[Kluggy]

This is super annoying. I don't have iCloud stuff enabled on my old iPad, but it works just fine as a media streaming device for the kids. I want to enable Advanced Data Protection, but it won't let me until I replace the perfectly good iPad :(

[rezonant]

Couldn't you just make a dedicated account for that device? Wouldn't that be preferable anyway? You could still use family controls.

[_rs]

Any idea what happens if you sign out, enable it, and try to sign back in? Is the error as cryptic as I might imagine?

[Kluggy]

IIRC, it's just a generic failure to log into iCloud

[ezfe]

You can remove that iPad from your account if you don't need iCloud for it

[Kluggy]

We do use it for TV+ shows like Snoopy in Space, so alas, I'm stuck with it being registered

[hnbear]

Unregister your account, register a new iCloud and add it to your iCloud family. You can have 6 people in your family account.

I have ADP on my devices but no one else in my family has it on and we’re all in the same iCloud family.