iTouch Help

braz2kuk · 27 Jan 2008 at 17:48

Hi,

Just bought a 16gb iTouch from the Apple Store, got home it has 1.1.2 on it, should i update to 1.1.3, and how do i go about jailbreaking the thing, i have seen some stickies on the iPhone but does the same apply?

Thanks in advance

WotDa · 27 Jan 2008 at 18:07

braz2kuk said:
And how do i go about jailbreaking the thing, i have seen some stickies on the iPhone but does the same apply?

Thanks in advance

Yup, pretty much. Infact, I'm running the iPhone firmware on mine.

braz2kuk · 27 Jan 2008 at 18:12

Ok but not sure how to go about this as i don't need to unlock it as it's a touch i just want to jailbreak the thing.

Do i need to downgrade to 1.1.1 then update or can i just jailbreak 1.1.2? also does anyone have a link.

Thanks

WotDa · 27 Jan 2008 at 18:26

braz2kuk said:
Do i need to downgrade to 1.1.1 then update or can i just jailbreak 1.1.2? also does anyone have a link.

It seems you'll need to downgrade to 1.1.1.

See Justin's Sticky obviously skipping the iPhone related tasks, like keeping the sim in.

meths · 27 Jan 2008 at 22:59

I had to restore my touch to 1.1.3 because it was skipping tracks half way through songs and generally playing up but after doing it I immediatly tried to get it back to 1.1.1.

I used this guide and got it back to 1.1.1 no problem using nothing but itunes 7.6.

A word of advice though - if you're on the 1.1.3 firmware and you hold the home button in for too long when trying to get the ipod into DFU mode you'll have to go through the restore to 1.1.3 even though the ipod already has it installed.

Also, I did this from Vista and not XP as Windows XP could not find the necessary DFU drivers for the ipod. Might be because I only have itunes 7.5 on my XP installation.

Anyway, don't worry if you're at 1.1.3 as it's easily changed.

braz2kuk · 27 Jan 2008 at 23:12

Cheers guys, followed the guide and i have now succesfully jailbreaked my 1.1.2 phone

Thanks for the help and thanks to Justin for the great guide.

braz2kuk · 27 Jan 2008 at 23:27

Quick question now i have jailbroken the touch, i have a few apps etc installed, how do i get notes, mail stocks & weather??

Is there an easy way to do this?

Thanks

WotDa · 27 Jan 2008 at 23:29

braz2kuk said:
Quick question now i have jailbroken the touch, i have a few apps etc installed, how do i get notes, mail stocks & weather??

Is there an easy way to do this?

Thanks

Stay put on 1.1.2 and Google, or go up to 1.1.3, INSTALL SSH! and then Google for the patch.

If you plan on going for the latter, for the love of God, make sure SSH works, you may need it.

braz2kuk · 27 Jan 2008 at 23:50

Really don't fancy 1.1.3 so will stick with 1.1.2 for now, i have googled a few things can't find anything on this. anyone else know of a how to?

WotDa · 27 Jan 2008 at 23:54

braz2kuk said:
I have googled a few things can't find anything on this. anyone else know of a how to?

Try harder.

braz2kuk · 28 Jan 2008 at 00:02

Found a good how to finally

WotDa · 28 Jan 2008 at 00:09

braz2kuk said:
Thanks works a charm

If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.

meths · 29 Jan 2008 at 21:23

Meths said:
I had to restore my touch to 1.1.3 because it was skipping tracks half way through songs and generally playing up but after doing it I immediatly tried to get it back to 1.1.1. snip

Here's an update on this problem if anyone else is experiencing the same symptoms.

It seems that syncing the Ipod from Vista (X64 in my case) is the main cause of the problem and it is not caused by the jailbreak as I first feared. There are many people reporting the same symtoms on various websites and the general consensus is that when the sync is carried out from XP the problem doesn't occur.