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How to: Jailbreak iPod Touch 2G
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Note: This may also work with other iPods and iPhones, but this has been tested to work specifically for iPod touch 2nd gen.
So if you are like me and have an iPod touch 2G, you have probably been waiting for a jailbreak to come out. Just recently a person released a jailbreak for $15, which is a huge price to pay to just do a jailbreak. The next day, the iPhone dev team saw that this was happening and decided to release their hack for free.
As it turns out, the dev team was trying to keep this hack untill aplle releases their new iPhone in the summer (typical release time for Apple...). They had found a hardware flaw that allows them to do this hack, but now since it was released, Apple now has time to react to this bug and redesign the new iPhone to stop this hack.
This is sad news for people who were waiting for the next-gen iPhone, but to us who have an iPod Touch, it is great news. We can now jailbreak our iPod touch 2g for free.
NOTICE:
This is a HACK and is not supported by Apple. this means that as soon as you begin this process, you assume the risk of permanately locking you iPod into a state of no return. Also you may be risking you warranty.
After you have successfully jailbroken your iPod, you can rempve the jailbreak and set it back to normal state by using itunes to update your firmware, and everything should be back to normal.
On the same case though, iPod updates typically have broken hacks like these in the past,check the iPhone Dev team's website before updating, otherwise you could lose your jailbreak settings completely untill it is re-cracked by the team. DO NOT UPDATE YOR iPOD AFTER JAILBREAK.
The software installed is NOT illoegal, but can be used in an illegal way, please be careful when uing jailbroken apps. An example of an illegal app is the NES Emulator, it is not illegal if you own the cartridge of the game you are emulating, but if not, you are technically stealing the game from the respective owner.
Materials:
Note: The firmware is NOT what you will be putting on your iPod, you will need to modify iy with QuickFreedom (as described below)
Procedure: (broken into many parts below)
Preparation:
- You need to plug your iPod into your computer to sync it one last time with itunes, during the jailbreak, everything on the iPod is deleted, so this is basically making a backup of your files for later.
- You will need to dowload a copy of the original iPod touch firmware, do not put this on your iPod yet, you need to modify it first (later step) [download]
- You will also need to download QuickFreedom on your computer, the install it onto your computer (does not work on Macintoses, sorry) [link]
- Do NOT procede untill you have finised all step up untill this point.
- Open QuickFreedom (You should have installed earlier)
- If you see something called "SmartSound" pop up, you can click "cancel" it is not needed for this process. If it does not appear, skip this step.
- Click the icon of a padlock that say "Jailbreak"
- Once again, If you see something called "SmartSound" pop up, you can click "cancel" it is not needed for this process. If it does not appear, skip this step.
- you will see a page of many options
- Click the "Install LIBUSB" button and follow all the prompts.
- After installing LIBUSB you will be taken back to the menu
- Now click the browse button and select the firmware that you downloaded earlier
- Be patient, the program will likely freeze up for a minute trying to open it.
- After it is done, click "next"
- You are now taken to this page
- Make sure that "Use Custom Boot Logo is checked
- A window should pop up showing you some choices for a boot logo, if not, just click the "change" button.
- Beware to choose a boot logo that you like, you will not be able to change this after you create the firmware. Personally, I chose the pineapple
- Once you have made up your mind, click the "Create Firmware" button, and wait for it to make your new jailbroken firmware. This could take a few minutes.
- After it is done, your new firmware should appear on your desktop.
- WARNING: This is the point of no return, once you continue on past this step, you must continue through this process, your iPod may appear to be dead at one point in this process, but it is only in DFU mode.
- Click "next"
- Make sure that iTunes is completely closed.
- Get your iPod cable ready, you will need it in the next step.
- Now click "DFU instructions" and do EXACTLY what it say to do, for the time that it tells you to do so, this will put your iPod in Device Firmware Update mode.
- Once you are in DFU mode, click "Start Pre-Jailbreak"
- After it is done, rather than clicking "next" you can close "QuickFreedom"
- Leaving your iPod plugged in (should have done so in step 21), open iTunes, and deny all it's attempts to recover your iPod, if you do, you must restart the entire process.
- Now go to your iPod in the sidebar, then while holding "Shift" click "Restore" in iTunes.
- It will open an "Open File" window, select "Custom Firmware.ispw" or "Custom Firmware", which is a file on your desktop.
- Let your iPod do it's magic, and I do mean "Magic".
- After you have Jailbroken your iPod, you will need to put all your Apps, Video, Music and other stuff back on, you can now restore your iPod to the time of your last sync, or simply Sync it with your library.
- You will have likely noticed that there is a new app called "Cydia" on your iPod now, this is where you can get all your jailbroken apps, and themes.
- Look around Cydia for games, there are a few little goodies that you would find in the normal apple app store.
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