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!
So I have a iPod touch 8G mc model, and I believe it’s a 3G. So after gettin it jail broken I am unable to sync songs on if, it keeps on tellin me to restore and updat, an unfortunately it deletes everything! Some 1 help please!!!!!!!
My iPod is unlocked but iTunes won’t recognize it and wants me to update and restore it…
this happened to me to. i have the 32gb itouch, i rebooted just said i connect to computer
PERFECT! Now all u have to do is click Update on iTunes and SHIFT click while clicking Update 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! 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!!!
Help my ipod wont reboot after blackra1n it just sits there its a third gen 64gb and it will not work. send to ethant@telus.net I need your help!
it wont work cuz u have 64 g i hear its only 16 and 8 on 2g..idk abt 3g
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?
I have an iPod touch 3G model (8gb), running on 3.1.2.
I successfully jailbroke with blackra1n. However, about 5 minutes after I jailbroke (and after I had already installed Cydia), the screen prompting me to connect to iTunes opped up. It is now stuck like that and I cannot get around it.
Is there are quick fixes for this issue? Thank you
The same thing happened to me but i didnt have cydia instaled yet and im getting me very mad with it.
what are you exactly trying to do?
e-mail me if you can.
wattz5000@gmail.com
I have a iPod touch 2g 3.1.3 MC model can I jailbreak this and when I tried it didnt show the man it just showed a blank screen
Bob, if you really do have the LATE 2G model, you stand a chance at jailbreaking. However, most MC models (particularly 32GB and 64GB) are unable to jailbreak and/or downgrade.
If you are talking about Geohot “…it didn’t show the man” while you were jailbreaking with Blackra1n, it simply doesn’t work on 3.1.3 firmware.
You have to downgrade your iPod’s firmware back down to 3.1.2, then you may jailbreak with Blackra1n.
Here’s a link on how you can do it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryV50_baNtM
Good luck
hi, I have ipod touch 2g 8gb MC model, and i done jailbrake on it with Blackra1n, but i still have a problem, when i turn it off, he enter on recovery mode.
how can i fix that problem?
i did everything it said wait for reboot and the only problem is the blackrain app isnt on my ipod
EVERYBODY if u have a problem when ur ipod boots and shows the guy crying or watever… it means ur ipod is in recovery… to fix that plug in PC and run iTunes. iTunes should tell u that ur ipod is in RECOVERY MODE AND NEEDS TO BE RESTORED. And that is excatly wat u have to do!
Now if u plug in ur PC and iTunes doesnt say u have plugged in any iPod then u gotta run blackra1n again and again if that doesnt work then just WAIT. thats wat i did and my iPod MC 2GN 8GB worked FINE!
but i have to do that evrytime, i turn off my device, because i lost everyting…and that is not good for me
Alright, so i clicked “make it rain” it ‘jailbroke’ my iTouch and i downloaded Cydia. Now i tried downloading a ‘package’ or something and it did all the loading and stuff, then said, Reboot Device. i tapped it. now it says i need to “restore” my iTouch to iTunes, it has the little cord symbol pointing to the Itunes icon. is this bad..? :o
I’ve been trying for a couple days so far
to install blackra1n on my ipod touch 2G.
I really don’t know what im doing wrong at
this point. I downgraded my firmware from 3.1.3 to
3.1.2 and tried to run blackra1n. The program
shows up on my ipod touch but it doesn’t
reboot on it’s own after that, so i guess it
doesn’t fully download. I SERIOUSLY NEED HELP! I REALLY
WANT MY IPOD TO BE JAILBROKEN! :(
I keep having the same problem. No matter how many times I try, the screen goes black with the backlight and never reboots. I’ve tried absolutely everything from reinstalling itunes to restoring the ipod and reinstalling blackra1n.
it just says its missin . dll file or somin wtf
Hi, I can’t not boot after jailbreak for a months and i don’t know what to do, what can i do now ?
same with me
what are you exactly trying to do?
e-mail me if you can.
wattz5000@gmail.com
i have a 8gb ipod touch 3.1.3 and i downgraded to 3.1.2 and when i turn off my ipod my jailbreak goes away and it wont start. wtf!!!!!!!!!!!!!! helllpp???
my ipod touch 2g 8gb..mc model done to jailbreak but if i turn off my ipod and turn on aganin it say please connect to itunes so i run blackra1n again and it work my ipod boot again .. but if i turn off again back to connect itunes// so what can i do to reboot my ipod without plug in my computer? please help me