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How to Jailbreak Your iPod Touch 5G Using Pangu (Windows) [iOS 7.1.2]

How to Jailbreak Your iPod Touch 5G Using Pangu (Windows) [iOS 7.1.2]

Posted June 24, 2014 at 5:10am by iClarified
Instructions on how to jailbreak your iPod Touch 5G on iOS 7.1 - 7.1.2 using Pangu.

If you aren't already at iOS 7.1.2 we suggest upgrading to the latest firmware using iTunes. You can find download links for iOS 7.1.2 here.

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Step One
Create an iClarified folder on your desktop and download the latest version of Pangu into the folder. If your download is a zip file then extract the archive into the same folder.
How to Jailbreak Your iPod Touch 5G Using Pangu (Windows) [iOS 7.1.2]

Step Two
Double click the Pangu executable to launch the application.
How to Jailbreak Your iPod Touch 5G Using Pangu (Windows) [iOS 7.1.2]

Step Three
The utility will launch. If you don't have Chinese installed on your system, the words will appear as gibberish.
How to Jailbreak Your iPod Touch 5G Using Pangu (Windows) [iOS 7.1.2]

Connect your iPod to the computer via a USB cable. You will notice the device is detected by software. Uncheck the box towards the left of the window. This box asks if you would like a Chinese piracy app store installed. We strongly recommend for security and legal purposes that you do not check this box.
How to Jailbreak Your iPod Touch 5G Using Pangu (Windows) [iOS 7.1.2]

Click the large black button to the right of the screen to begin your jailbreak.
How to Jailbreak Your iPod Touch 5G Using Pangu (Windows) [iOS 7.1.2]

Step Four
A guide will popup asking you adjust your date back in time.
How to Jailbreak Your iPod Touch 5G Using Pangu (Windows) [iOS 7.1.2]

Tap Settings on your Springboard then choose the General menu.
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Select Date & Time from the General menu then tap the Set Automatically switch to turn it to the OFF position.
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Press the date and time that appears and scroll to move the date back to June 1st, 2014.
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Step Five
Once the date has been adjusted, the Pangu app will begin the jailbreak process.
How to Jailbreak Your iPod Touch 5G Using Pangu (Windows) [iOS 7.1.2]

A new Pangu icon will appear on your Springboard. Tap the icon then press Continue when prompted to confirm the launch of the application.
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**If you wait too long to launch the app on your SpringBoard, you will see a red message on the Windows app and will need to start over.

Step Six
The Pangu utility will continue with the jailbreak. Make sure to keep the device connected and do not close the app.
How to Jailbreak Your iPod Touch 5G Using Pangu (Windows) [iOS 7.1.2]

Step Seven
Once complete your iPod will reboot and you will see Cydia on your desktop!
How to Jailbreak Your iPod Touch 5G Using Pangu (Windows) [iOS 7.1.2]

How to Jailbreak Your iPod Touch 5G Using Pangu (Windows) [iOS 7.1.2]

*A big thanks to the Pangu team and all the others who contributed to this jailbreak.

ANSWERS:
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Alphaaaaa
Alphaaaaa - July 7, 2014 at 12:29am
My Ipod just keeps rebooting over and over again... nothing I can do to stop it. Please help?
DatOneWalrus
DatOneWalrus - June 30, 2014 at 11:53am
NOOOOICE
Kalp
Kalp - June 28, 2014 at 8:34am
Suberb tutorial Thank. Relied on you to jailbreak my ipod
g3master
g3master - June 26, 2014 at 4:33pm
Can someone tell us please: Is it possible after panguing the 7.1.1 iPhone 5s to run classic Cydia Software like iFile, Winterboard, Flipcontrol, Infinidock etc etc properly??
Hacker3gsm
Hacker3gsm - June 26, 2014 at 7:44am
Works on iphone 4G, 4S, 5G, 5S, 5C .. I tryed all and working good :)
ayushgp
ayushgp - June 24, 2014 at 3:15pm
Still stuck on Red message. What should I do? i launch pangu app on ipod as soon as it is installed.
connor Haworth
connor Haworth - June 25, 2014 at 1:34am
you probably did not enter the date and time in correctly. this happened to me and i tried again and it worked. :)
iObligated
iObligated - June 24, 2014 at 5:55am
My Cydia isn't working, what do I do?
sup3rb
sup3rb - June 24, 2014 at 6:05am
ReJailbreak
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