A friend of mine received a 3rd generation iPad as a present eight
years ago, which she has hardly used and the battery has been
discharged for a long time. She doesn't want it.

Is leaving the battery discharged likely to have damaged it? Will
iOS9.3.5 (which I understand it can support) run BBC iPlayer and Zoom
without difficulty? I am thinking about making an offer, but I don't
want to take advantage. Would £100 be a reasonable premium price? I
don't know the memory but I could find out.

(I assume it is 3rd gen as it has 30 pin connector, but I need to
check it is not 2nd gen.)

Scott <newsgroups@gefion.myzen.co.uk> wrote:
>
> (I assume it is 3rd gen as it has 30 pin connector, but I need to
> check it is not 2nd gen.)
>

I sold my iPad 2 64GB Wi-Fi + 3G for £ 80 just over two years ago.

Scott wrote:

> A friend of mine received a 3rd generation iPad as a present eight
> years ago, which she has hardly used and the battery has been
> discharged for a long time. She doesn't want it.
>
> Is leaving the battery discharged likely to have damaged it?

could have, I have a nokia tablet that even a few months without power
has ended up unable to charge, or even boot when it has USB power.

> Will iOS9.3.5 (which I understand it can support) run BBC iPlayer and
> Zoom without difficulty?

Pass

> I am thinking about making an offer, but I don't want to take
> advantage. Would £100 be a reasonable premium price? I don't know
> the memory but I could find out.

Somewhere between CEX's buy and sell price, I expect would be
reasonable, depending on the flash size

<https://uk.webuy.com/search/?stext=ipad%203rd>

Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> wrote:
>
> Scott wrote:
>
>> A friend of mine received a 3rd generation iPad as a present eight
>> years ago, which she has hardly used and the battery has been
>> discharged for a long time. She doesn't want it.
>>
>> Is leaving the battery discharged likely to have damaged it?
>
> could have, I have a nokia tablet that even a few months without power
> has ended up unable to charge, or even boot when it has USB power.
>
>> Will iOS9.3.5 (which I understand it can support) run BBC iPlayer and
>> Zoom without difficulty?
>
> Pass
>
>> I am thinking about making an offer, but I don't want to take
>> advantage. Would £100 be a reasonable premium price? I don't know
>> the memory but I could find out.
>
> Somewhere between CEX's buy and sell price, I expect would be
> reasonable, depending on the flash size
>
> <https://uk.webuy.com/search/?stext=ipad%203rd>
>
>

iPlayer needs at least iOS 12

Up to and including the 4th generation you are largely out of luck. These
are 32 bit devices and most app developers have given up 32 bit support
these days.

I'd be careful personally, those batteries are not forgiving. Also if it can
only run9.5, then it probably can't run modern apps either.
Brian

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"Scott" <newsgroups@gefion.myzen.co.uk> wrote in message
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>A friend of mine received a 3rd generation iPad as a present eight
> years ago, which she has hardly used and the battery has been
> discharged for a long time. She doesn't want it.
>
> Is leaving the battery discharged likely to have damaged it? Will
> iOS9.3.5 (which I understand it can support) run BBC iPlayer and Zoom
> without difficulty? I am thinking about making an offer, but I don't
> want to take advantage. Would �100 be a reasonable premium price? I
> don't know the memory but I could find out.
>
> (I assume it is 3rd gen as it has 30 pin connector, but I need to
> check it is not 2nd gen.)

Brian Gaff \(Sofa\) <briang1@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> I'd be careful personally, those batteries are not forgiving. Also if it can
> only run9.5, then it probably can't run modern apps either.

The guy who bought mine particularly wanted the Wi-Fi + 3G version as he
wanted to run some bespoke app on his boat.

Scott <newsgroups@gefion.myzen.co.uk> wrote:
> A friend of mine received a 3rd generation iPad as a present eight
> years ago, which she has hardly used and the battery has been
> discharged for a long time. She doesn't want it.
>
> Is leaving the battery discharged likely to have damaged it? Will
> iOS9.3.5 (which I understand it can support) run BBC iPlayer and Zoom
> without difficulty? I am thinking about making an offer, but I don't
> want to take advantage. Would £100 be a reasonable premium price? I
> don't know the memory but I could find out.
>
> (I assume it is 3rd gen as it has 30 pin connector, but I need to
> check it is not 2nd gen.)
>

If it’s old enough to have the 30 pin connector I’d forget it. The screen
resolution and general usability are much improved on newer models. I
think you’d find it frustrating.

Tim

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On Mon, 3 May 2021 15:09:50 -0000 (UTC), Tweed
<usenet.tweed@gmail.com> wrote:
[snip]
>
>iPlayer needs at least iOS 12
>
>Up to and including the 4th generation you are largely out of luck. These
>are 32 bit devices and most app developers have given up 32 bit support
>these days.

Thanks for this excellent advice. I could easily have entered a
contract that would benefit the seller rather more than the buyer!

On 3 May 2021 16:23:43 GMT, Tim+ <tim.downie@gmail.com> wrote:
[snip]
>
>If it’s old enough to have the 30 pin connector I’d forget it. The screen
>resolution and general usability are much improved on newer models. I
>think you’d find it frustrating.
>
Thanks very much for this insight. As I said to Tweed, I could easily
have entered into a contract that would have benefited the seller more
than the buyer.

I did not think it was even possible to run bespoke software on an Apple
device, without the correct Apple signatures they cannot be loaded as far as
I know.
Brian

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> Brian Gaff \(Sofa\) <briang1@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>> I'd be careful personally, those batteries are not forgiving. Also if it
>> can
>> only run9.5, then it probably can't run modern apps either.
>
> The guy who bought mine particularly wanted the Wi-Fi + 3G version as he
> wanted to run some bespoke app on his boat.
>

Brian Gaff \(Sofa\) <briang1@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> I did not think it was even possible to run bespoke software on an Apple
> device, without the correct Apple signatures they cannot be loaded as far as
> I know.
> Brian
>

It is possible. I’ve had software delivered to me for testing. The
developer has to be a member of the Apple developer program and I had to
supply the serial number of my device. The software could then be installed
on my device but not on anyone else’s. I believe companies can have a
similar arrangement for supplying corporate apps not intended for the
general public.