You're making me buy a new phone

Re:You're making me buy a new phone by anonymousiam on Tuesday March 28, 2023 @11:06AM (#35342256)

I've tried it with the two iPad2 devices that I still have. Here are a few things that you cannot do:

1) Anything that requires MFA via Apple.

2) Full backup/restore will not restore old versions of the apps. New versions are either unavailable or don't work.

3) Any popular streaming service such as Netflix/Amazon Prime/AppleTV.

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Re:You're making me buy a new phone by scarface74 on Tuesday March 28, 2023 @02:12PM (#35345390)

1. If it requires you to enter a code from another device on an older iPad, it tells you to enter your password + MFA code in the password field.

2. You can manually go in and download “the last compatible version”

3. Netflix is usually good about supporting old devices. Amazon disabled an older auth protocol. Apple TV+ videos can be accessed via the web (tv.apple.com). While Safari seems to always redirect you to the app, Chrome for iOS doesn’t.

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Re:You're making me buy a new phone by anonymousiam on Tuesday March 28, 2023 @06:22PM (#35348831)

1.) The iPad 2 only accepts four digit codes, but Apple is now using more digits.

2.) This doesn't work when the app has been removed from the app store.

As an aside, I threw away my 1st gen Apple TV over a year ago because Apple bricked it. It needed MFA to sign in (because it timed out?) and only accepted four digits.

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