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!
Sorry, no piracy discussion here. No one will help you with it.
hmm my model starts with MA .. does it work for tht ? also after using blackra1n .. can i download apps other than cydia's or just cydia apps ? thx in advance
when you say download 3.1.2 what do i havee to downloaad
itunes?
My ipod touch 3G 3.1.2 model number begins with “MC” so this wont work. i have tried other things and i was wondering if anyone knows what i can do to jailbreak this software???
There's nothing that you can do currently, else I would have posted a solution.
Hey. When I Jailbreak The ipod touch 2nd gen and has blackrain already in the ipod… and turn the power off and then on… it requests me to plug in itunes
That shouldn't be happening on a 2nd gen iPod Touch. Try rejailbreaking or read our troubleshooting guide for help.
my ipod 2nd gen with 3.1.2 update is in “entering recovery” is that what its suposed to do as soon as i click make it rain
my ipod 2nd gen with 3.1.2 update is in “entering recovery” is that what its suposed to do as soon as i click make it rain
my 8GB iPod Touch starts with MC and I jailbroke it a month ago without any issues. I wasn't even aware that it shouldn't work on this model. So, the MC might not be the problem. Actually my iPod full Model name is “MC086C”, version “3.1.2 (7D11).
so i had 3.1.1 jailbroken with blackra1n then updated my ipod touch (2G 16GB) to 3.1.2 and jailbroke that and blackra1n installed aswell as with cydia but programs off cydia wood not come up on my springboard, i then proceeded to delete blackra1n and cydia and try again reloading blackra1n but now it will not show up on my ipod, what do i do? will i have to downgrade to 3.0 or 3.1.1?
so i had 3.1.1 jailbroken with blackra1n then updated my ipod touch (2G 16GB) to 3.1.2 and jailbroke that and blackra1n installed aswell as with cydia but programs off cydia wood not come up on my springboard, i then proceeded to delete blackra1n and cydia and try again reloading blackra1n but now it will not show up on my ipod, what do i do? will i have to downgrade to 3.0 or 3.1.1?
i have an itouch 1st gen 8 gig 3.1.2 update jailbroke with blackrain had power off prob so erased all settings and content within settings on itouch also had cydia installed now pc and itunes wont discover dfu does good but when preparing ipod and ipod restarts windows again loses itouch so no restore what did i do to my itouch that it is useless?
yes then you should see a pic like the home page on you ipod now for everyone out there i have an ipod 8gb 2g mc and it worked but it took about a thousand times but its was good it booted and everything fine but when i made it restart i could not get it to boot and had to do a compleat restore can anyone tell me something else i could use
yes i have 3.1.2
I jailbroke my ipod touch 2g with blackra1n. I cant get my device to boot up again (its stuck in recovery mode). I tried plugging it back in and running blackra1n again and it still wont boot up. It just gets stuck on george's pic. im using RC3. Any help would be appreciated
I jailbroke my ipod touch 2g with blackra1n. I cant get my device to boot up again (its stuck in recovery mode). I tried plugging it back in and running blackra1n again and it still wont boot up. It just gets stuck on george's pic. im using RC3. Any help would be appreciated
i have a Mac (apple computer) , will it still work? people say that it’ll work better with windows , but idontknow which on to use.. help please???
Hey I downloaded blackra1n and tried to get Cydia off of it and it earased email and some other things how do I get cydia reply plzzz It won’t work
Hey I downloaded blackra1n and tried to get Cydia off of it and it earased email and some other things how do I get cydia reply plzzz It won’t work
my ipt 2g 8gb 3.1.2 mc it is jail broken i had to stop itunes helper ipod service and bonjure also had to keep ituens open now i am scared to reset because i dont now if i wll have to use black rain again can someone tell me also if it is not working for you just keep trying it definetly will i know it is frustrating just do as much reserch as posible you will get it so if you have a 8gb 2g mc model it will work i just dont know if it is tetherd or not thank you gohot i will donate!!!!!! keep them coming