Yes. I know 1.1.4 is available. I’m working on it…but i’ve spent quite a bit of time experimenting with the different techniques for a smooth 1.1.3 jailbreak on Windows and this seems to be the best by far. This article explains the easiest step i’ve found yet for jailbreaking your 1.1.3 iTouch.
This article is now obsolete. If you want to jailbreak your iTouch on WIndows, then you should click on the following article for the most up-to-date method of jailbreaking.
http://abwaters.com/2008/04/15/jailbreaking-114-itouch-on-windows-in-1-simple-step/
To start, you will need to have a jailbroken 1.1.1 (or 1.1.2) iTouch. If you’ve been to this site before, you know that you can follow the steps in this article to downgrade or jailbreak an iTouch running 1.1.3 or 1.1.4 (yes…i’ve tried it and it works to downgrade from 1.1.4 as well).
Ok. Now for the good stuff! If you followed the steps of the previous article, you will have a 1.1.1 jailbroken iTouch and you know that there isn’t much you can do with it…all the good stuff is available for 1.1.3 or higher.
First, go to the Installer and install System->BSD Subsystem. Once that is installed you should select the Update button in the Installer to make sure everything is updated.
Before we go to the next step, make sure you know how to restart your iTouch. To do this you select and hold the “Sleep” button until you get the “Slide to Power Off” message. By the way, the manual for the iTouch is located here if you need a refresher on the more esoteric features of your iTouch. And…more importantly, go to settings and make sure you turn off the Auto-Lock feature by setting it to Never.
Now run the Installer and select Sources and press the Edit button then press the Add button. You will be prompted for a URL for another repository source. Enter http://ijailbreak.com/repo.plist and select OK. If you’ve done this correctly, you will see a new category called iJailBreakMobile in the Install screen of the Installer. If you do not see this category, then you very likely have mistyped the URL above. Go back to sources and try not to fumble finger it this time.
The next step does all the work and takes quite a bit of time. Go to the iJailBreakMobile category and select “iJailBreakMobile 1.1.1″ and press the Install button. Now go back to your home screen on your iTouch and you will see a new icon called iJailBreak. Press this and then put your iTouch somewhere safe and let it run. Since the script will download the 1.1.3 firmware and install it, this takes some time so your iTouch should be well charged or plugged in to a USB port while it is running the upgrade. If you don’t see a script running after the above step is complete then you missed a step somewhere or you didn’t start with a clean jailbroken 1.1.1 iTouch. Start over and try again.
Once the upgrade is done, you will be on 1.1.3 but you have some more steps to do. Go back to the Installer and select the iJailBreakMobile category again and install “iPod Touch Software Upgrade”. This installs a new icon called iJailbreak that looks just like the upgrade icon we just ran. Run this and it will install the cool new apps and the ability to rearrange your device home screen by pressing and holding an icon until it starts wiggling. Reboot for good measure here…
Now to cleanup after yourself. Go back to the Installer, back to iJailBreakMobile and install the “Remove 1.1.3 Upgrade Data. After this is done, you are now fully upgraded to 1.1.3 and you can install the latest version of Summerboard and all the cool Summerboard themes. I’ll post some screenshots to Flickr later today.
This feature alone was worth the effort to do the upgrade!
admin said
March 2 2008 @ 11:56 am
If you found my iTouch articles helpful you can show your support by donating to Paypal or you could always sign up for Netflix by clicking on the Netflix add in the right column…thanks, good luck and have fun with the Jailbreak!
ab said
March 5 2008 @ 1:28 pm
does 1.1.3 support all the applications that 1.1.1 supports? i mean can i still run my old applications?
sorry for my bad english
admin said
March 5 2008 @ 8:00 pm
No as a matter of course no…most applications that are popular will still be available. Simple applications will likely continue working but a lot of applications will have problems with the firmware change and will need to be upgraded. My recommendation is try it…one example is the PocketGuitar application…it evidently has issues on 1.1.3 (i haven’t verified it myself) but you can be sure that the popular apps will be upgraded pretty quickly.
Jennifer said
March 6 2008 @ 12:18 am
Thanks for the article. It took me about 4 attempts as the iJalbreak upgrade didn’t want to run, but all I had to do was re-install BSD and iJailBreakMobile 1.1.1 then run it again.
Now I have a nice shiney Jailbroken 1.1.3 iTouch running Voip. Which is, in the words of Bill & Ted, “Most Excellent!”
kf said
March 7 2008 @ 11:34 am
thx so much for the detailed description.
got a problem:
at the end of the script running.. it ask whether i do something to a .dmg file…either yes , no, all , rename etc
how should i respond to that?
please enlighten me on such
thx again
admin said
March 7 2008 @ 11:56 am
Kf…please respond on the forums…i’ve posted your question here so we can follow up on it.
http://forums.abwaters.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=9
Valerie said
March 8 2008 @ 2:38 pm
Can you possibly tell me approximately how long this should take.
Mine has been in the same place for over 2 hours and I was wondering if that was normal. (last thing is…If you get a mount: /var: unknown special file or file system error, it is completely normal)
Thanks,
Valerie
admin said
March 8 2008 @ 4:31 pm
Valerie,
This last part can take quite a while. As long as you have a stable network connection, just let it continue…its working!
Mick W said
March 11 2008 @ 4:13 pm
hey…
im trying to get my ipod back to 1.1.3 and when i run ijailbreak
the script stops after 2 seconds and says acsess denied..
what do i do?
thanks
please email me =]
Mick W said
March 11 2008 @ 4:14 pm
also
its says permission denied
not acsess
thanks
admin said
March 11 2008 @ 8:04 pm
Mick W…please post your question on for the forums and I will provide all the help you need.
http://forums.abwaters.com/
thanks!
snowboarderron said
March 13 2008 @ 6:15 pm
I need some help to either jailbreak my itouch 1.1.4 or I need help to downgrade to an earlier version. Can someone please help me out. I tried the ziphone but my computer has an application error and will not run ziphone.
Thanks,
snowboarderron
admin said
March 13 2008 @ 7:49 pm
You will need to follow the steps in my previous post to downgrade to 1.1.1 and then follow the steps in this post to upgrade back to a 1.1.3 jailbreak.
http://abwaters.com/2008/02/06/adventures-in-jailbreaking-a-113-itouch-in-2-simple-steps
If you need specific advise, use the forums at
http://forums.abwaters.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=10
kristen said
March 16 2008 @ 8:34 am
this is awesome and worked perfectly for me.
one question
after you jailbreak it to 1.1.3 - is it supposed to give you new apps?
cause if it is - i dont have any [new apps]
admin said
March 16 2008 @ 8:45 am
Kristen, You need to go to the Installer again and install “iPod Touch Software Upgrade” under the iJailBreakMobile category. This will put an icon on your home screen that you should run to add the new apps.
kristen said
March 16 2008 @ 8:56 am
also, i downloaded the NES games
but when i open it, it says no nesROMs are uploaded
how do i upload them?
kristen said
March 16 2008 @ 8:59 am
I installed the iTouch software upgrade and still nothing showed up.
admin said
March 16 2008 @ 9:05 am
Kristen…for your 1.1.3 problem, something didn’t work correctly with your jailbreak. I recommend that you sign into the forums and walk through the jailbreak from the beginning.
http://forums.abwaters.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=10
For your NES games issue…you have to locate and download the ROMS for the games you want to play. Then you will need to upload them to your iTouch…very likely using SSH…but if you will kindly take this to the forums, I would be glad to help you with this as well.
gian said
March 21 2008 @ 8:54 pm
After i clicked the icon iJaiBreak it downloaded to 100% afterwards i hit the home button and still was with 1.1.1 i return to the iJailBreak icon but in the black script only appears the last login date.
What did i do wrong? please email me Thank YOU
gian said
March 21 2008 @ 9:04 pm
also, while i was doig these steps , when i installed the BSD Subsystem it said : Do not use passwd to change the password on 1.1.3, its is currently broken and will make SpringBoard crash continiously.
……Does this affect the result? what should i Do?
gian said
March 21 2008 @ 10:07 pm
i redid the steps and it ask me wehter to do something about dmg yes, no, all, or rename i already read what you typed for kf. It afterwards sayd inflating i waited 5 minutes and nothing happend sou i pressed the home button and again nothing happend!!!!!!!!
admin said
March 22 2008 @ 8:13 am
Gian,
I think your problem may be when you were upgrading to 1.1.3 and got anxious and pressed the home button. I strongly recommend that you redo the downgrade to 1.1.1 and redo your jailbreak. It seems like you probably have a partially working system as a result of the aborted 1.1.3 upgrade.
Gian…if you continue to run into issues, I would be glad to keep helping you if you post your questions on the forums at http://forums.abwaters.com
Good luck!
gian said
March 22 2008 @ 6:08 pm
after i clik the iJailBrake Icon and it the script downloads completely to 100% what should i do?? clik the home button, wait a few minutes or is their something im skipping?
admin said
March 22 2008 @ 6:55 pm
Gian…the way that it is going, it sounds like you definitely missed a step. Do me a favor and post your question on the forums so that we don’t load up the comments here with our discussion.
Thanks…i’ll respond as soon as you post to the forums. See you there…
matt said
March 27 2008 @ 4:16 pm
dude i need some help
i installed the thing but nothing happened
i went thro all the scripts and then it rebooted
still 1.1.1
i then tried to install the new softwarre upgrade
and it said i needed 1.1.3 so i then went to reinstall it and it said i didnt have the bsd thing
even tho i already d/L it
so i went to uninstall to see if it was there and nothing was there!
and i repeated this process like 4 times!!!!
help
my touch is FUBAR
admin said
March 27 2008 @ 4:21 pm
Matt,
Create an account on http://forums.abwaters.com and i’ll walk you through the process until we figure out what went wrong.
-bryanw
matt said
March 28 2008 @ 4:46 pm
i posted it here
http://forums.abwaters.com/posting.php?mode=post&f=4&sid=fd76f128e891fef6177ae95eebc72bdb
matt said
March 28 2008 @ 4:50 pm
whoops no here
http://forums.abwaters.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=19
Tyler said
April 8 2008 @ 4:58 pm
Gary, i am having problems, on the autodown part. What do i download? One cost money.. so do i download the premium? Because when i clicked that it diddnt do nothing. Thanks and sorry for waisting your time.
admin said
April 8 2008 @ 6:30 pm
Your not wasting anyones time but you do have to look carefully on the rapidshare site. Go to http://rapidshare.com/files/84859979/AutoDown.zip.html and click “free”. Then read what it says on the next page…btw, if you have javascript turned off or blocked, then you are right. I won’t do anything. But it works…just double-checked it to be sure it is still there…
newbie said
April 8 2008 @ 6:48 pm
hi,
is it normal for the jailbreak process to get stuck in “/var: unknown special file or file system error,”
i am on this screen for over 2 hours..
should i wait or restart the ipod?
admin said
April 9 2008 @ 5:45 am
I see…thats not exactly the error i’m referring to. Since you have signed up for the forums, lets take it over there…
alfred said
April 9 2008 @ 1:56 pm
what happens if the scripts run but doesn’t change the firmware?
admin said
April 9 2008 @ 7:20 pm
Alfred, if the scripts run but the firmware doesn’t change then something didn’t work right. I recommend that you sign on to http://forums.abwaters.com/ and lets work it out until we get it…
mike said
April 13 2008 @ 9:06 am
I have an itouch and I need to get it back to 1.1.1 so I can jailbreak it. could you help me I am not that good at this kind of thing. so if you could give me some instructions they would be greatly appresheated.
thank you
admin said
April 13 2008 @ 9:34 am
Mike…two bits of advice. First, start with the following url:
http://abwaters.com/2008/02/06/adventures-in-jailbreaking-a-113-itouch-in-2-simple-steps/
This walks you through the downgrade and jailbreak on 1.1.1.
Second, sign up on http://forums.abwaters.com if you have any problems and we’ll get you fixed right up.
mike said
April 13 2008 @ 5:53 pm
thank you for the help but I am having a problem with the file I have to use to restore my itouch to 1.1.1 when I download the file I can not seem to use it to restore my itouch
mike said
April 15 2008 @ 5:43 pm
my itouch has that plug and the itunes symble on the screen my computer when i ran the autodown program and that iphuc file is not recognized
so i ran the ipod 1.1.1 restore program anyway and and now my ipod is in limbo and i would really like some help as soon as it is humanly possible please hurry i dont wont my ipod to be broken
thanks for your help
admin said
April 15 2008 @ 6:12 pm
Mike…under these circumstances, don’t run the 1.1.1 restore but rather the normal iTunes restore without selecting the 1.1.1 ipsw file.
Also, Mike…if you want to Jailbreak your iTouch, you have to follow the instructions exactly. In the forums, I pointed you to a topic that detailed the exact steps and what you will see along the way…follow those steps exactly, if you do not it probably won’t work. There are a lot of ways for this to fail and only a handful of ways for it to work. So my advice to you is be patient. If you do not have a high tolerance for frustration then maybe this isn’t for you…
Regardless, we’ll continue to help as you go through this…please post your results in the forum so we can dialog in an easier manner.
mike said
April 15 2008 @ 6:57 pm
I did restore my itouch to itunes I have tried 11 times to jailbreak my ipod i can not to my best ability do this i have uninstalled and reinstalled the ipod 1.1.1 restore and the autodown program and i can not change the out come i repetitively try to make work but it wont so i have followed your instructions to a ‘T’ and i cant do it so i will check this page as often as i can to see if theres any new advice but i dont think my itouch can be jailbroken so i appreciate every thing but i dont think it will ever work
talk to u later mike
admin said
April 15 2008 @ 7:01 pm
Mike,
All my previous advice is now obsolete. Read the latest article I just posted about using the Ziphone technique. It will take you about a minute to jailbreak your iTouch. If you can’t do it with this process then you may be right…but I think you will be able to. Let me know how it goes.
Dean said
April 21 2008 @ 4:12 pm
hey i have a question.
i recently jailbreaked my itouch to the 1.1.1 version.
So from there, do i reconnect it to itunes, and let it sync?
and then do i click the installer and then do the thing you listed above to get it back to 1.1.3 version?
or do i install the needed programs onto my itouch, then upgrade it back to 1.1.3?
help appreciated.
admin said
April 21 2008 @ 4:28 pm
Dean,
I hate to say this but when I write this article this was the best way to do it…now there is a better way. Please read the following article before you do anything else.
http://abwaters.com/2008/04/15/jailbreaking-114-itouch-on-windows-in-1-simple-step/
Dean said
April 25 2008 @ 3:03 pm
ok one more question.
my friend jailbreaked my ipod.
but the installation you have listed above is to get it upgraded to 1.1.3.
However, can i still use the programs on 1.1.1 if i upgrade it?
is it better to just not upgrade it?
or is it better to upgrade it?
admin said
April 25 2008 @ 3:27 pm
If you read the opening paragraph of the article I indicate that this article is now obsolete. To answer your question, some of the 1.1.1 programs can be used and others cannot. I still recommend that you restore your itouch and use the following method of jailbreaking it…it is the smoothest and most trouble-free so far.
http://abwaters.com/2008/04/15/jailbreaking-114-itouch-on-windows-in-1-simple-step/
alex said
May 6 2008 @ 4:06 pm
i jailbroke my itouch and every time i try to install an app. it says “Package download failed: can’t find host!
how do i fix this problem?
admin said
May 7 2008 @ 3:50 am
Alex…the repositories are not commercial sites (for the most part)…either the repository is down, or your wireless network is having issues. Can you get to the net with safari on your iTouch? If so, the repository is probably having issues…i have that happen from time to time. It happens, then it gets better.
Will said
May 13 2008 @ 12:18 am
Hey Gary,
I just bought a 32GB ipod touch and im looking at Jailbreaking it. My issue is not how to jailbreak…but rather what i can get out of doing so. Are there many application to retreive that i can use to my advantage? Thanks alot!
admin said
May 13 2008 @ 5:35 am
If you are curious, try it and see…if you don’t understand the benefit then it is probably not for you. There are a large number of apps and games available including instant messaging and other cool programs not including with your iTouch out of the box. Some of the programs don’t work very well, others do…for some, it is as much about the adventure as it is the extras. Definitely a personal choice.
codedsnake said
May 14 2008 @ 4:15 am
I jailbroke my ipod touch, but whenever i go on the installer and try to download games or NES or gamboy emulator i get ERROR Package download failed. can you please help me? send me a email?…. i really need help T^T
codedsnake said
May 14 2008 @ 4:17 am
How can you fix the ERROR Package download failed!..? i get that everytime i try to download it..
admin said
May 14 2008 @ 4:43 am
Does it happen on one package or all of them?
michael said
May 30 2008 @ 8:34 pm
ok, i just jailbroke my ipod touch i think version 1.1.1, and i installed the NESROMs and the SBD subsystem and a couple other things, but now every time i try to add new sources and install new apps, it says package download failed; can’t find host! can anyone help me?
admin said
May 31 2008 @ 5:13 am
First, you might consider jailbreaking 1.1.4 instead of 1.1.1…you should probably upgrade first. Read this article for details:
http://abwaters.com/2008/04/15/jailbreaking-114-itouch-on-windows-in-1-simple-step/
Second, when you try to download a package and it fails it usually means you have network connectivity issues. Can you see web pages in your browser?
michael said
May 31 2008 @ 11:13 pm
ok it finally started working now thanks
Sarah said
June 3 2008 @ 9:47 am
hi im having the same problem with the download package failed…. i was able to open ziphone’s blog… it’s all the packages and im stuck thanks in advance ….
admin said
June 3 2008 @ 5:07 pm
More than ziphone’s blog, can you open web sites in safari? Google for example…
E said
June 4 2008 @ 4:50 pm
HI,
I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO DOWNGRADE FIRMWARE 1.1.3. TO 1.1.1. IT WAS OK. BUT I FAILED TO DOWNLOAD THE INSTALLER FROM JAILBREAKME.COM.DONE IT MORE THAN 10 TIMES. PLEASE HELP.I M NOT SURE WHAT IS THE PROBLEM .
THANK YOU
E
admin said
June 4 2008 @ 5:38 pm
Well…this article is obsolete. It says so at the top of the article. You can still use this technique but it’s not the quickest, easiest or most reliable method anymore.
Read the following article. I strongly recommend you take this approach instead…it will save you a lot of heartache.
http://abwaters.com/2008/04/15/jailbreaking-114-itouch-on-windows-in-1-simple-step/
Good luck!
john said
June 29 2008 @ 8:36 pm
if i do this upgrade, do i lose everything on my itouch?
admin said
June 29 2008 @ 9:08 pm
John…don’t do this upgrade. It is extremely painful now that the jailbreak process has improved.
Do this one:
http://abwaters.com/2008/04/15/jailbreaking-114-itouch-on-windows-in-1-simple-step
If you do, then no, you won’t lose everything on your iTouch.
John said
June 30 2008 @ 3:46 am
Hi admin,
I’m having problems with installing apps including BSD subsystem. It says “error:can’t find host”. When i try to refresh sources, it gives says like “can’t refresh sources”
Safari is not working for me too.
I’m pretty sure its not a wifi problem.
Can you help me out?
admin said
June 30 2008 @ 5:14 am
First, tell me if you can get to Google in Safari, then I will be glad to help.
John said
June 30 2008 @ 5:25 am
Nope. Google’s not even working. It seems like even before jailbreaking, after i restored and updated to 1.1.4, safari is already not working. Similarly, I cant even get to google too.
John said
June 30 2008 @ 5:27 am
It when i try to go to Google, all it says is “Safari can’t open the page because it can’t find the server”.
admin said
June 30 2008 @ 5:43 am
Then you need to reset your wireless…for some reason your network connection is not working.
John said
June 30 2008 @ 6:05 am
I’ve resetted my router. My network setting on my ipod. It joins the network but i just doesnt work on safari, weather, etc. So now i think its definitely the wifi problem.
Any suggestions?
Bonny said
August 2 2008 @ 4:41 pm
I tried jailbreaking ziphone, 1.1.4. I then put it on recovery mode and it erased everything on my itouch, so i tried jailbreak again and while the thing was installing in my itouch and it stopped in the middle of it. now my itouch is stuck on a black background with these little with letters. i plug it in and my itunes doesnt pick it up, i tried turning it on and off but it doesnt work.
can you please help?
admin said
August 2 2008 @ 6:19 pm
Bonny,
Please try the following URL and let me know how it goes.
http://abwaters.com/2008/06/02/itouch-emergency-medical-procedures-manual/
Good luck!
nick said
August 6 2008 @ 5:58 am
ok, i jailbroke my itouch from version 1.1.3 i got the installer app and installed a few things (i barly used any memory on my itouch) i got a pop up after installing 1 of the apps that said you ran out of memory on your disk drive (or something like that) my itouch went into recovery mode and is now stuck in it (i have the lil picture of a usb cord pointing up to itunes symbol) i connect it to itunes and it says itunes has detected a device in recovery mode please restore it. i hit restore and it said it is going to take 83 hours to download it -.- i am currently getting the 1.1.1 firmware from ziphone and am thinking about trying the whole shift click restore and select 1.1.1 because in the download for 1.1.1 it only takes me 18 hours and you need firmware 1.1.1 to install alotttttttt of the things in the installer app. if any1 could email me any firmware i would greatly appreciate it or help me get out of recovery mode without restorying if possible please email me at fireyphantom77@yahoo.com
thank you,
kjsbfkjbeafkjbsdf said
September 26 2008 @ 5:57 pm
im trying to download the nes rom and i click install and a messege comes up as error cant find host and its realy pissing me off cuz i feel like i jail broke my itouch for no reason
pleeeassse!!!! help
ps i jail broke it with ziphone.com if it makes a difference
admin said
September 26 2008 @ 7:09 pm
kjsb,
You know the jailbroken software is being provided by the Internet community free of charge right? You also know that the NES roms are the property of Nintendo? Jailbreak your iTouch, have fun with all the free software, enjoy the adventure…but don’t get pissed off because you are having a hard time finding a working download of a company’s intellectual property. That simply is not one of your rights. And if jailbreaking your iTouch is pissing you off…restore it and upgrade to 2.0 and use Apple’s iTunes App Store.
Leon rosenberg said
October 11 2008 @ 7:32 am
Please help i have turned wi=fi off re=installed jailbreak and everything but When I try to add a source It says can not refresh sources and then i manually click refresh and it does it but doesnt change anyything please help me man= btw mine is jailbroken 1.1.4 and jailbroken with ziphone do I need to use cydia package or something??? HELP!!!
admin said
October 11 2008 @ 8:40 am
You are going to need a wifi connection. If you don’t have internet working then how can it refresh the sources? Connect your internet, make sure safari works and then try again.