.

  5. hohopig

    October 8, 2012 at 9:01 AM

    Agree, which will probably accelerate within the year.

  6. hohopig

    October 8, 2012 at 8:59 AM

    😛 Ahhh … so true. At least in this aspect it is better than iOS6 and iPhone 5

  7. hohopig

    October 8, 2012 at 8:58 AM

    Wrong again. two years ago iPad just came out, in around March/April 2010.

  8. Herp

    October 3, 2012 at 2:23 AM

    Ironically my iPad 1 crashed while reading this article

  9. nerwall

    October 2, 2012 at 7:02 PM

    well my mom still likes it for PvZ and running credit cards 😛

  10. Linda m

    October 2, 2012 at 3:01 PM

    If, after the first Intel Mac and the first iPhone, you still lined up to buy the first iPad, you deserve what you get. Apple’s first gen products are never worth it.

  11. Idon't Know

    October 2, 2012 at 2:38 PM

    Which will take forever.

  12. Idon't Know

    October 2, 2012 at 2:38 PM

    Well thats odd because they stopped selling them at least two years ago.

  13. Idon't Know

    October 2, 2012 at 2:38 PM

    He wants an advanced OS. Nott a malware and bloatware laden copy of the real thing.

  14. Idon't Know

    October 2, 2012 at 2:37 PM

    One of these things is not like the other. Duh.
    Also the Touch still works with old OS.
    Whiner.

  15. Idon't Know

    October 2, 2012 at 2:37 PM

    what an idiotic article. Not having iOS 6 hardly makes the iPad 1 a paperweight.
    Also anyone familiar with Apple knows their equipment typically lasts far longer and is supported longer by than just about anyone else. The iPad 1 is an anomaly as it was the first successful tablet.

  16. jon accarrino

    October 2, 2012 at 1:48 PM

    i was wondering if anyone would pickup on that! good catch!!

  17. Dan A

    October 2, 2012 at 1:42 PM

    Ridiculous article. My iPad 1 functions just fine since iOS6 came out. I’ve never upgraded to the new iOS versions anyway immediately upon their release and now, just because I can’t, I don’t feel any need to panic.

    I’m still watching movies, reading books and mail, and browsing the web just fine. In fact, I can even remote desktop into my office machines and deal with the downed production web server.

    Besides, the iPad would make a terrible paperweight… it would hide all the papers under it and you’d have no idea they were there.

  18. jon accarrino

    October 2, 2012 at 12:01 PM

    hi Bob – yes the iPad 1 will continue to have web and email functionality. so i guess it’s really an advanced paperweight…

  19. fredmertz624

    October 2, 2012 at 11:54 AM

    i have an iPod Touch 1G and it’s a paper weight now. the web barely works now. so yeah, the iPad 1 will become a paper weight.

  20. fredmertz624

    October 2, 2012 at 11:51 AM

    can i still jailbreak my iPad 1? and then use it forever?? right? screw you Apple!

  21. s_henry_paulson

    October 2, 2012 at 11:49 AM

    I own a first gen iPad, and I can tell you it won’t be the same.
    Apps will slowly stop working, and updates will be restricted to newer firmware only, meaning my only option is to delete the apps that I had been using and paid for… or heaven forbid I need to do a restore and get all of my apps back. Then it’s just a lottery of luck on how many I’ll be allowed to download, and that number will decrease with time.
    I can understand dropping support for legacy products, but I’ve only had the thing a year and a half or something.

  22. pr3fect

    October 2, 2012 at 11:48 AM

    Damn that other guy was lucky to get an iPad2 for his kidney!

  23. methodshop

    October 2, 2012 at 11:16 AM

    until the apps stop working…

  24. John Adams

    October 2, 2012 at 11:11 AM

    It’s amazing that it removes the working version of programs completely when you do a sync. I’d cal it a bug except I know it’s not, it’s intentional destruction of your data to force obsolescence and a new hardware purchase.

  25. Cayce Pollard

    October 2, 2012 at 11:01 AM

    so run iOS 5. It still does everything it did when you bought it.

  26. Chris L

    October 2, 2012 at 10:59 AM

    After having gone through a clusterf$ck of an upgrade to iOS 4 on my iPhone 3G (which has 128MB of RAM), I’m glad that Apple made that choice for all of those iPad 1 owners out there. You’re better off not having an operating system that requires more memory than you have because it’s going to be an awful experience. Apple made the right choice here… in fact I’m surprised that they even allowed the 3GS to update to iOS 6.

  27. vldr

    October 2, 2012 at 10:42 AM

    Perhaps you can install android on it 😉

  28. Emanuele

    October 2, 2012 at 10:27 AM

    Cannot feel this way about iPad 1. It’s not obsolete in my eyes and my daily duties. It’s still working letting me surf the web, read and reply to emails, look at movies… it’s not a glorified paperweight at all.

  29. asiekierka

    October 2, 2012 at 10:27 AM

    Jailbreak it, get Cydia and install some of the tweaks in order to hopefully extend the life of the device.

    At least be glad you still have a lightweight YouTube app. ^^;

  30. huxley

    October 2, 2012 at 10:20 AM

    To be fair, the kidney money went to buy an iPad 2 …

  31. bobthedino2000

    October 2, 2012 at 10:10 AM

    Are you saying that your iPad stopped working on the day iOS 6 was released? No, it didn’t. You can still browse the web, do your email, and all the other stuff that it still does under iOS 5! It’s a bit much to claim that your iPad is now a paperweight, but I guess it’s a way to get page views.

    You are correct about needing to be careful about updating apps, though – you should update on the iPad itself, rather than in iTunes. If you do it this way, it won’t download incompatible apps.

  32. GabeB12

    October 2, 2012 at 9:54 AM

    hard to believe that my iPad 1 is basically obsolete in Apple’s eyes at this point.

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