--- In iPad@yahoogroups.com, Jerry Jankura <toolznglue@...> wrote:
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> Hi, Folks:
>
> I've a Version 1 ipad with 64 gig of memory and 3G/GPS. I've tried a couple of times to move from iOS 4.3.3 (8J3) to iOS 5 without any luck. iTunes appears to back up the contents of the ipad, and then gives an error message.
>
> I get one dialog box that says "Preparing …."
> Then one that says "Backing up iPad" (this seems to take forever)
> After a while, iTunes shows "Extracting Software" message in info area
> Finally I get a dialog box "The iPad "iPad" could not be restored. This device isn't eligible for the requested build."
>
> HUH?????
>
> My understanding is that iOS V5 is suitable for all iPads. I clicked on the "More Information" button
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> I've got all of the updates (iTunes 10.5, both Lion updates, iPhoto) installed on my Early 2011 Macbook Pro notebook computer. My ipad has not been jailbroken, so that should not be an issue.
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> Right now, I'm not at home; if I don't get things working before we get back I'll be making an appointment with my local Genius Bar to see what they have to say.
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> Thanks,
>
> Jerry Jankura
> Abstract art is a product of the untalented, sold by the unprincipled to the utterly bewildered - Al Capp
>
I've copied my note from another thread:
Various hangs caused the iPad (1G) to get wiped. iOS5 is now installed and the
music play lists appear to be present. iBooks had some strange anomalies. I
was afraid my collections would have been wiped, but they're still there. The
weirdness is that not all the books made it into the various collections, but
were collected in the Books collection and will have to be sorted out. Another
bit of weird was that a mysterious 3G was taken from available storage in the
Other section. That's cleared, but did make me wonder when it was there. App
groupings remained intact. Now to find the updated manual so I can figure out
the Newstand and similar new apps that magically appeared. Wasn't painless, but it could have been worse.
