Want to highlight a helpful answer? Upvote!
Did someone help you, or did an answer or User Tip resolve your issue? Upvote by selecting the upvote arrow. Your feedback helps others!Learn more about when to upvote >
Did someone help you, or did an answer or User Tip resolve your issue? Upvote by selecting the upvote arrow. Your feedback helps others!Learn more about when to upvote >
Looks like no one’s replied in a while. To start the conversation again, simply ask a new question.
User profile for user: rivky33
rivky33 Author
User level: Level1 4 points
Question marked as Best reply
User profile for user: Phil0124
Phil0124
Community+ 2024 User level: Level10 198,479 points
Posted on Jan 19, 2023 8:33 AM
No. Unless you have a 7th Generation iPod touch, you cannot update past iOS 12.5.6.
What issue didn't you have before?
Your other iPod likely supported updating to the iOS versions that were available then, nothing strange about that, at some point even that model would have been unable to update any further. Or this current iPod is somehow an older model than the one you had before and cannot update anymore.
6th Generation iPod touches can't update past iOS 12.5.6. It is the last iOS version the support. They lack the hardware for anything newer.
View in context
Similar questions
- How can I update my iPod to iOS 13?Hello some of my iPod apps are requiring the latest iOS,13 currently It has iOS 12 and when I check for updates it says it’s current, how can I update my iPod to iOS 13[Re-Titled by Moderator] 4602
- How do I update my iPod 5th gen from 9 to10 or moreHow do I update my iPod 5 from iOS 9 to 10 or more? 63665
- How do I update iPod from iOS 12.4 to current oneUpdate iOS on iPod from 12.4 to current ios 2631
7 replies
Loading page content
Page content loaded
Question marked as Best reply
User profile for user: Phil0124
Phil0124
Community+ 2024 User level: Level10 198,479 points
Jan 19, 2023 8:33 AM in response to rivky33
No. Unless you have a 7th Generation iPod touch, you cannot update past iOS 12.5.6.
What issue didn't you have before?
Your other iPod likely supported updating to the iOS versions that were available then, nothing strange about that, at some point even that model would have been unable to update any further. Or this current iPod is somehow an older model than the one you had before and cannot update anymore.
6th Generation iPod touches can't update past iOS 12.5.6. It is the last iOS version the support. They lack the hardware for anything newer.
Link
User profile for user: Phil0124
Phil0124
Community+ 2024 User level: Level10 198,479 points
Jan 19, 2023 8:16 AM in response to rivky33
What iPod model do you have exactly? click here ➜ Identify your iPod model - Apple Support
Only the 7th Generation iPod Touch can update to the current iOS 15.7.2
If you have an older iPod running iOS 12, it's probably a 6th Generation iPod Touch, and cannot be updated as it lacks the hardware, RAM and CPU, to run anything newer.
Link
User profile for user: Phil0124
Phil0124
Community+ 2024 User level: Level10 198,479 points
Jan 20, 2023 5:30 AM in response to rivky33
Rivky is correct. The new version of Instagram requires a newer version of iOS to work. However, If you are using the same Apple ID on the new iPod as on the old one, you may be able to get a compatible version of Instagram on the new one, by downloading it from your Purchase history.
It should detect the incompatible iOS version and offer to download a compatible Instagram version for iOS 12, if one is still available.
click here for details ➜ Redownload apps and games from Apple - Apple Support
Link
User profile for user: bobjbkln
bobjbkln
User level: Level6 9,913 points
Jan 19, 2023 8:05 PM in response to rivky33
.
rivky33 wrote:
The other one that i have is also a 6th generation and i was able to have instagram
That's because an older version of Instagram worked on iOS 12. But their current version requires iOS 13 or later
Link
User profile for user: rivky33
rivky33 Author
User level: Level1 4 points
Jan 19, 2023 8:28 AM in response to Phil0124
Can i update at least to ios 13.4?
It is very interesting because its the second iPod that i got and i didn't have this issue with the first one
Link
User profile for user: rivky33
rivky33 Author
User level: Level1 4 points
User profile for user: rivky33
rivky33 Author
User level: Level1 4 points
Jan 19, 2023 8:46 AM in response to Phil0124
The other one that i have is also a 6th generation and i was able to have instagram
Link
How do i update my apple ipod device to ios 15
