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

1. Plug your iPod into your computer.
2. Hold power and home until the iPod turns off. KEEP HOLDING.
3. When the Apple logo shows up, let go of the power button. KEEP HOLDING HOME.
4. Hold home until the “Connect to iTunes” logo appears.
5. Restore.
6. 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.

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1. Tledbett, May 8, 2008:

   I completely agree. I am unfortunately too busy to be on here as much as I was during spring Break. However, these guys are very courteous to be helping all of us as much as they do. I am looking forward to the next big thing they come out with.

   Keep it up guys and Thanks.

2. dramaqueen, May 9, 2008:

   thank for this site! u r awesome!
   but whenever i try to download an app that is version 1.0 it dosent let me
   why is that
   is it cuz my ipod is 1.1.4
   and it dosen’t let me go on pocket guitar
   any help?
   thanx sooooo much

3. azboi101, May 10, 2008:

   look at my current post it might help

4. denuj, May 11, 2008:

   I’m also one of those who thought it’s stupid to jailbreak my ipodtouch but my curiosity got the better of me. After reading all things about jailbreaking, I finally decided to take the plunge. Btw, I just followed the instructions posted in this site and there was my iPod touch screaming out loud for applications.

   Jailbreaking is not really a problem, installing “some” applications is. I’ve experienced keyboard freeze when installing a host of applications so I have to restore my ipodtouch over and over. My tip is install only one application at a time then after restarting check whether your device is working properly, especially when you’re typing on it.

   Go jailbreak your ipodtouch.

5. SarahSuperman, May 17, 2008:

   Only just jailbroke my itouch, and was very wary at first, but when I came across this site I was convinced.

   It’s the best thing i’ve ever done. One of the things i like most about my nano was the games, and was pretty miffed when the Itouch didnt have any, so i’ve more than made up for it :]

   Thankyou So much

6. Natalie Watson, May 18, 2008:

   I jailbroke my iPod touch and then when I come to sync it, it won’t sync. I kept trying until it did but the artwork was all messed up! Please help!!

7. Joe Shmoe, May 20, 2008:

   I always wanted a psp to get custom firmware on it. Essentially hack one for kicks to help out a friend. The only problem is, that there is a risk to doing that. When i got my very own Ipod Touch, im like hey, shouldn’t there be a way to hack this like the psp?” to myself. so i googled it and what do you know i found this nifty site (thanx to the maker) and i didn’t even have it for more then 10 hours yet and i jailbroke it. My only regret is why didn’t i do it 9hours sooner lol. Amazing to jailbreak. You also get bragging rights with it for being the only one amongst your friends to not only have a iphone/touch but have roms, games, cool apps, etc and make the most out of them too! I don’t know how ide live without my touch. I use it from entertainment to school work, except i multi task lol (music playing while im doing work). Jailbreaking is definitley worth at least trying. There NO I MEAN NO RISK TO DOING IT. IT IS EXTREMELEY SIMPLE, YOU CAN BACK UP ALL OF YOUR FILES AND PUT THEM BACK ON AFTER AFTER AFTER YOU JAILBREAK IT. I highly suggest it. Anyone can do it even newbs at computers (not being offesive we were all newbs when we first started too). So jailbreak and enjoy. and if you do mess it up there are ways to restore it too. Check this site out the maker has put a lot of valuable work. (credit him too if you refer it to anyone else)

8. britt, May 22, 2008:

   Isnt jail breaking yor iPod illegal? What if it does break, then what?

9. britt, May 22, 2008:

   isnt jail breaking ur iPod illegal? What if it does break, then what?

10. Dave, May 27, 2008:

    Actually, the best way to restore, would be to hold the power button until it turns off, let off the power button, hold the home button, plug you ipod/iphone into the pc, and continue holding home until it goes into restore.

11. stoney rok, May 30, 2008:

    Hello,

    I just jailbroke my Ipod Touch 32Gb yesterday. Everything was fine until somehow this morning I went to my parents house and tried to connect with the wifi there. Every time I tried to connect and when the AP prompt for WPA passwd it went away and Im back to the home screen. Now, the issue is when I tried to reboot using sysinfo tool it rebooted and somehow I got the pop up screen – Edit Home Scree – with dismiss button. It went on and on looping infinitely. Below is the steps that I have taken to solve but the issue still remains;

    1. Tried to connect to the PC and open Itune – Itune cannot detect the Ipod
    2. Tried to do hard reset and wait for the pic of ‘connect to itune’ – the pic never came up.

    Anyone can help me here.

12. stoney rok, May 30, 2008:

    somehow I have missed out Dave’s comment just right before mine here. I tried and it seems to work. Thanks Dave.

13. karl, June 18, 2008:

    Please someone help me. I am new to ipod touch and i love it, i have filled it with all me music and i use it all day. Problem is that i have to disconect every other usb device in my pc so i can connect my ipod, if i dont it just locks everything up. Is this a common problem and can it be resolved cos i wanna jailbreak. PLEASE HELP

14. shiv, July 4, 2008:

    i think jailbreaking is shit hot !
    i wud lick 100’s clits

15. Tanner, July 7, 2008:

    good info, now when i get mine i will jailbreak it withought worrying, thanks man.

16. Tanner, July 7, 2008:

    without**

17. elsocplayer, July 11, 2008:

    I jailbroke mines a few days after I bought it. The only reason why I didn’t jailbreak before was cuz I didn’t have the time.to research before doing it. I had my psp hacked by a friend and I love it, so many things you could do and undo. I remember hearing about been able to hack one of the earlier ipods so I said why wouldn’t this one be unlockable? I started searching and found everything I needed, specially here(thanx guys) the only thing that kept me from doing it at the beginning was not knowing if you could reset it to factory settings but once I found out that you could. I did it the same day and I love it…so many apps available its unbeliveble what you can do to your ipod touch/iphone once you get the tools.

18. BrAnd0n, July 14, 2008:

    i’m using 1.1.4 firmware.. and i have jailbreak my ipod touch..
    follow all the instruction, install all the necessary apps
    after that, i try 2 install dictionary
    installed but where to open the dictionary as there is no icon on the desktop..

19. Tyler, July 27, 2008:

    i am getting an ipod touch sometime this week. but i was wondering if all the apps that you download after jailbreaking take up space on the ipod that could be used for music, movies, pics, etc.. thank you

20. chris, August 5, 2008:

    ok first of all i realy wana jailbreak my itouch but i to scared after spendin all my money on one wot if i brick it. so i was wondering if there was a way to unbrick it if i screw up. i dnt understand ANYTHING about jailbreaking it.

21. someone, August 21, 2008:

    ummm are sure that will work if i jailbreak it than it go wrong will work and are 100% sure give messege plz

22. sabreen, August 23, 2008:

    YEA I JAIL BROKE MINE, WELL I WAS IN THE PROCESS OF DOING IT & IT SAID IF TAKES MORE THAN 3 MINUTES TO ABORT THE PROCESS..SO I DID AND NOW EVERYTIME I TRY TURNING IT ON IT LOADES A WHOLE BUNCH A CODES AND THEN FREEZES…..I DON’T NO WHAT TO DO!!!PLEASE HELP????

23. Ciaran, September 15, 2008:

    hey, I am getting an iPod Touch 2g, and I’m just thinking. if you can get so many awesome applications free, why bother? are there especially good ones only available through jailbreaking? Also, what are some of the neat things that you can do on a jailbroken iPod Touch? I’ve seen many videos on youtube, but all they show are the apps.
    Thanx

24. QUEEN, September 19, 2008:

    i need helpp =[
    can someone help me

    well basics
    ive jailbroken my 1.1.4 itouch
    n i have done everything on it
    but one day wen i just plugged in my itouch allllll the music went
    the pictures and the apps stayed

    if i restore it will it remove the apps? im not fusssed about the music or the pics coz i can jus reload them
    BUT if i restore will it un jailbreak it effectivelly?
    thanks xxx

25. James, September 27, 2008:

    SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME JAILBREAK MY IPOD PLEASE … ADD ME ON sxc_turkboy4lyf@hotmail.com
    PLEASE I NEED TO JAILBREAK MY IPOD ASAP!

26. Rookie, October 3, 2008:

    i just bought a used 16 gb 1st gen ipod touch online and it works fine but the person that i bought it from was supopsed to include some software on a CD for me and never did. it has a good amount of games and stuff but I thought he said not to get the newest version of itunes. does it matter which version i download? i may have been thinking of the firmware version by accident, i’m not good at this stuff (obviously) and i don’t want to loose what’s on there. also – anyone know where i can download more free games? i’ve found a good amount of discussion but no links to actual websites to get free games. rumors of tyson’s punchout have me interested! Thanks!

27. THANKYOUSOMUCH, November 2, 2008:

    WOWOWO… thank you soooo much. thankyou thankyou thankyou. i love you. no homo. wowow. you dont understand. i bought my ipod touch a couple of months ago, and i jail breaked it. then i downloaded all these apps, 3 months past, my dad got a i pod touch 3G. so i play around and show my dad how to use the i touch. then i decided to download a random app on mine. but the loading button appeared but didnt seem to stop loading, then the ipod touch shut down, i couldnt get it to turn back on even when holding the home and power button at the same time. one week past, i call the apple costumer service. i got nervous b/c i read all these comments on how if the apple company/workers find out you hacked, they wont help fix the problem and wont replace ipod touch. so i called, my comp. wouldnt turn on, so i told the guy i would call back later. 3 weeks gone by. i was sooo depressed. i figured it would be no use calling back apple since i was dreading the fact that the guy might find out i hacked and tell me it was usless. wowow. ipod touch was “taking over my life” i coulded live w/out it literally. i couldnt find any results on google that fit my problem until now, one month past, i happen to find this blog. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ok, now im going to get some music on my ipod on i tunes. thank you. wow… what a releif.

28. elisa, November 19, 2008:

    just bought a ipod touch 8 g so confused i want to jailbreak it but dont want to mess it up please help

29. dood, December 1, 2008:

    hi! how can i jailbreak ipod touch 2G version 2.1.1 ? Can any one help

30. LOL don't do it, December 17, 2008:

    Don’t do it I did it one time and my iPod touch froze up and laged so many times I had to restore it. So save yourself some time and DO NOT JAILBREAK.

31. jonny knoxville, December 30, 2008:

    there are like 80 trillion sites that tell u how to jailbreak. 1 thing u need to no is that u can’t do it on mac version 10.5.6 and u can’t do it in parrallels on a mac computer. that’s it. now go find a different site cuz I’m typin this on a jailbreak iPhone rite now

32. Javed, February 1, 2009:

    Is it true that u can get free music on a jailbroken iPod. Sorry if I sound like a noob

33. Jay, March 31, 2009:

    If it makes you feel better, you can get free music on the internet and then put it on your iPod. You don’t even have to jailbreak an iPod to even get free music, it’s the internet. lol

34. Jack Mass, April 5, 2009:

    I tried jailbreaking my new ipod touch I got this morning
    and it stop working completely
    and now it is broken
    my great grandmother tried to fix it, but had trouble and almost broke it in half when she dropped it
    and i tried to take it back but they wouldn’t give me a new one (what buttholes)
    please help me
    my email is UMD73JWG@AIM.com

35. Fail, April 16, 2009:

    My little brother tried to jailbreak and then messed up jailbreaking it now it only shows the restore image and he tried to restore it but it won’t work

36. Fail, April 16, 2009:

    My little brother tried to jailbreak and then messed up jailbreaking it now it only shows the restore image and he tried to restore it but it won’t work please tell me what to do

    Email me at pvcnoel@yahoo.com

37. Neiil, April 18, 2009:

    I cannot explain how helpful jailbreaking is is.
    USE QUICKPWN and get cydia. Then us cyidia to get installous. Voial……………….. apps that cost money on app strore for free!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Amazing

38. Meltdown, April 25, 2009:

    isnt jail breaking ur iPod illegal? What if it does break, then what?

    no jailbreaking your ipod is not illegal apple just doesnt want you to do it… there is no possible way to get in trouble for doing it

39. Joey, May 4, 2009:

    Does Jailbreaking mean free internet, all the time too. Do the new Iphone 3G, do u have to pay for internet, or is it wifi? j/w it’s the difference between me getting one or not, because I had a touch and I loved the wifi, idk if the iphone is the same or what it’s deal is?

40. xXD34DCH1CK3NXx, May 14, 2009:

    I haven’t jailbroken my iPod touch yet and I know I will in the next week but I have something to say to all of you who are scared to. Your iPod [and or] iPhone is not going to bleed or die. It’s just a little firmware update. Who really cares if it’s legal or illegal. It’s not like anyone is gonna do anything about it. And if you’re worried if all of your music, apps, or videos ect., who cares! All of that stuff is in your iTunes library so when you are done jailbreaking it, you just drag and drop onto your iPod.

41. FloRida, May 16, 2009:

    Help.. I tried to jailbreak my ipod touch 2.2.1 16GB this morning, by using Redsn0w (found it on youtube) when at the end, my ipod wouldn’t reboot (which seems to be a problem many youtubers had) i
    had to hard restore it… (thanx for the advice on this website)#

    This took me about 1 hr for the restore, and then a further 3 hours for the following synch…
    I was already kinda annoyed that it hadn’t worked, but now however, I cannot connect to my wi-fi.
    I have wi-fi connection, it is on, in settings it’s connected, the wi-fi bar is completely filled, but no apps (incl. facebook, app store, safari or google earth) work, because “cannot connect to the internet”

    I am desperate for help, and not at all convinced I should EVER try jailbreaking again :s

    Thank you in advance!

42. Beebo, May 27, 2009:

    Florida, I haven’t jailbroken and that happens to me
    Go to settings>wi-fi>then go to your wifi and at the the very bottom click on renew lease

43. Trace, June 18, 2009:

    can someone tell me how to jailbreak my psp

44. Trace cameron, June 18, 2009:

    can someone tell me how to jailbreak my psp thats if it can be done-PLZ

45. Devyn, July 22, 2009:

    I don’t think that jailbreaking is good at all. After all of these problems that people have it’s just not worth the risk. Anyways the iPod touch is fine the way it is. That’s just not worth the risk to me. I would like to jail break my iPod but if it was flawless I would.

46. K!ZZA, August 31, 2009:

    uh i jailbroke my i ipod and apple replaced it when the screen started stuffing up :S so i see no bad points to jailbreaking it at all it doesn’t slow it down unless backgrounder or other apps are going and its just as stable and now does twice as much

47. Spencer, September 2, 2009:

    I jailbroke my ipod and it was a great thing to do, there are so many possibilities of customization and apps etc.

    Customization was the main reason for the jailbreak (although free apps is nice), there are so many themes on Cydia/Icy, plus the ability to create your own theme on a Mac/PC.

    If i was unsure about the pros and cons, i would let my iPod run out of its warranty, then go mad and jailbreak

48. Kris, September 28, 2009:

    Yea. You NEED to jailbreak your ipod. i jailbroke mine for the themes and FREE APPS. its SUPER EASY FAST AND FREE.

49. ?????, October 13, 2009:

    well its interesting thanks for sharing info.. i would like to share an interesting and safe games
    http://games.m5zn.com
    many interesting games…like…create avatar, icon,dress-up and much more…

50. badhairday, November 15, 2009:

    I am a too timid to jailbreak atm,I’ll wait until the guarentee runs out first, but it is tempting.

51. ron, November 30, 2009:

    i jailed broke my itouch and youtub would not connect…..i did what u said and it worked…..but it erased all by music…pics….notes…..contacts…history ….FREE apps…..and my app from jailbrake…so ****b4 u jailbrake***** MAKE SURE YOU BAKE UP YOUR stuff*****

52. Matt, December 2, 2009:

    Like many, I was afraid of the iPod breaking, or losing warranty, but then I saw that you could Restore your iPod and warranty comes back, and that it can’t break! I Jailbroke my iPod yesterday, and now it doesn’t even look the same! Ah… finally the “i” in iPod is true, and Apple doesn’t have it’s cold, greedy grip on me.

53. itouchcurious, December 5, 2009:

    i just an ipod touch 2nd generationg 16g and i wana jailbreak it soo bad but i dont wana hav the troubles of tryin to fix it soo i just really need the facts soo yah and plus can u giv me info on how to like change the homescreen originally on the touch thhx

54. ITOUCH GENIUS, December 18, 2009:

    IF I WERE U GUYS, I WOULD NOT JAILBREAK YOUR IPHONE/ITOUCH because WHAT JAILBREAKING DOES IS IT DOWNLOADS OPEN SSH WHICH CAN LEAVE U VULNERABLE FROM THE INTERNET ALLOWING OTHER PPL TO CHANGE UR SETTING/GIVE VIRUSES,ETc,

55. Itouch newb, December 20, 2009:

    Look, iv alredy had alot of problems with my touch and I’m wondering if it’s realy worth the risk, I’m a pc wizz but I have no idea how to use any thing apple whatsoeva. So pls , tell me everything, what do you need, what do you get,how do you get it,how does it work, tell me EVERYTHING. Then pls give me step by step instructions on how to download,install and use.

56. Itouch newb, December 20, 2009:

    If u no anything pls email me at jbooth110@hotmail.com

57. Itouch newb, December 20, 2009:

    I’m currently using 2.1.1 firmware on an xp laptop with iTunes 9.8 or somthing

58. Itouch newb, December 20, 2009:

    Pls help me asap! I would realy apreciate it if kendall saville helped me , currently I’m screwed

59. alfred, December 24, 2009:

    hey. umm. weel i used redsn0w. its ok. but when i turned it off and triend to turn it back on. it just came up with the apple sign and a loading circle. and it keeps restarting. this site really helped. now i am going to jailbreak it again. but im not sure if i should use blackra1n. a friend of mine has his jailbroken with that. but im not really sure if it will work. help? thanks a million.

60. kyle, December 27, 2009:

    hey guys, so a few yrs ago for my 14th[?] b-day i got the 1st gen ipod touch [im 16 now so whenever they 1st came out]. i jailbroke it, which was AMAZING. then after a while of it being jailbroken the headfone jack stopped woking. took it into apple n they said they wouldnt help me bc i jailbroke it. so i restored it to facotry conditions and brought it in again. well it was past warrenty

    this xmas i got the newest ipod touch 64 gb. my mom started lecturing my about how i shouldnt jailbreak this one [blah blahhh blahhhh]

    so should i? if something goes wrong couldnt i just restore it to factory conditions n bring it into apple? or would they somehow know it was jailbroken.

61. bob, December 27, 2009:

    i just got the latest version of the ipod touch i wont to jailbrack it but dont want to ruin it

62. joe, January 1, 2010:

    i just jailbroke my itouch. i turned it off and now i want it back on but its telling me to connect to itunes. but i need to restore my itouch, im afraid that if i restore my itouch then i will lose my music that i bought from the itunes on my itouch… help?

63. drawmesunshine, January 17, 2010:

    If you purchase anything from the iTunes store, whether on your computer or iPod, it will go into your purchased history, and you don’t have to pay to redownload it.

64. micasa, January 28, 2010:

    joe wat u need to do is plug ur ipod to ur computer and open up watever website u used to jailbreak it. Then you do the same exact steps you did the first time and everything should come back uo the same way you had it before it turned off. Its that easy:)

65. DONT DO IT, February 12, 2010:

    LAST WEEK I GOT THE IPOD TOUCH 32G 3G AND I WANTED EVERYTHING FOR FREE SO I START LOOKING FOR JAILBRAKING SO I FINALLY FOUND THE ONE IT FITS MY IPOD 3G BLACK RA1N AND I JUST DID IT, I DID EVERYTHING LIKE THEY SAY, I READ ON GOOGLE, AND I DID STEP BY STEP ON YOUTUBE, AND GUESS WHAT I MESSEP UP MY IPOD, AFTER ALL WAS FINE BUT SOME MINUTES LATER WAS FREEZE THE SCREEN WAS BLACK WITH THE LITLLE APPLE, TOUCH IT NOTHING HAPPEN I RESTORED BUT IT WASNT LIKE THE SAME, SO I WENT TO THE STORE AND CHANGE…I GOT MY NEW IPOD TOUCH 32G 3G…AND NO WAY IM GONNA JAIL BREAK IT AGAIN…

66. pATICK, February 17, 2010:

    I Jail broke my ipod and it wont stop loading at the apple screen when i tryed to delete it all and that happend.im really po right now what can i do tell me at penapetrick@ymail.com

67. alfred allen, February 19, 2010:

    i am about to jailbreak my ipod and i not sure if it is gonna screw it up i dont know if i should emial asap at thunderking63@yahoo.com dont fuck with me i need some real answers

68. shawn, February 21, 2010:

    I tried stuff above and it just came back to usb with arrow to itunes

69. Mikecherves, March 14, 2010:

    I jailbroke my iPod touch and in a week it crashed. I had to restore it. I do recomned to jailbrake ur iPod because if u incounter any problems u just restore and that is the end. But DONT jailbrake ur iPhone becuase it runs on 3g or 3gs and it will most likely crash without being able to be restored