Release appearance
iOS 4.3.3 Public
Recorded context
About this appearance
A contemporaneous Apple statement announced a forthcoming location-cache privacy update, and the next security advisory confirms iOS 4.3.3 as an installed predecessor; the surviving first-party statement does not explicitly name 4.3.3, so the linkage is marked partial.
- Date
- May 4, 2011
- Availability
- available
- Revision
- No
Release notes
What changed
Original editorial synthesis. Linked references appear with the claims they support and in the source ledger.
On April 27 Apple said an upcoming iOS update would reduce the cached Wi-Fi-hotspot and cell-tower database, stop backing it up, and delete it when Location Services was disabled. Apple characterized the oversized cache and continued updates after disabling Location Services as bugs.[1]
The later iOS 4.3.4 advisory explicitly lists systems through iOS 4.3.3, confirming the version existed before July. Neither source names the promised privacy update as 4.3.3 or verifies the local May 4 date, so this batch records the two-source boundary only as partially documented context rather than as an unqualified delivery claim.[2][3]
Source ledger
References
Sources are linked to the claims they support. Publication and access dates are shown when available.
- Apple Q&A on Location Data
Apple Newsroom · 2011-04-27T00:00:00Z · Questions 3, 4, 6, and 7; Software Update
- Apple security updates (2011 to 2012)
Apple Support · Apple · 2023-08-10T00:00:00.000Z · 2011 security release chronology
- About the security content of iOS 4.3.4 Software Update
Apple Support · 2026-07-30 · Available for range through iOS 4.3.3
- About the security content of iOS 4.3.4 Software Update
Apple Support · 2026-07-30 · iOS 4.3.3 identified as prior installed version
- Apple Q&A on Location Data
Apple Newsroom · 2011-04-27T00:00:00Z · Software Update
Release changes
Changed in this release
Features, fixes, removals, and regressions first observed in this release record.
bugFix · fixed
Location-cache privacy maintenance with incomplete version linkage
The intended corrections addressed excessive cache retention and continued cache updates after Location Services was disabled. This occurrence remains partially documented because the first-party pages establish the plan and the 4.3.3 predecessor boundary, not explicit delivery in this named release.
- [1] About the security content of iOS 4.3.4 Software Update · iOS 4.3.3 identified as prior installed version
- [2] Apple Q&A on Location Data · Software Update