Jailbreak for 2nd Gen iPod Touch!

[Sar]

Finally!

There was a tethered release a few weeks ago, but over the past couple of days an untethered Jailbreak has been released.

YouTube - How To Jailbreak A 2g iPod Touch 2.2.1 Untethered

Jailbreak files: redsn0w Unofficial

I'm about to run this on my 2nd Gen 8Gb I've had for 6 months, so I'll report back when it's either complete or completely fucked

 

[Sar]

Ok, just finished:

Worked a treat!

 

[old.user4556]

I need to leave the house for the mo, what does this do exactly? what does it unleash? (dont have time for googling and vid). Will pickup this thread from the phone.

 

[Sar]

Jailbreaking your iPod lets you use unsigned Apps and code.

Apple for example, don't allow other web browsers on the App Store, so you can install 3rd party apps etc that Apple won't allow.

Also it lets you download apps from other sources and install them via USB etc.

 

[Sar]

Oh and tethered means that every time you reboot the iPod you had to do so with the iPod plugged in via USB to the PC so you could run commands on it to get it to boot.

Untethered and it's no different from a normal "shop-fresh" iPod, and you can reboot it at will.

 

[old.user4556]

Cheers Sar

 

[SawTooTH]

I thought you were a Thin Lizzy fan.

 

[Sar]

It's been working brilliantly so far, and this is my new springboard:

From:

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Transparent Dock
Background & Themed icons
Numeric % battery power indicator (far better!)
Cydia


Far far better than a bog-standard iPod Touch. So glad this worked

 

[nath]

Is most of that software free or "free"?

 

[Sar]

Heh, no that's all stuff I had previously, IE purchased through the app store, including Beatmaker which cost £12!

Colour Expert was £6, but the devs piss me off because the updates they promised, which made me purchase it 4 months ago, still haven't appeared as yet.

Plenty of free/"free" apps out there though!