Redsn0w Steps Toward Semi-Tethered Jailbreak for iPod Touch 2G

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iPhone dev team has been successful in jailbreaking latest iPhone & iPod touch firmware 2.2.1 however one thing for which iPhone dev still scratching their heads is getting untethered jailbreak for iPod touch 2G. iPhone dev team has already released redsn0w lite which lets you to tethered jailbreak iPod touch 2G at your own risk.

We all are uncertain about iPhone dev team redsn0w progress but one thing is clear now as iPhone dev team have managed to get resdsn0w Lite to semi-tethered jailbreak meaning one step closed to tethered jailbreak.

If you have tried or even read the readme.txt file of redsn0w lite then you will be knowing that once you have tethered jailbreak your iPod Touch 2G it will not be bootable without assistance from a tethered computer.

Now here is where iPhone dev team has got the success, they have managed to develop semi-tethered redsn0w lite.

So what is this semi-tethered jailbreak ?

Well the whole process of jailbreaking iPod touch 2G is still same and cumbersome but free from the fear of reboot. You can reboot iPod Touch 2G but without any jailbroken functionality.

Once you reboot your iPod Touch 2G you need to again jailbreak your iPod.

Video from Musclenerd Showing Semi-Tethered Jailbreak iPod Touch 2G

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