iPod Touch 2G Untethered Jailbreak Tutorial for Windows XP and Windows Vista
24kpwn patch for Untethered Jailbreak for iPod Touch 2G is now available which I talked about yesterday, now I am bringing you another tutorial for the full Untethered Jailbreak of your iPod Touch 2G. This time I will be using the GUI Untethered Jailbreak software named Quickfreedom. This is easiest method for the Untethered Jailbreak of iPod Touch 2G, If you have used my previous tethered jailbreak tutorial then it can work upon that so you don’t have to restore to original firmware. As I am writing this my iPod Touch is being restored to custom firmware, and this GUI Untethered Jailbreak software is incredibly easy to use even for beginners.
How to Untethered Jailbreak iPod Touch 2G: Step by Step tutorial
Pre Requirements for Untethered Jailbreak of iPod Touch 2G
- Free Download Jailbreaking tool QuickFreedom, 11.1 MB setup, Install it.
- LibUSB
- Original 2.2.1 firmware
- If you used my previous tutorial then you already fulfill all requirements.
- Also keep iTunes open but ignore it most of the time, you only need iTunes to restore the custom firmware from desktop
I am writing this tutorial for Windows XP 32 Bit, Windows Vista 32 bit. Developer claims that it may work on 64-bit Windows Vista and Windows 7 too.
Mac users can use this software using VMware if iTunes is installed on that partition.
STEP 1
Install LibUSB and download original 2.2.1 firmware if you don’t have it.
STEP 2
If you want to use installer and Custom Boot Logo then tick on both and click Create Firmware, Cydia will be included by default.
the firmware file will be saved on desktop with name
Custom Firmware.ipsw
STEP 3
DFU Mode one last time:
Yes you have to put your iPod Touch into DFU mode by pressing the power and home button simultaneously for 10 seconds, leave the power button and keep holding the home button for 8-10 more seconds, hear dding sound, leave the home button.
click on Start Pre-Jailbreak -> White Screen
Note: Just try again if you don’t get DFU mode right for the first time, I got it right in my second try.
STEP 4
The iPod is having white screen now restore the custom firmware from iTunes, keep pressing shift and click on Restore button in iTunes, browse to desktop for file Custom Firmware.ipsw, select it and wait for restoring.
This message will pop up:
Your iPod has been restored to factory settings….
and you are done, let your iPod Touch reboot/start automatically, it will take a few seconds.
You can now set this up as a new iPod or restore from backup of previous iPod, I did the restore and it is working great.
Send bug reports and problems to dan[@]ipod2g.info, Credits: Dan, Musclenerd, Chronic and Hybird team, and everyone associated with Redsn0w.
Enjoy your Untethered Jailbroken iPod Touch 2G.
With Untethered Jailbreak:
- You don’t need a computer to reboot your device, no dead screens
- You don’t need to go to DFU mode and apply patches as in tethered jailbreak
- You don’t need any boot tools or software to reboot your iPod Touch
- It will be as good as non-jailbroken iPod Touch but with all the jailbroken functionality like you can change themes, icons, add third party applications etc
excuse me, but if it is tethered, do i still need to make the custom firm ware, or direct to step 3?
Amazing. AWESOME program thanks soo much. Just what I needed. My iTouch is resotring Custom Firmware in iTunes as I post this.
THANKS!!!!!!!!
hello,
i Really appreciate the way you taught us how to jailbreak ipod touch 2g but now i HOPE that iphone dev team or chronic dev would make a quickpwn and we can also change boot logos without rejailbreaking the ipod touch.
@123123
Yes, you still have to make custom firmware because previously the custom firware was patched for tethered jailbreak now we will be making custom firmware with untethered jailbreak patch.
@Ian
Great, enjoy your jailbroken iPod Touch.
@Jailbroken iPod Touch 2G ( you should’ve posted your name)
As the iPod Touch 2G is now fully jailbreaked with untethered release, they will soon come out with a method to change or apply custom boot logos without rejailbreaking.
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Please do not try this jailbreaking software with Windows Vista 64 bit, you might mess up your USB drivers.
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Hello,
They should make logo me from cydia work on 2.2.1 2g itouch too and they should also make quickpwn work for itouch 2g. THAnks.
This is great
Just finished the tutorial.
why when i try to restore the firmwire it gives me an error then
Dear greg,
THis happened to me and its just the first restore and i tryed the second time and it worked and if it didnt work with u put the ipod in dfu mode and pre-jailbreak again until a message pups and says now restore with itunes.
@Greg, try using one of the preconfigured boot images. I tried that and it worked.
i clicked start pre-jailbreak and got the white screen.
however, my touch doesn’t appear in itunes anymore so i can’t restore it. i do hear the dding sound if i removed the usb cable, but it doesnt seem to be detecting it.
Will this have any chance to break my ipod?
My screen is black, it won’t turn on, and itunes won’t acknowledge that it’s there. What should I do?
Also, it won’t go into DFU mode!
Thanks, this is an amazing program. It worked amazingly well!! It’s great I was skeptical after trying other things, but this is great! Trust me use this program for any1 reading this, and is thinking, “i dont know, it looks dangerous.” It works flawlessly, just download and install quickfreedom, and it tells u the rest!! Very straightforward and easy to use. Thanks again!
I cannot download quickfreedom, everytime i go into the webpage it says “This Account Has Been Suspended”, is ther any other links where i can download quickfreedom?
NOA_KB, just finished mine (10 tires??) foloow the steps when you hold the home and power button , the apple should appear (well mine did) after it DISAPPEAR REALESE THE HOME BUTTON, thne 10secs later release the power button,
hope it helps!
thanks for the great tut!
This will allow the ipod touch to purchase paid apps for free?
i keep clicking to install the libusb and when it finishes it keeps saying it is still uninstalled. what do i do, please help im dying for this
this is a good one
i cant get LibUSB to work bcuz i got Windows 64-bit, and when i try on my desktop (Windows XP) LibUSB doesnt register and wont show up
wat shud i do?
I tried to jailbreak my ipod touch 2g using QuickFreedom without success using my WinXP system. When I started I had firmware version 2.2 on the ipod Touch. Do you think I might have bricked my ipod Touch by not having version 2.2.1 of firmware on it at the start before starting the jailbreak?
The method I followed was (1) downloaded QF, and firmware 2.2.1 (2) installed QF, (3) ran QF and from within QF installed LIBUSB, (4) rebooted computer to start libUSB service, (5) selected firmware 2.2.1 that I downloaded above, (6) created custom firmware, (7) went into DFU mode, (8) saw the message stream that jailbreak was successful, (9) iTune started, and got the dialog box message asking for firmware restoration, (10) +clicked to find Custom Firmware that was created, (11) found custom logo on ipod Touch that I chose, (12) after a little more than a minute the custom logo disappeared, and original Apple logo appeared, (13) kept getting repeated message that restore was unsuccessful.
Now the ipod always boots up in DFU mode showing iTunes logo with USB graphics pointing to it after pushing power buttom for a long time. At this point iTunes asked for restoring original firmware, automatically downloaded firmware update from Apple server, and unsuccessfully tried restoring it. Repeated attempts to restore has failed. Is there a hope to recover from this?
@Beers
Just restart QuickFreedom.
@MaX
As Shashank said before: Please do not try this jailbreaking software with Windows Vista 64 bit, you might mess up your USB drivers.
@bde
I dont have any idea lol.
Mine is working smooth =),ty for the tutorial
@Revolt, Thanks.
To All: My iPod Touch did not brick. I was able to recover my unbootable ipod by creating a new user account on windows xp to make a fresh start, putting ipod in DFU mode, and recovering with updated iTunes version 8.1 and downloaded 2.2.1 firmware I mentioned earlier. iTunes program was running for the whole time. After restoring with 2.2.1 firmware, I as able to Jailbreak with updated QF 1.1.1 software.
Correctly putting in DFU mode is important: while connected to USB, push HOME buttom for 5 seconds, HOME+POWER button for about 12 seconds, followed by HOME only for about 15 seconds. Finger from HOME button never leaves until the end. The screen is blank and black at this stage, and the USB port is connected which is confirmed by characteristic USB connection sound, as well as iTune prompting for recovery.
For recovery, used SHIFT+MOUSE LEFT CLICK on recover button, and chose the downloaded 2.2.1 version of firmware. As soon as recovery started, the ipod screen lighted up, the progress bar on ipod showed continued progress. At the end, the ipod was recovered to factory setting with 2.2.1 firmware.
In the next step, the JB with QF 1.1.1 went smoothly. Thanks for the great tutorial. I now know why people say that it is very hard to break iPod.
Thanks.
Everyone I posted a youtube video on how to do this same thing! Super easy and crystal clear! link below!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJ0soAKxwqw
OMG THANKU THANKU THANKU!!! this is heaps easier to use then the other tutorial and worked PERFECTLY on my fisrt go!!! THANKS 1!
WOW!!!…….thats very cool!!!
Well you guys, The main problem me and some other guys are having is that Windows doesn’t recognize the Ipod in DFU mode (I have Windows Xp, shouldn’t be a problem), which makes it impossible for me to start the pre-jailbreak. And when I look into the complaints of other people, it seems they get errors on Itunes for exactly the same reasons, even tho they have ‘’succesfully” pre-jailbreaked it.
Any other suggestions how to get Bill f**king Gates his OS working with the always competing Apple? >
wat is this jailbreak
what do i need to do after jailbreaking my ipod touch . . . i have read that i needed to install an application from apple before i could install third party application, the problem is, i dont have a credit card to apply for the service . . is there any other way i could put third party application in my ipod touch?
well… at the bottom left where its mentioned ” iPod connected in normal/DFU mode”,,,, mine says “iPod not connected!” even though ive connected it to my laptop with my itunes on! (itunes shows its connected)
PLZ HELP!!!
well ok you guys listen up I solved my problem this morning. Try this if you did put your Ipod in DFU mode, quickfreedom says it is not connected to your pc, and your pc is giving you troubles by saying the device is unrecognizable. When this message appears, leave the Ipod in DFU mode and leave it plugged in on the Ipod side. On the USB-SIDE (where the Ipod-computer cable is connected to your USB port) take it out and put it back in again. If it’s right, your computer will start installing a driver for the DFU mode of your Ipod!
Good luck 
well at least it worked for me
Thank you sooooo much i had pent hours downloading different programs to jailbreak my itouch 2g!!! quickFreedom is the best i hav found!! btw i got into DFU in my first try!! hahah!! thank you so much
Thanks ! It works great !
I have one problem! My ipod touch says its firmware version is 2.2.1 but Quickfreedom says it can’t find it.
What is wrong?
@Confused
Download the 2.2.1 firmware file and select BROWSE in step 1, If your iPod Touch comes preloaded with 2.2.1 then i think you have to download it again.
we need the firmware 2.2.1 so that the quickfreedom can patch it to make custom firmware.
Ok when i started to jailbreak my ipod touch it was running on firmware 2.2.1 BUT u need to download it again on ur desktop and open quickfreedom and if quickfreedom didnt find it then press browse and click on it AND if it didnt appear in the browse windows then go to ur firmware on desktop the one u downloaded and right click and click on rename and dont change the name only copy the name of the firmware and then open quickfredom and then paste the name in the file name next to open button and then press open it well start copying the firmware and be patient until its done and then start jailbreaking the ipod touch and have a great day with ur jailbroken ipod touch 2g.
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First of all thanks A LOT Shashank for your tutorial I was able to jailbreak my iPod on my first try!
I just wanted to know whether or not I can delete (or move) the Custom Firmware file created on my desktop by Quick Freedom…
@Parth
Yes you can delete or move the custom firmware file.
i had my untethered jailbroken ipod.. but now i just turned it off.i pressed the power button too long…then suddenly it won’t turn on..how to restore and get to it again without losing my music and its settings??? thanks!
I had already jailbroaken my iPod as per Shashank’s previous tutorial but that caused rebooting problem.
My tone of thanks to Shashank and QuickFreedom developement team for such nice tool which resolved that problem. I successfully pwned my iPod recently and enjoying the world of freedome
1 Question if i jailbreak my iTouch with this and with lots of games,music,vids, etc. on my iTouch will anything be deleted???
There is no Cydia!!!!
So when it goes to the white screen or whatever and i plug it to itunes to recover the hackd firmware it wont delete anything…
APRIL FOOLS
OMFG this iz saddly pissing me off cause i really want to get this done and over wit cause my computer iz really shitty and this iz just prolonging the process… So can u just answer the question for me please…
@Cole
@BoSs NoVa
you will be installing the new custom firmware so everything on your ipod will be deleted.
to prevent your games, videos from deleting just sync your current iPod Touch to iTunes and do the jailbreak.
after jailbreak just assign it as a new iPod and sync back.
Ok ok so are there any programs i can use to move my music from the iPod to my computer???
Hi Shashank
I just bought a new computer with windows vista, i was just about to use this quickfreedom program when i came across sth on the internet, someone posted on someother site that the quickfreedom program might not crash your CPU right away, but it’ll crash it later on. Just want to know if its true cause i dont want mine crashing
@ Boss Nova
yes there are programs available for ipod to computer transfer but i’ve not used any, so can’t suggest.
I used the sync functionality to copy data to itunes and then sync back to ipod.
@Lewis
If your new computer has 32 Bit Windows Vista OS then you will be ok with Quickfreedom, if its 64 bit then avoid it.
HEY GUYS IF I DNT HAVE ITUNES EIGHT ON MY COMPUTER CUZ I DNT HAVE INTERNET TO INSTIL IT WOULD IT STILL WORK IF I RESET OR RESTORE
IT FROM MY DADS LAPTOP HE
HAS ITUNES EIGHT AND WOULD I STILL HAVE CIDYA AND INSTILLER
yep u well always have cydia and u will get installer if u check the install installer box. it doesnt matter if its itunes 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 or even 9 /
WOOT the Jailbreak worked without a problem thank to those who help me out and the creators of quickfreedom (ALL HALE THE CREATOR!!!)thanks guyz
Ummmmmm WoW i would like to say thank you, you guys really helped me out.
Is there a way to take off this jailbreak. How?
i need help you know the the left corner of quick freedom it says that it isnt connected? ipod not connected but i do have connected to the comp??
what should i do please help!!!!!!
hey. did everythin i was supposed to, but when i went to restore the firmware in itunes it gave me an error, saying that it could not restore. tried it twice. my ipod touch is already jailbreak teathered. What .ipsw file do i load into quickfreedom, the jailbroken .ipsw one or the original.
When I try to click create custom firmware, it pops up with a message saying “Error creating firmware!” what must I do to jailbreak my iPod from this point??
Worked like a charm. Thanks a million. More power to all of you who make these hackz available.
I tried jailbreaking my iPod but now my laptops messed up. There’s no sound and no Internet connection. What’s wrong?!?!
This works fine through wine on Ubuntu Linux 8.04 and 8.10.
also works in wine on fedora 10. and open suse 10.
thanks for this…
quick question, i previously jailbroke my touch 2g with a tethered version, however it wasnt your other program it was cyw00d jailbreak helper in a jailbreak_GUI folder. i would really like an untethered version so can i just plug in my ipod and dive in to ur step by step? or do i need to somehow restore my ipod to factory defaults, or what. pls help much a[ppreciated/
i have a problem: when i try to create the custom firmware it freezes and says its not responding. what do i do? any suggestions?
hii
i did the same steps but i have windows xp and i think i ‘ve service pack 1, is there any way i can jailbreak it frm ma computer?
When i click create firmware i get an error any help???
i click create firmware and nothing happend although i’m waiting for 2 hours.
can someone help me?
If i jailbreak using this method, will i lose my current apps and all their data, or any other data?
Amazing thank you so much for the untethered I followed you since the tethered version
Hi all
When do you conect or disconect ipod to computer during the process
I work on XP SP2, following all the steps. Custom firmware was created on the desktop. After I completed step 4
There is a message from Itunes “ Itunes has detected an Ipod in recovery mode. You must restore this Ipod before it can be used with Itunes.
When I click on the OK button, another message appears as “The Ipod software update server could not be contacted there is not enough memory available”
Could you tell me what happens with this???
Help me please!!
thank you soo much everything works perfectly its amazing…:D
U Should also mention for Vista users LibUSB must run in compatibility mode for XP or else it fries their USB Ports
. oh and BTW quickfreedom must be run as administrator or else it wont work ! great post !
it keeps saying error creating firmware what should i do
Thank you very much for your helpful efforts to create these softwares. I have tried for a long time since Dec 08. Now i JB my ipod touch 2g succcessfully.
It is amazing! Thanks
ive done everything, my ipod is jailbroken.. yay.
but i dont get whats so awesome about it becauase when i
downloaded the free games of off appulo.us it says that
the games cannot be varified, and wont upload on my ipod..
i always encounter error #14 when restoring the image, can somebody please help me. thanks.
Thank you so much! The process was easy to follow and worked like a charm. I had a little trouble with restoring my Ipod, but after trying a couple more times I got it. Thnx again!
it keeps saying error creating firm ware
help plz?
My jailbreak worked ,… some programs installed and some of them wrk but thing like winterboard and sbsettings dont, winterboard is on my springboard but when i mark a theme my itouch stays in normal theme. And Sbsettings can be opened via bosspreffs but when i slide the bar in top i my itouch no screen pops up plz help because these are the two apps why i wanted to jailbreak my ipod in first place
thanks in advance (running winXP and always gettin same problem , i already jailbreak mine with automatic redsnow jailbreaker twice and with the Cywood helper, now it is jailbreaked by quickfreedom)
Great, i just jail break it already. But why i cannot install applications or games directly via itune? I just download games from other sources, but i cannot install. Any comment or help???
Once I jailbreak my touch is there a way to restore it back to be unjailbroken?
Every time i try to make the custom firmware it always says ERROR CREATING FIRMWARE….. What do i do??
Hi
I have windows vista os32,step1 is ok but in step2 I try to make the custom firmware and I had a same problem like other user (error creating firmware!)
so what should i Do?
How can I install the applications in my ipod without use the username and password?
how do i fix
The iPod software update server could not be contacted. There is not enough memory available
Please Help
Hi,
My ipod touch cannot be turned on and not recognized by pc and itune even i try to hold power and home buttons for DFU mode.
It seems like dead one. How can u help me?
Hey come someone please tell my how to do this custom firmware thing… i keep getting error creating firmware and i have been trying to figure this out for 5 and a half hours…im fed up! someone PLEASE HELP ME!!!
wow this worked completely and perfectly!
ipod just the same as before jailbreak (except with tons more functionality)
definitely do THIS jailbreak =)
Anyone who is getting an “error creating firmware” message, download an older version of quickfreedom and use that instead. I kept getting that error on v1.2, but v1.1.1 worked perfectly.
Thanks for creating this awesome jailbreak!
Hey I previestly posted a question about why I keeps saying error creating firmware. I found out what the problem was. You have to right click on the quickfreedom icon on the desktop and go to properties, then go to compatability, then change it to windows xp pack 2 just like Lib USB. After that u will see on the bottom of the compatability section u will see something that says run as admin. U will also want to do this on the Lib USB compatitbility section so what u wanna do is tic the box before the question and is will work after that. Hope it helps.
Nick
hello i was wondering i jailbroken my ipod w/ the tethered release how or can i jailbreak it again w/ the untetrhed release
First of all let me just say, i am new to all this. The tutorial there work with no problem. Thank you very much for all this.
You are the man.
i must ask when i installed firmware 2.2.1 after that i rebooted my computer and had the blue screen of death how can i stop this from happening again
thanyou
Really amazing! I have never jailbroken anything before but thanks to your article and QuickFreedom my ipod is! Thanks a lot.
THKS for this tryed to do this for two days without luck found this tutorial tryed it and it worked first time thks again for this
t the bottom left where its mentioned ” iPod connected in normal/DFU mode”,,,, mine says “iPod not connected” wat happened n wat should i do? plz helppp
I’ve done all the steps.
I’ve done my iPod Touch in DFU mode and patched redsn0w but iTunes said,
“The Ipod software update server could not be contacted there is not enough memory available”
I m stucked there.
How can I solve this?
I’ve installed the software and everything right.
It worked like a charm(thanks!)
But when I go to restore my Ipod,it has an error message and will not restore with the jailbreak software.
I’ve tried it multiple times, but it just says for iTunes to work with it, it has to be restored to factory settings.
Then I do the shift and click on restore, and it has a progress bar and everything, but then it goes to the error message.
Any help?
I cant even start it up…i have it downloaded but every time i try to run it, it says “run time error 5003″…how can i fix that? Plz help.
I came back just to say thank you to all the people that worked on such an amazing program, it saved the day, and prevented me from removing all the hair off my head….
Again, thank you guys, keep up the good work, and put a DONATE button somewhere, i would love to give a donation!
jailbreak works fine, now install all soft in cydia, but non of the apps works.
Any body can you help. i down graded from 3.0
Hey, guys, after changing my install of QF to 1.1.1, to make the firmware hack properly, after entering DFU mode on my iPod, with it plugged in, i get the recovery screen (Plug USB and iTunes logo) and iTunes does its recovery hooplah, need to restore. QF says my iPod is in recovery mode, but it says I need to be in DFU mode to do the Pre-Jailbreak thing. Should I just skip the white screen step and proceed to restore with the hacked firmware, or DID I DO SOMETHING WRONG?
Sorry, withdraw my last comment, finally realized that DFU mode IS NOT THE SAME AS RECOVERY MODE!!!! I actually followed the instructions from QF and worked like a charm Cheers!
will this work on vista??
thanks for this brilliant work guys.!!!!!
So my itouch 2G screen didn’t turn white. But Itunes recognize it and it is in DFU mode…I try unplug and plug it back in.But it wouldn’t work.. what can I do?!? Please help!!
i jus got a ipod touch 2g and i really want 2 jailbreak it but i have read some comments and i am afraid 2 try it
When I try to restore the custom firmware, I get an error in iTunes saying the firmware is not compatible. Any fixes? If not, I guess by whole iPod is fucked for good
I’m ten years old, and I did it all by myself! Super-easy!
Do I have to wait for a long time before the message that says restore frimware in itunes pops up? how long do i usually have to wait? All I can see is a usb and an itunes logo on it. thanks.
I managed to jailbreak my ipod touch following this exact instructions. After 8 month of use, I had to redo this same process and everything went fine. However, “Installer” application no longer installs even though I made sure I had it enabled. Regardless of that, I jailbroke it again with “Installer” enabled but still I couldn’t manage it to get it installed. My ipod is jailbroken but without installer, I will not be able to put n Cydia. Any suggestion? Please help? Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!
IPOD version: 2.2.1 (5H11a)
WinXP Pro SP3
ITune version: 8.2.1.6
Quick freedom version: 1.2.0
IPOD restore software: iPod2,1_2.2.1_5H11a_Restore.ipsw
Again, this worked before but now it doesn’t. I wonder if Apple put in a fix on IPOD restore software “iPod2,1_2.2.1_5H11a_Restore.ipsw” so it doesn’t allow to install the “Installer” application.
When I tried this method, and during Custom Firmware create,It did not work well. Please let me know what to do. Thank you
I get up to the Pre- Jailbreaking stage but when i put it in DFU mode the screen does not turn white it just stays black. Is there any way to get the screen to go white? or is there a way of doing it when the screen is black?
hey i just used quickfreeom and i jailbroke my ipod. i know this because the lgogs were all the customized ones that i picked
but then when it stated up i didnt have cydia or installer. HOW DO I GET THEM?? PLZ HELP!
screen stays black doesnt turn white tried unpluggin and repluggin tried to put in dfu mode again and again ant restore my ipos plz help
i can’t find the downloaded firmware… i searched everywhere for it but there are only several folders like “.fseventsd” or “dfu” and “all_flash” HELP!!
do i need to left the shift cick all the time after the recovery or what?
salut jai un ipod G2 jailbreaker mais quand je transfer un application on me demande toujours de valider quelqun peu maider svp
hey yo…i just jailbroke my itouch.. and its restoring…
hope it worked.. well THANX a LOT neways…
hey.. sucessfully jailbroke my itouch… this is awsmn..
dude.. thanx a lot 4 the steps… .