George Hotz recently released blackra1n RC 2 for iPhone and iPod Touch which fixed various bugs and issues with the jailbreak tool. A good number of previously disappointed users now have succeeded in jailbreaking their devices. For those who still haven’t jailbroken their iPod Touch, here’s a quick guide on how to do that with blackra1n RC 2.
- Download iTunes 8 from Apple’s website.
- Upgrade to OS 3.1.2 via iTunes. It will be free if you were already using 3.0 on iPod Touch otherwise you’ll have to buy it.
- Once your iPod Touch has upgraded to 3.1.2, download blackra1n. Use Windows XP compatibility mode if you’re using Windows Vista or Windows 7 ( if it crashes ).
- Launch the tool, and click the ‘make it ra1n’ button.
- It’ll take some time while your iPod Touch is jailbroken. You’ll see George’s picture, which means it’s working. After the process is complete, it’ll restart.
- You should see the blackra1n icon in your apps now. Launch it.
- From here, you can install Cydia, which lets you install jailbreak applications. You can also install Rock or Icy as well, which are Cydia alternatives.
- Congratulations, you have your iPod Touch 3.1.2 jailbreak up and running.
Note:
- Only tethered jailbreak is available for iPod Touch 8GB 3G as well as iPhone 3G S, this means that to restart your device after a shutdown, you’ll have to connect it to your Mac or PC and run the jailbreak tool again.
- This will not unlock your iPhone.
- A similar process applies to the Mac version. You will not have to change any compatibility settings, though.
Hope this guide is easy enough for you.
Important: iPhone OS 3.1.3 has been released for the iPhone and iPod Touch. We’ve got a new guide up on how to jailbreak iPhone 3.1.3 and iPod Touch 3.1.3 with redsn0w 0.9.4. Don’t upgrade to iPhone OS 3.1.3 if you’re using an unlocked iPhone 3G/3Gs or a jailbroken iPod Touch 2G (MC Model)/3G. The redsn0w guide is for iPhone 2G/3G jailbreak and iPod Touch 1G/2G ( non MC Models) only.
I tried to download a theme and it said connect to itunes so i had to do a restore thats gonna take like 5 hrs
how long will it take to reboot plz help!!!
this is so simple a baby could do it, props man, took me 3-4 hours to jb my first ipod yesterday, this took me 1 min
I am really confused and new at this whole thing I downloaded it and the application is there and i ran it and downloaded a theme. But how do i make my them work do i have to reboot the ipod or what?
you have to go to cydia and download winter board. then download the theme you want and press home. go to winter board app on the home screen. select the theme that you downloaded and press home then it will take about 30 seconds and slide it to unlock and you will have your theme!
Awesome app, no problems what so ever!! Just had to update some stuff in cydia and walaa!!
I may have missed something, but how do I downgrade my ipod touch to 3.1.2?
Okay so i downloaded it worked fine besides the tether and downloaded installous and downloaded games utilities et. which was cool and had about 80 apps with an extra of 400 mbs. now i deleted half of those including some music and pictures and videos so i have about 40 or so apps and for some reason it says now that i have about 28.8 mbs of free space. what the hek happened?
guyz im done.yes really.i ve got ipod touch 3g 8 gig.when i bought it it was on 3.1.1 os but on the way i got it with 3.1.3 upgraded .but i tried to jailbreak it but couldnt.bcoz it got 3.1.3 .for this there is no jail breaking software.but you can jail break it .really .download 2gen ipod touch os,3.1.2, restore it with i tunes.it does accept this firmware. and go for further process to job done
this doesn’t work all it did is f… up my ipod and take everything off
this doesn’t work all it did is f… up my ipod and take everything off
hello i have windows vista and i did the whole process once and it worked fine. my iPod shut down and i had to do it again. everytime from now on i can not get it to work. i gets to the screen where it says “done, wait to reboot” and nothing happens. i was hoping for some advice on what to do. REPLY PLEASE
also i have 3.1.3 if that makes a difference
well that’s because when it says ”done, wait for reboot”
you have to shut down your ipod and then put it back on and then it works again and yes i think you can’t get blackra1n with ipod/iphone with the version 3.1.3
i can’t put the blackra1n on my ipod is that because i have a 3.1.3 version????
mmm i been waiting for like 3 min now and my iPod screen is black should i wait more
mm im downloading something right now do u think thats the problem??? Help me
hey guys, it took me a about 3 or 4 tries but i did it in the end. ive got a ipod touch 1st gen. i restored it and then exited itunes and press ctrl+alt+del and went to task manager, and stopped the processes for anything itunes related. then i just ran blackra1n normally.
it works but the only thing my ipod shutdown or no batt. why we always have to connect and run the jailbreak tool again but thanks anyway it works ….
what if you get to the point where it says, “enjoy your jailbroken iphone”, but the blackra1n icon is not showing up on the device?
You should re do the whole jailbreak process then
im new att this so pls help me.
I just wonder if i can completely jailbreak my ipod touch 3g 3.1.2 whit this quide?
obviously u can.
heyy,
listen ive uninstalled this jail break can i reinstall this
Yo, I keep trying and trying but it keeps me on the itunes and the plug thing then when i manually restarted is when the blackrain thing pops up saying enjoy and yet nothing happens i have done this 3 times
when you get blackra1n on the ipod on it is it jailbroken
and can you turn the ipod off