A lot of people have been reporting issues with jailbreaking using the new blackra1n tool by George, especially iPod Touch 3G owners. Some of these issues have to do with the fact that this is a tethered jailbreak for iPod Touch 3G so far. This means that to boot your iPod Touch 3G, it must be plugged into your computer and you must run blackra1n again. For those stuck at a white screen or being unable to boot your device, here are a few important pointers to keep in mind during the process:
- Make sure you’ve updated to 3.1.2. This jailbreak is not for 3.0 or 3.1.
- Download the purplera1n tool to your desktop. Some users have reported issues of the application crashing or having issues with rights on Vista or 7. This should fix those issues. For more convenience. run it as an administrator.
- Make sure no other software is running when you jailbreak to avoid interference.
- If your device doesn’t boot for a long time, hold down the power and home buttons and restart it. If it tells you to connect to iTunes, something must have gone wrong and you might have to restart the process. I know this is annoying, but it has worked for some people after some tries. It does work.
- You won’t lose your data by jailbreaking. Only a fresh firmware restore could mean that your apps might go away, but they can be synced back using iTunes.
- If you have a white screen turn off the device by holding the power and home buttons for 10 seconds and boot it again.
- If iTunes keeps popping up, use CTRL + ALT + DELETE to go to the task manager and kill all iTunes processes which includes iTunesHelper.exe. This can cause interference with the process too.
- Strangely, doing the process on different computers has also worked for some people.
In the end, keep in mind that blackra1n really works. I tried it on my iPod Touch 2G 8GB, and it worked on the first try. It only got stuck when running Cydia for the first time. I had to reboot using the Power + Home buttons trick, but after that, it has been really smooth.
If you have any questions, put them down in the comments below, or you are welcome to start a discussion on our Facebook fan page.
Update: George Hotz has tweeted about an important issue that most people are facing. You’ll have to check if your iPod Touch 2G or 3G, 8GB model starts with MB or MC. For MC it won’t work, so you should restore it back to the old firmware. It works fine for the ones that start with MB. I guess that should answer most of the issues people are facing with blackra1n.
Update 2: blackra1n RC2 has been released which fixes most issues. Read more here.
Important: iPhone OS 3.1.3 has been released for the iPhone and iPod Touch. We’ve got a new guide up on how to jailbreak iPhone 3.1.3 and iPod Touch 3.1.3 with redsn0w 0.9.4. Don’t upgrade to iPhone OS 3.1.3 if you’re using an unlocked iPhone 3G/3Gs or a jailbroken iPod Touch 2G (MC Model)/3G. The redsn0w guide is for iPhone 2G/3G jailbreak and iPod Touch 1G/2G ( non-MC Models) only.
Update: Use this one to jailbreak all iPod Touch models with OS 3.1.2/3.1.3 untethered using Spirit Jailbreak!
i have jailbroken my ipod touch 3g about 5 times already with blackra1n… the reason being that i jailbreak it and all is well i put cydia on or whatever and then… it could be while downloading an application or if i turn my ipod off then when i turn it on a get the “connect ipod to itunes” screen and i have to restore it all over again…. ive done this about 5 times already and its getting annoying- how can i get by this if my ipod gets stuck so i dont have to keep restoring and resyncing it all over each time??? please help….
you have to run blackra1n again if its 3G iPod touch because since it a tethered jailbreak you need to boot the system every time you turn it off
can you explain what should i do?
my ipod touch 2g 3.1.2 start with mc
is there any solution?
Hi, I have an iPod touch 3gen 8gb 3.1.1. I managed to get it to the point that it showed the geohot image, but then it died. It WILL NOT boot back up.
iTunes says that it detects an ipod in recovery, but blackra1n just says “waiting for phone”.
If I hold the power and home button together, it disconnects the USB connection and then reconnects it (iTunes then prompting me to restore). The screen stays black, no logo, no anything.
When I clicked restore, it downloaded 2.1.2. Yes, two-point-one-point-two, instead of the ipsw for 3.1.1. I have no way to see if it is mb or mc. When I tried to manually restore using a 3.1.2 firmware, it says its not the right type. When 2.1.2 is used (the one itunes downloaded) it says extracting etc but then gives me a 1600 error.
Any help? Please? I'm rather stuck… :( I don't care if its jb, I just need music
I had this problem myself for months now and i finaly figuared it out. Once your ipod wants you to restore just run blackra1n again and it should restart your iPod without loosing any information from your iPod
hold down the power and home buttons for 15sec and letgo home but still holding power for 2 more sec and there you go. enjoy Blackra1n tethered jailbreaking
WARNING iPod Touch 3G Users!: If you are jailbreaking the iPod Touch 3rd Generation this is a tethered jailbreak so every time you reboot or restart, you will need to run blackra1n agian & re-jailbreak.
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I've learned a lot in this jailbreaking post. Thanks a lot for the valuable information.
I got a brand new iPod touch 8gb 3.1.2 and I tried running black-rain 5 times so far and no luck. Most of the time died with a dead black screen (power+home did nothing, stuck at waiting for iphone). Model is A1288. How do I jailbreak my itouch? many thanks…
If your using windows vista…DO NOT USE COMPATIBILITY MODE. It will NOT work. Keep it running in vista but as an admin, and it will run after that.
how do you know if it's mb or mc?
ok…
Last 2 day i did my best to follow what other people did…
First. After long 48hours of restore and Blackra1n and restore and Blackra1n….
I found out it doesn't work at all.
Yes they do work for some of you who was lucky to get model start MB.
I jut found out i got the MC one….what a crap…
Anyway I did use my friend's iPod Touch with MB model.
It did work.
and that was first try…..
man.
i think we just need to wait update version from GeoHot.
Still it's cool to have guys like this….
Much mahalo from Hawaii.
how do you find out if your ipod 2g is a mb or a mc?
IF YOU HAVE PROBLEMS CHECK THIS IT WORKS FOR ME:
1- copy Blackra1n to c:. no conpability mode.-
2- kill itunes helper
3- turn off your Iphone /iPod
4- open Blackra1n as administrator (vista y windows 7) and click Make it rain.
5- push home button y and power same time until apple logo appear.- then release power button.
6- keep push home button until george face appear
thank u so so so so so so much it has worked for me
thank you
My model is a mc does that mean there is no way it will work at all??!!!
WOW after soo many hours of trying to jailbrak an ipod touch 1g, i finally got it!! DO NOT RUN COMPATIBILITY MODE ON VISTA, IT WILL SCREW UP THE JAILBREAK 100% BELIEVE ME I HAVE HAD THE EXPERIENCE. ALSO MAKE SURE U KILL ITUNES HELPER AND U ARE GOOD TO GO. GERORGE IS THE MAN!
Ok, plug your ipod back up, and try to “restore” from itunes. It should automatically download 3.1.2 not even 3.1.1, because .2 is the newest one. and, if the restore gets stuck on “verifying restore with apple” try disconnecting the ipod and connecting into a different usb port. it should go back to normal.
to find out your model go to settings – general – about. you probably have MC cuz i do and thats what happens to me
You can also try going into DFU mode from there, hold both buttons for ten seconds, then just let go of power, keep holding home for ~20 seconds, itunes will now detect it in “recovery mode” even though it's DFU, and it won't show the serial number
yeah I have the MC model and I've tried and tried, it just won't wont turn on once it reboots.
Well…. it fucked up and every time I would reboot it would be stuck at the recovery mode screen… so I had to restore…. hopefully i have a backup >.<
i noticed i have a MB, so that's decent..