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Sandip Dedhia

Sandip Dedhia

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  • Billy

    will this crash when you turn off your itouch?

  • Billy

    on step 10 the runme program doesnt recognize my ipod. help!

  • joe

    you should put the warning at the top of the page!!!!
    otherwise great post worked great.
    no viruses, and easy to use ( need almost no knowlage to use)
    also to put the ipod in DFU mode press and hold the power and home butten for ten seconds and then just the home button for 8 seconds.

  • rideblue193

    I <3 YOU!!!!

    thanks for the tutorial

  • alex

    same problem as billy other programs read it as DFU mode but it doesn’t get detected when i run runme.exe

  • Peter

    Billy, you probably dont have libusb.exe installed. google it. i remember when i had the tethered jailbreak, that it required that to be installed. Great tutorial by the way, it worked like a charm. Thanks. (You might want to add that into the tutorial :). Also, billy, if you have vista, you might want to uninstall libusb after you do the jailbreak, because it seems to mess up vista. (or maybe its just mine, but it freezes my computer) also, make sure you dont have anything plugged into your usb. (if you have vista)

  • proudofmylife

    http://proudofmylife.net/ipod-touch-2g-jailbreak/ complete untethered jailbreak tutorial using QuickFreedom, much less manual work than this tutorial.

  • Noob

    Thanks Alex for your comment it really helped me your the best thanks again in advance.

  • Noob

    Sorry typed the wrong name thanks to Peter for his comment.

  • Scot

    I followed the directions to the letter and after itfinishd it crashed my ipod it will not turn on.

  • Tom

    I only get cydia but i want installer.
    How do i get installer?

    Thnks

  • Sun Dude

    OMFG It actually works…. OMFG now i can show off at school.. LoL don’t flame me for that what i just said plx. Anyway. I’ve just restored it and it turns on by it self and cydia works. Also just sold the semi-tethered to my friends at school for like $10 each as they can’t be stuffed to get the materials them selves, but i wasted like 20gs of bandwith since my computer, for some reason kept redownloading the .ispw.
    Thanks alot anyway, this means now i can finally put all my music on without worring about a reinstall.

  • Scot

    i got it back by recovering with old firmware. sorry for freaking out i just want this to work and it did not after it finished the recovery it just went black.

  • Girrod

    RENAME THE iPod2,1_2.2.1_5H11a_Restore.ipsw OriginalFW
    NOT OriginalFW.ipsw other wise it wont work

  • Daniel

    Ok…. I’m having troubles…. I try to start IPSW.bat but it pops up and goes away like in half a second…. then I went to log and it says: error: Could not load IPSW

    WHAT DO I DO?!?!?!?

  • Tyler

    sweet. It works!!

  • cheatsisazn

    For all you noobs out there, to get your ipod in DFU mode, you have to first hold the home and power button for about 10 seconds, then the home button for about 15-20 seconds.

  • http://- Jur

    My ipod doesn’t get found by runme.exe what am i doing wrong?

  • http://www.youfail.org Jur

    Figured it out! Worked perfectly (till now, it’s restoring now:D)

  • Jur

    does anybody know how to get the installer app?!!

  • Tester

    Hi there,

    Everything worked for me up to step 11 under WinXP-Pro-SP2 with libusb.
    When I tried to upload the custom image via Itunes (version 8.1.0.51), the ipod touch 2g (Modell MB533FD/Firmware 2.2.1 (5H11a) startet downloading the Image.

    When the progress bar reached about 1/3 of its length, itunes popped up an error message “unknown error during restore” – unfortenatly i forgot the error number.

    Same error with QuickFreedom (http://proudofmylife.net/ipod-touch-2g-jailbreak/)

    After that erroro itouch always comes up in recovery-mode

    itunes can however restore the original Firmware iPod2,1_2.2.1_5H11a_Restore.ipsw, so that i can revive the itouch.

    What now?

  • Mike

    no jb file is created

  • marian

    ok so i followed the link that peter gived i have a brand new ipod touch 8gb vers 2.2.1
    and i can say that it worked fine noproblems had
    guys with trust i did it my on ..

    an now i haviing a problem …
    i have cydia installed and instaler aswell but but but
    i want to put games on it i downloaded from torrent games and now i stay and wach at them becouse i dont know how and what to use
    i surf somme forums and i fond sommethinf like..

    i should enable disk use ..
    and in my itunes i dont have enable disk use i have open itunes when ipod is attached
    th’s for tutorial must admite i hade a lot of emotions ..

  • thomas

    hey, after i have finished downloading all of the content and applied it to my ipod, how do i choose which files i want to add. i honestly dont know what im doing. ;p i want to add gameboy games to my ipod and be able to access the internet without a wifi set up. how do i do this? anyone know how? if so please help. :)

  • thomas

    if i dont have the programs winrar or 7.zip, then what do i do>????????

  • raj Dosanjh

    if i jailbreak my ipod on windows will i still be able to sync music using my mac? also what will happen if i restore the ipod, will the jailbreak be gone?

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  • matt

    Hello yes I am building a GUI for the jailbreak and I was wondering if I could save myself from having to make another batch file by going into firmware bundles and replacing the original LLB patch with the new LLB patch(24kpwn patch, not patched IMG3)?

  • Jek

    LibUSB stops my usb ports from working. So how am I supposed to jailbreak?

  • Jek

    FOR THE VISTA USERS JUST SET THE INSTALL.EXE FILE TO XP SP2 COMPATABILITY MODE!!!

  • marian

    guys stop i jalbreacked my ipod with the link theat http://proudofmylife.net/ipod-touch-2g-jailbreak/
    it’s working it dit to my idpod touch 2g
    it is very easy no problemo under vista 32 seeya!

  • Imran

    To Thomas:
    Don’t worry about the zippin’ part ’cause 7zip is absolutely free. You can download it here::

    http://www.7zip.com/

    Hope this helps!!

  • Imran

    For all people that need help with the libusb thing.. When I was jailbreaking my iPod a few days ago, I installed libusb and all my ports died: my mouse and keyboard stopped working. I had to use an older keyboard and mouse, and i uninstalled libusb by going to start>control pannel> Uninstall a program> “LibUsb”. Then i read around what i did wrong and i read that you need to right click on the libusb exe or stup file, andthen click properties, then set it compatable to windows xp. This way all our ports will still work and wont crash.. Good Luck!!

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  • Tony

    when i click ipsw.bat, it doesnt run. what do i do?

  • bchor

    is step 2 required if you already have 2.2.1 ?

  • kasey

    yeah i have a problem with step 5 i did everything right but i run ipsw.batt and it pops up. immedeately shuts down and then gives me a log file and i click on that and it says couldn’t exicute ipsw.bat” or

  • harry

    i dont get 10/11

    i need help please

  • Nathan

    Hi i am up to step 10 but when i click runme it tells me to put my ipod into recovery mode which i have done. Then to press a key and it says this application has failed to start because libusb0.dll was not found.

    can someone please help me with this.

    And kasey and bchor read scotts comment up the top
    RENAME THE iPod2,1_2.2.1_5H11a_Restore.ipsw OriginalFW
    NOT OriginalFW.ipsw other wise it wont work

  • Allan

    WTF is ipsw.bat, i cant find it, please help

  • Cory

    wen i try and run step 10 it saya it cant find libusb?? wat do i do plz reply

  • http://donthaveone piac

    PLEASEE HELP!!

    i have a two questions

    1) how come when i try to open IPSW.bat it opens for like half a second and then closes??

    2) do i need LIBUSB???

    if you have any answers pleaseee pleaseee email me at – mpturtles@gmail.com

  • nick

    i cant get ipsw.bat to work
    it opens for half a second and quits
    HELP ME!!

  • Fredrik

    Hello! Everything goes well untill I come to the RUNME.exe part. It says it can’t find my Ipod, and I have it in DFU mode.

  • Liam

    when i try to put into dfu mode it just resets

  • shayne

    I did it wrong i dont know how now my ipod wont go back on!!! OMG!!!!! help please!!!!

  • shayne

    I trie dplugging it in.. it says error.. in itunes… it says iphone cant be read or something.. its a itouch!!! plz some1 help!!!

  • Frank

    AAAAARCH!!!! each time when I download the firmware restore zip file, it is not 278 mb!!! each time approx.120 mb, and when I try to unzip I get the error message “Cannot open file;it does not appear to be a valid archive” “If you download this file, try downloading the file again”
    Can someone please help me with this.

  • nik

    do u extract the 2.2.1 firmware or not

  • person6546y4

    do you have to run RUNME.exe and what is it?

  • danny

    hey, i have a dutch itouch and had did evereything i needded, had installed libusb under xp sp2 mode and worked perfect
    now i am in itunes restoring and it says: Preparing ipod for restore and it stays with it, does nothing, i have vista H P

  • dslme

    Try this one fellas, its much, much easier and actually works!

    http://www.iclarified.com/entry/index.php?enid=3212

  • taylor

    do you need vista for this program?

    also, i get to ispw.bat and it asks do i want to run it or extract, i tried both and they dont work. when i press run, it justpops up and goes down. help me please

  • LRY

    it does work u jst need to take your time and work it out…
    im 12 and i done it by myself with no help jst this. by the way i done it bout 3 month ago and forgot to thank you…

  • pinocchio

    thx. it works great!! Had problems with QuickFreedom. This works fine for me.

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  • Please respond and help me someone!

    please help i followed these steps and now my ipod is not turning on no matter what i do and on my computer does not recognize it. PLEASE PLEASE RESPOND!!!!!!!!!! HELP!!!

  • lingo

    after i did all the steps i tried to turn on my ipod but it didnt work i pugged it in and nothin happened and the computer said it malfunctioned and now i dont know what to do. SOMEONE HELP ME!!!!!!!!!

  • Rick

    Followed instructions to the T. Restoring using the JB File. ITunes extracts and prepares for restoration and then brings up an unexpected error (13) upon restoration.

    Anyone?

  • Tommy

    i have the same problem as the guy above me….

  • http://theblogger.ning.com Ryan

    @rick and tommy
    I had the same problem it could be because your computer firewall is blocking iTunes. just disable it while it jailbreaks and it should work, hope this helps

  • http://theblogger.ning.com Ryan

    now im getting the message error:cannot load ipsw! Help me please

  • Joseph

    I have similar problem, but solve it.
    follow steps:
    1. Unistall all iTunes and apple device drivers
    2. download LibUSB from http://www.libusb.org/ (i’ve downloaded libusb-win32-bin-1.2.2.0)
    3.extract archive and goto “bin” directory then run inf-wizard.exe, select your apple device (ipod should be connected) and install driver.
    4. Reboot computer and run RUNME.exe

    - it works for me, i’m using Windows 7 x64