The jailbreak for iPod Touch OS 3.1.2 is finally here, and from none other than George Hotz who has been jailbreaking the iPhone since it was first launched. Called blackra1n, this Windows only jailbreak tool works for all iPhones ( 2G, 3G, and 3GS ) as well as iPod Touch 2G and 3G.
Warning 3G and 3GS unlockers, do not upgrade to 3.1.2 using iTunes if you want to keep your unlock. Baseband cannot be downgraded. Check out the dev team’s offerings. Also blackra1n doesn’t hacktivate.
Jailbreak your iPod Touch using blackra1n
- Upgrade to OS 3.1.2 via iTunes. It’s 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.
- 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 it’s down, 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 try Rock or Icy.
- Congratulations, you have your iPod Touch 3.1.2 jailbreak up and running.
blackra1n isn’t available for OS X yet but expect it soon. If you have any questions, leave them in the comments below.
UPDATE: If your device doesn’t boot again, don’t panic. Just re-run blackra1n while the device is plugged in.
UPDATE 2: Check out the new blog post to fix your issues with jailbreaking iPod Touch.
UPDATE 3: blackra1n for Mac has been released!
UPDATE 4: blackra1n RC2 has been released and contains fixes for many issues.
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.
Download blackra1n
Here’s an alternate method: How to jailbreak iPod Touch firmware 3.1.2 with Sn0wbreeze
Update 5: Use this guide to jailbreak all iPod Touch models with OS 3.1.2/3.1.3 untethered using Spirit Jailbreak!
Good to know. It's a very simple and easy to use tool. Most people
don't follow our guides properly and end up with issues.
i know same here.
After i'm done downloading cydia on my ipod, what do I do now?
Having trouble doing it…can't get the program to run
OK so I'm not good with technology in anyway shape or form really. And I know if I tried to do this on my own I probably wouldnt do it right. So would someone like to help me with this so i do it correctly?
Good day.. how to i prevent the 'connect to itunes' message from showing each time i reboot my ipod touch?
I am getting an error message with I try to install the program. “This application has failed to start becasue ASL.dll was not found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem.”
Does anyone know how I can fix this?
no its not rebooting
i looked and i do not have a apple application support file. so what do i do
does this work for OS 4?
will i hav all my apps on ipod that i originally did
How do you Jailbrack your iPod I don’t get it
plz help me ive downloaded cydia and winterboard and downloaded some thems and when i go onto winter board and choose my theme it dosnt set!!!!!!!
Dude this worked Great!! i even kept all my ,usic and apps and shit thank you!!!!!!!!!
IM GETING EXACTLY THE SAME THING!? what is this?
geezz im getting so frustrated right now
how do i download the black rain onto my desk top?
no, but if you downgrade to 3.1.2 and jailbreak with this, than you can jailbreak 4.0 using snowbreeze, but you need to be prejailbroken on 3.1.2 first
same thing happens to me!!
i jail broke my ipod before and took it off, now when I try I can't find the app and my Ipod is in recovery mode
A picture of George never comes up only the itunes sign an arrow and the cord, Ive been trying for 2 hours and it doesn't work
Well me I tried blackrain but it never works. So I went to jailbreakme.com on my iPod and then the cydia is on my iPod and then myvi plug in my iPod on my computer it says that to back it up so I did and then when my iPod is turned on the cydia and all the stuff I downloaded from cydia were gone and then I tried to download it again but it didn’t work
do you have to have wifi access in order to use cydia once youve downloaded it?