Can't update 3rd gen iPad to iOS 10

ganesh · 17 Sep 2016 at 20:29

Hi chaps,

I believe that the third gen iPads are eligible for the iOS 10 upgrade, however, whenever I check either OTA or plugged into the computer it tells me that 9.3.5 is the latest software and I'm up to date.

Anyone else had this problem? Is there anyway around it?

Thanks.

InQ · 17 Sep 2016 at 20:35

Its only available from iPad 4 upwards.

http://www.phonearena.com/news/How-...le-iPhone-or-iPad-when-the-time-comes_id85373

beachBOYken · 18 Sep 2016 at 10:00

Yep its 4th gen and above.

ganesh · 18 Sep 2016 at 15:36

Thanks for the replies, I had checked on this site - http://ios10guide.com/ios-10-compatibility-which-devices-support-ios-10/

Which said that it was compatible, nay matter. I suppose the third gen is already slow enough.

beachBOYken · 19 Sep 2016 at 16:17

Delete* Wrong Thread.

Vertigo · 20 Sep 2016 at 20:47

As if third-gen owners weren't shafted enough by Apple already, they do it again.

kitkat9933 · 20 Sep 2016 at 20:52

Vertigo1 said:
As if third-gen owners weren't shafted enough by Apple already, they do it again.

How have you been shafted? It's a 4 and a half year old device? Name me how many other vendors keep 4 and a half year products up to date with the latest Software/Firmware?

Don't be a cheapskate and buy a new one.

wedrum · 20 Sep 2016 at 20:59

Just live with ios9. No need to buy a new one

Vertigo · 22 Sep 2016 at 07:50

kitkat9933 said:
How have you been shafted? It's a 4 and a half year old device? Name me how many other vendors keep 4 and a half year products up to date with the latest Software/Firmware?

Don't be a cheapskate and buy a new one.

All iPad3 owners were shafted when the iPad4 was released barely seven months later.

The 4 was what the 3 should have been all along. Apple only released the 3 when they did because they were forced to get a retina-display device out there ASAP. The performance of the 3 was woeful and worse than the 2 in most cases as it didn't have enough of a performance bump to offset the extra graphics load.

We've already had versions of iOS with certain features which were unavailable on the 3. Now we have the first version of iOS which doesn't even support the 3. The point is that it just re-inforces what a under-powered device the 3 was and that it should never have been released.

As for your cheapskate comments, I no longer have my 3 thanks very much. I replaced it with an Air.

Morfik · 22 Sep 2016 at 08:13

Fully agree with Vertigo's comments. Not to mention they also brought out the lightning connector with that model further consigning the 3 to the scrap heap after such a short period.