Good news everyone. A new dev team has taken up the challenge and decided to jailbreak the 2G. The reason we are announcing this so late is because there was a lot of speculation going about whether or not it was a fake or not.  We are pretty sure that it is legit.

They are called  Chronic Dev and we are pumped for what they might have in store for us 2G owners. Here is their website:

http://chronic-dev.org/blog/

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Post Script: Just like the iPhone Dev Team, I believe they will not like being haggled about their progress so we are asking that you just be a bit patient.

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1. pau1, December 22, 2008:

   i might be a bit thick, but i’m not really seeing any status change with this. is the news that they have officially undertaken the task? did not see that clearly stated on their site either.

   will continue to monitor 2GJB with the rest of the community. thanks for your website and development efforts

2. Derrick, December 23, 2008:

   Hey i was wondering if anyone can help me. im not sure if you are able to jailbreak a 1.5 ipod touch 1st generation. I accidentally messed up my ipod and updated it. And i know you can jail break a 2.0, 2.1, 2.2 but serously i don’t want to buy the updates if apple is going to charge ipod touch users and not iphone users. it seems unfair. Is there and way where you can just send me the file for the 2.2 update so that i can download it and put it in my ipod???

   I really need the help im tired of waiting and hoping for a new update to come out where i don’t have to actually have to buy it.

   Contact me either on my website or through email.

3. Frank T., December 28, 2008:

   I have and ipod touch that i bought for christmas and i download the 8.0 update for it please help me to get back to 7.5

4. Frank T., December 28, 2008:

   I try to do the tutorial for the 7.7 downgrade but it didn’t work at all please help me. I’ll appreciated very much.

5. thew00, December 31, 2008:

   glad to see some work done on this, im anxiously waiting or the jb if they are successful

6. Robz, January 2, 2009:

   Anyone tried this?

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dg5FOYgs8Kk&annotation_id=annotation_926131&feature=iv

7. Riley, January 3, 2009:

   Don’t try it because it doesn’t work.
   All of those comments are from fake accounts and people he convinced to say it worked. In the video you can clearly see that he is using a 1st gen ipod touch. So just don’t try it!!!

8. PleezGet-IT, January 3, 2009:

   Please no this THAT THERE IS NO JAILBREAK FOR THE IPOD TOUCH 2g YET. The chronic dev team has been working on it for only a couple weeks now so be patient. They do not the same question every time, “Is there a jailbreak? Is there a jailbreak?”. Wouldnt that just get annoying to you? Please be patient, and by the way, do not, I repeat, DO NOT USE ONE OF THE SUPPOSIBlLY REAL JAILBREAKS ON YOUTUBE. CAUTION!!! THEY ARE ALL FAKE!!! THEY COULD BE A VIRUS THAT COULD HARM YOUR COMPUTER OR IPOD!! BE WARNED!!! So when they say that it works, it is a fake, when they show you and it leven looks real, ITS’ NOT!!! It is either just a picture of installer, cydia ect… Or it is the first generation touch with a case on it making it look like a 2g. I am doing you a favor, so if you want the jailbreak for the 2g touch, you must be patient and look for reliable recources and multiple recources to check if it has came out yet, for my reccomendation check the chronic dev team. So be warned.

9. Randy H., January 4, 2009:

   I just can’t wait for it, the only reason I got the 2g is for the speaker.

10. tray, January 4, 2009:

    U guys ever heard of google?? To downgrade itumes u search for the version u want. Then u downlad it but u must uninstall your other itunes first. Then u hit the start button at the desktop and click search then click search all files . Type in itunes library. Then you delete the file that reads ituneslibrary.exe. Walah. To upgrade firmware to 2.2 free u must first download the 2.0 firmware. Type it in google and u will find sites that have the download. Once downloaded open itunes and hold shift and click update. A folder will pop up and you will see the firmware file. Select. O also when downloading the firmware make sure u click save to make the download begin

11. Ali Sleiman, January 4, 2009:

    I want to jailbreak my Ipod toutch 2G 2.2 but I can’t how do I nead ti do !!!!!!

12. PleezGet-IT, January 4, 2009:

    OMG! The only way to use iTunes with and iPod touch is with iTunes 8 otherwise it doesn’t work. And anyways even if you do downgrade your iPod touch 2g firmware the lowest you can do it to is 2.1.1 and even I’d you could downgrade it any lower you wouldn’t end up being able to jailbreak it because it’s not just the firmware that is different in the 2g iPod touch, it is also the hardware. That’s why there are deb teams smartass

13. PleezGet-IT, January 6, 2009:

    Plain and simple

14. tray, January 6, 2009:

    Check this out dumbass i never said download firmware to jailbreak!! Please learn to read. Someone simply asked how to download an earlier version of itunes. I answered. Then someone asked how to downgrade firmware and i told them. That simple. I said nothing about a jailbreak. Also tou know nothing. You can downgrade farther than 2.0.1. You download itunes 7.7 and you cam downgrade to 1.1.x firmwares…. Smart ass

15. tray, January 6, 2009:

    You talk like you know alot about apple products yet you know nothing. Ippd touches can operate with
    Itunes versions below 8. You can sync music. You just cant access the apps store or update firmware. Please shut up.

16. PleezGet-IT, January 7, 2009:

    Well that would be gay without it, like you.

17. no0b, January 8, 2009:

    hi to all i have a question is there a jailbreak coming out for second generation? i want jailbreak mine

18. PleezGet-IT, January 8, 2009:

    Ya

19. Mike da rula, January 8, 2009:

    Anybody here any updates on the jailbreak

20. PleezGet-IT, January 9, 2009:

    Go to the chronic deb team site

21. Snook, January 11, 2009:

    There never gonna jailbreak the ipod 2g they all suck especially the iphone dev team buncha punks

22. No0b, January 11, 2009:

    So where can I find it for the jailbreak for 2g touch
    Try this out Men go to your safari and put in the search called” ipod.uuuq.com/ ” not google ok

23. jfj, January 13, 2009:

    its fake

24. ppl realy need to get some brains and figure it out....seriously, January 14, 2009:

    ok, first off like jfj said above, the website ipod.uuuq.com is full of shit and a waist of people’s time. i don’t see why people need to ask how to jailbreak their itouch 2g when in fact this entire blog states that THERE IS NO GOD DAMN JAILBREAK YET!!! THE CHRONIC DEV TEAM IS WORKING ON IT!! On another note, there are some “good guys” on youtube who actually know what they’re talking about and don’t post a bunch of fake shit.

    If you go to http://www.youtube.com/user/Dinozambas you’ll find a ton of information on the itouch 1st gen, 2nd gen, and iphone 3g. he doesn’t post anything fake or useless, it is all completely legit i swear. plus, when the 2nd gen jailbreak comes out (if it actually does) he’ll be one of the first to put a video up on how to do it. so i recommend watching/subscribing on his channel if any of you are anxious. if you want to message me personally or call me an asshole or w/e for posting this ridiculously long comment then my youtube account is http://www.youtube.com/user/SilentDeath901

    oh and another website for updates on the jailbreak is http://code.google.com/p/chronicdev/

25. amy, January 14, 2009:

    snook why don’t u do it
    Looser

26. Bmar, January 15, 2009:

    Snook you ass shut up Dont talk shit like you could do what they are doing in half the time If you want something done do it on your own then you prick

27. mick, January 16, 2009:

    lolololol redsn0w is gonna be released soon like on sunday someone said (redsn0w is the jailbreak for the ipod touch 2g yeeeaaah soo happy if it is true

28. Any word on red snow anybody, January 17, 2009:

    I jai

29. Joseph, January 17, 2009:

    RedSn0w is apparantly going to be released on Sunday. One hopes they mean tommorow.

30. Dark_Link, January 31, 2009:

    i hope they post it tomarow

31. Paulo Silva, February 12, 2009:

    I just bought a imac 324, and i have an iphone 2g jailbroked. The first time i conected iphone into itunes, my iphone chip turned off, not recognized anymore. I restarted using itunes, but nothing.
    Qwrprn but nothing… 10sec + 10 sec then sometimes error 1600 other error 6.
    Can someone help me?

32. Ipod touch pwner, March 22, 2009:

    They already have a untethered jailbreak for the iPod touch 2g