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!
Everytime I try to download it, it goes black but doesn’t reboot….please help and email me.
threese91@hotmail.com
Okay, i jailbroke it, but it wont reboot. Its just a black screen on my ipod, with the blackra1n tap saying “Done, wait for reboot” on my computer. Its been forever and ive done this twice. Its pissing me off. Wtf?
this is the same for me!
same for me y does it do that!??!?!?!?!?!
how did you fix the black screen???
smae here, its so dumb, ive got it to work, but i had to reboot it because it crashed then it just stays at that black screen!!!! idk what to do!
Hey i downloaded black rain and it was working fine…i hav a 3g 8gb and i barely bought it like a week ago. i tried downloading winterboard from cydia, then it said to reboot but it said i had to connect to itunes..its stays at that screen what do i do…i even tried restoring it help!!!!i cant firgure it out!!
if you read the article above, every time you turn it on you have to run blackra1n. it won’t re-jailbreak your ipod, burt it has to, that’s why it’s considered ‘tethered’
i run balckra1n and then my ipod either goes into recovery mode or it runs blackra1n and then goes to a total black screen. What am i doing wrong?
blackra1n won’t work for me. I have a MC model, Blackra1n keeps staying at “entering recovery mode” forever. I don’t know what to do.. Help pls! btw, it is a 8gb, 2G with 3.1.2 firmware
i only have one problem once i have installed blackra1n i can’t get my ipod to reboot, i have tried re-installing and i still can’t get it to reboot. Please e-mail me at benbartlett_94@hotmail.com any help would be greatly appreciated
I REALLY want to know when the new update comes for blackra1n that allows 3.1.3 I-pod Touches to be Jailbroken. Mine can’t be downgraded either. Is there anyone that knows of a good way to help me so I don’t have to wait for the Update?
Hi guys,
i’ve got an 8gb 3rd generation iPod Touch, its an MB model with 3.1.2 firmware. I downloaded the blackra1n jailbreaker and found the app on my iPod, then i accidently deleted it and when i try re-jailbreaking it again the app just never appears. Please email me on Cam_rhap@hotmail.com
i cant find any diff with the 3.1.2 to the 3.1.3 so just stay with 3.1.2 and if you upgraded and want to go back all you have to do it torrent download or just find a way to get 3.1.2 OS (without downloading from itunes) and downgrade by holding shift and click restore and then select the 3.1.2 file. make sure the extension is .ipsw and your good to jailbreak. im not sure how well this works on iphones but ipod touch should be good.
hope this helps
I did it twice with the ipod touch 3g 3.1.3, no app showed up, even after rebooting.
i have save black ra1n but i i am making it ra1n its giving me mesage that there is a problem with windows closes down….i have win 7 on my lapii
I followed all of the instructions to jailbreak my iPod 2g but I upgraded it to 3.1.2 and it worked but then when I try downloading winterboard. My iPod reboots but it says I have to restore my iPod so I restore it and I try jailbreaking again. So I download everything again and then I download winterboard and I have to restore it again idk what to do. Someone please help me
i did the first step but it didn’t reboot.
I tried to Jailbreak my ipod using blackra1n and it went into recovery mode and wouldn’t come out. So i tried to reboot it but when i did the screen just turned black and now it wont turn on at all. Plz help
And it shows up as an unknown device on my pc
I successfully jailbroke my ipod but then it crashed when i went to put in winterboard so i restored it and then tried to re-jailbreak it and now it wont it goes to a blank/black screen when it’s suppose to be rebooting ..HELP!!!!!
when it says its ganna reboot my ipod just sits there with this blue screen and nothing happens? help me!!!!!!!!
mee tooo!! the same thing happens every time. i have a 2 generation ipod touch. 3.1.3. and redsn0w doesnt work and neither does this. what do i do?
hey it only works for 3.1.2 you hace 3.1.3 so it doesnt work and you cant downgrade either
JUST WAIT OR RUN blackra1n again! When it does work go to iTunes and click on ur ipod and SHIFT click the UPDATE button. it will show u a browser looking for .ipsw file u should have a backup .ipsw that u downloaded b4 jailbreaking find it and select it! CONGRATS u have a normal iPod! WITH UR APPS AND MUSIC AND EVERYTHING IN IT!!!!! PS: if u dont have backup .ipsw then u can download and .ipsw and SAVE it on ur desktop. HERE IS THE LINK:http://www.felixbruns.de/iPod/firmware/
now again SAVE ur .ipsw because ur browser might recognize them as ZIP file. all u have to do is change the .zip to .ipsw and iTunes will accept it!!!
iTunes contacted apple server and denied the restore for the older firmwares…boooo
same with me
Hi, i’ve tried the above, killed itune process in task manager but when i click the blackra1n it still doesnt work. Screen show waiting for device and the ipod still showing icon connect to itune… :( Can help?
Try re-downloading Blackra1n, it should work
every time i try ‘black rain’ it runs , then it says its “done , wait for reboot” but the screen stays black. HELP !!!!!
i have successfully installed blackra1n into my ipodtouch… BUT! its says “please check you internet connection. (err…” so ummm wtf is that about?
It’s about making your Internet work on your iPod
it mean that you’ll have to get a wifi connection before you can install cydia or rock so go to settings and choose wifi then connect. then you’ll be avaible to install cydia and rock!