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!
just downloaded software 3.1.2 for my ipod touch 1st gen. when i go to settings, then general, there isnt anything there about bluetooth. i dont know how to get bluetooth onto my ipod. got any ideas??
1st gens cant get bluetooth
what about models starting with PC?
I did try on my iphone 3G. Run Blackra1n and click make it rain. As soon as the iphone went black, i hold down the power and home button. But guess what the screen still shows the USB cable and itunes. Which means it is NOT successful!!! Can anybody actually post or suuggest a better video/idea in solving this issue cause i have been trying to jailbreak for few times. And each time i have to restore my iphone. Lucky for me my iphone does not crash.
hey man it all downloads but when i get to installing cydia it downloads one tiny bit then stops i dont no if its just the poor internet connection but its getting frustrating plz help
RC1 would not work on my MC model. Just downloaded RC 2 and it worked first time
Thanks Geohot!!
do you have a 3rd generation? What Gig?
RC 2 compatible with ipod touch 3G 8Gb ?
Finally got mine (MC version 8gig itouch) to work. I down loaded the RC2 file to my c drive. Took the blackra1n file off compatability mode (under properties) after that I just click the file and then click make it rain. After the itouch rebooted I installed Cydia then turned off the itouch and when it restarted I ran blackra1n one more time until the itouch turned on and then disconnected my itouch and everything works fine. Now I dont have a clue what to do with this cydia program, so gota figure that one out now.
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for all that are having troble i tryed blackra1n for wat seemed like maybe 60 times and it never worked…… so i quit trying…… 2 weeks later i watched a video that required you to jail break to do what was said in the video…… so i was like watever… so i went to my computer downloaded blackra1n and presto…. i was so excited bc it was like so symple…… if i wasnt only 14 i would donate around100 bucks to this guy….. thank you very much blackra1n
PROBLEM after blackra1n!!!
did the break on my ipod touch 3rd gen 32gb and worked.. installed cydia, etc.. but then i powered it down (turned off) to conserve power and once it came back up again i got the “sync with itunes” screen so i had to restore to pre-jailbreak… one one forum someone posted that you can restart it sans-restore by running blackra1n again, but that's not too practical if you don't have a pc close.. anyone else get this? any fixes?
thanks!
RC1 worked first time for me with MC model.
a week later i did a restore and downloaded RC2.
Now im reading RC2 doesnt work with MC models. does anyone have RC1!??
ok. i found rc1 and it didnt work.
for me, blackra1n worked with a factory fresh model number MC but if you restore it with itunes, it will not work.
K, I got one of my friends to jail break my iPod, and it was kool but i had nothing on it no music pictures contact it was all gone then when i went to sync it on my computer it couldnt whats going on?
will there ever be a jailbreak for the MC model
if this jailbreak doesnt work for any reason and my itouch crashes, will i be able to restore it with itunes? or will it now respond at all?
There is one now read above
Update 2: blackra1n RC2 has been released which fixes most issues. Read more here <—- above link