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How to Jailbreak Your iPod Touch 3G Using RedSn0w (Windows) [4.2.1]

How to Jailbreak Your iPod Touch 3G Using RedSn0w (Windows) [4.2.1]

Posted November 24, 2010 at 8:52pm by iClarified
These are instructions on how to jailbreak your iPod touch 3G on the 4.2.1 firmware using RedSn0w for Windows. The Mac version of this tutorial is here.

You will only be able to perform a tethered jailbreak at this time. This means you will need Redsn0w's assistance to boot into your jailbroken device. If you want to jailbreak a lower firmware version you can find the appropriate tutorial 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 4.2.1 firmware from below and place it in the same folder.

4.2.1 (3G): iPod3,1_4.2.1_8C148_Restore.ipsw

Extract the redsn0w executable from the RedSn0w zip file into the same folder.
How to Jailbreak Your iPod Touch 3G Using RedSn0w (Windows) [4.2.1]

Step Two
Connect your iPod touch to the computer and launch iTunes.
How to Jailbreak Your iPod Touch 3G Using RedSn0w (Windows) [4.2.1]

Select your iPod touch 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 touch.
How to Jailbreak Your iPod Touch 3G Using RedSn0w (Windows) [4.2.1]

Navigate to the Pwnage folder on your desktop and select the 4.2.1 firmware ipsw. Click the Choose button to continue.
How to Jailbreak Your iPod Touch 3G Using RedSn0w (Windows) [4.2.1]

Step Three
Once iTunes has finished updating your iPod touch 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 3G Using RedSn0w (Windows) [4.2.1]

Step Four
Once RedSn0w opens click the Browse button
How to Jailbreak Your iPod Touch 3G Using RedSn0w (Windows) [4.2.1]

Step Five
Select the 4.2.1 firmware ipsw we placed in the Pwnage folder on our desktop then click Open.
How to Jailbreak Your iPod Touch 3G Using RedSn0w (Windows) [4.2.1]

Step Six
Once the firmware has been verified click the Next button to continue.
How to Jailbreak Your iPod Touch 3G Using RedSn0w (Windows) [4.2.1]

Step Seven
RedSn0w will now prepare the jailbreak data
How to Jailbreak Your iPod Touch 3G Using RedSn0w (Windows) [4.2.1]

Step Eight
From this window you can select the jailbreak options you would like.

Make sure Cydia is selected and click the Next button to continue.
How to Jailbreak Your iPod Touch 3G Using RedSn0w (Windows) [4.2.1]

Step Nine
Please plug your iPod touch into the computer and make sure its OFF then click the Next button
How to Jailbreak Your iPod Touch 3G Using RedSn0w (Windows) [4.2.1]

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 3G Using RedSn0w (Windows) [4.2.1]

Hold down both the Home button and the Power button for 10 seconds.
How to Jailbreak Your iPod Touch 3G Using RedSn0w (Windows) [4.2.1]

Release the Power button and continue holding the Home button until RedSn0w detects the device.
How to Jailbreak Your iPod Touch 3G Using RedSn0w (Windows) [4.2.1]

Step Eleven
Your iPod touch will now reboot
How to Jailbreak Your iPod Touch 3G Using RedSn0w (Windows) [4.2.1]

Step Twelve
RedSn0w will then begin uploading the new RAM Disk and Kernel.
How to Jailbreak Your iPod Touch 3G Using RedSn0w (Windows) [4.2.1]

Step Thirteen
Once this is complete you will be notified that RedSn0w is done. Click the Finish button. When your iPod touch finishes rebooting (5 minutes or so) it will be jailbroken with Cydia on the SpringBoard.
How to Jailbreak Your iPod Touch 3G Using RedSn0w (Windows) [4.2.1]


IMPORTANT:
To use Redsn0w to help you boot back into your jailbroken device simply select Just boot tethered right now from the options window and click Next.
How to Jailbreak Your iPod Touch 3G Using RedSn0w (Windows) [4.2.1]


*As usual a big thanks to the iPhone Dev-Team for their hard work and contribution to the iPhone community.
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el meastro
el meastro - January 24, 2011 at 5:54am
i can't get the cube icon with ipod touch 3G 4.2.1 in the download. help?¿?
rafael
rafael - January 13, 2011 at 5:45pm
after following all the steps my ipod is still not jailbroken. the battery meter works perfectly. cydia get installed, but the icon is white, not brown with cydia's ymbol as usual. when i attemp to open cydia, it just closes itself right away and i cant use it. what could i have done wrong?
liv
liv - December 20, 2010 at 9:37am
this tutorial jailbroke my ipod touch but really for no purpose other than to crash cydia and safari...so whats the purpose of this tutorial? What suggestion does the dev-team have for any cases like this? again CYDIA AND SAFARI CRASH when opened after jailbreak.
rafael
rafael - January 13, 2011 at 5:47pm
same thing happens to me. have u found a way to make it work?
rafael
rafael - January 13, 2011 at 5:58pm
i managed to fix it. i opend redsn0w again and ijust chose the option "just boot tethered". after the ipod reboots it works fine!
yee15
yee15 - December 7, 2010 at 6:16pm
can i turn it off after jailbroken ??
Duxx
Duxx - November 29, 2010 at 1:45pm
It does not work for ipT3g does it!?
peterhenley
peterhenley - November 26, 2010 at 12:59pm
i thought 3G was NOT tethered???
peterhenley
peterhenley - November 26, 2010 at 1:02pm
ignore above, was thinking 3G iPhone....duh
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