This article is about iPodOS firmware. For external software that interacts with the iPod, see software.

Methodology

Using an IPSW file, you may restore from one in iTunes using ⇧ Shift+Restore with an iPod plugged into your system, navigating and selecting the IPSW file and iTunes will deploy your firmware of choice onto your iPod. If you run into any troubles along the way, navigate to our problem solving page.

Using an updater, you may restore from the included firmware included with the aforementioned updater and the GUI will guide you through the firmware upload.

For older firmware that are no longer supported by Apple, we have provided iPodOS rips from iPod devices which are not sourced from Apple themselves, rather our individual devices. You may load the .bin image files tagged with using iPodWizard, otherwise you are required to use the dd utility to burn the .bin image onto your iPod.

Firmware List

You can find various sources for firmware for your iPod device below. In the center column you can find Apple's own IPSW file and our self-hosted IPSWs and updaters. Note that Apple's IPSW will only feature the latest firmware file released for the particular iPod whose firmware you are seeking.

iPod	Apple Source	Unofficial Source
iPod (1st generation)	iPodOS 1.5	1.0.bin  File:IPod 1.1.0.bin 1.0.2.bin  File:IPod 1.1.0.2.bin 1.0.4.bin  File:IPod 1.1.0.4.bin 1.1.bin  File:IPod 1.1.1.bin 1.2.bin  File:IPod 1.1.2.bin 1.2.1.bin  File:IPod 1.1.2.1.bin 1.2.2.bin  File:IPod 1.1.2.2 1.2.6.bin  File:IPod 1.1.2.6 1.3.bin  File:IPod 1.1.3 1.4.bin  File:IPod 1.1.4 1.5.bin  File:IPod 1.1.5
iPod (2nd generation)
iPod (3rd generation)	iPodOS 2.3
iPod (4th generation)	(iPod_4) iPodOS 3.1.1 (iPod_10) iPodOS 3.1.1
iPod photo	(iPod_5) iPodOS 1.2.1 (iPod_11) iPodOS 1.2.1
iPod video	(iPod_13) iPodOS 1.2.1 (iPod_13) iPodOS 1.2.3 (iPod_13) iPodOS 1.3 (iPod_20) iPodOS 1.2.1 (iPod_20) iPodOS 1.2.3 (iPod_20) iPodOS 1.3 5.5/enhanced firmware (iPod_25) iPodOS 1.2.1 (iPod_25) iPodOS 1.2.3 (iPod_25) iPodOS 1.3
iPod classic (6th generation)	(iPod_24) iPodOS 1.0.1 (iPod_24) iPodOS 1.0.3 (iPod_24) iPodOS 1.1 (iPod_24) iPodOS 1.1.1 (iPod_24) iPodOS 1.1.2 (iPod_24) iPodOS 1.1.2 (iPod_33) iPodOS 2.0 (iPod_33) iPodOS 2.0.1 (iPod_35) iPodOS 2.0.2 (iPod_35) iPodOS 2.0.3 (iPod_35) iPodOS 2.0.4 (iPod_38) iPodOS 2.0.5
iPod classic (7th generation)
iPod mini (1st generation)	(iPod_3) iPodOS 1.4.1 (iPod_6) iPodOS 1.4.1
iPod mini (2nd generation)	(iPod_7) iPodOS 1.4.1
iPod shuffle (1st generation)	(iPod_128) iPodOS 1.1.5 (iPod_129) iPodOS 1.1.5
iPod shuffle (2nd generation)	(iPod_130) iPodOS 1.0.3 (iPod_130) iPodOS 1.0.4 (iPod_131) iPodOS 1.0.3 (iPod_131) iPodOS 1.0.4 (iPod_133) iPodOS 1.0.4
iPod shuffle (3rd generation)	(iPod_132) iPodOS 1.1
iPod shuffle (4th generation)	(iPod_134) iPodOS 1.0 (iPod_134) iPodOS 1.0.1 (iPod_135) iPodOS 1.0.1 (iPod_135) iPodOS 1.0.2 (iPod_136) iPodOS 1.0.3
iPod nano (1st generation)	(iPod_14) iPodOS 1.3.1 (iPod_17) iPodOS 1.3.1
iPod nano (2nd generation)	(iPod_19) iPodOS 1.1.2 (iPod_19) iPodOS 1.1.3 (iPod_29) iPodOS 1.1.3
iPod nano (3rd generation)	(iPod_26) iPodOS 1.0.2 (iPod_26) iPodOS 1.0.3 (iPod_26) iPodOS 1.1 (iPod_26) iPodOS 1.1.2 (iPod_26) iPodOS 1.1.3
iPod nano (4th generation)	(iPod_31) iPodOS 1.0 (iPod_31)iPodOS 1.0.2 (iPod_31) iPodOS 1.0.3 (iPod_31) iPodOS 1.0.4
iPod nano (5th generation)	(iPod_34) iPodOS 1.0.1 (iPod_34) iPodOS 1.0.2
iPod nano (6th generation)	(iPod_36) iPodOS 1.0 (iPod_36) iPodOS 1.1 (iPod_36) iPodOS 1.2
iPod nano (7th generation)	(iPod_37) iPodOS 1.0.1 (iPod_37) iPodOS 1.0.2 (iPod_37) iPodOS 1.0.3 (iPod_37) iPodOS 1.0.4 (iPod_39) iPodOS 1.1.1 (iPod_39) iPodOS 1.1.2
iPod touch (1st generation)	iPhoneOS 1.1 (3A101a) iPhoneOS 1.1.1 (3A110a) iPhoneOS 1.1.2 (3B48b) iPhoneOS 1.1.3 (4A93) iPhoneOS 1.1.4 (4A102) iPhoneOS 1.1.5 (4B1)
iPod touch (2nd generation)	iPhoneOS 2.1.1 (5F138) iPhoneOS 2.2 (5G77a) iPhoneOS 2.2.1 (5H11a) iOS 4.0 (8A293) iOS 4.0.2 (8A400) iOS 4.1 (8B117) iOS 4.2.1 (8C148)
iPod touch (3rd generation)	iPhoneOS 3.1.1 (7C145) iPhoneOS 3.1.1 (7C146) iPhoneOS 3.1.2 (7D11) iPhoneOS 3.1.3 (7E18) iOS 4.0 (8A293) iOS 4.0.2 (8A400) iOS 4.2.1 (8C148) iOS 4.3 (8F190) iOS 4.3.1 (8G4) iOS 4.3.2 (8H7) iOS 4.3.3 (8J2) iOS 4.3.4 (8K2) iOS 4.3.4 (8K2) iOS 4.3.5 (8L1) iOS 5.0 (9A334) iOS 5.0.1 (9A405) iOS 5.1 (9B176) iOS 4.1 (8B117) iOS 5.1.1 (9B206)
iPod touch (4th generation)	iOS 4.1 (8B117) iOS 4.1 (8B118) iOS 4.2.1 (8C148) iOS 4.3 (8F190) iOS 4.3.1 (8G4) iOS 4.3.2 (8H7) iOS 4.3.3 (8J2) iOS 4.3.4 (8K2) iOS 4.3.5 (8L1) iOS 5.0 (9A334) iOS 5.1 (9B176) iOS 5.1.1 (9B206) iOS 6.0 (10A403) iOS 6.0.1 (10A523) iOS 6.1 (10B144) iOS 6.1.2 (10B146) iOS 6.1.3 (10B329) iOS 6.1.5 (10B400) iOS 6.1.6 (10B500)
iPod touch (5th generation)	iOS 6.0 (10A406) iOS 6.0.1 (10A523) iOS 6.1 (10B141) iOS 6.1.2 (10B146) iOS 6.1.3 (10B329) iOS 7.0 (11A465) iOS 7.0.2 (11A501) iOS 7.0.3 (11B511) iOS 7.0.4 (11B554a) iOS 7.0.6 (11B651) iOS 7.1 (11D167) iOS 7.1.1 (11D201) iOS 7.1.2 (11D257) iOS 8.0 (12A365) iOS 8.1 (12B411) iOS 8.1.1 (12B435) iOS 8.1.2 (12B440) iOS 8.1.3 (12B466) iOS 8.3 (12F69) iOS 8.4 (12H143) iOS 8.4.1 (12H321) iOS 9.0 (13A344) iOS 9.0.2 (13A452) iOS 9.1 (13B143) iOS 9.2 (13C75) iOS 9.2.1 (13D15) iOS 9.3 (13E233) iOS 9.3 (13E237) iOS 9.3.1 (13E238) iOS 9.3.2 (13F69) iOS 9.3.3 (13G34) iOS 9.3.4 (13G35) iOS 9.3.5 (13G36)
iPod touch (6th generation)	iOS 8.4 (12H143) iOS 8.4.1 (12H321) iOS 9.0 (13A344) iOS 9.0.1 (13A404) iOS 9.0.2 (13A452) iOS 9.1 (13B143) iOS 9.2 (13C75) iOS 9.2.1 (13D15) iOS 9.3 (13E233) iOS 9.3.1 (13E238) iOS 9.3.2 (13F69) iOS 9.3.3 (13G34) iOS 9.3.4 (13G35) iOS 9.3.5 (13G36) iOS 10.0.1 (14A403) iOS 10.1.1 (14B150) iOS 10.2 (14C92) iOS 10.2.1 (14D27) iOS 10.3 (14E277) iOS 10.3.1 (14E304) iOS 10.3.2 (14F89) iOS 10.3.3 (14G60) iOS 11.0 (15A372) iOS 11.0.1 (15A402) iOS 11.0.2 (15A421) iOS 11.0.3 (15A432) iOS 11.1 (15B93) iOS 11.1.1 (15B150) iOS 11.1.2 (15B202) iOS 11.2 (15C114) iOS 11.2.1 (15C153) iOS 11.2.2 (15C202) iOS 11.2.5 (15D60) iOS 11.2.6 (15D100) iOS 11.3 (15E216) iOS 11.3.1 (15E302) iOS 11.4 (15F79) iOS 11.4.1 (15G77) iOS 12.0 (16A366) iOS 12.0.1 (16A404) iOS 12.1 (16B92) iOS 12.1.1 (16C50) iOS 12.1.3 (16D39) iOS 12.1.4 (16D57) iOS 12.2 (16E227) iOS 12.3 (16F156) iOS 12.3.1 (16F203) iOS 12.4 (16G77) iOS 12.4.1 (16G102) iOS 12.4.2 (16G114) iOS 12.4.3 (16G130) iOS 12.4.4 (16G140) iOS 12.4.5 (16G161) iOS 12.4.6 (16G183) iOS 12.4.7 (16G192) iOS 12.4.8 (16G201) iOS 12.4.9 (16H5) iOS 12.5 (16H20) iOS 12.5.1 (16H22) iOS 12.5.2 (16H30) iOS 12.5.3 (16H41) iOS 12.5.4 (16H50) iOS 12.5.5 (16H62)
iPod touch (7th generation)	iOS 12.3.1 (16F8202) iOS 12.4 (16G77) iOS 12.4.1 (16G102) iOS 13.1 (17A844) iOS 13.1.1 (17A854) iOS 13.1.2 (17A860) iOS 13.1.3 (17A878) iOS 13.2 (17B84) iOS 13.2.2 (17B102) iOS 13.2.3 (17B111) iOS 13.3 (17C54) iOS 13.3.1 (17D50) iOS 13.4 (17E255) iOS 13.4.1 (17E262) iOS 13.5 (17F75) iOS 13.5.1 (17F80) iOS 13.6 (17G68) iOS 13.6.1 (17G80) iOS 13.7 (17H35) iOS 14.0 (18A373) iOS 14.0.1 (18A393) iOS 14.1 (18A8395) iOS 14.2 (18B92) iOS 14.3 (18C66) iOS 14.4 (18D52) iOS 14.4.1 (18D61) iOS 14.4.2 (18D70) iOS 14.5 (18E199) iOS 14.5.1 (18E212) iOS 14.6 (18F72) iOS 14.7 (18G69) iOS 14.7.1 (18G82) iOS 14.8 (18H17) iOS 15.0 (19A346) iOS 15.0.1 (19A348) iOS 15.0.2 (19A404) iOS 15.1 (19B74)