Recovery Contact

[Merstling]

Anyone have an issue when trying to set up a Recovery Contact? I have an older iPad that is running IOS 12... and when I try to set up a Recovery Contact on my phone which is running IOS 15... I am told to update my old iPad to the latest version of IOS. Problem is that the iPad is updated to the latest version it will accept. Anyone know a way around this without deleting the older iPad?
Thanks,
Mark

 

[0128672]

It's one of the requirements mentioned in this set up article. I'm not sure you'll find a workaround.

Set up an account recovery contact - Apple Support

An account recovery contact can help make sure that you always have access to your account, even if you forgot your Apple ID password or device passcode. Learn how to set up a recovery contact on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or Mac.

support.apple.com

 

[BugeyeSTI]

No way around it. Every device has to be on iOS15

 

[Cayden]

Honestly insane that they’re requiring ever device linked to the apple ID to be on the latest version to set this up. Should definitely be on a per-device basis or just work for the devices that are up to date

 

[Merstling]

It's one of the requirements mentioned in this set up article. I'm not sure you'll find a workaround.

Set up an account recovery contact - Apple Support

An account recovery contact can help make sure that you always have access to your account, even if you forgot your Apple ID password or device passcode. Learn how to set up a recovery contact on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or Mac.

support.apple.com

Thanks for passing along. Not sure why Apple has this limitation but I'm not retiring a perfectly good iPad.