iOS 4.3.3 (8J2) for iPod touch 3

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✗ This firmware is not signed. This means you cannot restore to it in Finder, the Apple Devices app, iTunes, or idevicerestore.

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This firmware is not signed. This means you cannot restore to it in Finder, the Apple Devices app, iTunes, or idevicerestore. The instructions below are included for reference only.

Windows

  1. Install the latest version of Apple Devices from the Microsoft Store.
  2. Plug your iPod touch 3 in to your PC.
  3. Open Apple Devices, and navigate to your iPod touch 3.
  4. Hold the Shift key on your keyboard, and press "Restore".
  5. Select the iPod3,1_4.3.3_8J2_Restore.ipsw file that you downloaded.
  6. Wait for the restore to complete, and the iPod touch 3 to reboot.

macOS

  1. Plug your iPod touch 3 in to your Mac.
  2. Navigate to your iPod touch 3 in Finder.
  3. Hold the Option or Alt key on your keyboard, and press "Restore".
  4. Select the iPod3,1_4.3.3_8J2_Restore.ipsw file that you downloaded.
  5. Wait for the restore to complete, and the iPod touch 3 to reboot.

Linux

  1. Install idevicerestore.
  2. Plug your iPod touch 3 in to your PC.
  3. Open a terminal, and navigate to the IPSW file that you downloaded, e.g. cd ~/Downloads
  4. To perform a full erase restore, type idevicerestore -e iPod3,1_4.3.3_8J2_Restore.ipsw and press enter.
  5. Wait for the restore to complete, and the iPod touch 3 to reboot.

Windows

  1. Open PowerShell, and navigate to the IPSW file that you downloaded, e.g. cd Downloads
  2. Type Get-FileHash iPod3,1_4.3.3_8J2_Restore.ipsw -Algorithm SHA1
  3. The output of the command should match the following checksum: b67300ebdc32b1e55b7212b937a3d4df83463d20. If it doesn't, you may need to redownload the file.

macOS

  1. Open a terminal, and navigate to the IPSW file that you downloaded, e.g. cd ~/Downloads
  2. Type openssl sha1 iPod3,1_4.3.3_8J2_Restore.ipsw
  3. The output of the command should match the following checksum: b67300ebdc32b1e55b7212b937a3d4df83463d20. If it doesn't, you may need to redownload the file.

Linux

  1. Open a terminal, and navigate to the IPSW file that you downloaded, e.g. cd ~/Downloads
  2. Type openssl sha1 iPod3,1_4.3.3_8J2_Restore.ipsw
  3. The output of the command should match the following checksum: b67300ebdc32b1e55b7212b937a3d4df83463d20. If it doesn't, you may need to redownload the file.

Checksums

SHA256sum9eb37a56eedb7208b0349ef75184529c7b95bf6a1cc39c803f3117c69d71056d
MD5sum9eb37a56eedb7208b0349ef75184529c7b95bf6a1cc39c803f3117c69d71056d
SHA1sumb67300ebdc32b1e55b7212b937a3d4df83463d20
Please note, the documentation below is supplied from Apple's update servers. We don't modify the contents of this documentation.

iOS 4.3.3 Software Update

This update contains changes to the iOS crowd-sourced location database cache including:

- Reduces the size of the cache  

- No longer backs the cache up to iTunes

- Deletes the cache entirely when Location Services is turned off

Products compatible with this software update:

• iPhone 4 (GSM model)

• iPhone 3GS

• iPad 2

• iPad

• iPod touch (4th generation)

• iPod touch (3rd generation)

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