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How to Jailbreak Your iPod Touch 2G Using RedSn0w (Windows) [4.1]

How to Jailbreak Your iPod Touch 2G Using RedSn0w (Windows) [4.1]

Posted October 9, 2010 at 1:17am by iClarified
These are instructions on how to jailbreak your iPod Touch 2G on the iOS 4.1 firmware using RedSn0w for Windows. The Mac version of this tutorial can be found here.

Step One
Create a folder on your desktop called Pwnage

Download RedSn0w from here and place it in the Pwnage folder. Likewise, download the latest 4.1 firmware from below and place it in the same folder.


4.1.0 (2G): iPod2,1_4.1_8B117_Restore.ipsw

Extract the redsn0w executable from the RedSn0w zip file and place it in the Pwnage folder.
How to Jailbreak Your iPod Touch 2G Using RedSn0w (Windows) [4.1]

Step Two
Connect your iPod to the computer and launch iTunes.
How to Jailbreak Your iPod Touch 2G Using RedSn0w (Windows) [4.1]

Select your iPod from the list of devices on the left. Now hold down Shift and click the Restore button. Restore is preferred as it won't create any wasted space on your iPod.
How to Jailbreak Your iPod Touch 2G Using RedSn0w (Windows) [4.1]

Navigate to the Pwnage folder on your desktop and select the firmware ipsw. Click the Choose button to continue.
How to Jailbreak Your iPod Touch 2G Using RedSn0w (Windows) [4.1]

Step Three
Once iTunes has finished updating your iPod to the desired firmware open the Pwnage folder on your desktop and launch the redsn0w application from the redsn0w folder we extracted earlier.
How to Jailbreak Your iPod Touch 2G Using RedSn0w (Windows) [4.1]

Step Four
Once RedSn0w opens click the Browse button
How to Jailbreak Your iPod Touch 2G Using RedSn0w (Windows) [4.1]

Step Five
Select the firmware ipsw we placed in the Pwnage folder on our desktop then click Open.
How to Jailbreak Your iPod Touch 2G Using RedSn0w (Windows) [4.1]

When asked if you have an iPod touch with a serial number that begins with MC. Click the appropriate button. Remember that if you have an iPod whose serial begins with MC you can only perform a tethered jailbreak.
How to Jailbreak Your iPod Touch 2G Using RedSn0w (Windows) [4.1]

Step Six
Once the firmware has been verified click the Next button to continue.
How to Jailbreak Your iPod Touch 2G Using RedSn0w (Windows) [4.1]

Step Seven
RedSn0w will now prepare the jailbreak data
How to Jailbreak Your iPod Touch 2G Using RedSn0w (Windows) [4.1]

Step Eight
From this window you can select the jailbreak options you would like.
How to Jailbreak Your iPod Touch 2G Using RedSn0w (Windows) [4.1]

Verbose boot displays detailed information on boot of your device and is generally only needed by developers and advanced users.

Make sure Cydia is selected. For this tutorial we will also select Custom boot logo and Custom recovery logo.

When you click to select each custom logo option a dialog window will appear asking you to select the image. Locate the image you would like to use then press the Open button.

*Remember the rules for boot logos are: RGB or Grayscale format with Alpha channel and dimension below 320x480. If you would like to use the iClarified ones they can be found here: Boot Logo, Recovery Logo
How to Jailbreak Your iPod Touch 2G Using RedSn0w (Windows) [4.1]

RedSn0w has options to Enable multitasking, Enable homescreen wallpaper, and Enable battery percentage. If you do not need multitasking we would recommend deselecting it as it could make your iPod 2G run very slow.

Click the Next button to continue
How to Jailbreak Your iPod Touch 2G Using RedSn0w (Windows) [4.1]

Step Nine
Please plug your iPod into the computer and make sure its OFF then click the Next button
How to Jailbreak Your iPod Touch 2G Using RedSn0w (Windows) [4.1]

Step Ten
RedSn0w will now guide you through the steps to get into DFU mode. You can find more help with DFU mode here
How to Jailbreak Your iPod Touch 2G Using RedSn0w (Windows) [4.1]

Hold down both the Home button and the Power button for 10 seconds.
How to Jailbreak Your iPod Touch 2G Using RedSn0w (Windows) [4.1]

Release the Power button and continue holding the Home button until RedSn0w detects the device.
How to Jailbreak Your iPod Touch 2G Using RedSn0w (Windows) [4.1]

Step Eleven
Your iPod will now reboot
How to Jailbreak Your iPod Touch 2G Using RedSn0w (Windows) [4.1]

Step Twelve
RedSn0w will then begin uploading the new RAM Disk and Kernel.
How to Jailbreak Your iPod Touch 2G Using RedSn0w (Windows) [4.1]

Step Thirteen
Once this is complete you will be notified that RedSn0w is done. Click the Finish button. When your iPod finishes rebooting (5 minutes or so) it will be jailbroken with Cydia on the SpringBoard.
How to Jailbreak Your iPod Touch 2G Using RedSn0w (Windows) [4.1]

*As usual a big thanks to the iPhone Dev-Team for their hard work and contribution to the iPhone community.
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Dex
Dex - October 19, 2010 at 2:16am
Ipod touch 2g 4.1 MC model jailbreaked with Greenpois0n rc4 !!!!
Happy Krunal
Happy Krunal - October 19, 2010 at 9:43pm
Thanx a ton Dex !! it worked great :) http://www.techtechies.com/20101018/technology-news/greenpois0n-update-jailbreak-ipod-2g-mcmb-models-with-greenpois0n-guide-to-jailbreak-ipt-2g.html
Gelásio
Gelásio - October 16, 2010 at 7:19am
I have a iPod Touch 2G 8Gb (MB version) and I can't do the jailbreak because the RedSn0w are blocked at the "Uploading ramdisk" at the final step... =(
Krunal
Krunal - October 16, 2010 at 5:13am
I am having a problem I am using iPod 2g MC model and I am stuck at reboot any ideas how to fix it? thanks! Tried plug in and fixing in different USB ports ..... Will ipod touch would become bricked ?? Can we jailbreak with any other version of redsnow ??
SBdodger
SBdodger - October 11, 2010 at 12:44am
I have a Itouch 2G (MC type) with vers 4.1 and I am trying to jailbreak using RedSn0w 9.6b1. I get though the DFU boot. The Redsn0w gui says "jailbreak initiated", I see a few status bars fill, and then the gui sits at the "waiting for reboot" screen. Any ideas?
kiss
kiss - October 11, 2010 at 3:39am
apparently a lot of people are having this same problem, me included - i wasted most of my day trying to find the fix today with no success. all the suggested fixes didn't work (such as try different usb port, unplug/plug in several times while redsn0w is still running, also run as xp compatibility mode) i guess we need to wait until dev team update redsn0w to address this issue
SBdodger
SBdodger - October 11, 2010 at 11:03am
When running redsn0w9.6b1, have you tried selectingthe previous apple firmware (vers 4.0)? I read that may work but haven't had a chance to try.
ipat
ipat - October 11, 2010 at 11:22am
I am having a problem I am using iPod 2g MC model and I am stuck at reboot any ideas how to fix it? thanks!
Luci
Luci - October 12, 2010 at 1:15pm
Hi guys, my ipod 2g, mc, always gets stock in the part "waiting for reboot" - and the jailbreak doesn't finished!! anybody knows what to do???
Dex
Dex - October 13, 2010 at 8:28am
the same on osx version :(
Luci
Luci - October 13, 2010 at 9:21am
Hey guys, i've been looking for a solution, but it's true, i didn't found anyone with a itouch 2g mc that had jailbroken with this verson of redsnow...aparently it works on 3g just fine, but not on 2g mc... i think we're have to wait for a salvation form dev-team. ¬¬
mj
mj - October 14, 2010 at 11:58am
I did tried on 4.0 with redsn0w but still have same message "Waiting to Reboot"
BPL
BPL - October 15, 2010 at 1:57pm
i having the same trouble here...but i using 2g ipod touch and it's no a MC type... can someone help me?? i stuck on "reboot"...
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