They also offer a 5. Connect your iPod to your computer and run the program. Your iPod will automatically begin the jailbreak process. Pay attention to any onscreen instructions that you may need to complete to get your iPod into DFU mode. The iPod will automatically reboot. Open the Loader app on your home screen.
This will download and install Cydia. Cydia will be used to find and install apps that aren't normally permitted on Apple iPods. Reboot your iPod one more time. After this, your iPod is jailbroken and ready for use. Method 7. Go to the JailbreakMe website on your iPod. You must access the site through your Safari browser, and not on your computer.
The site will automatically detect whether your iPod is compatible with this method of jailbreaking. Jailbreak me only works on iOS 4. Newer versions of iOS should use other methods in this guide. Select the "Slide to Jailbreak" button. Wait until your iPod downloads the application. How long this takes depends on how fast your connection is; the process can take up to five minutes.
Once you see that the app "Cydia" is installed on your iPod, your iPod has been jailbroken. It will appear as a pop-up.
Press OK. You will return to your home screen. Cydia will now be included alongside your other apps. Reboot your iPod. If you encounter any problems, a reboot should usually fix them. In the worst-case scenario, you can always restore your iPod and start the jailbreak process all over again. Will that happen with your method? It's impossible to update a jailbroken device.
If it's not jailbroken, try putting the iPod into recovery mode. Yes No. Not Helpful 1 Helpful 5. Your iPod is likely too old for this to work.
There might be other tutorials out on the internet for iPod Touch Gen 2 but I haven't personally seen any. Not Helpful 3 Helpful 4. Include your email address to get a message when this question is answered. By using this service, some information may be shared with YouTube.
If you don't like your jailbroken iPod, use the restore button on iTunes. Helpful Not Helpful These steps will only work with the iPod Touch.
Helpful 85 Not Helpful To force your iPod into restore hold down the menu and power button at the same time. Keep holding down the buttons till the screen goes blank this will restart your iPod. Push the power button to turn on the iPod but still hold down the menu button. After a while the iPod screen will prompt you to plug your iPod into iTunes. Helpful 77 Not Helpful Should you ever need to reset your iPod, hold down the sleep and home button for several seconds.
Helpful 64 Not Helpful Submit a Tip All tip submissions are carefully reviewed before being published. Jailbreaking your iPod Touch will void your warranty with Apple. Helpful 52 Not Helpful Helpful 49 Not Helpful Read all warnings on the jailbreak sites before jailbreaking your iPod Touch. Failure to do so could result in bricking your iPod. Helpful 47 Not Helpful When you jailbreak and your warranty was still active, it will now expire immediately, since jailbreaking is not covered by Apple, as of one time it has been illegal, but there has been a bill passed that allows people to jailbreak and root their phones.
Helpful 8 Not Helpful 5. If done incorrectly or your computer has some sort of error, your iPod has a slight chance of changing to a completely white screen and not turning off until dead, and it will continue this, thus rendering the device useless. That is also one of the reasons the warranty expires, because that could happen. Helpful 7 Not Helpful 6.
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About This Article. The tools are generally good, and if you follow directions carefully, you should be fine. But if something goes wrong—and there is more than one way this can happen—you can suffer data loss, or even brick your phone. Even worse, Apple claims that jailbreaking voids your warranty.
You can restore your device to remove evidence that it ever happened, but if the device goes down while jailbroken, you could well be stuck. In addition, jailbreaking does not jibe with the DMCA, and breaks relate license agreements. To the point: Follow this guide at your own peril, know that there's risk and be careful.
Consult elsewhere if you're nervous, or worry that I've missed something. The Spirit tool has made the jailbreak fairly simple, but there's still room for error. Step by step:. Isn't currently jailbroken obvious, but just in case , b. Plug your device in, so that it's recognized by iTunes 2. Back up your device to your iTunes library, and sync it. Having the backup handy will allow to you restore your settings in case you need to wipe your device later; syncing everything—including photos, which some users report losing during the jailbreak process—ensures that all the media on your device will remain untouched, or at least restorable.
Open the Spirit Jailbreak tool. It will open in a small window, and should display a message like "iPad 3. Click "Jailbreak" 5. During the jailbreak routine, don't interfere with the device. It's probably better to leave your computer alone as well, to avoid a crash at a critical moment. First, you should see a screen on the device that says "Restore Complete. Spirit should be done doing its thing in under 30 seconds.
Your device should then boot up to your homescreen, as it was before—same background, same apps, same settings. Now you're jailbroken. But there's one more thing:. When you restart your device, you'll see a new icon on your homescreen, called Cydia. Open it up. This is your new App Store. Don't worry, the regular App Store still works. Now you've just got another one. Cydia will look a bit different on the iPad and iPhone or iPod Touch, but will contain most of the same software.
The first thing you need to do, though, is click the button that says, "Make my life easier, thanks! This will back up your device activation profile called an SHSH blob to remote servers, which ensures that you won't lose the ability to jailbreak if you accidentally upgrade your device device software in the future. More on that later. Traditionally, unlocking opening your phone to use with different carriers and jailbreaking have fallen to the same tools. Since unlocking has become more difficult with later firmwares, the tools have grown apart.
Spirit doesn't unlock. If you want to unlock, though, there may be hope. If you haven't upgraded your iPhone to firmware 3. The process is self-guided and quite similar to using Spirit. Unlocking is a comparatively narrow concern, and can get much more complicated, so I'll leave it at that. More info here. Now that you're jailbroken, it's time to start downloading apps. Here are a handful of must-tries to get you started:. Reply 8 years ago on Introduction.
I haven't been on instructables in forever, I'm sorry If it has any file extension other than. Sometimes browsers will save it as a.
Reply 10 years ago on Step 3. Just look for the one your iPod Touch, iPhone, etc. Hope this helps! I paologize on Step 7. Instructables must have a glitch because when I try to edit step 7, an error message pops up. I kinda need help, I searched everywhere on my computer Windows 7 , but could not find the "app data" folder. Any alternatives? Reply 10 years ago on Introduction. Now, first of all, make sure your files and folders aren't hidden 1. Make sure you are using classic view so you are seeing all the icons.
Go to Folder Options 4. Go to the tab that says Views 5. On the list below, scroll down until you find 'Show hidden files and folders' 6. Check the box next to 'Show hidden files and folders' Then you should be able to find the App Data folder. If that doesnt help, you might not be looking in the 'Libraries' folder. The App Data folder should be in the Libraries folder Sorr if those don't help.
Just leave another comment, and I will look into it more. You might want to add that it is easier to find I can't vouch for vista or xp if you look under your username, then app data, roaming etc.
Here's what your directory should look like Thanks for the Tut. No problem! I hope this Instructable was easy to follow. Any suggestions are helpful.
Thanks for the correction as to which directory the App Data folder is in. I hope you didn't have any trouble past that. Again, thanks and your welcome! What you would need to do is: 1. Sync your iPad to create a backup. Get the iOS update from Apple through iTunes, of course.
Jailbreak the new iOS version with whatever software you used to jailbreak the old iOS software.
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