How to Jailbreak Your iPod touch With QuickPwn (Mac)
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Posted September 28, 2008 at 5:55pm by iClarified
These are instructions on how to jailbreak your iPod touch With QuickPwn for Mac. This tutorial has been updated for the 2.1 firmware.
NOTE*: If you have an iPod 2G the Dev-Team is still working on a jailbreak. Stay tuned!
Step One Download QuickPwn 1.1 from here and place it on your desktop.
Step Two Double click the downloaded file to mount the QuickPwn [QuickPwn_1.1.dmg] archive
Step Three Connect your iPod touch to the computer and launch iTunes from the dock.
Step Four Select the iPod touch from the list of devices on the left then click the Restore button.
NOTE**: If you have not already upgraded to 2.0.x you may be asked to purchase the 2.1 firmware.
Step Five A popup will appear asking if you are sure you want to restore and update. Click theRestore and Update button.
Confirm that the version to update to is the 2.1 firmware then click the Next button.
Next click Agree to accept the Software License Agreement.
Step Six Once the Restore has completed double click the QuickPwn icon from the mounted QuickPwn dmg.
Step Seven Click OK to accept the copyright notice.
Step Eight Connect your iPhone to the computer when asked then click the OK button.
Step Nine QuickPwn will now automatically detect the device connected!
Step Ten QuickPwn will now automatically search for the latest firmware for this device
Step Eleven You will be asked if you would like to replace the original boot and recovery logos on your iPhone. Select Yes or No to continue.
Step Twelve QuickPwn will now begin building your custom IPSW.
Step Thirteen You will be asked to enter your administrator username and password. Do this, then click OK to continue.
Step Fourteen QuickPwn will now help you put your iPhone into DFU mode. First, turn off the device.
Next, you will be asked to hold both the Home and Power buttons for 10 seconds.
Finally, you will release the power button and continue holding down the Home button for another 10 seconds.
Step Fifteen QuickPwn will now automatically begin sending information to your iPhone.
Step Sixteen You will now be notified that QuickPwn is modifying your iPhone. The process will take some time and will cause the iPhone to reboot. Don't do anything until the process has completed!
Step Seventeen Once your iPhone has rebooted it will be jailbroken and have both Cydia and Installer on the Springboard!
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Ok I managed to jailbreak. The problem came from my dock so I used my original apple dock connector and ok ! It's better to use this connector because some people seemed to have the same problem : no informations transmitted to the Ipod after entering the DFU mode