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Apple "Activation Lock" = iPAD trashed


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Nigel Bailey
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I bought an iPAD 32GB Donkey's years ago and used it on and off, but I recognized the benefits of using it for Sky Demon. So later I bought an iPAD Mini and together with a Yoke mount I bought for my Piper Arrow III, had some really good use of it with Sky Demon on many flights of which some have been well into Europe. 
But just recently, Apple have applied an "Activation lock" that has deprived me of the use of either of these devices. Even though I bought them with my own money many years ago, they will not lift the Activation lock unless I can produce the receipts of purchase, which after a number of house moves are no more. So I am left with having to buy another tablet to run my Sky Demon on.
I will never have another Apple product ever again, so it's going to have to be an Android. So here is the question...
Please, can anyone suggest to me a good Android device that I can run Sky Demon on, that is about the same size as the iPAD Mini (so it will fit in my existing yoke mount) and has it's own internal GPS?
Many thanks.


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Alf - 7/31/2019 1:55:26 PM
Nigel Bailey - 7/31/2019 12:38:07 PM
I bought an iPAD 32GB Donkey's years ago and used it on and off, but I recognized the benefits of using it for Sky Demon. So later I bought an iPAD Mini and together with a Yoke mount I bought for my Piper Arrow III, had some really good use of it with Sky Demon on many flights of which some have been well into Europe. 
But just recently, Apple have applied an "Activation lock" that has deprived me of the use of either of these devices. Even though I bought them with my own money many years ago, they will not lift the Activation lock unless I can produce the receipts of purchase, which after a number of house moves are no more. So I am left with having to buy another tablet to run my Sky Demon on.
I will never have another Apple product ever again, so it's going to have to be an Android. So here is the question...
Please, can anyone suggest to me a good Android device that I can run Sky Demon on, that is about the same size as the iPAD Mini (so it will fit in my existing yoke mount) and has it's own internal GPS?
Many thanks.


Hi Nigel,

there are numeous 8 inch Android tablets out there. A friend of mine uses the Xiaomi Mi Pad 4, it is a very good tablet with a bright display. The size is 199*132*8mm, please compare with your Ipad in case...

BR,
Alf

Hi Alf
The dimensions of my iPAD Mini are 200mm x 35mm x 6mm
The yoke mount for my Arrow that I bought a few years back was made for the iPAD Mini and it clips into the unit very precisely. I'm thinking that other manufacturers will make their tablets a different size that would not fit into my present mount. I was wondering if anyone has actually had an Android that they have fitted into an iPAD mount before. But I think the only answer will be to take the yoke mount to PC world and see if one of theirs actually fits. Otherwise I will have to buy a new mount.
After this fiasco, I will never buy anything Apple again!!
Many thanks for you help Alf

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