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Ask HN: What to Do with Old iPads?

30 points owenmakes | 2 comments | 26 Aug 25 12:45 UTC | HN request time: 0.573s | source

I have a bunch of old ipads which have become almost useless being stuck on iOS 9.3

I've been looking for solutions to this and it seems the only possible option is to jailbreak and downgrade iOS to a more usable version.

Any ideas?

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sixtram ◴[26 Aug 25 16:47 UTC] No.45029086[source]▶
I have two iPad Airs, first generation, but the latest YouTube app no longer works on them. Skype and Teams don't work on old iOS either. Do you have any ideas other than using them as photo frames?
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1. leobg ◴[26 Aug 25 19:17 UTC] No.45030951[source]▶
I had the same problem. All SSL connections are failing. I now run a copyparty server, without SSL, allowing my iPad to stream audiobooks and videos.
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2. owenmakes ◴[26 Aug 25 19:46 UTC] No.45031403[source]▶
Ok this seems like a great idea. You need to watch/listen everything from the browser though right?