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How to Jailbreak Your iPod Touch 2G Using RedSn0w (Windows) [4.2.1]

How to Jailbreak Your iPod Touch 2G Using RedSn0w (Windows) [4.2.1]

Posted November 24, 2010 at 9:05pm by iClarified
These are instructions on how to jailbreak your iPod touch 2G on the 4.2.1 firmware using RedSn0w for Windows. The Mac version of this tutorial is here. At this time RedSn0w .9.6b4 cannot jailbreak iOS 4.2.1 on the MC model of the iPod touch 2G. Only users with non-MC models should continue with this tutorial.

If you want to jailbreak a lower firmware version you can find the appropriate tutorial here.

Step One
Create a folder on your desktop called Pwnage


Download RedSn0w from here and place it in the Pwnage folder. Likewise, download the latest 4.2.1 firmware from below and place it in the same folder.

4.2.1 (2G): iPod2,1_4.2.1_8C148_Restore.ipsw

Extract the redsn0w executable from the RedSn0w zip file into the same folder.
How to Jailbreak Your iPod Touch 2G Using RedSn0w (Windows) [4.2.1]

Step Two
Connect your iPod touch to the computer and launch iTunes.
How to Jailbreak Your iPod Touch 2G Using RedSn0w (Windows) [4.2.1]

Select your iPod touch from the list of devices on the left. Now hold down Shift and click the Restore button. Restore is preferred as it won't create any wasted space on your iPod touch.
How to Jailbreak Your iPod Touch 2G Using RedSn0w (Windows) [4.2.1]

Navigate to the Pwnage folder on your desktop and select the 4.2.1 firmware ipsw. Click the Choose button to continue.
How to Jailbreak Your iPod Touch 2G Using RedSn0w (Windows) [4.2.1]

Step Three
Once iTunes has finished updating your iPod touch 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 (Windows) [4.2.1]

Step Four
Once RedSn0w opens click the Browse button
How to Jailbreak Your iPod Touch 2G Using RedSn0w (Windows) [4.2.1]

Step Five
Select the 4.2.1 firmware ipsw we placed in the Pwnage folder on our desktop then click Open.
How to Jailbreak Your iPod Touch 2G Using RedSn0w (Windows) [4.2.1]

Step Six
Once the firmware has been verified click the Next button to continue.
How to Jailbreak Your iPod Touch 2G Using RedSn0w (Windows) [4.2.1]

Step Seven
RedSn0w will now prepare the jailbreak data
How to Jailbreak Your iPod Touch 2G Using RedSn0w (Windows) [4.2.1]

Step Eight
From this window you can select the jailbreak options you would like.
How to Jailbreak Your iPod Touch 2G Using RedSn0w (Windows) [4.2.1]

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 (Windows) [4.2.1]

*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 options to Enable multitasking, Enable homescreen wallpaper, and Enable battery percentage. If you do not need multitasking we would recommend deselecting it as it makes your iPod touch 2G run very slow.

Click the Next button to continue
How to Jailbreak Your iPod Touch 2G Using RedSn0w (Windows) [4.2.1]

Step Nine
Please plug your iPod touch into the computer and make sure its OFF then click the Next button
How to Jailbreak Your iPod Touch 2G Using RedSn0w (Windows) [4.2.1]

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 (Windows) [4.2.1]

Hold down both the Home button and the Power button for 10 seconds.
How to Jailbreak Your iPod Touch 2G Using RedSn0w (Windows) [4.2.1]

Release the Power button and continue holding the Home button until RedSn0w detects the device.
How to Jailbreak Your iPod Touch 2G Using RedSn0w (Windows) [4.2.1]

Step Eleven
Your iPod touch will now reboot
How to Jailbreak Your iPod Touch 2G Using RedSn0w (Windows) [4.2.1]

Step Twelve
RedSn0w will then begin uploading the new RAM Disk and Kernel.
How to Jailbreak Your iPod Touch 2G Using RedSn0w (Windows) [4.2.1]

Step Thirteen
Once this is complete you will be notified that RedSn0w is done. Click the Finish button. When your iPod touch finishes rebooting (5 minutes or so) it will be jailbroken with Cydia on the SpringBoard.
How to Jailbreak Your iPod Touch 2G Using RedSn0w (Windows) [4.2.1]

*As usual a big thanks to the iPhone Dev-Team for their hard work and contribution to the iPhone community.
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reboot help
reboot help - May 30, 2015 at 6:32pm
Im stuck on reboot what did i do wrong
Esper
Esper - August 16, 2014 at 1:10am
I fully completed the process, let my ipod reboot, but I opened it up and there isn't cydia or any other changes?
OP Manhar
OP Manhar - April 19, 2014 at 7:08pm
great thanks
capecode
capecode - April 9, 2014 at 12:12am
when I tried this it never downloaded the "4.2.1 firmware ipsw", when I extracted it. what did I do wrong?
anonmoose
anonmoose - April 6, 2014 at 3:12pm
mine is stuck at "uploading ramdisk" what should i do?
Zora_drakeheart5270
Zora_drakeheart5270 - March 11, 2014 at 5:24pm
it says it dosent work for mc models ;-;
iiBetax
iiBetax - March 23, 2014 at 5:27pm
It does, you just need the latest version. I have the latest dev and I can do it for my MC model
eva
eva - February 15, 2014 at 11:27pm
Great! Thank you!!
ed
ed - December 13, 2013 at 12:31pm
a window pops up during the ''uploading ramdisk'' part saying that redsn0w.exe stopped running what should i do?
tris
tris - November 13, 2013 at 1:08am
welll my ipod kinda stopped working..shows the apple for like hours..
Bryant
Bryant - January 22, 2014 at 6:02am
yes it means you have a teathered jailbreak what means you qill have to plug it into your computer in order to make it voot back up hop ethis helps you
Andrew
Andrew - June 28, 2013 at 11:20pm
after the pineapple guy appears and is done jailbreaking it reboots than it just stop it won't reboot all the way
Tin
Tin - May 30, 2013 at 2:46pm
mine keeps stuck on "uploading ramdisk" what should i do? :(
rham
rham - June 4, 2013 at 12:57pm
me too.. i always stuck on uploading ramdisk... identical error it says.... please someone help me fix this...
D
D - June 9, 2013 at 2:55am
Mine too man.. I waited for a while and still there is no change. any help would be appreciated
azaz
azaz - May 22, 2013 at 3:58am
thank bro
chris
chris - May 3, 2013 at 1:37am
this is the best site for jailbreaking thanks
bob sturgeon
bob sturgeon - March 24, 2013 at 7:29am
very easy to use perfect instructions thanks so much
Toasterererere
Toasterererere - February 13, 2013 at 5:57pm
mine keeps stuck on the Exploiting with Limera1n
Nis Tiwari
Nis Tiwari - February 11, 2013 at 9:54am
successfully done..
prabath
prabath - December 31, 2012 at 7:50am
can i know about MC model ipod's i need to jail break is there is any solutions pls add that also
Joey Foo
Joey Foo - December 20, 2012 at 3:10am
Hi , after i have jail-broken it . I tried to install app cake 3 , but i could not open the app at all. Any advice ? I have the same problem with Vshare , it installed the game , but could not install it on the itouch at all? Thanks in advance Joe
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George Roberts
George Roberts - December 11, 2012 at 9:50pm
says my ipod is newer and '(fixed)' what does this mean? and how can i still jailbreak?
bob joe
bob joe - November 15, 2012 at 9:14pm
redsnow is just sitting at step 11. won't move to step 12. what do i do, or does it just take a while?
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