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How to keep old iPad functioning?
I just got a new M2. So far so good. I am retiring my old Pro2 but want to make sure the Cubasis data stays viable. If I just pack it away will I be able to open it up down the road and still find all the Cubasis data?
Awaiting cables and hub to try recording. Any advice?
Thx!
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My first iPad 2nd gen still boots, no data corruption.
The oldest iPhone I kept still boots, no data corruption.
Just have to charge them before use.
Just in case make a couple backups on external ssd and in iCloud.
@jo92346 sounds good. What model are you using now?
An 8th gen and the first pro with m1.
If you never plug it back in, the battery may lose the ability to hold a charge after a while. I have an iPad 2 that went uncharged for a couple of years. It works but only plugged in as the battery drains so quickly.
@espiegel123 i can deal with that. Thx.
@LinearLineman back up your ipad to your computer and save your cubasis files to an external hard drive if possible.
If you keep it as a backup and only use it on occasion, I'd charge/discharge the battery to around 70% and keep it powered off while you don't use it. That worked well for quite a number of iDevices here, I only had one iPhone battery bulge up in a completely discharged iPhone but I've heard that this could rather be a manufacturing defect.
I’m not sure I understand why you need the old iPad to access your old Cubasis projects. Did you not restore everything from iCloud backup to the new iPad?
I know that some of his many Cubasis projects contain quite a few audio tracks so storage could be a reason.
@wim, I transferred from the old iPad directly to the new. @rs2000, I’m just curious if the old iPad will remain a reliable Cubasis backup. Never recovered from iCloud so I would be glad to have another backup.
If you turn it off and disconnect it and leave it the battery will end up fully discharging. My experience with the several legacy devices that I have is that if the batteries go too long without a charge they seem to stop being able to hold their charge. My understanding is that the cause is a permanent chemical change that takes place over time with a fully discharged battery.
Thx @espiegel123 are you saying @rs2000 ’s powering down with a charge doesn’t work? Actually, my “new” M2 arrived with a 66% charge powered down. It must have been on the shelf for a couple of yrs, no?
A coupla things. I could be wrong but what I have read makes me skeptical that an iPad with a new battery would maintain that level of charge for 2 years.
In any case, the battery in your old iPad is a degraded battery. Its chemical makeup is changing. If you only are ever going to need to access it plugged in, the battery will still handle that. But I have four old iPads and iPhones that sat in a drawer for several years and none of them can hold a charge for more than 30 minutes or so. It takes them being plugged in for 15-30 minutes before they can be used while plugged in.
@espiegel123 i will only need to use it plugged in, if I need it at all. But maybe I will still use it for movies or something rather than having it degrade in a drawer.
Why not combine the two and watch some degrading movies? 😃
I had a couple of old iPads. I would charge them up on the 1st of every month. This seemed to work well. You should never, as mentioned let the battery fully discharge or get close to it.