What I learned from watching my iPad's slow death

Re:What I learned from watching my iPad's slow death by pgrote on Tuesday February 06, 2018 @02:03PM (#16318550)

I have 2 original ipads that are in excellent shape. I spent a weekend looking for some way to repurpose them into photo albums that sit there are cycle through photos.

I couldn't find a working solution.

All the apps won't work properly and the browser doesn't work with things like Flikr or Google Photos.

It is a shame since the display is still awesome.

Any ideas on what to do with them?

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Re:What I learned from watching my iPad's slow death by pkamb on Tuesday February 06, 2018 @02:12PM (#16318645)

"Picture Frame Mode" was included with the stock iPad, prior to iOS 7. See if you can downgrade. People miss it: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5345183?start=0&tstart=...

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Re:What I learned from watching my iPad's slow death by Joeri on Tuesday February 06, 2018 @02:15PM (#16318667)

The ipad 1 is still an excellent netflix viewer.

Other things it still does (to varying degrees of success) are playing games (e.g. where’s my water, fruit ninja), taking notes, web dashboard (though sadly not general browsing), music player and alarm clock.

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Re:What I learned from watching my iPad's slow death by mhh__ on Tuesday February 06, 2018 @02:07PM (#16318600)

Some sort of jailbreaking/software modification (haven't done this in years, not really sure if it's possible?) could allow you to do what you were trying to do in the first place?

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Re:What I learned from watching my iPad's slow death by jads on Tuesday February 06, 2018 @03:35PM (#16319344)

I think most versions of iOS have had a built-in slideshow function in the Photos application. Try loading up some photos onto the iPad, add to an album, and see if there's a slideshow option somewhere.

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Re:What I learned from watching my iPad's slow death by anonemouse145 on Tuesday February 06, 2018 @02:09PM (#16318617)

Nope. I've heard a nonstandard connection means reusing the display isn't straightforward even if you crack them open.

Best hope is jailbreaking and running custom firmware, which may open up some possibilities.

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Re:What I learned from watching my iPad's slow death by fenwick67 on Tuesday February 06, 2018 @02:09PM (#16318623)

Hmmm... maybe make your own webpage that cycles through the photos? You probably don't want family photos on a public URL though...

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Re:What I learned from watching my iPad's slow death by sli on Tuesday February 06, 2018 @02:55PM (#16319006)

They don't need to be public. A $5 RasPi Zero would be plenty powerful enough to serve photos on a local network.

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