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With the announcement of the iPhone 3G comes news of updates with Apple. DO NOT UPDATE ANYTHING! DO NOT update to new versions of iTunes, DO NOT install new firmware versions and DO NOT buy the new iPhone when it comes out.
‘But why shouldn’t I?’
Believe it or not, Apple is kinda smart. They are bound to make things harder on hackers who are creating jailbreaks (Zibri and cmw). You need to let them figure things out before you go ahead and update, then complain that your iPod won’t jailbreak.
Read upcoming blogs to get the information you need about these updates.
Lone Stag
Here is how to jailbreak using winpwn. It runs pretty smoothly, getting rid of a lot of bugs you run into when using iLiberty or ZiPhone. Do not use this if your iPod is working fine. This is for people who want less bugs and custom images. Pretty cool, I must say. 1. Download stuff.
2. Pwn Your iPod
- Plug in your iPod
- Make sure it is running firmware 1.1.4
- Open WinPwn
- Click “browse.ipsw”
- Select the 1.1.4 firmware file
- Click “iPwner”
- Put your iPod into Recovery Mode-Hold the home and power buttons until the iPod turns off. Then wait until you see your iPod turn on with the apple logo. Let go of the power button, while still holding the home button. When you see the “Connect to iTunes” logo, you are in recovery mode.
- Your iPod has been pwned. Now onto the jailbreak
3. Creating your own firmware
- Click “IPSW Builder”
- In the “Add Source” box, add the source “ipodtouchmaster.com/files/repo.xml”
- In categories, go to “iPhone 1.1.4 Applicationss” and install “iPhone 1.1.4 Apps”
- In “System”, add BSD Subsystem, Installer, and OpenSSH
- In “Utilities” add BossTool
- Go to “Development” and install “Jiggy runtime”
- In sources, add them all
- These are the main essentials. If you have hacked your iPod before and know what you are doing, add more sources and install more stuff
4. Creating custom images
- Click the “Custom Images” tab
- Click “Use Custom Pictures”
- Pick something
- When you are all done and ready, click “Build.ipsw”
- Save the file somewhere where you will remember it (i recommend the desktop)
5. Finish Up
- Plug in your iPod. Run iTunes and hold shift and click restore
- Select the newly created file
- Let it restore
- Once restored, a window will pop up on your iPod and say winpwn is finished.
- If it freezes after this, hold power and home until it turns off. Then turn it back on.
- On your home screen, click BossTool
- Click Free Disk Space
- Click Relocate Fonts
- Go to installer and uninstall BossTool (sources will refresh first)
- Install anything else you want
This is the first draft of the jailbreak. It is still relatively new. IF you run into any problems, leave a post. I will check them out.
Good luck.
Lone Stag
It can be about jailbreaking, apps, sources, etc. If you need help just post a comment and I will get back to you as soon as possible. Also, if you would like to know how I jailbroke my iPod Touch here is my post with instructions.
Editor Note: There is more then one way to jailbreak your iPod Touch, you can also use this 1.14 jailbreaking method by lonestag.
I have gotten too many emails on whether or not to jailbreak your iPod.
DO IT.
Seriously, you need to at least try. So far, there is no possible way to completely break your iPod other than throwing it on the ground and jumping on it. I have bricked and “broken” my iPod so many times that I have lost count. This is because I try beta apps and jailbreak methods. You don’t have to. That is why I’m here.
You don’t have to worry if something goes wrong. If it won’t connect to iTunes, you have a problem during the jailbreak, or some other problem where your iPod won’t run correctly, then do a hard restore.
How to do a hard restore
- Plug your iPod into your computer.
- Hold power and home until the iPod turns off. KEEP HOLDING.
- When the Apple logo shows up, let go of the power button. KEEP HOLDING HOME.
- Hold home until the “Connect to iTunes” logo appears.
- Restore.
- Your iPod is fixed and you can go back to doing whatever you wanted to do.
I know some of you are thinking, “Why should I jailbreak my iPod?” Well there are many reasons.
- Add applications that make the most out of your iPod such as Instant Messaging, Screencapturers, Customize options, Computer Controllers, etc.
- Add awesome games such as Parking Lot, Tetris, Mah Jong, Gameboy games, etc.
- Get the January Update Package with the Wiggle Feature for FREE.
- Add dictionaries, Youtube downloaders, free music downloaders, etc. etc. etc.
- Learn how to jailbreak by reading this
This is a cool thing to do. For those of you who have jailbroken, post a comment. Inspire some iPodder into hacking his iPod. Give positive feedback. List why you jailbroke, how it works, or at least if it was worth it. You could change someone’s entertainment experience. I might have helped you, why don’t you give back to the community.
Enjoy.
Lone Stag
The writers of ipodtouchhacks.com are faced with lots of questions from people. There are 2 kinds of people that we face everyday. First, there are people that are interested in jailbreaking their iPod, but are scared of what might happen. These people are more concerned with what they benefit from jailbreaking their iPod. They come to us with questions and concerns about the whole process of jailbreaking. Secondly, there are people that already jailbreaked their iPod, but are in urgent need of help…due to an error and things not going smoothly. I’m writing this post to help Lone Stag and I out a bit. The best way for help from any of us is to email us directly. This will save you time because you get a quick and direct respond (depending if we’re not busy) and you won’t have to look for our response to your answer within 400+ comments. Here are our email addresses:
Lonestag01@aim.com
Rawks_in_ur_socks@yahoo.com
If you email us or leave us a comment on our post, please PLEASE PLEASE explain your question as DETAILED as possible. It’s hard to help you guys out if you just say it’s just not working. Tell us if an error pop up appears or if it shuts off…just be DETAILED! We will help any of you out as quickly as possible. If we don’t know the answer, we’ll look for it as best as we can. Hope all goes well!
-rAwks
There are so many mixed feelings and thoughts about which jailbreak to use. I can’t give you a DEFINITE answer on which one to use. All I can do is write a post about my jailbreak experiences to express how I feel about them. Then it’s your choice on which one to use.
When I first started writing for ipodtouchhacks.com, I used Ziphone 2.6 and I did stumble upon a few obstacles. I ran into the BSD root error, my permissions for the notes app was messed up, and my mail app was always crashing. All these problems that occurred were easily fixed by either doing a hard reset, changing the permissions to the correct ones, and installing a fix for it. This jailbreak lasted me a great amount of time and I was really pleased with Ziphone. Then Friday night I was uninstalling applications I hardly used to give me less pages on the home screen. I found out I did something wrong when I plugged in my iPod into my laptop and it wouldn’t connect anymore. I got that annoying “Can’t connect to iTunes” blah blah blah error. I don’t have a lot of time on my hands, but I had to do it…I restored my iPod to factory settings. Since, Ziphone came out with 3.0…I decided to use that. The jailbreak was quick and it was nice that it installs BSD Subsystem, Installer, and OpenSSH at the same time. It seemed like everything was fine, so I installed a few applications onto my iPod. I plugged in my iPod to put some songs on it, but same thing….”Can’t connect to iTunes” blah blah blah error. I did this maybe another 2 times and the same outcome occurred. I decided to use iLiberty this time. I liked how this jailbreak gave you a choice to install recommended applications while it was being jailbroken. The jailbreak seemed fine, but my iPod kept on freezing. I tried this jailbreak again and the same thing happened. I noticed I still had my original Ziphone 2.6 program on my laptop still, so I used that. Guess what happened…my iPod is working PERFECTLY!!!
It’s tough to give recommendations about which jailbreak to use because there are so many pros and cons for certain people. I used Ziphone 3.0 on my cousin’s iPhone and it worked perfectly. Dloader girl used iLiberty and she supports it 100%. So…all I can say is to choose one and try it out. If it doesn’t work for you, then try the other one out. If none of them work, use Ziphone 2.6…haha. Hope all goes well!
Do you have a lot of time on your hands? Do you spend hours of the day dealing with your iPod? (Customizing, installing, etc.) Are you the type of person who enjoys figuring out solutions when caught in a jam? We are looking for any hackers out there who would like to be testers for us to find common problems with jailbreaks. We’re interested in hackers that really know their stuff (*cough*…dloader girl…tledbett…*cough*) and that are willing to restore their iPod a couple times. Let us know if you’re interested in being a tester for us. You can either email me or Lone Stag. Thanks so much!
lonestag01@aim.com
rawks_in_ur_socks@yahoo.com
-rAwks
In my previous ZiPhone post, I was not as explicit with directions as my other jailbreak method. I am sorry. To make it up to you, here are DETAILED instructions for Jailbreaking your iPod Touch. For those of you curious, it takes up as much space as ONE song. So not a lot at all.
WARNING: If anything goes wrong, hold the home button and the power button until it turns off. Keep holding it until it shows the connect to iTunes image. Then try again. It should work the second time if the first doesn’t.
1. Restore your iPod to firmware 1.1.4
- Plug in your iPod and run iTunes.
- When your iPod shows up in iTunes, click the restore button
- This will erase everything on your iPod, but you can sync it later
- Do not restore from a backup
2. Download ZiPhone
- Download ZiPhone
- Click on the downloaded file and let it install
- If it doesn’t install, you need to download and install this .net microsoft file
3. Run ZiPhone
- With your plugged in iPod and ZiPhone running, click Jailbreak (the second action)
- Wait a minute, and your iPod will be jailbroken with installer on your home screen.
4. Get it Running
- In installer, go to the Install tab, click all packages, and install BSD Subsystem
- To get the January apps, go to the sources tab and click edit, and add http://ipodtouchmaster.com/files/repo.xml
- In the Install tab, go to iPhone 1.1.4 Applications and install iPhone 1.1.4 Apps
- Add the source
- In Installer, go to Install, All Packages, then install BossTool
- Once installed, click home and let the iPod refresh
- Click BossTools, Free Disk Space, then Relocate Fonts
- You can then uninstall BossTool in Installer in the Uninstall tab
5. You are done
- Sync with iTunes and enjoy your Touching
- Keep reading ipodtouchhacks.com to see what the next steps are and what you can actually do now with your hacked device.
The Lone Stag
Update:
There are currently new instructions on how to jailbreak your iPod Touch 1.14. If you would like to jailbreak your iPod Touch please use the new instructions.
Ziphone has updated it’s jailbreaking method to work with any version of iPod Touch. It jailbreaks it automatically and takes about a minute. You must be on firmware 1.1.4 in order for this to work. If you have any music on it, it will still be on it after the jailbreak, and Purchased music actually works on it. It seems like my jailbreaking post is not useful anymore, but who cares now. I tried this method and it worked perfectly. I highly recommend doing it since it is easy, fast, and actually works.
Download ZiPhone at the website: http://download.ziphone.org/
If this doesn’t work, then do a manual restore (hold power and home until it turns off, keep holding until it says connect to iTunes) and restore to version 1.1.4 and try again.
Make sure the first thing you install is BSD Subsystem, so you will be able to run your apps.
Get the January Upgrade at this repo: http://ipodtouchmaster.com/files/repo.xml
The Lone Stag
I have gotten posts on how to jailbreak an iPod Touch on 1.1.3, so for all of you who need this, follow the instructions carefully. It worked for my 16g, but it should be compatible with every iPod Touch. I didn’t write instructions for 1.1.4 because some apps don’t work for it yet and there isn’t a really safe way to jailbreak it that I like. I am assuming that you all need to be told every step so you don’t mess it up. No offense.
1. Restore your iPod Touch to Firmware 1.1.1
- Download the firmware at http://www.applewb.com/2008/03/04/list-of-all-iphone-and-ipod-touch-firmwares-10-102-111-112-113-114/
- Plug in your iPod
- Run iTunes
- When your iPod pops up, hold shift (option key for Mac users) and click restore
- Select the file you just downloaded and wait for your iPod to be restored
- Don’t add music or name your iPod yet.
- Unplug it after it has been restored (wait until you get to the screen that says Set Up Your iPod).
If your iPod had an unknown error when you tried to restore, you have two options.
1) This is a little trick that worked for me. Restore the firmware to 1.1.3 (download it at http://appldnld.apple.com.edgesuite.net/content.info.apple.com/iPod/SBML/osx/061-4060.20080115.9Iuh5/iPod1,1_1.1.3_4A93_Restore.ipsw), then add just a few songs to it and sync it. Now try the restore to 1.1.1
2) Put your iPod into DFU mode. This is tricky, but it worked for me once. Go to http://dermapthera.wordpress.com/2008/01/27/how-to-make-your-ipod-touch-in-dfu-mode/
- Once it is in firmware 1.1.1
- On your iPod, go to Settings
- Click General
- Turn Auto-Lock to Never
2. Install AppSnap
- On your iPod, open Safari (it will ask you to choose your WiFi, do it)
- Go to the website www.jailbreakme.com
- Install AppSnapp
- Let it run and it will reset springboard
- Unlock your iPod and see it jailbroken
3. Install BSD Subsystem
- Open Installer. You will get an upgrade pop-up, do it. It will also say donate, but click later unless you really want to do that now
- Once done, go to the Install tab and under All Packages install BSD Subsystem
- Click the home button to refresh your iPod
4. Add Sources
- In Installer, click on the Sources tab
- Click edit, then add the source http://www.ijailbreak.com/repo.plist
- Click the home button
- Turn off your iPod
- Turn it back on
5. Jailbreak it to 1.1.3
- In Installer, go to the Install tab, then go to iJailBreakMobile
- Click iJaliBreakMobile 1.1.1 and install it
- Once installed, click the home button
- Before running this program, make sure you have a lot of charge as it will take 30 minutes to an hour, depending on your WiFi Connection
- Click iJailbreak and wait for it to do its thing
- When it is done, it will restart your iPod
- If it doesn’t, and you wait more than five minutes, the hold the power and home buttons until it turns off, then turn it back on
6. Fixing Stuff
- In Installer, go to Install, All Packages, then install BSD Subsystem (I know you already did this, but it was deleted during the upgrade)
- In Installer, go to Install, iJailbreakMobile, then install Remove 1.1.3 Upgrade…
- In Installer, go to Install, iJailbreakMobile, then install iPod touch Software Up… (this will get you the wiggly feature and install the iPod Touch Software Upgrade), click home and click iJailbreak (it will do its thing and then restart your iPod)
- In Installer, go to Install, iJailbreakMobile, then install Fix Mail Passwords
- Add the source http://sleepers.net/iphonerepo
- In Installer, go to Install, All Packages, then install BossTool
- Once installed, click home and let the iPod refresh
- Click BossTools, Free Disk Space, then Relocate Fonts
- You can then uninstall BossTool in Installer in the Uninstall tab
7. Sync with iTunes
- Plug in your iPod and sync with iTunes (you can now add your stuff)
- Everything is now DONE
There you go. You now have a jailbroken 1.1.3 iPod Touch. If you have any questions, leave a post or email me at LoneStag01@aim.com. If I am online, I will be able to help you via AIM. Welcome to the world of jailbroken iPods. Enjoy!
The Lone Stag
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