Apple Releases iOS 4.3.3 For iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch
Today, Apple has released iOS 4.3.3 for iOS devices.
iOS 4.3.3 brings minor fixes to the recent location tracking issues:
The 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
The update is available for the iPad (1/2), iPhone 3GS/4 (GSM), and iPod touch (3rd/4th generation). Users can update their devices by connecting them to iTunes and clicking “Check for Update”.
As usual, jailbreakers/unlockers should avoid iOS 4.3.3 until further notice.

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So it will now take much much longer for my GPS to find me. Correct????
It might take a little longer to start once you turn location service on. It will still keep a record/cache, but it will be much smaller. I think they said it will only store 7 days worth of locations. Once you turn your location services off, it will delete the cache entirely.
It might take a little longer to start once you turn location service on. It will still keep a record/cache, but it will be much smaller. I think they said it will only store 7 days worth of locations. Once you turn your location services off, it will delete the cache entirely.
It hardly seems worth updating over. I didn’t even know there were issues with Location Services.
Funny how they fixed this problem right after the US takes out Osama Bin Laden! Maybe that cartoon was correct after all.
Haha…I’m sure there was a connection right! Thanks Apple. 😉
Haha…I’m sure there was a connection right! Thanks Apple. 😉
What happened to reports of other minor fixes and battery life improvements?
I know like wtf was just about to give up my jailbreak to get a better battery life but fuck that now
I will only update it when they have major battery life improvements =P im content with 4.2.1 right now lol
Nice. I was never bothered with the whole location thing. Im on multiple cameras when i walk down the street anyways, there is other ways of tracking besides my phone lol
But i always love new OSs ^_^
I really don’t mind being tracked. This comes in handy if I’m kidnapped, or somehow have gone missing 🙂