ipod Touch Friday: Jailbreak an iPod Touch

iPod Touch 2nd Generation


1.) Extract redsn0w lite and XPwn to your Desktop.

2.) Save (or move) the 2.2.1 IPSW into the XPwn folder.

3.) In the rslite101 folder, there should be a FirmwareBundles folder; copy the iPod2,1_2.2.1_5H11.bundle into your XPwn\FirmwareBundles\ folder.

4.) Open up a Command Prompt (type cmd in the Search bar if on Vista).

5.) Type the following:


If you’re running XP, your location will be a bit different (should be C:\Documents and Settings\yourusername\Desktop\).

Also, if you’re running XP (with PowerToys), Vista, or 7, you can easily navigate to folders in a Command Prompt without using cd.
Simply hold shift, then right click on a folder (here, for example, you’d shift and right click on XPwn-0.5.7-win32), then select Open Command Window here.
This can be done with any other part of this tutorial that involves cd. Thanks, MatthewH12!

6.) Wait for XPwn to finish, it should only take a few minutes.

7.) Extract all files in the iRecovery RAR to your Desktop and open the iRecovery folder, there should be an installer for libusb located here.
If you haven’t already installed libusb, please do so now.
If you’re running Vista or 7, please right click the .exe and select Properties, then click the Compatibility tab, then select Windows XP (Service Pack 2) from the drop-down menu.
After install, a restart may be required.

8.) Open another Command Prompt (or use the one you used before, if it is still up) and type the following:


Again, your location will be different if you’re on XP, see above.

9.) Extract your 2.1.1 iBSS and 2.2.1 iBSS and iBoot.
To do so, right click your 2.1.1 IPSW and select Open with > WinRAR archiver.
Navigate to the Firmware\dfu directory, then drag iBSS.n72ap.RELEASE.dfu into your iRecovery_SVN folder.
Rename it iBSS211.dfu.
Now, open up your custom 2.2.1 IPSW using WinRAR.
First, navigate to the Firmware\dfu folder and drag iBSS.n72ap.RELEASE.dfu into your iRecovery_SVN folder.
Rename is iBSS221.dfu.
Now, navigate to the Firmware\all_flash\all_flash.n72ap.production folder.
Extract iBoot.n72ap.RELEASE.img3 to your iRecovery_SVN folder.
Rename it iBoot221.img3.

10.) Put your iPod into DFU mode (this is out of the scope of this tutorial, sorry).
Bring up your Command Prompt again and execute the following:
Code:



Your iPod’s screen should turn white.
If it doesn’t, unplug your iPod and wait 10 seconds, then plug it back in.

11.) In the same Command Prompt, enter the following:
Code:



Just to clarify, you will hit enter after each of these commands.

12.) Restore to your custom firmware using iTunes (hold shift and hit Restore, then select iPod2,1_2.2.1_5H11_Custom_Restore.ipsw).
It may hang on “Preparing..” for a long time; just wait it out, it’ll move on eventually.

13.) After your restore is complete, put you iPod into DFU mode, you’ll have to apply the patch again to boot.
You will also have to do these same things each time you boot from now on:
Code:



Unplug your iPod, wait 10 seconds, then plug it back in.
Your screen should be white now.
Run the following after:
Code:



Wait for your iPod to reconnect (it should disappear in iTunes, then reappear in a couple seconds).
Run the following:
Code:



14.) Your iPod should now be booting; enjoy you tethered jailbreak.

Also, don’t forget that if you want to reboot your iPod, each time you’ll have to repeat step 13, and step 13 only.

Edit: Please do not PM me right now, I can’t help you.
It’s my birthday today, so people are at my house for my party (that I didn’t even want).
Also, I don’t have a 2G and cannot really troubleshoot that well.
Please ask in the thread or search.
Sorry.

Also, if you think you’ve bricked your device, you haven’t.
Keep trying to enter either restore or DFU mode, there’s always a way to save your device, just don’t panic.

Do at own risk!!!!

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