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How to Jailbreak Your iPod Touch 2G Using RedSn0w (Mac) [4.0]

How to Jailbreak Your iPod Touch 2G Using RedSn0w (Mac) [4.0]

Posted June 22, 2010 at 12:38am by iClarified
These are instructions on how to jailbreak your iPod Touch 2G (non MC) on the 4.0 firmware using RedSn0w for Mac and iTunes 9.2. The Windows version of this tutorial is here.

**REMINDER: This tutorial is currently only for the iPod touch 2G whose serial number does NOT begin with MC.

Step One
Create a folder on your desktop called Pwnage


Download RedSn0w from here or here and place it in the Pwnage folder. Likewise, download the latest 4.0 firmware from below and place it in the same folder.

4.0.0 (2G): iPod2,1_4.0_8A293_Restore.ipsw

Extract the redsn0w app from the RedSn0w zip file by double clicking it.
How to Jailbreak Your iPod Touch 2G Using RedSn0w (Mac) [4.0]

Step Two
Connect your iPhone to the computer and launch iTunes.
How to Jailbreak Your iPod Touch 2G Using RedSn0w (Mac) [4.0]

Select your iPhone from the list of devices on the left. Now hold down Option and click the Restore button. Restore is preferred as it won't create any wasted space on your iPhone.
How to Jailbreak Your iPod Touch 2G Using RedSn0w (Mac) [4.0]

Navigate to the Pwnage folder on your desktop and select the firmware ipsw. Click the Choose button to continue.
How to Jailbreak Your iPod Touch 2G Using RedSn0w (Mac) [4.0]

Step Three
Once iTunes has finished updating your iPhone to the desired firmware open the Pwnage folder on your desktop and launch the redsn0w application from the redsn0w folder we extracted earlier.
How to Jailbreak Your iPod Touch 2G Using RedSn0w (Mac) [4.0]

Step Four
Once RedSn0w opens click the Browse button
How to Jailbreak Your iPod Touch 2G Using RedSn0w (Mac) [4.0]

Step Five
Select the firmware ipsw we placed in the Pwnage folder on our desktop then click Open.
How to Jailbreak Your iPod Touch 2G Using RedSn0w (Mac) [4.0]

When asked if you have an iPod touch with a serial number that begins with MC. Click the appropriate button.
How to Jailbreak Your iPod Touch 2G Using RedSn0w (Mac) [4.0]

Step Six
Once the firmware has been verified click the Next button to continue.
How to Jailbreak Your iPod Touch 2G Using RedSn0w (Mac) [4.0]

Step Seven
RedSn0w will now prepare the jailbreak data
How to Jailbreak Your iPod Touch 2G Using RedSn0w (Mac) [4.0]

Step Eight
From this window you can select the jailbreak options you would like.
How to Jailbreak Your iPod Touch 2G Using RedSn0w (Mac) [4.0]

Verbose boot displays detailed information on boot of your device and is generally only needed by developers and advanced users.

Make sure Cydia is selected. For this tutorial we will also select Custom boot logo and Custom recovery logo.

When you click to select each custom logo option a dialog window will appear asking you to select the image. Locate the image you would like to use then press the Open button.
How to Jailbreak Your iPod Touch 2G Using RedSn0w (Mac) [4.0]

How to Jailbreak Your iPod Touch 2G Using RedSn0w (Mac) [4.0]

*Remember the rules for boot logos are: RGB or Grayscale format with Alpha channel and dimension below 320x480. If you would like to use the iClarified ones they can be found here: Boot Logo, Recovery Logo

Notice that RedSn0w has already selected to Enable multitasking, Enable homescreen wallpaper, and Enable battery percentage. If you do not need multitasking we would recommend deselecting it as it could make your iPod 2G run very slow.

Click the Next button to continue
How to Jailbreak Your iPod Touch 2G Using RedSn0w (Mac) [4.0]

Step Nine
Please plug your iPhone into the computer and make sure its OFF then click the Next button
How to Jailbreak Your iPod Touch 2G Using RedSn0w (Mac) [4.0]

Step Ten
RedSn0w will now guide you through the steps to get into DFU mode. You can find more help with DFU mode here
How to Jailbreak Your iPod Touch 2G Using RedSn0w (Mac) [4.0]

Hold down both the Home button and the Power button for 10 seconds.
How to Jailbreak Your iPod Touch 2G Using RedSn0w (Mac) [4.0]

Release the Power button and continue holding the Home button until RedSn0w detects the device.
How to Jailbreak Your iPod Touch 2G Using RedSn0w (Mac) [4.0]

Step Eleven
Your iPhone will now reboot
How to Jailbreak Your iPod Touch 2G Using RedSn0w (Mac) [4.0]

Step Twelve
RedSn0w will then begin uploading the new RAM Disk and Kernel.
How to Jailbreak Your iPod Touch 2G Using RedSn0w (Mac) [4.0]

Step Thirteen
Once this is complete you will be notified that RedSn0w is done. Click the Finish button. When your iPhone finishes rebooting (5 minutes or so) it will be jailbroken with Cydia on the SpringBoard.
How to Jailbreak Your iPod Touch 2G Using RedSn0w (Mac) [4.0]

*As usual a big thanks to the iPhone Dev-Team for their hard work and contribution to the iPhone community.
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Cole
Cole - August 14, 2010 at 10:27pm
Will this work even if I use iTunes 9.1.1? I don't want to update because I'm also jailbreaking 3.0 - 3.1 models.
Anil
Anil - July 23, 2010 at 2:32am
Thanks a lot for the tutorial...
Gert-jan
Gert-jan - July 19, 2010 at 8:21pm
thanks man, worked for me..
Max
Max - June 30, 2010 at 1:34pm
Will this work for first generation iphones? If not, are there any methods out that can jailbreak 1st gens?
Danny
Danny - June 27, 2010 at 7:13am
Hey! Uh, quick question, well, two questions: 1) How can I restore the home screen to the black background it had. 2) The Clock and Calculator app logos decided not to show up, so, all that's there is an empty white. Any way I can fix that? Alright, other than that everything seems to be running smoothly. Thanks
MINH CHI TRAN
MINH CHI TRAN - June 22, 2010 at 5:15pm
Hello! i just finish jailbreak iPod 2g with RedSn0w (mac) os4.0 .Everything is working fine.After jailbreak ipod come up with white cydia icon so i run complect update cydia and cydia icon come back with normal icon . Thank you !
unluckyXIII
unluckyXIII - June 23, 2010 at 11:38am
Hi, with all the steps and resources here, my iPod Touch still couldn't update to 4.0, iTunes keeps prompting me an error message.
unluckyXIII
unluckyXIII - June 23, 2010 at 12:33pm
btw, problem solved. i looked up the apple support and found that the error messages that i got are all related to usb. i unplugged my tablet, and things run smooth. thanks iclarified for the guide, which works.
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