help reverting iOS 5.1.1 on iPad1

[luv2liv]

my dad accidentally updated his ipad1 recently to 5.1.1
now, its dirt slow and crash frequently in safari. it was working perfectly fine before all of this mess. is there a reliable link i can use to downgrade? he didnt have a BLOB nor jailbrake his ipad. i hate to brick his ipad. and it would really suck just to buy another tablet cause he cant surf news sites as before. 1 thing is for sure, it wont be an apple tablet!

 

[dave_the_nerd]

That's a 4 1/2 year old tablet - I'm kind of amazed it worked at all.

Did you do all the normal troubleshooting stuff like factory restore / hard resets / delete all content & settings ?

Downgrading isn't an option.

Before you get all nerdragey and go buy a non-apple tablet, find out how many apps and itunes purchases you're going to have to buy. Then get him a used retina Mini.

 

[ViRGE]

Downgrading isn't an option.

Indeed. The only way to pull off a downgrade on an iPad 1 (Apple A4) device is by using saved SHSH blobs to trick the device, and if you had those blobs you wouldn't be here (generally only jailbreakers have them).

 

[luv2liv]

That's a 4 1/2 year old tablet - I'm kind of amazed it worked at all.

Did you do all the normal troubleshooting stuff like factory restore / hard resets / delete all content & settings ?

Downgrading isn't an option.

Before you get all nerdragey and go buy a non-apple tablet, find out how many apps and itunes purchases you're going to have to buy. Then get him a used retina Mini.

he didnt buy anything for the ipad. he just reads news/emails. so we're not loosing anything except the ipad1.

 

[Spineshank]

Did you do a restore and see if it works better?

 

[luv2liv]

restore didnt help.
i just dont understand why apple has to make it impossible to restore to older iOS.
live and learn, i guess.

 

[nickbits]

restore didnt help.
i just dont understand why apple has to make it impossible to restore to older iOS.
live and learn, i guess.

They want you to buy a new one... not that I agree with that practice. Also it makes it a bit easier on the devs.

 

[Eug]

You could probably sell it for say $75, or $100 if you're lucky.

Then in October, pick up a new iPad Air 2 (or iPad 4?) for him, or else a Nexus 10 when the new version comes out or something like that.

I'm guessing he won't like the Nexus 7 or iPad mini Retina or other 7-8" tablets, but you can ask.

 

[midwestfisherman]

restore didnt help.
i just dont understand why apple has to make it impossible to restore to older iOS.
live and learn, i guess.

I have several Apple devices and I think you're absolutely correct. It's a damned shame they do that.

 

[RadiclDreamer]

I have several Apple devices and I think you're absolutely correct. It's a damned shame they do that.

I think its to prevent people from jailbreaking, but has the nice side effect of pushing folks to an upgrade. That being said, it IS a first gen tablet, not sure what you would expect from it.

 

[Zodiark1593]

I think its to prevent people from jailbreaking, but has the nice side effect of pushing folks to an upgrade. That being said, it IS a first gen tablet, not sure what you would expect from it.

Exactly what the OP said, web browsing and reading newspaper articles.

I think it's a pretty dick move on Apple's part not to allow downgrades, especially if it is proven that the new iOS versions degrade performance on older tablets.