IPad – Upgrading IOS on IPad 1

Until iOS 5 if you downloaded an app, and then removed it, then went back into the App store, then tried to download it again, it would still look like you were going to pay again until after you enter your iTunes password, at which point it would cross check against your purchase history and confirm that it would actually be free.

In iOS5 this behaviour has changed to show informative information such as "install" or "installed" rather than just show the price like it did previously.

I suspect that the in-app purchase mechanism is just a little behind the curve, especially if the app has not yet been updated fully for iOS5 (it hasn't - last update March 18, 2011). I would confirm that the in app purchase history appears in your purchase history (use iTunes on your PC/Mac and check your account section for the easiest way to see this), and so long as it appears, I would proceeed and enter my password anyway, chances are that the old behavious will still apply, and it will happily just redownload it. If it does by any chance charge you again, you can easily take it up with apple, and either you remember incorrectly or it's come down in price but I just took a look (to check the in-app purchase wasn't one of the "buy 100 coins" type that you can legitimately buy again and again) and it's currently only £0.69

It won't be possible to updated to iOS 4.3 unless you have a software image for iOS 4.3 handy. This is because Apple wants to force you to install the latest version which is iOS 5.0. The test app you have been sent should still run on iOS 5.0 though.

Since iTunes isn't being nice about letting you upgrade, what you can do is go download the iOS 5.0 software image from Apple and then you can force iTunes to update using the image. Here's what you do.

1. Download iOS 5.0 for your iPad from the following link (please be aware that this link is not a direct download from Apple. Apple doesn't offer the ability to download iOS outside of iTunes which is why I've provided this link)

   http://www.ijailbreak.com/ipad/download-ios-5-firmware/

2. Plug your iPad into iTunes. Hold down the Option key on your keyboard and click the "Check For Update" button in iTunes. An Open File dialog box will open. Select the software image you downloaded in step #1.

3. iTunes should upgrade your iPad.