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Breaking out of Jail Again: Simple iTouch Jailbreak to 1.1.3 on Windows

Posted on the March 2nd, 2008 under Software,Technology by Bryan Waters

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!