IPod Touch 3rd Gen IOS 5

Its so slow, everything crashes except like settings and weather sometimes notes. i cant type anything cause it freezes i need to get this either back to 4.3.5 or have something done.

My ios5 upgrade of 3rd gen ipod touch deleted all my audio books (which were library check outs -- not purchased) and did not restore them. So beware upgrading to IOS5 may delete everything from the ipod.
After upgrad had Apple ID problems -- had to change the apple ID used with the pod. My old ID was not an email address and this seems to have been the cause of the problem.
After upgrade, I downloaded 5 audio books from the Northern California Digital Library. The WMAs play but the 2 MP3s do not. When I try to play them, the "play screen" opens briefly then the screen returns to the screen it was on before I attempted to play the story.
This *****. I hate apple. Its the second time this year everything on my IPOD has been wiped off. I waited for months for some of those library books and now I have to put in requests for all of them again.
I'll try deleting all the books and reloading them and see if that fixes the, "won't play" problem.

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itunes says that the version of software on my ipod touch 3rd gen is up to date, but IOS 5 is avaliable. I have checked for software updates for days but it keeps saying that 4.2.1 is the current version. Why cant i get IOS 5?

bradenfromwaikerie wrote:
itunes says that the version of software on my ipod touch 3rd gen is up to date, but IOS 5 is avaliable. I have checked for software updates for days but it keeps saying that 4.2.1 is the current version. Why cant i get IOS 5?
because you do not have a 3rd generation device. The OS Version says so , otherwise you would be at 4.3.5 minimum and also Itunes is also always correct in determining if you have the latest OS ( if not it fetches the newest from Apple's Servers ) . And because a 2nd generation iPod stops at 4.2.1 you can't get the newest OS, because your device is old. Buy a new iPod , they have iOS5 preinstalled.

My iTunes says my iPod touch 3rd Gen is up to date with iOs 4.2.1, how do I get the new iOs 5?

My iTunes says my iPod touch 3rd Gen is up to date with iOs 4.2.1, how do I get the new iOs 5?

You must update your iTunes software to 10.5 first then you can upgrade to iOS 5.
http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/
According to Apple the iPod touch 3rd gen can update to iOS 5.
"iCloud requires iOS 5 on iPhone 3GS or later, iPod touch (3rd and 4th generation), iPad, or iPad 2; a Mac computer with OS X Lion; or a PC with Windows Vista or Windows 7 (Outlook 2007 or 2010 or an up-to-date browser is required for accessing email, contacts, and calendars). Some features require a Wi-Fi connection. Some features are not available in all countries. Access to some services is limited to 10 devices."
From here > http://www.apple.com/icloud/

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Hello Apple,
I have an iPod touch 3rd gen 64GB (A1318) and I wish to install apps like youtube and soundcloud from the app store. But most of the apps require iOS 6 or 7 for them to be installed into the iPod touch. So, how can update my iPod touch to iOS6 or 7. As the lasted update available is only iOS 5.1.1
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That iPod touch can't be updated past 5.1.1. If desired, click here and try following the instructions.
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I CANNOT UPGRADE MY IPOD TOUCH 3RD GEN FROM iOS 4.2.1! HOW TO UPGRADE??

That's as high as that model can upgrade to. You will need to buy a newer model to go higher.
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what is the highest ios an ipod touch 3rd gen can do up to?

Like Ralph Landry1 said
No one can predict the life span of a particular device, there are too many variables to consider. Such as, how well it is treated, how it is charged, used in a case, exposure to heat and cold, and on and on. If you treat it well, it should last for years.
iPod Touch has a 1 year warrenty, but with the AppleCare Protection Plan, you can extend it to 2 years. Even out-of -warrenty, its still useful. And please follow through what Ralph Landry1 said.

I have this iPod touch 3rd gen (without camera, right?).. What is its updated ios?

I have this iPod touch 3rd gen (without camera, right?).. What is its updated ios?

Then you most likely have a 2nd generation. To confirm, check the model number on the back. if it is A1288, it is a 2nd gen and can not be upgraded beyond 4.2.1.

Will Apple cover me if updating to iOS5 on ipod Touch 3rd gen ruins/bricks it?

I have heard stories of some people's apple products not working/bricked after attempting to upgrade to iOS5.
I have a 1.5 year old ipod Touch 3rd gen. No warranty on it from Apple (tho I do have one from Square Trade for ADH, but I called them and they said if it is a software issue, they don't cover it.)
I am very concerned about d/ling the ios5 upgrade and it ruining my ipod touch. In effect, I will take a device that could fetch almost $200 on ebay (which I could then use to upgrade to a Touch 5gen), and turn it into a worthless piece of junk if I upgrade and it ruins it.
Also, I know that they have released 5.0.1 (beta I believe?) for update. I still read stories on here from people waiting until now (Nov, a month after it was first released when so many people tried to d/l it and had terrible problems), but now are still getting network timed out error msgs, etc.
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Before proceeding with the update, it wouldn't hurt to manually back up the iPod in iTunes by right->clicking on it from under the Devices section and choosing Backup. See this article for more information on what is stored in the backup.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4946
Also make sure that any content you may have synced to the device from iTunes, such as Music, movies, TV Shows, podcasts, etc. are all stored on your computer and in iTunes before updating the iPod's version of iOS.
Otherwise, I would go ahead with the upgrade. I didn't have any issues with it on my iPhone.
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HT3576 Ok so i have this iPod touch (3rd gen) and i'm trying to update it through iTunes and when i click check for update it keeps saying this version of iPod software (2.2.1) is your current version. what do i do? how do i update it?

Ok so i have this iPod touch (3rd gen) and i'm trying to update it through iTunes and when i click check for update it keeps saying this version of iPod software (2.2.1) is your current version. what do i do? how do i update it?

You have a 1st generation iPod Touch. It can not be upgraded beyond iOS 3.1.3, it is available at the link below.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2052

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IPod Touch 3rd gen reboots: panic CRC ERR

My 14 year old daughter had an iPod Touch 3rd gen that, with less than a month to go on the warranty, the touchscreen stopped working. Took it in to the Apple store, where they tried to see if they could resuscitate it by upgrading iOS, reseting to factory defaults, and a couple other magic clicks they tried. All to no avail. They checked the liquid damage indicator, found no damage, and then agreed to replace the device. I walked out with a new (?) device and was happy.
A couple months later I overheard my daughter asking if she could have her mom's Touch. I asked why she wasn't using her Touch, and she told me that it has rebooted randomly since we got the replacement. Of course, I was incensed that she didn't say something sooner - like, before the warranty ran out. Knowing that the warrany had expired, I started to research the problem on Apple's forums and the Internet.
Most of the information I found seemed to indicate that certain versions of iOS seemed to incite these kinds of problems. So I went through several exercises to try upgrading, downgrading, restoring the device, DFU mode, etc. Still, the problems continued. I upgraded the device over the weeks and months, hoping to find the magic version that would stop this. I tried removing apps, not installing any apps at all, putting music on slowly instead of syncing large amounts of data, etc.
A day or two ago I installed iOS 5. It seemed like it was going to work fine, but still periodically it would crash - including during the upgrade process itself, during the restore after the upgrade, when running large apps, when running small apps, and even when not doing anything at all. In fact the reboots complicated the process such that I could no longer sync without an error, so I had to reinstall the OS again earlier today. I was at dinner tonight and looked over when something caught the corner of my eye - it had gone to the Apple boot screen all by itself, when it was simply sitting there not being used.
I found General -> About -> Diagnostics & Usage -> Diagnostic & Usage Data, and see eight files:
(4) files called 2011-10-15-xxxxxx.panic.plist (I assume xxxxxx is a time of day, since the latest one is from dinnertime)
(4) files called ResetCounter-2011-10-15-xxx (rest of file name is cut off, xxx is first three digits of above xxxxxx)
I opened them and they all look relatively similar (latest one shown):
panic.plist:
Incident Identifier: 5498CD62-1915-4CF6-AA29-68B264862600
CrashReporter Key:
1f8e6350d76b74f0edef75a88dbf683f7cf32490
Hardware Model: iPod3,1
Date/Time: 2011-10-15 20:42:29.359 -0400
OS Version: iPhone OS 5.0 (9A334)
CRC ERR!
ResetCounter:
Incident Identifier: 246DB43B-7BC1-454D-8835-FBB81C4DD63B
CrashReporter Key:
1f8e6350d76b74f0edef75a88dbf683f7cf32490
Reset count: 1
Boot failure count: 0
Boot faults:
Boot stage: 0
Boot app: 0
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I am generally happy with the Apple i* line - our family has an iPad, an iPad 2, an iPhone 3GS, an iPhone 4, 3 iPod 3rd Gens, and our daughter is on track to get an iPhone 4 for her birthday next month. What concerns me is that they have given me a refurbished device with a problem, and I am powerless to do anything about it? The flat rate repair cost for the device is $149, but I feel that they gave me a device that wasn't working to begin with.
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The device was easily $250 when I first bought it for her, and I feel somewhat cheated if they simply repackaged dead hardware. But it's my word against theirs at this point.
Again, simply looking for advice on how I might bring this to the attention of people who care and aren't just reading from a troubleshooting flowchart.
Thanks in advance for any advice or suggestions, including if anyone knows of a resolution that I haven't tried?

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panic.plist:
SysInfoCrashReporterKey
e0ab646b87a44daa85ab165a087e2c90b04c1cae
bug_type
110
description
Incident Identifier: 915E60F0-790A-4ABE-B153-F371E6B497F0
CrashReporter Key: e0ab646b87a44daa85ab165a087e2c90b04c1cae
Hardware Model: iPod3,1
Date/Time: 2011-10-30 00:42:12.906 -0400
OS Version: iPhone OS 5.0 (9A334)
CRC ERR!
os_version
iPhone OS 5.0 (9A334)
system_ID
ResetCounter:
AutoSubmitted
SysInfoCrashReporterKey
e0ab646b87a44daa85ab165a087e2c90b04c1cae
bug_type
115
description
Incident Identifier: B95D297B-EF08-4C6E-A411-CCBAB2515A5A
CrashReporter Key: e0ab646b87a44daa85ab165a087e2c90b04c1cae
Date: 2011-10-30 00:42:10 -0400
Reset count: 1
Boot failure count: 0
Boot faults:
Boot stage: 0
Boot app: 0
displayName
Reset count
name
Reset count
os_version
iPhone OS 5.0 (9A334)
version
101
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