Instructions How To Jailbreak the iPod Touch 1G and 2G On Windows PC With Redsn0w
With RedSn0w 0.7.1 iPod Touch 1g and 2g users can jailbreak 3.0 firmware on Windows. Before following this guide please restore your iPod Touch to 3.0 firmware. To get the 3.0 firmware you have to connect to iTunes, check for updates, and buy it for about $10. Yes Apple is screwing you. Positive side is that if you have both a 1g and a 2g you get to download firmware for both for $10.
You will need RedSn0w 0.7.1 which you can download right here Redsn0w for Windows (4387) (Download requires login) along with the 3.0 firmware file for your device. Since you already bought and downloaded the firmware in order to upgrade to 3.0 you can find it on your computer
iPod2,1_3.0_7A341_Restore.ipsw is the iPod Touch 2g 3.0 firmware file.
iPod1,1_3.0_7A341_Restore.ipsw is the iPod Touch 1g 3.0 firmware file.
On XP they are located in
C:\Documents and Settings\ YOUR USER NAME \Application Data\Apple Computer\iTunes\iPod Software Updates\
On Vista the are located in
C:\Users\ YOUR USER NAME \AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\iTunes\iPod Software Updates\
Lets begin. Extract redsn0w-win_0.7.1.zip to a location on your computer and run redsn0w.exe.
Click Browse.
Find your firmware file, select it, and click Open.
RedSn0w will tell you that the ISPW has been successfully identified. Click Next.
You’ll see a pop up as RedSn0w does some stuff.
Select to Install Cydia and click Next.
Now you should plug in your iPod Touch and turn it off. Once you are done click Next.
RedSn0w gives you instructions. We are entering DFU mode now. First hold the power button for 3 seconds.
Keep holding the power button and start holding the home button for 10 seconds.
Release the power button but continue holding the home button for 30 seconds.
RedSn0w does its thing. Let it.
Finally RedSn0w has finished loading everything onto your iPod Touch. You will see a pretty screen on your iPod as it is being jailbroken. Don’t mess with your iPod while all this is going on. After your iPod restarts you are done!
I did not have an iPod Touch to perform the jailbreak, so I give all credit for this tutorial to Modmyi.com.
If you feel like it’s worth it
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why my Ipod rebooting so long???is it normal?
why is it rebooting so long? T_T
Yeah my iPods taking forever to reboot?
my ipod has taken 25 mins so far to restart help please ?
hey my ipod is jail broken allready if i restore do i lose everything iv ever downloaded and what do you get out of this jailbreak hack cheers add my msn if you want imhotnsexy2010@hotmail.com
yes, off your ipod that is. everything will still be in your itunes on your computer. what it will do is wipe your ipod to its factory settings but no, you wont lose everything. you will just have to redownload it from itunes onto your ipod again.
hope this helped!
I’ve seen the comments saying it takes forever to boot. Is this supposed to take long?
I updated to OS4 already. Can I still JB my iPod 2g?
I am told it cannot be downgraded from OS4 to OS3.
Is this the case? Am I too late? Did I do a bad??
Any help is welcome. When will Redsn0w JB upgraded OS4?
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mines took around 12 mins to reboot i think it should be normal
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how much MB does redsn0w take?? i have dial up and i dont want it to take forever
i dont think i wanna use redsn)w if i have 2 freakin buy seomthing for it!
nvm i have version 4.2.1 can i still jailbreak using redsn0w??!
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Bit concerned that it costs money to Jailbreak it, are you sure this is the only method?
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