Ancient ipad, factory reset?

[OutInTheShed]

I have been offered an old ipad.
It doesn't support ios 13 or newer as far as I understand.

If the current owner performs a factory reset on it, will that take it back to ios 8 or whatever?
And if so, can I then update it to ios12?

I know nothing about Apple!

There is nothing sensitive on the device, so is it best to just delete all the photos and stuff, or is there a benefit in resetting and updating, like you'd put a fresh install of windoze on a PC?

TIA.

[duff-man]

The current owner needs to remove it from their Apple account otherwise its as much use as a brick due to activation lock

See this article: https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT201351

[thebraketester]

OutInTheShed said:

I have been offered an old ipad.
It doesn't support ios 13 or newer as far as I understand.

If the current owner performs a factory reset on it, will that take it back to ios 8 or whatever?
And if so, can I then update it to ios12?

I know nothing about Apple!

There is nothing sensitive on the device, so is it best to just delete all the photos and stuff, or is there a benefit in resetting and updating, like you'd put a fresh install of windoze on a PC?

TIA.

A 'reset and erase all settings' will do just that but the OS will remain on the "current" version rather than rolling back to an older one

[cobra kid]

I have the original iPad which I bought second hand in 2012! It still works solidly but is painfully slow and can't do anything pretty much apart from whatever apps happen to come with it as standard. Nothing interesting is supported on it.