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Jailbreaking an iPod Touch 3G

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MACAQUE
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Is this even possible? I used the software blackra1n http://www.blackra1n.com and followed the directions but iTunes forces me to restore the iPod. Any tips?
Jan 1 2010 10:03PM
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TheFlyingHonky
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yeah ive seen it done ill ask my friend how he did it
Jan 1 2010 10:08PM
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MACAQUE
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Alright. The earlier generations are easy as hell to jailbreak but Apple changed something with the third generation so I can't figure it out.
Jan 1 2010 10:14PM
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TheFlyingHonky
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oh ok thats it then
Jan 1 2010 10:19PM
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infedel_one
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what the fuck did that just do to my ipod?!?! its frozen at a fucked up orange checker screen :(
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Jan 1 2010 10:20PM
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MACAQUE
Posts: 2811 - Karma: 696
What?
Jan 1 2010 10:24PM
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infedel_one
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i downloaded that program and then tried it and then when it said restore ipod i clicked out and disconnected but it froze my ipodd! what the fuckkk
Jan 1 2010 10:25PM
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MACAQUE
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ummmm that didn't happen to me...
Jan 1 2010 10:26PM
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infedel_one
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nvm i fixed it...what does jailbreaking even do for ipod touches??
Jan 1 2010 10:28PM
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MACAQUE
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Makes it so you can run third-party apps on it.
Jan 1 2010 10:33PM
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MACAQUE
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If you look at the website it talks about the touch. But it doesn't work with the 3G
Jan 1 2010 11:24PM
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jibbinc.
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I was gunna ask, does this 3rd generation ipod have a video camera or something?

But it makes more sense that the OP fucked up.
Jan 1 2010 11:33PM
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MACAQUE
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3G=third generation. I didn't fuck up. Everyone I've talked to with the 3G iPod touch hasn't been able to do it.
Jan 1 2010 11:35PM
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lahnabonny
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or any knowledge for that matter haha good luck with your jailbreaking
Jan 1 2010 11:49PM
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wynnyk
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I jailbroke mine and I'm pretty sure it's a third gen, a friend and I just used Blackra1n and looked up youtube vids on how do it, really easy.
Jan 1 2010 11:54PM
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SteezyasPie
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I used redsn0w to jailbreak mine (2.2.1 firmware). I believe the 3.0 and later firmwares can be cracked using a program called yellowsn0w. Just google redsn0w and poke around on their website a bit, it should be on the homepage (as opposed to the redsn0w project page)
Jan 1 2010 11:59PM
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jibbinc.
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Word, there is a 3rd gen.
Jan 2 2010 1:00AM
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goneforever
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Yeah, you have to use yellowsn0w.

Jan 2 2010 1:05AM
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appa
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there are certain ipods 3g that can and can't be jailbroken yet. it has to do with the first 2 letters of the serial #. if it is MC or MB i think that it is impossible but if u do do it, the jailbreak is tethered meaning you have to rejailbreak it everytime the ipod restarts (which happens everytime you change something within cydia or winterboard) i am not positive about this but it worked fine on my ipod touch 2g but i don't want to risk it on my new 3g ipod touch.
Jan 2 2010 1:09AM
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Hood.[scdb]
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i used tytool and it workd puuuurfecylu
Jan 2 2010 1:09AM
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KNUCKifyouBUCK
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dont you have terrible battery life now running 3rd party apps simultaneously??
Jan 2 2010 1:12AM
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MrYeates
Posts: 1710 - Karma: 91
use blackrain
you have to do a tether jailbreak with the new 3rd gen touches
plug you ipod in
close itunes
click make it rain
then go to the app on your ipod touch that says black rain
click that and hit install cydia
Jan 2 2010 1:44AM
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MACAQUE
Posts: 2811 - Karma: 696
Ok, but as soon as I do this the icon appears on my iPod telling me to reconnect it to iTunes and I can't do anything else.
Jan 2 2010 2:14PM
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Alcapwn_Noobs
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3rd gen touches can be jailbroken but they are theatherd so whenever you turn the ipod all the way off it looses the jailbreak, or if you download an app that has to restart your ipod you will loose your jailbreak. there will be new updates so that the 3rd gens can be jailbroken but none yet i guess.
Jan 2 2010 3:48PM
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MACAQUE
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Alright, Thanks.
Jan 2 2010 5:40PM
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jacobie
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jailbreaks 3rd gen in seconds with out computer not tethered

Dec 11 2010 6:07PM
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_Will_
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this is a ski website and we are in the non skiing part of it. you didnt need to post that. if you yelled at everyone who made a thread about something non skiing related you would never be off the computer. which i bet you are, since your post # is almost double your karma. try not being an asshole, asshole.
Dec 11 2010 6:13PM
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introvert
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Use Spirit.
Dec 11 2010 6:14PM
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Peter.
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when you do jailbreak it, make sure you install gameboy4iphone

pokemon wherever you go!
Dec 11 2010 6:18PM
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Bodhisattva_
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No it's for iPod's too. Idk about 3rd gens either though.
Dec 11 2010 6:20PM
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