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How to: Jailbreak iPod Touch 1.1.3 with iPhone Apps
(for windows and mac)
There is so many changes about iPod Touch 1.1.3 jailbreak recently. The “1.1.3 Soft upgrade package” is removed from the Installer.app and it seems upgrading iPod Touch is harder.
Thanks to ijailbreak Mobile, things are easier. Here is the tutorial on how to do it under Windows and Mac OS X. Since we used the Installer to complete the upgrade, you will only use iTunes for Windows or Mac OS X for the downgrade.
Note this upgrade may wash all of your existing content of iPod Touch. Always backup before proceed to upgrade.
And also, try it at your own risk (I mentioned many times on this site!!! Don’t blame anyone if there’s any error)
My iPod Touch starts from firmware 1.1.3.
Step 1. Put the iPod Touch in DFU mode. iTunes 7.6 will shows you the dialog, press check and it will in recovery mode. Press and hold “Alt/Option” key for Mac (”Shift” key for Windows) and click “Restore”. Select the iPod Touch 1.1.1 firmware which can be downloaded here.
If you get error (1), that means your iPod Touch is not in DFU mode. Please retry.
Step 2. After downgrade, it may hang at recovery screen. Use Independence for Mac or iBrickr for Windows to kick it from the recovery screen. Then, Open safari and navigate to “http://jailbreakme.com”. Scroll down and choose “Install AppSnapp”
Step 3. Wait for a few seconds and the iPod Touch will now restart. You will see the “Installer.app” in the springboard. Install “BSD Subsystem” from “Installer.app”. Add the source “ijailbreak.com/repo.plist” under Installer’s Source tab.
Step 4. From the “Installer.app”, Choose “iJailBreakMobile”. Select the “iJailBreakMobile 1.1.1″ for 1.1.1.
Step 5. Press Home button and you will see the “iJailBreak”. Run it and you will see a lot of text. Be patient. The process will be completed automatically and it will automatically restarted.
Step 6. If it does not run properly, reinstall the “BSD subsystem” and “iJailBreakMobile” from Installer.
If everything is okay, the iPod Touch will be upgraded with software upgrade (which means you will have Maps, Stocks, Mail and Notes available).
If you found you cannot upgrade from 1.1.1 to 1.1.3, you can perform the following steps at 1.1.1
1. Install “Oktoprep” from “Tweaks (1.1.1)” of Installer.
2. Perform update through iTunes by holding “Alt/Option” key for Mac (”Shift” key for Windows), then, click Update. Select iPod Touch 1.1.2 firmware
3. Perform the above step 4. But this time, please run “iJailBreakMobile 1.1.2″.
53 Comments
1. rodrigo de santiago replies at 17th February 2008, 4:07 am :
urgent!! I have just unlocked my iPhone 112otb with your method and it works well except for sometimes that it goes
to stand by, it looses the signal and no incoming calls get in. And when you get it out of stand by, it shows no signal and after some seconds the signal appears, how can I fix this because I’m loosing a lot of incoming calls
thanks
2. Steven replies at 17th February 2008, 7:42 am :
thats because this method is for the itouch OMG
3. Thais replies at 17th February 2008, 7:47 am :
After downgrading and installing the installer, BSD sudsystem and the ijailbreak, when i try to use it it doesnt upgrade and when I try to jailbreak 1.1.2 my installer doesnt have the oktoprep. Any idea what I’m doing wrong?
4. admin replies at 17th February 2008, 3:31 pm :
Thais and other readers,
Please note this guide is for iPod touch….
5. Thais replies at 18th February 2008, 2:13 am :
I just got the new ipod touch 1.1.3.
6. Jasan replies at 18th February 2008, 12:02 pm :
i couldn’t do this with my iPod touc. is it because of my 1.1.3 software. HELP PLEASE!!!!!!!
7. admin replies at 19th February 2008, 8:59 am :
Jasan,
No. You can always downgrade your iPod Touch using the method described.
8. Niiklaz replies at 22nd February 2008, 12:11 am :
I Can’t install the BSD Package :S it says i have to to install BSD Package first ! :/
9. admin replies at 22nd February 2008, 9:43 am :
Niiklaz,
What do you mean?
10. himesh replies at 23rd February 2008, 6:55 am :
niiklaz,that’s what I got about bsd subsystem but just reboot your iPod touch hope it works for you!
From himesh
11. terry replies at 24th February 2008, 12:00 am :
I’m on step 5 now. installing “iJailBreak”.
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If you get a mount: /var: unknown speical file of ile system error, it is completely nomal
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I’m stuck on above msg for over 40 mins…now…
does this usually take this much time?? or something wrong??
12. Thais replies at 24th February 2008, 3:00 am :
Niiklaz
When you try to install de BSD Package, first clear your list of install because you tryed to install something first and it stay on your list on first. So you have to clear your list and try to install again.
13. bags replies at 24th February 2008, 11:44 pm :
Hi I’ve the same terry problem:
the ijailbreak procedure is alted in
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If you get a mount: /var: unknown speical file of ile system error, it is completely nomal
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What I’ve to do?
Thx, Giovanni
14. Rasmus replies at 25th February 2008, 6:55 am :
Is this work on a ipod touch 8 GB?
15. joe replies at 26th February 2008, 12:18 am :
when you upgrade your ipod touch this way will you loose all of you music pics vid ex. thanks
16. admin replies at 26th February 2008, 2:04 am :
Rasmus,
Yes. Go ahead and try.
17. Chris replies at 26th February 2008, 4:31 am :
Hi there,
thanks 4 this How to.
but it seems like it didn’t work for me. Everything went right but after Step 6 nothing changes. No Icons on the “desktop”
I really don’t know why. Please help
18. Ian replies at 27th February 2008, 12:22 am :
When u see:
At this point:
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If you get a mount: /var: unknown speical file of ile system error, it is completely nomal
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Just leave it going. I left it at that point in morning, went out and when I got back 5hrs later my ipod touch was a jailbroken 1.1.3 with installer app.
19. Colin replies at 27th February 2008, 5:54 am :
Hey, I am currently waiting for the app to update my 1.1.1 to 1.1.3 while keeping the jailbreak (Step 5)
I see a lot of text, and the only thing I’m worried about is that on every line, after a command there is “Permission Denied”.
Is this normal? Because I don’t want to sit around for a day looking at this screen if nothing’s going to happen and/or i’ve done something wrong.
Thanks.
20. Colin replies at 27th February 2008, 7:20 am :
In reference to my previous comment, heres a picture to show what I mean.
http://img186.imageshack.us/my.php?image=picturekt1.jpg
21. admin replies at 27th February 2008, 10:25 am :
Colin,
may be you need to retry the steps. Not sure what happen
22. chadhot replies at 28th February 2008, 3:06 am :
i go to jailbreakme.com and click install appsnapp and after a minute or so it closes and goes back to the home screen. no installer.app on the springboard. after all the trouble of downgrading to 1.1.1 and losing my $20 apps this sucks! any suggestions?
23. Phil Price replies at 28th February 2008, 5:45 am :
How long will the iJailbreak for firmware 1.1.1 take?
24. chadhot replies at 28th February 2008, 6:08 am :
it was the firewall i was behind. now that i’m on another network it worked but i’ve got the same issue as collin. let me know if you find a resolution. i’ll try the 1.1.2 steps as well.
25. admin replies at 28th February 2008, 8:13 am :
chadhot,
As I mentioned many times on this site, always try it at your own risk.
By the way, you do not need to pay $20 for the additional apps. And since you already paid for it, you won’t lose those apps. You can simply restore your iPod Touch to 1.1.3 (or 1.1.4), the app will come back again.
26. admin replies at 28th February 2008, 8:15 am :
Phil Price,
Sorry that I didn’t check the time. I just leave it there and let it upgrade.
But if you have successfully run the program, and hang in the end, you can try to restart the iPod to see what happen.
27. Phil Price replies at 29th February 2008, 3:29 am :
I have jus attempted to run it and have the same prob that Colin has got, it jus says ‘Permission Denied’ after every line of cde
HELP!
28. devpow replies at 29th February 2008, 2:12 pm :
is this perfectly safe for my iPod??
29. admin replies at 1st March 2008, 1:27 pm :
devpow,
I cannot say hacking is perfectly safe. Bu if you are not comfortable to try to hack, just not to do so.
30. jota replies at 3rd March 2008, 1:30 am :
Hey, i have a problem after step 5…. when the black screen process finishes, my ipod needs to be connected to itunes…. what can i do?…. or i have to reset my ipod… I Need help PLEASE!!!!! (Im doing the upgrade from 1.1.1 to 1.1.3)
31. Greg replies at 3rd March 2008, 4:17 am :
This worked for me! takes about 15mins @200kbs download speed. make sure your ipod is charged, and also it should start downloading straight away, youll see it at the bottom- download speed and time left. if not youve done something wrong.
32. michael replies at 3rd March 2008, 4:48 am :
I heard something about this jailbreak
Aparently something to do with mobile itunes doesn’t work if you upgrade this way.
@admin
this is not hacking!!!
33. waga replies at 3rd March 2008, 8:59 am :
getting the same error as colin
icon appears on homescreen, then ran the app
stalls and command prompt with:
/var/root/media1.1.3/reboot: permission denied.
wtf do i do now?
1.1.2 doesn’t seem to be available on apple’s website to download now, as it’s giving a 404
34. Stan replies at 3rd March 2008, 12:47 pm :
“Use Independence for Mac or iBrickr for Windows to kick it from the recovery screen.”
I’m stuck here… iBrickr doesn’t see it. Am I missing something, how exactly should I do this step? Thanks…
35. Phil Price replies at 4th March 2008, 12:29 am :
HELP!
I have installed the iPhone apps but the Music software doesnt play music
I have checked that the headphones are working with my laptop, anyone had similar problems or any advice ASAP
36. Phil Price replies at 4th March 2008, 12:30 am :
NEED HELP
I have installed the iPhone apps but the Music software doesnt play music
I have checked that the headphones are working with my laptop, anyone had similar problems or any advice ASAP
37. AMY replies at 6th March 2008, 10:24 pm :
Hey please i neer helpd hAW can i add the installer app ? just the unstaller pleas
38. mike replies at 9th March 2008, 2:09 pm :
VERY NICE! i spend 1 week lokking for many ways, this is the best. I had the same issue as many, with the message “denied…” but i quit, reinstalled the 2 BSD’s, reinstalled “ijailbreak…” and then it worked out perfectly fine. FRom my opinion jailbreking is 100% safe cuz even if it crashes ( it did many times for me), well you can alllwayss resotre it using itunes
so goodluck to everyone!
39. nehemias replies at 9th March 2008, 7:02 pm :
tank you because i was about to pay to somebody to do it but i fuond how to do at this web site tank you very muchhhh.
40. Omar replies at 10th March 2008, 4:07 pm :
I want to know, how do i remove the ijailbreak app from my homescreen?
41. b14z3 replies at 13th March 2008, 6:19 am :
the ijailbreak is gone from the packages?
42. b14z3 replies at 13th March 2008, 7:23 am :
why is it that when i am about to install bsd subsystem. it says
‘do not use passwd to change the password on 1.1.3 . it is currently broken and will make the springboard crsh continuously.’
help plz.
43. admin replies at 13th March 2008, 9:53 am :
b14z3,
This is just some little warning. Click ok and go for it
44. Vinicius replies at 20th March 2008, 11:35 pm :
HELP
I installed everithing, and it works ok. But after i tried to install the 1.1.4 version and i always get an error (1604). What should I do now? I can´t restore my iPod Touch. I just tried the 1.1.1 version and doesn’t work too. Thanks
45. admin replies at 21st March 2008, 5:17 pm :
Vinicius,
Hi, you can try ZiPhone for iPod Touch.
http://www.ziphone.org.
46. admin replies at 30th March 2008, 6:40 pm :
123ipod,
take a look of this,
http://www.winandmac.com/mobile/iphone/skip-version-check-install-113-programs-on-114/
47. admin replies at 12th April 2008, 1:16 pm :
Oh. You can jailbreak your iPod Touch 1.1.4 with ZiPhone. Easy
http://www.ziphone.org
48. tyler replies at 30th April 2008, 11:47 am :
every tme i doesnt do software update. what do i do?????????
49. tyler replies at 1st May 2008, 9:56 am :
how long doees it take to do the ijailbreak cause i waited for forever and it does not finish thanks
50. admin replies at 1st May 2008, 6:27 pm :
tyler,
There is a new program called “ZiPhone” for jailbreaking iPod Touch. Easy and fast. Try it out here:
http://www.ziphone.org.
Make sure you subscribe to our news feed and follow us on Twitter. This post is pretty old, actually.
51. andreas replies at 7th June 2008, 2:39 pm :
execuse me, can i ask you this question? i think i’m weird haha. but, anyway, what does the jailbreak for ipod touch do? can i have the free apps for ipod touch 1.1.4 ?
thanks
52. admin replies at 7th June 2008, 5:39 pm :
andreas,
No. You are not weird. I welcome all the questions.
Ok. Jailbreak is a process which makes existing iPhone/iPod Touch can run native programs by iPhone Dev Team.
After jailbreak, you will be able to see a additional icon “installer” which have lots of awesome programs for you to enhance the features of iPod Touch.
Most of them are free. You can try by using ZiPhone tool at:
http://www.ziphone.org
Just to note that try it at your own risk.
53. fiona replies at 24th June 2008, 1:55 am :
hey,
please can somebody help? i jailbroke my ipod touch but now it wont connect to my itunes because of an ‘error’ and i cant turn my ipod on. what do i do? the error number is 0xE8000022. thanks
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