touchFree: GUI Jailbreak with automatic SummerBoard installation

[planetbeing]

THIS IS DEPRECATED, VISIT THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE FOR NEWER JAILBREAKS: http://www.slovix.com/touchfree/

Here are my recommended methods:

Easiest: http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=377126

Requires Java (but older and more tested): http://www.slovix.com/touchfree/alpha2.zip

If those don't work, I would advise the older alpha (it's now been well-tested, but it does lack auto-install of SSH): http://www.slovix.com/touchfree/touchfree-alpha.exe

RESTORE INSTRUCTIONS
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It is impossible to brick, or render permanently inoperable, your iPod touch. These instructions will work. Repeat them if they do not work the first time (since some of the manuevers do require good timing).

My previous restore instructions did not work so well as I found out when I first tried to test them (they were copied off of another website). I apologize for that, but here are the ones that do work for me every time:

1. If the iPod is on, turn it off. If it is not responding to commands, hold down the Home and Stand-by buttons until it turns off (will be less than 30 seconds).
2. After it has turned off, turn it back on with a special key combination. First push the Stand-by button, then push the Home button while still holding the Stand-by button. You must already be holding the Home button by the time the Apple logo displays.
3. Within moments, the Apple logo will display. At this point, release the Stand-by button but do not release the home button.
4. Hold the Home button until the logo asking you to plug the iPod into iTunes displays. You are now in Restore Mode.

Essentially the last three steps are this:
1. Push down the Stand-by button.
2. Push down the Home button.
[Apple logo displays]
3. Release the Stand-by button.
[Connect to iTunes displays]
4. Release the Home button.

If iTunes still errors during Restore, a reboot of your COMPUTER will often fix the issue. If not, just take it to a friend's computer or reinstall iTunes. Trust me, your iPod is not bricked. If you think it's bricked, I'd be glad to take it off your hands for $10. ;)

Older stuff:

Old command line version (revision 5): http://zoo.cs.yale.edu/~yw226/ipod/touchfree5.zip

Source (for revision 5): http://zoo.cs.yale.edu/~yw226/ipod/source.cs

Old readme:

NOTES ON SSH/SFTP
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- Username to SSH is root, password is alpine
- Recommended SSH client is PuTTY
- Recommended SFTP client is WinSCP
- If you're getting "connection timed out" errors, continually browse with Safari on the iPod
while trying to connect to keep wi-fi active.


NOTES ON iPhuc
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- iPhuc will not show / after this procedure, but you can get root by typing the following command into iPhuc:

setafc com.apple.afc2


NOTES ON RESTORING
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You can restore at any time during or after the jailbreak process. Your iPod will be in a fresh, un-jailbroken
state.

If you're having trouble restoring your iPod, first put it into recovery mode.

If you're still having trouble, a reboot of your computer is often helpful.

I end the iTunesHelper.exe process, which is responsible for launching iTunes whenever an iPod is connected. So if you connect your iPod and iTunes doesn't appear and sync as always, just open iTunes yourself and tell it to sync. It should work fine. A reboot of your computer will restore the iTunesHelper.exe process.

[Spoolin]

Sounds great!

One quick question. I sync my iPod from my Mac, but I also have a PC.

Could I Jailbreak my iPod from my PC and then still sync with my Mac?

Thanks. :)

[planetbeing]

Could I Jailbreak my iPod from my PC and then still sync with my Mac?


Yup. Not a problem.

[derryquinn]

By close iTunes do you mean just close or end all the processes?

[planetbeing]

By close iTunes do you mean just close or end all the processes?

touchFree will try to end all the processes, but sometimes iTunes refuses to close and touchFree appears to just hang. So it's probably safest to end all the processes associated with iTunes yourself.

[cracker]

Can anyone help me out? While running touchfree.exe, it gets to reading ipod flash image then to patching ipod flash image. but then after that i receive an error message from windows and it closes the process. any pointers?

[Spoolin]

I'm just restoring my Ipod.

I will let you know how as soon as I have finished. :)

[PurpleShaman]

my windows says that touchfree has stopped working and it shuts off!

[mufasa]

plz help, I jailbreaked the iPod but got no idea how to put apps on it. I downloaded the iPhone apps and all but got no idea how to put the apps on it. I read some guides on this and it says I need sprt for it. how do I open this sprt program, I used your guide to jailbreak my iPod and got no clue how go open this sprt thing so I can access the /Applications/ folder. plz tell me if its in the zip folder for touchfree3 and if so what name. Also I need to use SSH in the end to do this command thing, where is that located

[jay81]

Are these steps it or is there more? How long does this take. Is there a different process for installing the actual apps once its jailbroken?

thanks

[beg_ne]

Is anyone else still having major problems getting iNdependence installed? I've got iphuc working and everything is reuploaded to the ipod and working great, i've restarted the ipod using the slider method like it says everywhere. iNdependence says everything is good but it says failed each time...

Anyway if someone has a solution that would be great.

HOWEVER you don't HAVE to get it installed to atleast try a few things (I mostly wanted to get the missing iPhone apps on it). I found out a way to get around having to use SSH mostly by using the easier method found here to get springboard patched and installer.app installed.

http://www.touchdev.net/wiki/Talk:Jailbreak_Guide#Install_Installer.app_-_An_Easier_Way

I followed those instructions, as well as downloaded the iPhone 1.1.1 apps and put those in the Applications directory on the mounted disk image.

This is great, but the perms are wrong and the apps will just crash....

in order to fix that open terminal and do this:
chmod -R a+x /Volumes/Snowbird3A110a.N45Bundle/Applications/*

I did this by typing the first part of the chmod command in and then dragging the Applications frolder from the mounted image, then adding * at the end.

After running that I was able to unmount the image and used putfile via iPhuc to put the .dmg to the iPod.

So far I can atleast play with my apps.

If anyone is in iNdependence hell like I was hopefully this will help you.

[Spoolin]

Can anyone help me out? While running touchfree.exe, it gets to reading ipod flash image then to patching ipod flash image. but then after that i receive an error message from windows and it closes the process. any pointers?

Yep, I get the same thing.

I have followed the instructions down to a T.

Running XP 2000
Moves iTunesmobiledevice.dll to same folder as touchfree.exe
Restored my iPod
Yes, I have .NET Framwork 2.0 installed
Yes, I visited http://jailbreak.toc2rta.com on my ipod and safari did crash.
Ran touchfree.exe and I got up to 'patching ipod flash image' and then got a error mesage and the program crashed

Any ideas how to get this fixed? :(

Chris.

[mufasa]

plz help, I jailbreaked the iPod but got no idea how to put apps on it. I downloaded the iPhone apps and all but got no idea how to put the apps on it. I read some guides on this and it says I need sprt for it. how do I open this sprt program, I used your guide to jailbreak my iPod and got no clue how go open this sprt thing so I can access the /Applications/ folder. plz tell me if its in the zip folder for touchfree3 and if so what name. Also I need to use SSH in the end to do this command thing, where is that located

plz guys I've been on forums for hours looking for a answer to this, help me plz.

[beg_ne]

Well sweet I finally got iNdependence to work. I was messing with the SpringBoard plist to get editing in mobilecal and had to reupload the system .dmg. After restarting this time and trying to reinstall iNdependence it finally worked!

Which enabled me to do the necessary changes to have iTunes sync!

Everything is working great now!

[planetbeing]

Ran touchfree.exe and I got up to 'patching ipod flash image' and then got a error mesage and the program crashed

Any ideas how to get this fixed? :(

Chris.

How much time did it spend on reading the iPod flash image? Do you have a 300 MB file called rdisk0s1 in the same directory now?

One more question. Are you using firmware version 1.1.1 or the one that came with the iPod?

[AkiNikoTanTan]

how long does it normally take to "patching ipod flash image"??

its taking so long... i have .NET Framework 2.0 installed, by the way i actually got it jailbreaked but i was kinda confused which steps to go next, i think i got it screwed up and thats why i decided to run touch.exe again.

though i am using mac,i using parallels to run the jailbreaker for windoze :(


i cant restore it, using iTunes, how can i restore it to begin the hack again?

[h4cky0u]

Worked! 100% jailbreak, installer working, everything is still perfect.

[Dublo7]

Being, do you know why this error occurs? It happens while patching the ipod, and it happens immediately.
http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/9622/23534029sz8.jpg

[planetbeing]

Being, do you know why this error occurs? It happens while patching the ipod, and it happens immediately.
http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/9622/23534029sz8.jpg

Hmm, you might need a newer version of QuickTime.

[Dublo7]

I have version 7.2, which I assume is the latest.

[verrater]

Ok i get this no one can provide me with any help so far ?

Planetbeing what do you think?

Please help been trying to jailbreak for 3 days...

[planetbeing]

Ok i get this no one can provide me with any help so far ?

Planetbeing what do you think?

Please help been trying to jailbreak for 3 days...

That's pretty odd. Have you restored? Do you have 1.1.1?

[verrater]

That's pretty odd. Have you restored? Do you have 1.1.1?

ya i know i have restored like 5 or 6 times it says its 1.1.1 (3a110a) so i dunno any thoughts as what to try ?

[planetbeing]

I have version 7.2, which I assume is the latest.

http://zoo.cs.yale.edu/~yw226/ipod/QTMLClient.dll

Try putting that in the same directory as everything else. See if that's the same as the version you have, which should be at

C:\Program Files\QuickTime\QTSystem

This is probably the only program on Earth that works better on Vista than on any other version of Windows, btw.

[planetbeing]

ya i know i have restored like 5 or 6 times it says its 1.1.1 (3a110a) so i dunno any thoughts as what to try ?

There should be a file called fstab now in the same directory as touchfree. Paste its contents here.

[verrater]

same thing
I checked the versions they are identical i still added it the the directory and got the same error. thanks for your help btw


gotta go to bed ill check back tomorrow thanks Planetbeing.

[planetbeing]

same thing
I checked the versions they are identical i still added it the the directory and got the same error. thanks for your help btw

No problem. I'm as interested in solving problems with my program as you are. :-)

A Google search reveals that this is a not unheard of problem with iPhuc, with no current solution. If you look in the QTMLClient.dll file, it does contain the procedure referenced by the error. Therefore, I suspect that there might be an old version of QTMLClient.dll floating around in your computer somewhere. Could you run a search of your entire hard drive for any other copies of this file?

[Aydin]

I'll try this one. Thank you.

[Dublo7]

Planet, I found the solution. I searched my PC for the qtml dll file, and turns out I had three old ones sitting in a few program files. I deleted them, and now the error doesn't occur.

I'm going to try to jailbreak this ipod now :p

[Dublo7]

Success! :p

[planetbeing]

Success! :p

Great!

[joeface034]

Hi,

So I got it to work, and it installed the "installer apps" such as sketches, NES emulator, calendar add, etc... But how do I get apps like mail and maps on?

I am using XP
Everything works, I just need to know how to do this...

-Joeface

[planetbeing]

Hi,

So I got it to work, and it installed the "installer apps" such as sketches, NES emulator, calendar add, etc... But how do I get apps like mail and maps on?


Sorry dude, but you'll have to discuss THAT part somewhere else, because it's technically illegal to distribute proprietary Apple software. Try Google.

[iBrendon]

What should we type in to search?

[istanbul05]

Hi, i am upto step 6 in the 7step process of jailbreaking my Touch. But when i have to enter my IP address into the program, it just opens up the Putty window and says 'Connection Refused'. I have tried to disable my firewall(peerguardian) and even my anti virus (AVG) but it still doesn't work.

I have installed Net Framework 2 and and trying this on a Windows XP machine. Any ideas on what the problem is?

[planetbeing]

Hi, i am upto step 6 in the 7step process of jailbreaking my Touch. But when i have to enter my IP address into the program, it just opens up the Putty window and says 'Connection Refused'. I have tried to disable my firewall(peerguardian) and even my anti virus (AVG) but it still doesn't work.

I have installed Net Framework 2 and and trying this on a Windows XP machine. Any ideas on what the problem is?

You're using an old version of touchfree. Try downloading the new one linked in top post, restoring your iPod, and using that. If you're getting connection refused, it means something went very wrong.

[iBrendon]

What should we type in to search?


Can you please give us a hint?

[WILLDOGS]

Running the latest touchfree right now. My first attempt at Jailbreaking :)

Will advise as to how it went.

I've read up enough about jailbreaking, so I figure its time to do it

[WILLDOGS]

Well that was pretty freaking painless! Installer.app is here!!

woot!!

Thanks a million!

[istanbul05]

You're using an old version of touchfree. Try downloading the new one linked in top post, restoring your iPod, and using that. If you're getting connection refused, it means something went very wrong.

Cheers. Just used the new install and its working fine now!

Thanks

[Boika]

VERY HAPPY!

i tried all 3 of the old methods countless times but this one worked straight away first go!!! VERY HAPPY!! THANKS

[dino01]

1. Extract all of the files in this zip archive.

2. Copy iTunesMobileDevice.dll from C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support\bin to the same folder as touchFree.exe.

3. Restore your iPod to a fresh 1.1.1 state (recommended but optional)



i followed the first 3 steps and now my ipod wont restore in itunes and it is only showing 300mb is that normal or should i cary on with the rest of the steps

[Dublo7]

That is completely normal.
Carry on with the rest.

[planetbeing]

Let me add that don't open iTunes any time in the process. If you do, iTunes will write excess files in /. That usually won't cause any problems, but it's messy.

[dino01]

its done

sorry if i messeged any one i kinda get worried really easy when, so all i need to know now is, where do i get my apps from and where how do i put my roms on the touch

[jay81]

its done

sorry if i messeged any one i kinda get worried really easy when, so all i need to know now is, where do i get my apps from and where how do i put my roms on the touch

Guys,

I just finished the jailbreak. right now the apps icon is the only new icon on my springboard. Is that normal?

Also, if i upload the firmware update that Apple gave us last week that fixed the screen, will that screw anything up?

Thanks for all this

[dino01]

i cant access sftp and ssh, when i use winscp to try and access the sftp it says

Cannot initialize SFTP protocol. Is the host running a SFTP server?

any one got any ideas as to why it is saying this? other then the obvious

please help all i really want is the iphone apps installed

[MagicWok]

Guys,

I just finished the jailbreak. right now the apps icon is the only new icon on my springboard. Is that normal?

Also, if i upload the firmware update that Apple gave us last week that fixed the screen, will that screw anything up?

Thanks for all this

This jailbreak works on the 1.1.1 firmware that fixed screen problems. So I'm not 100% what you're asking.

Did you do the jailbreak on the old firmware? The instructions did say to start with a fresh 1.1.1 update.

[Spoolin]

Hey everyone...

Maybe someone can help me out, but I'm slowly getting ready to throw this thing against the wall.
I have been trying all day.

Even with the new touchfree application, I get a error msg as soon as I open the touchfree application and the program quits.

fresh Ipod, everything where it needs to be, but still no go.... :(

Please help. I have tried on 3 computers and 2 different routers...

Chris.

[Dublo7]

Hey everyone...

Maybe someone can help me out, but I'm slowly getting ready to throw this thing against the wall.
I have been trying all day.

Even with the new touchfree application, I get a error msg as soon as I open the touchfree application and the program quits.

fresh Ipod, everything where it needs to be, but still no go.... :(

Please help. I have tried on 3 computers and 2 different routers...

Chris.

this might fix your problem
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=368097

[Spoolin]

this might fix your problem
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=368097

Thanks for trying, but nope... Still quits on startup... :(

I think I will sleep now... Have been trying for 12 hours...
Will try in the morning.

[jay81]

This jailbreak works on the 1.1.1 firmware that fixed screen problems. So I'm not 100% what you're asking.

Did you do the jailbreak on the old firmware? The instructions did say to start with a fresh 1.1.1 update.

sorry..i do have 1.1.1

i though when you restored the ipod...it also went back to the original firmware. thanks!

[mki]

Hi guys,

Before I try this new method, could someone plz confirm that this works with Windows Vista ?

[sparsk]

Before I try this new method, could someone plz confirm that this works with Windows Vista ?

I'll tell you in a few minutes if everything goes as planned, I'm doing the jailbreak it right now

Update: After panicking for a while when I didn't see the installer.app I rebooted and now I see it. Everything seems to work fine!

Thanks a lot for this Planetbeing. It is a really easy and fun tool.

[verrater]

Planetbeing

Confirmed there was another qtmlclient.dll file it was contained in 3gp converter a common video converter for ipod. You might want to add that bit of info to your original post as in something like:

Warning if you use 3gp converter for converting videos for ipod please delete this file: C:\Documents and Settings\user\My Documents\3gp\cores\qtmlclient.dll

Thanks alot im going to re attempt jailbreak.

[john.stone]

Worked flawlessly here on Windows Vista Business.

planetbeing is my new jesus.

[yacoub]

Worked like a charm! Thanks planetbeing!!

Also after using your touchfree4, using WinSCP to upload apps works great. Reboot the iPod and now Maps, Weather, and Notes are installed. :thumbsup:
I also installed the fix in Installer to return the ability to add entries into Calendar. Finally the touch is where it should have been from the factory!

[sepu]

Another successful jailbreak ! with iphone apps working as well !

Thanks to everyone !

Man this thing is awesome ....

btw I'm able to sync my touch with my MacBook Pro and PC ... so no problems at all there just in case if anyone is interested !

[verrater]

Planetbeing

Confirmed there was another qtmlclient.dll file it was contained in 3gp converter a common video converter for ipod. You might want to add that bit of info to your original post as in something like:

Warning if you use 3gp converter for converting videos for ipod please delete this file: C:\Documents and Settings\user\My Documents\3gp\cores\qtmlclient.dll

Thanks alot im going to re attempt jailbreak.

Jailbreak was unsuccessful same error occurred again.

[planetbeing]

Jailbreak was unsuccessful same error occurred again.

If you are getting the same error regarding /etc/fstab, please read my first reply to you regarding giving me a copy of the fstab file that should now be in your touchfree directory.

[gorkt]

How long does the "Reading ipod flash image" take? I have been waiting for 5 minutes and nothing is happening.

[yacoub]

You have it hooked to your PC via the USB cable right?

Make sure you end process on iTunesHelper.exe and iTunes.exe if they're running before hooking it up. Then hook it to the PC. Should work fine.

[sepu]

it takes awhile ... when I was in the process I thought that my touch was dead never move on .. .then maybe after 5 to 10 min ... it came back to life form then on the process went smoothly !

[gorkt]

Ok - I just went through the entire thing and followed all the prompts and there is no change at all on my ipod that I can see - no installer. I am running Windows XP btw.

[verrater]

If you are getting the same error regarding /etc/fstab, please read my first reply to you regarding giving me a copy of the fstab file that should now be in your touchfree directory.

The only way i knew how to upload it was as a text file. I looked at it and modified it to the content i found on the web and reattempted jailbreak and it was still unable to work. Unless my procedure was wrong.

[bloodyfart]

aaagh, how come i cant use the terminal in winSCP?, To get some iPhone apps on the touch i have to enter a command, but i cant use the terminal! i just get the error message : Connection has unexpectedly closed. Server sent command exit status 127. Error skipping startup message. Your shell is probably incompatible with the application (BASH is recommended).

[planetbeing]

The only way i knew how to upload it was as a text file. I looked at it and modified it to the content i found on the web and reattempted jailbreak and it was still unable to work. Unless my procedure was wrong.

That looks like a normal, unpatched fstab. Make sure you're running 1.1.1, restore, and follow the manual instructions at http://www.touchdev.net/wiki/Windows_jailbreak up to step 15. Make sure you do the hex editing right (best to replace it character by character) or you'll render your iPod incapable of booting and have to restore.

See if you see multiple copies of the fstab file in the image, but to be honest, I doubt it. You honestly shouldn't have this problem if you had restored right before trying touchfree.

After you complete step 15, execute touchfree from the Windows command-line (ask around if you don't know how to do that): touchfree two. This will start the procedure at stage two, and you'll be all right.

[planetbeing]

aaagh, how come i cant use the terminal in winSCP?, To get some iPhone apps on the touch i have to enter a command, but i cant use the terminal! i just get the error message : Connection has unexpectedly closed. Server sent command exit status 127. Error skipping startup message. Your shell is probably incompatible with the application (BASH is recommended).

Looks like SCP is trying to use bash which doesn't come installed. Use PuTTY for command-line.

[gorkt]

I tried jailbreaking it again but now i get stuck on the patching IPod stage again. In the settings I have 300MB of storage and the right version - just no installer icon on the UI screen.

[planetbeing]

I tried jailbreaking it again but now i get stuck on the patching IPod stage again. In the settings I have 300MB of storage and the right version - just no installer icon on the UI screen.

Did you restore first? At any rate, I'd restore and try again. Check if there's a rdisk0s1 file in your folder that's about 300 MB. If you don't, it just read the image wrong.

[gorkt]

Yes there is a file in my folder that says that . I also just noticed that it wiped out my entire music library. :mad: I hope this doesnt screw everything up. When you say restore the iopd do you mean resetting it?

[bloodyfart]

i've jail-breaked and restored a couple of times, but the first 2 times, using the terminal in SCP worked, why not now? Also how do i enter the command "chmod -R a+x /Applications/*" in Putty? Im kinda noob at this stuff

[gorkt]

OK it officially screwed everything up - itunes does not detect my ipod anymore. Can anyone help fix this?

[verrater]

That looks like a normal, unpatched fstab. Make sure you're running 1.1.1, restore, and follow the manual instructions at http://www.touchdev.net/wiki/Windows_jailbreak up to step 15. Make sure you do the hex editing right (best to replace it character by character) or you'll render your iPod incapable of booting and have to restore.

See if you see multiple copies of the fstab file in the image, but to be honest, I doubt it. You honestly shouldn't have this problem if you had restored right before trying touchfree.

After you complete step 15, execute touchfree from the Windows command-line (ask around if you don't know how to do that): touchfree two. This will start the procedure at stage two, and you'll be all right.

ok i get on step 14 failed to write to remote file 4

this happened when in the very beginning when i tried this so i tried your program wth is wrong ? :P

[verrater]

OK it officially screwed everything up - itunes does not detect my ipod anymore. Can anyone help fix this?

hold home and sleep till the slider comes up keep holding until it shuts off when you see the apple logo release the sleep and keep holding your home button so you can restore.

[gorkt]

Thanks - I was able to restore it and it is back to normal. I'm gonna give it another attempt before resynching my music and videos. :)

[planetbeing]

ok i get on step 14 failed to write to remote file 4

this happened when in the very beginning when i tried this so i tried your program wth is wrong ? :P

Never seen this before. Try the command again a few times, but it's probably what caused my program to fail in the first place.

[parrotheadmjb]

Whats the difference between 4 and 5

[gorkt]

Ok I tried it again and still no luck - same problem with having no installer icon showing up. I am thinking that I am not rebooting properly. I am used to turning the IPod on and off using the power button in the top left hand corner - how does one slide to turn it off?

[verrater]

Never seen this before. Try the command again a few times, but it's probably what caused my program to fail in the first place.

i have, same thing occurs after restore and everything.

[verrater]

Ok I tried it again and still no luck - same problem with having no installer icon showing up. I am thinking that I am not rebooting properly. I am used to turning the IPod on and off using the power button in the top left hand corner - how does one slide to turn it off?


hold that button until a slide to turn off slider appears (red)

[gorkt]

Yep - just figured that out - sorry for the dumb question and thank you. Hopefully the third time will be the charm.

[verrater]

Yep - just figured that out - sorry for the dumb question and thank you. Hopefully the third time will be the charm.

i just wish i could get past the part that is supposed to be simple...

[gorkt]

OK - looks like I'm in. I see the installer icon on my Ipod now although I see nothing about a TripPogo whatever. At this point I have to find the apps on my own correct?

[verrater]

OK - looks like I'm in. I see the installer icon on my Ipod now although I see nothing about a TripPogo whatever. At this point I have to find the apps on my own correct?

Bingo

[planetbeing]

i have, same thing occurs after restore and everything.

Sorry, man. I don't know what to suggest anymore, but I'm going to guess that it's probably a computer-specific issue. Maybe you could try using a friend's computer?

[verrater]

Sorry, man. I don't know what to suggest anymore, but I'm going to guess that it's probably a computer-specific issue. Maybe you could try using a friend's computer?

damn =/

thanks for your help anyway, ill have to go to my girlfriends house and use hers.
i hate my computer... lol

[ArmanSLR]

please make this for mac!!!!

[mrpither]

woohoo! worked for me on my excellent target week 37 16 gigger, executed from from my xp desktop machine. first time i ran touchfree it appeared to hang, but i cancelled it and restarted and followed the direction in the first post and it worked like a charm! now all i need is map and mail and i'll be pretty pleased...

[yacoub]

aaagh, how come i cant use the terminal in winSCP?, To get some iPhone apps on the touch i have to enter a command, but i cant use the terminal! i just get the error message : Connection has unexpectedly closed. Server sent command exit status 127. Error skipping startup message. Your shell is probably incompatible with the application (BASH is recommended).

I didn't need to use any sort of terminal or enter any command. All I did was right-click on (for example) Maps.app after uploading it and choose to enable Execute permission for the user. That sets the 'x' bit permission it needs.

It's the same effect as that command you would enter into a terminal - it sets the permission so the user can run the file.

[yacoub]

planet - can you post a changelog, especially from v4 onward. curious what's changed in version 5. thanks!

[planetbeing]

planet - can you post a changelog, especially from v4 onward. curious what's changed in version 5. thanks!

Done. Check the top post again now.

[cracker]

Could anyone direct me to a link for the snycing problem? ive got the installer apps program on but cant connect it to itunes. thanks in advance

[planetbeing]

Could anyone direct me to a link for the snycing problem? ive got the installer apps program on but cant connect it to itunes. thanks in advance

There ought not to be a sync'ing problem. What happens when you open iTunes and connect the iPod?

[mki]

I didn't need to use any sort of terminal or enter any command. All I did was right-click on (for example) Maps.app after uploading it and choose to enable Execute permission for the user. That sets the 'x' bit permission it needs.

It's the same effect as that command you would enter into a terminal - it sets the permission so the user can run the file.

Hi,

I have installed correctly the Installer.app but after that, I used WinSCP to upload the Weather Widget, Mail and Maps but when I launch those apps I see the start page of those applications but nothing happens, I can use them. It must be a right problem. Could you please tell me the rights you have ? I have now rwxrwxr-x (0775) but it doesn't work.

EDIT: It's ok it works now for weather, I had to check permissions recursively.

Someone knows how to make Mail and Maps work ?

[yacoub]

Thanks for the changelog planetbeing!

What determines the amount of space that Installer.app has available to install things? It started out with like 50-some MB and I'm already down to 20MB... :o
Would like to provide it more space.

mki - the "Weather" file in the /Applications/Weather.app/ folder has rwxr--r-- permissions set on mine. I didn't install Mail. "Maps" has the same permission settings as "Weather".

[cracker]

There ought not to be a sync'ing problem. What happens when you open iTunes and connect the iPod?

I restarted my computer. plugged in the the touch and itunes still diddnt open. when i personally open itunes it states, "The software required for iphone is not installed. Run the itunes installer to remove itunes, then install itunes again. i went through the control panel then uninstalled itunes. downloaded it again off apples webpage and installed it. and again i get the same error message.

[planetbeing]

I restarted my computer. plugged in the the touch and itunes still diddnt open. when i personally open itunes it states, "The software required for iphone is not installed. Run the itunes installer to remove itunes, then install itunes again. i went through the control panel then uninstalled itunes. downloaded it again off apples webpage and installed it. and again i get the same error message.

It sounds like you moved iTunesMobileDevice.dll from C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support\bin when I had instructed you to copy it. Try copying it back to the folder.

[yacoub]

So i manually installed the beta of Summerboard for 1.1.1 and I can slide through pages of icons which is definitely handy, but if I click on SMBPrefs it opens a blank page and eventually puts me back on the main screen. Ah well, I'll wait for the next update to see if it's just a bug or something. Can't wait to be able to move my icons around.

[cracker]

It sounds like you moved iTunesMobileDevice.dll from C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support\bin when I had instructed you to copy it. Try copying it back to the folder.

yesh, that did the trick! i was being careful to copy and paste it because i read that in several others but oh well, it works now. thanks a bunch.

[mrpither]

woohoo! worked for me on my excellent target week 37 16 gigger, executed from from my xp desktop machine. first time i ran touchfree it appeared to hang, but i cancelled it and restarted and followed the direction in the first post and it worked like a charm! now all i need is map and mail and i'll be pretty pleased...

update: map and mail and more now onboard via filezilla. extra credit for using filezilla to set the permissions.

thanks PB for your great work on all this!

and now i have an idea for another project for ya: while poking around with filezilla i noticed lots of language files. bet some usable space could be recovered if you removed all the ones you didn't need... there are apps that do this for osx - now maybe we need one for the touch. wadaya think???

[yacoub]

What determines the space for installed apps? Like in installer.app it says xx.xMB available, but I have a lot more than that free. Can I assign more space for apps?

[planetbeing]

What determines the space for installed apps? Like in installer.app it says xx.xMB available, but I have a lot more than that free. Can I assign more space for apps?

Some threads should be stickied, such as this one: http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=367850

[cracker]

Im pretty illiterate when it comes to running codes but PuTTY seems to be the easiest method. to the point how do you use it to add the basic iphone apps such as notes, maps, mail etc. ? any help would be greatly appreciated.

[yacoub]

oh that's beautiful, thanks planetbeing ;)

[dajuice]

After I reboot do I run the Installer icon? TIA.

[csmitty]

worked great!!

now how do you change the ftp password?

[shoefly]

Thanks so much, it works perfectly! This is what I bought my touch for :)

[bashologist]

I just registered here to make one or two posts. Got it working no problem with the first post after reading a few pages, but didn't need those. I use Linux alot, so having ssh may be neat to play with. I mainly came here to say thanks, but does anyone knows if it would be possible to upload videos, pictures, or music to the ipod via ssh since linux doesn't have iTunes?

Keep up the good work. Thnx.

[Loftaris]

Please forgive me, I'm a PC user, and this is my first apple product.

I got my iPod Touch hacked, and I've installed a few of the packages/etc, but what I'm trying to get is telnet installed on it.

How do I either download it from the iPod Touch, or transfer it from my PC to the Touch.

Please, any help would be most wonderfully apreciated.

P.S. - Kudos to all you guys who put obviously a lot of time/effort into this. Makes me a much happier apple owner :D

[Fra.92]

please, I really need help.
I got the fstab error, but I have 7.2.0.240 QTMLclient.dll(in the quicktime folder).
is it the right version or I need some other one?
PS
the path is programmi/quicktime/QTSystem is it right?
can someone provide me the right dll, if my own is wrong?

[Zupparello]

Two questions:
1. (a stupid question..): How i restore my iPod?
2. After this procedure, how i install Maps, Notes, Stocks and Mail? I use Windows..
Tnx :)

[Fra.92]

Two questions:
1. (a stupid question..): How i restore my iPod?
2. After this procedure, how i install Maps, Notes, Stocks and Mail? I use Windows..
Tnx :)

1
connect ipod to computer; then in springboard, keept pressed home+stadby until ipod turn off; keept both key pressed and when apple logo pop up, relase stand by, but keep pressed home! then itunes will say you that there is an ipod to restore; just click restore and wait until anything ends.
2
you need some file from iphone, i don'y know if they are legal(but i dont think so)
Finally did!!
tanks to evryone, itouch exploit rulez!

[Zupparello]

i've these files (apps zip from iPhone 1.1.1) but how i install them on my iPod? (i have windows)

and when i restore the iPod, i've to synch it again before to jailbreak it?

[Zupparello]

guys, i've jailbroken my iPod, i've the installer, it works, i just fixed my Cal, i've installed Mail, Weather, notes,.. and copied the other files in frameworks and in ..boundle.. now i have them in the home but when i open one of them, it is not working.. why? i've to input that string chmod -R a+x /Applications/*
but how?

[Dublo7]

guys, i've jailbroken my iPod, i've the installer, it works, i just fixed my Cal, i've installed Mail, Weather, notes,.. and copied the other files in frameworks and in ..boundle.. now i have them in the home but when i open one of them, it is not working.. why? i've to input that string chmod -R a+x /Applications/*
but how?
To enter that command, download a program called PUTTY.
Install it on your computer. Log into your ipod (ip address), then put Root and Alpine.
Write in the command and hit enter.

[gtstate09]

after using this method to jailbreak i have a problem playing songs all of the way through. At what appears to be random points my ipod will just end the song before its over and go to the next one, and i didn't have the problem before the jailbreak.

so i might try another method of unlocking see i have the same problem

[dmar713]

I have restored my Itouch several times to 1.1.1, I kill anything Itunes related, I crash safari, I have also made sure I copied the itunesmobiledevice.dll to my touchfree directory. I get to touchfree five and i get this message:






Stage five (type 'touchFree.exe five' at the command line to resume from here in
the future
Resetting /usr/sbin/update...
Uploading: /usr/sbin/update
Uploading: /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.update.plist
Creating temporary directory...
Uploading Installer.app...

Unhandled Exception: System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException: Could not find a part
of the path 'C:\Documents and Settings\Dewayne M\Desktop\touchfree\Installer.ap
p'.
at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath)
at System.IO.Directory.InternalGetFileDirectoryNames(String path, String user
PathOriginal, String searchPattern, Boolean includeFiles, Boolean includeDirs, S
earchOption searchOption)
at System.IO.Directory.GetFiles(String path, String searchPattern, SearchOpti
on searchOption)
at System.IO.Directory.GetFiles(String path)
at touchFree.Program.recursiveUpload(String localPath, String remotePath)
at touchFree.Program.StageFive()
at touchFree.Program.Main(String[] args)




Thanks for the help!!! What can I do.

[Cache]

Hm... It worked right away for me. Ran touchfree.exe as an administrator, rebooted 3 times total (+1 automatic reboot) and it was done.

Thanks planetbeing!!! :D

[planetbeing]

Thanks for the help!!! What can I do.

It doesn't look like you extracted the two directories that were also included in the zip file.

[Swampthing]

Okay, I did a successful jailbreak earlier today but got a little crazy trying to add the iPhone apps and ended up screwing up the iPod and had to do a RESTORE.

So now I am back and trying to run the touchfree.exe again, but after clicking on it, all I get is... Done! Um... nothing happened though. I see there is a suggestion to type "touchFree.exe one" from the command line to resume, but um... how do I do that exactly? If I type it there, I have to hit return, and when I hit return, it cuts out of the program. So where do I enter the command line phrase?

[dmar713]

It doesn't look like you extracted the two directories that were also included in the zip file.


PLANET YOU ARE THE BOMB !!!

I went back and unzipped again and chose copy folders and that worked.

Touchfree worked just fine all the way to the end. Thanks

Now I am off to see what I have to do next. Since I don't have a clue!!

--dewayne
:)

[planetbeing]

Okay, I did a successful jailbreak earlier today but got a little crazy trying to add the iPhone apps and ended up screwing up the iPod and had to do a RESTORE.

So now I am back and trying to run the touchfree.exe again, but after clicking on it, all I get is... Done! Um... nothing happened though. I see there is a suggestion to type "touchFree.exe one" from the command line to resume, but um... how do I do that exactly? If I type it there, I have to hit return, and when I hit return, it cuts out of the program. So where do I enter the command line phrase?

Sorry! I uploaded a bad copy earlier today. Please download the files again and try again.

[Swampthing]

Sorry! I uploaded a bad copy earlier today. Please download the files again and try again.

Per your suggestion, I tried downloading again, and when I execute touchfree.exe, I get the same problem. Can't enter the command because once I type it and hit enter, the program closes.

[EpidemiK]

How do I install the iPhone apps like Mail, Maps, etc?

[ComputerMonkey]

For anyone who is hesitant to do this, I just did it and everything went flawlessly. Follow the instructions and you won't have any problems.

This thread is very helpful for when you are done with the jailbreak:
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=367730

Thanks planetbeing and everyone else involved in the dev community for your hard work!

[planetbeing]

NEW GUI VERSION OUT: http://www.slovix.com/touchfree/

Oh, yeah, and that's going to be the official website.

[Dash-2]

Awesome job on the GUI version!
Does it still work perfectly with the iPhone?
And iTunes synching works?
Thanks.

[planetbeing]

Awesome job on the GUI version!
Does it still work perfectly with the iPhone?
And iTunes synching works?
Thanks.

Not sure about the iPhone, I don't have one to test it on. Theoretically, there's no reason it shouldn't work. I'd need testers to find out.

Syncing has worked and will always work. The only time it hasn't was when people didn't follow directions and MOVED a critical iTunes file from a directory instead of COPYING it. ;) This version does this step automatically, so hopefully that will cease to be a problem.

[babi]

First I just wanted to say thanks for all the great work!

After jailbreaking on a PC, can I then sync my ipod with a MAC (I have a PPC not intel)? Thanks in advance!

[shoefly]

First I just wanted to say thanks for all the great work!

After jailbreaking on a PC, can I then sync my ipod with a MAC (I have a PPC not intel)? Thanks in advance!

As long as your iPod's library is from the Mac, yes.

[babi]

As long as your iPod's library is from the Mac, yes.

thanks shoefly. right now it is synced to my mac and my library is on an external hard drive, so.... i guess it will work? if it doesn't i can always restore it i guess...

[brianross]

My roommate used this jailbreak on a Touch 8GB earlier today and everything went smoothly using version 5. Tonight, I tried to use his computer and the same setup and process to jailbreak my 16GB. When I use the GUI version, it freezes after I click the "Proceed to Step 2" button and with version 5, it sticks at "Stage one (type 'touchFree.exe one' at the command line to resume from here in the future" and never starts the process of reading the iPod's flash image like my roommate's did.

I've restored and re-visited the website to jailbreak a few times now, with no luck. I don't remember my roomie's listing his Touch as charging during the process, but mine displays to charging icon. Is this an indicator of the problem? Anyone have any suggestions? The envy of his iPod Touch and all the extra apps is killing me.

And to be clear, when I go to the About section under Settings, it lists the iPod as only 300 MB, so I know the browser exploit worked. I just can't figure out why I don't have access to it view touchFree.

[planetbeing]

My roommate used this jailbreak on a Touch 8GB earlier today and everything went smoothly using version 5. Tonight, I tried to use his computer and the same setup and process to jailbreak my 16GB. When I use the GUI version, it freezes after I click the "Proceed to Step 2" button and with version 5, it sticks at "Stage one (type 'touchFree.exe one' at the command line to resume from here in the future" and never starts the process of reading the iPod's flash image like my roommate's did.

That sounds like a USB problem. Get to one of those freeze states and then try to connect to the iPod with iTunes. Can you connect?

[brianross]

That sounds like a USB problem. Get to one of those freeze states and then try to connect to the iPod with iTunes. Can you connect?

Yes, I am able to connect to the iPod via iTunes after jailbreaking it. Any other suggestions?

[planetbeing]

Yes, I am able to connect to the iPod via iTunes after jailbreaking it. Any other suggestions?

At the same time it's freezing? If so, at the same time it's freezing, open up iPhuc in C:\Program Files\touchFree. Is it able to connect?

[brianross]

All is well in the world of jailbreaking. I didn't think it could be a problem with this computer because my roomie used it successfully about 3 hours ago. Nevertheless, I borrowed my other buddy's laptop and now the jailbreak ran perfectly. Thanks for the help.

If you have connection problem to the iPod touch, try using another computer for the jailbreak. It might just be a USB-related problem.

[Dash-2]

Thanks for the reply planetbeing, I will be testing it soon on my iPhone.

I did hear, however, that if you try to install SummerBoard through Installer after using your process, it messes everything up. Is there a way not to install SB through the jailbreak process so that we can get udpates through Installer?

[planetbeing]

Thanks for the reply planetbeing, I will be testing it soon on my iPhone.

I did hear, however, that if you try to install SummerBoard through Installer after using your process, it messes everything up. Is there a way not to install SB through the jailbreak process so that we can get udpates through Installer?

SummerBoard is installed automatically, but it won't show up as installed in AppTapp. If a working version for 1.1.1 is available from the repository in the future, you should be able to "install" it without problems.

The next release will make it show up in AppTapp as well, but this is not a big issue right now.

Please report back on how the iPhone process goes!

[Lin]

Worked perfectly and flawlessly on my week 38 IPT.

GREAT THANKS GUYS

Btw, the master is word is "restart properly" your IPT :)

[yacoub]

What's the Trip1PogoStick do? Do I need it installed still?

[VincentPun]

Hi, touchFree is really great!

One question: Will I lose all the data in my iPod if I restore it? Thank you!

[cwolves]

I just tried both the GUI and previous version. They both hang on the first step (well the gui hangs on step 2, but it's the first step where it's doing anything).

The GUI hangs at "Step 2 Generating SSH host keys...". I've let it sit there for over an hour, nothing.

Any ideas?

1.1.1 touch, XP, .net3.0

[babi]

again t hanks everyone for all of your hard work and help.

i used this once and it worked perfectly, then i screwed up something later on and had to restore my ipod. now after i visit the safari site after it crashes i am unable to go on to the next step bc it wants me to crash safari first. any ideas?

[iphoneaddict]

Tried running version 6 this morning on my iphone version 1.1.1. When it got to step 2 it just kept cycling through the step over and over for about 40 minutes. I finally disconnected and had a heck of a time getting the phone to restore through itunes but am finally back at version 1.1.1. Saw on another board where people are having success using touchfree 6 but there are a few of us experiencing this same problem. Any suggestions?

[solarguy17]

I installed the older command line version that was avaible on Friday evening. Would I be able to do the GUI Jailbreak to get the working summerboard with out screwing anything up? Or should I restore do the update to 1.1.1, install jailbreak and the fix for Iphone apps?

[spazer]

SummerBoard is installed automatically, but it won't show up as installed in AppTapp. If a working version for 1.1.1 is available from the repository in the future, you should be able to "install" it without problems.

The next release will make it show up in AppTapp as well, but this is not a big issue right now.

Please report back on how the iPhone process goes!

Planetbeing, thanks for your work on this app. You've helped many open up the doors of limitless functionality on iP touches.

I have a request for your next jailbreak revision: automatically expand the apps partition to a bigger size. We need more room for all the cool apps out there.

[fredthedog]

Tried running version 6 this morning on my iphone version 1.1.1. When it got to step 2 it just kept cycling through the step over and over for about 40 minutes. I finally disconnected and had a heck of a time getting the phone to restore through itunes but am finally back at version 1.1.1. Saw on another board where people are having success using touchfree 6 but there are a few of us experiencing this same problem. Any suggestions?

I had the same problem, round and round she went with no end in sight. I had a fresh install of the 1.1.1 on my iphone running XP.

[PurpleShaman]

first, thx to planetbeing for this great jailbreak. i used the 5th rev and everything works fine apart from the summerboard....should i use this new one? do i need to restore my ipod before i do it? or can i just do it over the 5th rev? thx

[arras]

works great! many thanks :)

The only problem/issue I've run into is that my Music, Videos, Photos and Itunes icons are now at the very top of the screen and I can't access them - I figured out a workaround by installing Dock, but it would be nice to have icons all lined up (the top 1/3 of the music, video, photo, itunes icons are cut off by the top of the screen)

Should I restore and try it again? In any case, the GUI worked like a charm and was very smooth. Thank very much for putting this together :)

[depiction]

I am trying to Jailbreak mine right now. It appears that http://jailbreak.toc2rta.com/ is down right now. It will not load at all on my iPod or on my computer. I can't even ping toc2rta.com because the host could not be found.

[planetbeing]

I had the same problem, round and round she went with no end in sight. I had a fresh install of the 1.1.1 on my iphone running XP.

I hate having to debug between the two billion version of Windows. As a temporary workaround, try generating using dropbearkey in the C:\Program Files\touchFree folder to generate the RSS and DSS keys and put them in your Temporary folder (C:\Documents and Settings\<your user name>\Local Settings\Temp). The commands are "dropbearkey -t rsa -f /etc/dropbear/dropbear_rsa_host_key" and "dropbearkey -t dss -f /etc/dropbear/dropbear_dss_host_key".

The next version will be slightly more version independent.

[864646]

k i did the jailbreak and now wen i delete my videoes and restart my ipod they come bak but the video cant be played but the picture of the video is there

and how come wen i restore my ipod on itunes, the original playlists such as 90's music, most played, recently added aren't on my ipod??

is sometiing rong with my ipod??

[teknostik]

Thanks to everyone in this very helpful forum

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[aswitcher]

Ah, ok, is this going to work under Leopard?

[864646]

k i fixed the playlists but still my videos on my ipod are still on my ipod even if i delete it. the picture of the video is still there but you cant play the video. the only way i can permanently delete the video is on itunes
wats wrong??

[DMSROX2]

:confused:I ran the GUI Jailbreak from my windows computer. Everything appeared to work properly. But now when I connect to iTunes it say I only have 300mb total space.

Did my skip or miss a step?? What do I do from here? Restore and start over?

Thanks inadvance for any help!

Donnie

donnie@esinc.net

[864646]

:confused:I ran the GUI Jailbreak from my windows computer. Everything appeared to work properly. But now when I connect to iTunes it say I only have 300mb total space.

Did my skip or miss a step?? What do I do from here? Restore and start over?

Thanks inadvance for any help!

Donnie

donnie@esinc.net


try to restore and try again
the part where u only have 300mb is normal only while running the site

[IMtehUber1337]

For some reason now all I get it just the apple logo and it stays there. How can i fix this.

[arras]

For some reason now all I get it just the apple logo and it stays there. How can i fix this.

Make sure iTunes is loaded and your iPod is connected to your computer
Hold down the standby button (top left) and home button (bottom center) until the screen flashes - takes about 10-15 seconds. Let go of the standby button *only*, keep your finger on the Home button until iTunes gives you a message that it has detected an iPod in recovery mode and must be restored before it can continue.

You iPod will be wiped and reloaded back to its original settings

[arras]

*snip*

The only problem/issue I've run into is that my Music, Videos, Photos and Itunes icons are now at the very top of the screen and I can't access them - I figured out a workaround by installing Dock, but it would be nice to have icons all lined up (the top 1/3 of the music, video, photo, itunes icons are cut off by the top of the screen)

*snip*

I restored and tried it again with the latest revision. Works even greater now! :D Not sure why the music, video, etc ended up where it was before, but it's fine now.

Awesome stuff

[questionhere]

Hey, downloaded all the things needed, but when i try and go to load the page to crash safari on my itouch, safari won't crash and says unable to load page (twice). it doesn't crash or exit, so am having trouble getting past that step to jailbreak my itouch. any suggestions?

[mike1123]

Every time I get to this point, the progress bar ceases to move forward. I restored my touch and tried again, but even now, the progress screen looks EXACTLY like this-- been waiting for 30 min +

http://www.slovix.com/touchfree/ss5.jpg

Any ideas? Thanks.

[DMSROX2]

try to restore and try again
the part where u only have 300mb is normal only while running the site

Thanks for the help. After a restore and a second attempt it works just great.

Now how do I get some of the phone apps on the iTouch, "Stocks, Weather, Maps, Mail"? I am a novice at this stuff.

and the one I want the most is a working Phone app......... just kidding.:D

THANKS in advance,

Donnie

Donnie@esinc.net

[macsrck]

i hacked it then i got the same problem as arrs with the icons in the top. i tryed to restore but i got an error. now itunes isn't even recognizing the device. please help.

[IPT38]

Anyone do this with vista? Any problems?

[mahger]

is this the new version that just came out some time today (3.0a11) or the old version (3.0a10)? The new version fixes the problem where the wallpaper doesnt load at startup.

[Brereton55]

Anyone do this with vista? Any problems?

Nope :D

[vtmikevt]

2 questions...

1. i got the GUI to work and had Installer.app on my "desktop" along with SMB preferences or something. When i open Installer.app, i don't have very many things in there. Much less than the youtube video showed.

2. When i download summerboard (should i download this?!?) my main buttons (music, video, photos, itunes store) moved to the top of my ipod.

what did i do wrong?

[bozotheclown005]

i downloaded the touchfree thing, hacked the ipod successfully, but one thing isn't correct; as soon as i installed the summerboard, it screwed up my dock. Now, the dock is unusable and is on the top of the screen. I can't touch anything on it, therefore can't get to my music, videos, pictures or the itunes wifi store. Can anyone help?

[pjlphil]

please helppp

i ran the tiff exploit on safari: shows 300megs free
run touchfree but it says to visit url given in safari first. (i already did!)

iphuc recognizes my ipod (says its attached)

any ideas?? im tryin hard here (been trying for hours)

[babi]

please helppp

run touchfree but it says to visit url given in safari first. (i already did!)

any ideas?? im tryin hard here (been trying for hours)

I am having the same problem. anyone got any ideas?

[vtmikevt]

again.

i finished installing touchfree and the installer and smbprefs buttons are there. i open installer and there aren't many things to add inside. are there other places to get all the apps?

[818freddy]

planetbeing everytime i try to update my ipod. the update keeps downloading after it's supposed to be done

could u help me?

[vtmikevt]

when installer.app is installed, it has limited choices for installation. install community sources and the rest will be there. awesome!

[Narbs]

please helppp

i ran the tiff exploit on safari: shows 300megs free
run touchfree but it says to visit url given in safari first. (i already did!)

iphuc recognizes my ipod (says its attached)

any ideas?? im tryin hard here (been trying for hours)


Wow, you try to make it even easier and people STILL find a way to screw it up. Planetbeing's new GUI touchfree just guides you from the very beginning (even before you run the tiff exploit) so it is ASSUMED you have NOT done the TIFF exploit at the time you run the new GUI touchfree. IF you did the exploit BEFORE running gui touchfree then just skip the first step when it tells you to execute the tiff exploit. It's not that difficult people.

[Narbs]

I'd like to report my success on jailbreaking my itouch on a vista machine using both touchfree 5 or the new gui version with absolutely no problems. I then managed to copy over some of the iPhone apps such as Maps, Notes, Weather and Mail, again with no problems after following the simple directions of running the chmod -R a+x /Applications/* command after copying the apps over using WinSCP.

After spending time on this, I'm dreading a new OS release by Apple which will restore it back to stock if I choose to do it but that's life. Apple should take this as a message that people don't like to be shafted by a product that's capable of doing so much more but intentionally crippled instead.

[planetbeing]

Every time I get to this point, the progress bar ceases to move forward. I restored my touch and tried again, but even now, the progress screen looks EXACTLY like this-- been waiting for 30 min +

http://www.slovix.com/touchfree/ss5.jpg

Any ideas? Thanks.

This sounds like a USB connectivity problem. If that happens to anyone, try unplugging your iPod and plugging it back in. touchFree should detect that the upload didn't go through and try again.

[TurboSC]

awesome thanks for your contribution

[Tom Servo]

Here's my dilemma...

I'm anxious to jailbreak my Touch, however I have no Wifi at home. I can either:

1) Go to my friend's house and get on Wifi there to load that page that crashes Safari, then come back home and run touchfree. Will that even work? Or does it have to be connected to your computer while it's also on Safari?

Or...

2) From my room I can pick up an open newtwork (maybe a neighbor?). During the Touchfree process when it asks for my IP adress, is that the IP of my ipod Touch, or is it the IP of the network that I'm currently using, (not mine). If I were to go this route, does it affect in any way the place where this Wifi is originating from? Because I don't know where this Wifi comes from/who it belongs to I don't use it. If I use this open network while I use touchfree (whether I'm successful or not), is there anything that can go wrong on their end?

[staticx57]

I can't seem to get to stage 2, I follow all the directions including ending everything itunes and visiting the jailbreak site on the ipod but when I get to the point that iphuc runs it just hangs and touchfree freezes. This is before step 2.

[mcs218]

I just tried both the GUI and previous version. They both hang on the first step (well the gui hangs on step 2, but it's the first step where it's doing anything).

The GUI hangs at "Step 2 Generating SSH host keys...". I've let it sit there for over an hour, nothing.

Any ideas?

1.1.1 touch, XP, .net3.0

I had the same problem, but I was able to fix it by reinstalling cygwin. After that everything worked great.

[WildPalms]

This sounds like a USB connectivity problem. If that happens to anyone, try unplugging your iPod and plugging it back in. touchFree should detect that the upload didn't go through and try again.
...and make sure iTunes is NOT running!!! TouchFree is pretending to be iTunes, so iTunes must not be running.

[planetbeing]

Here's my dilemma...

I'm anxious to jailbreak my Touch, however I have no Wifi at home. I can either:

1) Go to my friend's house and get on Wifi there to load that page that crashes Safari, then come back home and run touchfree. Will that even work? Or does it have to be connected to your computer while it's also on Safari?

Or...

2) From my room I can pick up an open newtwork (maybe a neighbor?). During the Touchfree process when it asks for my IP adress, is that the IP of my ipod Touch, or is it the IP of the network that I'm currently using, (not mine). If I were to go this route, does it affect in any way the place where this Wifi is originating from? Because I don't know where this Wifi comes from/who it belongs to I don't use it. If I use this open network while I use touchfree (whether I'm successful or not), is there anything that can go wrong on their end?

All you gotta do is get Safari to crash with that website. Wi-fi or even Internet is not required after that point, so both ways would work.

[mcs218]

I am trying to install the maps app. I was able to transfer the app to my iPod but when I try and run chmod a+x /Applications/* it says that chmod cannot be found. What is causing this?

[Narbs]

I am trying to install the maps app. I was able to transfer the app to my iPod but when I try and run chmod a+x /Applications/* it says that chmod cannot be found. What is causing this?

I installed the Term-vt100 terminal utility and just executed the chmod command with the touch. You're also missing the -R flag in that chmod command of yours. Also make sure the 'chmod' tool is in the /bin directory of the itouch.

[kingkaare]

Hi, i have intalled touchFree GUI jailbreak and everything is great. But, i cant ssh the touch. I have tryed everything. even installed openSSH and tryed that but stil did not get connected. Anyone know how to get this to work?

[staticx57]

disregard this, I got it working. Great job.

[OdynOOb]

I'm stuck :(

Trying this on my iPhone (as it's mentionned here http://hackint0sh.org/forum/showthread.php?t=11151 that it should work as well, allthough with an earlier (4) non-gui release).
I'm trying with latest 0.6 touchfree gui.

Visited jailbreak.tok2rta.com, safari got closed.
Got to step 2 and now it's "Reading iPod flash image" for nearly an hour :(

I noticed that the rdisk0s1 file get's up to 262'144 KB in size, then seems to reset to 0.

I also noticed that my fstab file doesn't seem to have rw access.

/dev/disk0s1 / hfs ro 0 1
/dev/disk0s2 /private/var hfs rw,noexec 0 2

Is that expected ?
Previous (dev team) method I had tried needed rw.

I started from a fresh 1.0.2 restore, updated to 1.1.1 and then started your procedure.

What shall I do ?
Start all over again ?
Do I need to restore ? (hope not, I've lost the count of my recent restores ... lol)

TIA and keep up the great work !

[iphoneaddict]

Having the same problem "reading flash image" in Step 2 for over 40 minutes. Really hope someone can come up with an answer for this so I can finally get some sleep :confused: This is driving me crazy

[OdynOOb]

Started all over again (without restoring).

Exact same result.

Any help ?

[Narbs]

Hi, i have intalled touchFree GUI jailbreak and everything is great. But, i cant ssh the touch. I have tryed everything. even installed openSSH and tryed that but stil did not get connected. Anyone know how to get this to work?

Use WinSCP http://winscp.net

[OdynOOb]

Could someone that got it working post his fstab please ?

So we could compare it ...

TIA

[DMSROX2]

works great! many thanks :)

The only problem/issue I've run into is that my Music, Videos, Photos and Itunes icons are now at the very top of the screen and I can't access them - I figured out a workaround by installing Dock, but it would be nice to have icons all lined up (the top 1/3 of the music, video, photo, itunes icons are cut off by the top of the screen)

Should I restore and try it again? In any case, the GUI worked like a charm and was very smooth. Thank very much for putting this together :)


Have you had any luck fixing this problem? Is there a fix other than starting over? My ipod worked great until I got "smart" and installed "summerboard". now I have the same problem.

Donnie

[OdynOOb]

Tried again, but with command line TouchFree in touchfree5

At least I get an explicit error:

Failed to read iPod flash image, trying again. (Did you remember to visit the ja
ilbreak site with Safari?)

Yes, I did visit the site :p

[Reubania]

Just read on their website that it's a PC version only. When is the Mac (Intel) version ready?

[pjlphil]

Wow, you try to make it even easier and people STILL find a way to screw it up. Planetbeing's new GUI touchfree just guides you from the very beginning (even before you run the tiff exploit) so it is ASSUMED you have NOT done the TIFF exploit at the time you run the new GUI touchfree. IF you did the exploit BEFORE running gui touchfree then just skip the first step when it tells you to execute the tiff exploit. It's not that difficult people.

sry i guess i wasn't completely clear. i ran the exploit but the program doesn't let me to past step one because it says i haven't run the exploit. i tried running the getfile command in iphuc and though it can connect to my ipod it won't let me copy anything

[solarguy17]

if we want to run the GUI jailbreak to get the summerboard stuff working correctly, but we have alreadyused the older command line jailbreak do we need to restore and update to 1.1.1, GUI Jailbreak just to get this to work?

Or can I do the GUI jailbreak over top of the orginal jailbreak

[Narbs]

if we want to run the GUI jailbreak to get the summerboard stuff working correctly, but we have alreadyused the older command line jailbreak do we need to restore and update to 1.1.1, GUI Jailbreak just to get this to work?

Or can I do the GUI jailbreak over top of the orginal jailbreak

You would need to restore first.

[iguy123]

im not sure what all the step numbers people are talkin about

i just ran the touch free app and i need to know if there is anything
else i need to do to get it fully unlocked/hacked/jailbroken/whatever

also

i need to add a file to the directory/var/root/media/roms/nes

can someone tell me what to put into iphuc in order to do this

also i need to know where to position the file on my comp b4 transfer


sry for my ineptness at this lol



//side note someone said their touchfree asked them for their ip address
durrin install this didnt happen for me just wondring if thats normal

[dwmreg]

how does someone get the iphone apps to install on the touch?
cannot see how this can be done. would like to under stand that
process better.

[Deviantish]

I've been trying since yesterday... I ran the GUI version and every time it got to Verifying write, it would take a really long time, and then tell me
touchFreeGui has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.
I tried today with the command line version and it still does the same thing. I've gone through all the steps making sure I did each step and read it correctly. I have no idea what I'm doing wrong.
Can someone please help me?

[gix3r]

Thank you very much. Took about an hour of reading and then an hour of playing to get everything up and running.

Cheers to all the people involved in putting this together

[IMtehUber1337]

For some reason, when i go to install summerboard, the bottom icons go to the top but its just the images. I can't even press them

http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/2336/pa160058vm2.th.jpg (http://img136.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pa160058vm2.jpg)
http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/6540/pa160057ap8.th.jpg (http://img86.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pa160057ap8.jpg)
http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/8642/pa160056ea9.th.jpg (http://img153.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pa160056ea9.jpg)

[864646]

u mite need to install summerboard manually
but doesnt this jailbreaker automatically installs summerboard for u?? it works for me

[IMtehUber1337]

u mite need to install summerboard manually
but doesnt this jailbreaker automatically installs summerboard for u?? it works for me

When i jailbreak it, it works fine. When i go to install the summerboard app in the installer.app, that is when this happens.

[864646]

did u use this jailbreak or one from another thread
also dont get summer board from installer app u need to put it in manually

[IMtehUber1337]

u mite need to install summerboard manually
but doesnt this jailbreaker automatically installs summerboard for u?? it works for me

did u use this jailbreak or one from another thread
also dont get summer board from installer app u need to put it in manually

How do i put it in manually

[ywc19]

touchFree will try to end all the processes, but sometimes iTunes refuses to close and touchFree appears to just hang. So it's probably safest to end all the processes associated with iTunes yourself.


Newbie here. I've closed iTunesHelper.exe and stopped iPodService.exe and even stopped Apple Mobile Device on my Vista pc, but after running touchfreeGui.exe and successfully running step 1, when I click on step 2, nothing happens (message = not responding). Are there any other itunes processes I need to close?

I've rebooted numerous times and also uninstalled and reinstalled touchfree, while making sure no itunes processes and services were running, but still can't even get to step 2.

[Narbs]

how does someone get the iphone apps to install on the touch?
cannot see how this can be done. would like to under stand that
process better.

All you do is copy the app to the /Applications directory and then run chmod -R a+x /Applications/*

That's all.

[Yulian]

I've got a questing if i jailbreak my touch will i still be able to sync my music with itunes, or will i have to use some different software. Also, can i somehow backup my music+album art before reseting my touch. Thanks.

[Narbs]

I've got a questing if i jailbreak my touch will i still be able to sync my music with itunes, or will i have to use some different software. Also, can i somehow backup my music+album art before reseting my touch. Thanks.

Nothing will change with iTunes after you jailbreak the touch. You can also copy the music off the ipod using iTunes.

[voodoo411]

Newbie here. I've closed iTunesHelper.exe and stopped iPodService.exe and even stopped Apple Mobile Device on my Vista pc, but after running touchfreeGui.exe and successfully running step 1, when I click on step 2, nothing happens (message = not responding). Are there any other itunes processes I need to close?

I've rebooted numerous times and also uninstalled and reinstalled touchfree, while making sure no itunes processes and services were running, but still can't even get to step 2.
plug in your touch before running touchfree

[planetbeing]

How do i put it in manually

If you used 0.6 of touchFree SummerBoard WAS installed for you, but you messed it up by installing an older, non-working version of SummerBoard from the Installer.app repository over it.

[planetbeing]

Newbie here. I've closed iTunesHelper.exe and stopped iPodService.exe and even stopped Apple Mobile Device on my Vista pc, but after running touchfreeGui.exe and successfully running step 1, when I click on step 2, nothing happens (message = not responding). Are there any other itunes processes I need to close?

I've rebooted numerous times and also uninstalled and reinstalled touchfree, while making sure no itunes processes and services were running, but still can't even get to step 2.

Perhaps you ought not to stop Apple Mobile Device. ;)

[OdynOOb]

For some reason, when i go to install summerboard, the bottom icons go to the top but its just the images. I can't even press them

http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/2336/pa160058vm2.th.jpg (http://img136.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pa160058vm2.jpg)
http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/6540/pa160057ap8.th.jpg (http://img86.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pa160057ap8.jpg)
http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/8642/pa160056ea9.th.jpg (http://img153.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pa160056ea9.jpg)


I had the same.
Just un-install Summerboard (from install.app) and reboot.
You might want to stay with "extended springboard" for now any way.
It does the job very well (at least for me).

[OdynOOb]

Tried again, but with command line TouchFree in touchfree5

At least I get an explicit error:

Failed to read iPod flash image, trying again. (Did you remember to visit the ja
ilbreak site with Safari?)

Yes, I did visit the site :p

Someone (planetbeing ?) mind commenting on the errors I encountered ?

I managed to free my phone using an other method (also relying on itoc2rta), but I know I'll have to do it all over sometime, so I'd really like to know why this didn't work for me.

TIA

[planetbeing]

Someone (planetbeing ?) mind commenting on the errors I encountered ?

I managed to free my phone using an other method (also relying on itoc2rta), but I know I'll have to do it all over sometime, so I'd really like to know why this didn't work for me.

TIA

From the information you offered, it seems like for whatever reason, iPhuc is failing to get the full flash image from your touch. This might be due to some kind of USB issue? To be honest, I'm not sure. The next version will be using a smaller buffer. Maybe that's the issue?

Should I spend some time coding the functionality to "resume" image downloads? Are many people having this problem or just you? Would it save more overall time for me to do this or for you to just use another computer? Heh, I don't know. But there's so much heterogeneity with computers (especially PCs) that it's really hard to get everything to work.

I'm currently attempting to do less and less on the computer and more and more on the touch. This might help a lot of the USB issues we're seeing. Not sure about your particular issue, though.

[Swampthing]

From the information you offered, it seems like for whatever reason, iPhuc is failing to get the full flash image from your touch. This might be due to some kind of USB issue? To be honest, I'm not sure. The next version will be using a smaller buffer. Maybe that's the issue?

Should I spend some time coding the functionality to "resume" image downloads? Are many people having this problem or just you? Would it save more overall time for me to do this or for you to just use another computer? Heh, I don't know. But there's so much heterogeneity with computers (especially PCs) that it's really hard to get everything to work.

I'm currently attempting to do less and less on the computer and more and more on the touch. This might help a lot of the USB issues we're seeing. Not sure about your particular issue, though.

The whole reason I abandoned my first installation of Jailbreak was due to the above. I couldn't figure out how to make those buttons work again or move them back to the bottom.

So I RESTOREd my iPod touch back to its original state, but now JAILBREAK always bombs after the first step. I've noticed others who try to jailbreak more than once from the same computer having similar issues...

[OdynOOb]

From the information you offered, it seems like for whatever reason, iPhuc is failing to get the full flash image from your touch. This might be due to some kind of USB issue? To be honest, I'm not sure. The next version will be using a smaller buffer. Maybe that's the issue?

Should I spend some time coding the functionality to "resume" image downloads? Are many people having this problem or just you? Would it save more overall time for me to do this or for you to just use another computer? Heh, I don't know. But there's so much heterogeneity with computers (especially PCs) that it's really hard to get everything to work.

I'm currently attempting to do less and less on the computer and more and more on the touch. This might help a lot of the USB issues we're seeing. Not sure about your particular issue, though.

Is the flash size on iPhone different ?
Remember I'm on the iPhone, used a guide that refered to your tool as working for the iPhone as well. Could that be the issue ?
I'm out of jail, activated and even unlocked (tx to ipsf), so there's NO need to do anything for me, thanks. But as mentionned, I'm sure I'll have to redo the whole process sometime, so it would be interesting to at least know WHY it failed ...

Also, any chance you could add activation and/or youtube activation to your tool ?
Or at least give us access to the "killall" command ?
There are many manual steps involved with activation, just because killall is missing from iphuc (dropbear, bsd base install, ...).
If iphuc (or an other tool) offered killall, we could just putfile the required files, killall lockdownd when required and activation would be much easier.

Thanks for taking the time to answer, and keep up the great work :)

[AshCharon]

I am at my wit's end.

Jailbreak worked fine...but both times I have done it, the internet is veeeeeeeeeeeeeery slow afterwards if it works at all and installer freezes all the time when I try to download community sources or other aps...

with community sources, it will download it but freeze during the 'okay' part and won't let me press it :(

What should I do? Restoring and re jailbreaking won't solve the problem I don't think.

[iguy123]

i posted yesterday at the end of page 9

please help

[rulesteak77]

i've tryed about 10,000 different ways to jailbreak, which is probably why it's so screwed up, ive tryed doing it manaully, but dropbear won't work. i tried touchfree, it freezes every time it gets to the "update" part. but because i edited the scripts on the ipod for the manual way, itunes thinks that it is an iphone, and says it does not have the software necessary and it needs to be reinstalled, i've done this several times. now my ipod is in recovery mode and it won't come out because the computer refuses to recocnize it. i've been trying to find a command for iphuc that will recover it, but none work, i would lov it if someone could figure this out! at least a way to fix the code on the ipod, i tryed editing it with hex again, and then uploading it to it, but that didn't work eeither, thank u very much

[ywc19]

plug in your touch before running touchfree


Success! Planetbeing, you are the best! I'm in your debt.

Here's what went wrong with my first attempt at the jailbreak. I assumed the ipod touch did not need to be connected to my pc. In hindsight, that's pretty funny and stooopid.

I do not intend to update my itunes firmware unless I know I can reinstall my desired programs.

For newbies with Vista pcs, after downloading the touchfree zip file and extracting it,
(1) check if you have firmware 1.1.1 on your ipod touch
(2) connect your ipod touch to your pc. If it launches itunes, close itunes.
(3) in task manager, close ituneshelper.exe (in programs) and stop ipod service (in services tab)
(4) run the touchfreegui.exe file and follow the instructions

When it's finished, launch Installer on your jailbroken ipod touch and install desired programs.

By the way, where's Notes?

[OdynOOb]

Just saw you released a new alpha.

Any word regarding my issue and if you consider it could be caused by the fact I'm runing it on an iPhone ?
Do you consider your procedure to be working on iPhone ?
Does iPhone have a different flash size ?
Which could be causing the error.

Regarding my suggestion to integrate "activation" in your procedure, you could ask us to rename the xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.exe generated online to iactivate.exe (f.ex.), and run it when required, i.e:

rename lockdownd to lockdownd.1.1.1
issue killall lockdownd
run iactivate.exe (which we've generated online and renamed accordingly)
rename lockdownd.1.1.1 to lockdownd
issue killall lockdownd
ask us to reboot our activated phone :)

Easier said than done, I know ! :p

[planetbeing]

Just saw you released a new alpha.

Any word regarding my issue and if you consider it could be caused by the fact I'm runing it on an iPhone ?


Hmm, I don't think your issue is caused by that. The image size for the iPhone and the iPod should be exactly the same. Even if they're not, the iPhone's shouldn't be SMALLER.

Do you consider your procedure to be working on iPhone ?


It'd work for jailbreak, but not for activation or enabling YouTube, etc. I have no expertise there, and I do not have an iPhone to test on.


Regarding my suggestion to integrate "activation" in your procedure, you could ask us to rename the xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.exe generated online to iactivate.exe (f.ex.), and run it when required, i.e:

rename lockdownd to lockdownd.1.1.1
issue killall lockdownd
run iactivate.exe (which we've generated online and renamed accordingly)
rename lockdownd.1.1.1 to lockdownd
issue killall lockdownd
ask us to reboot our activated phone :)

Easier said than done, I know ! :p

I've done some reading and it sounds like you need to overwrite the device's root certificate for activation. Then this website (https://ookoo.org/iphone/iasign.php) will be used to generate a server to accept activation requests from the iPhone.

Why does the lockdown daemon need to be changed? I understand it may need to be killed to effect the root certificate change, but that website doesn't seem to imply that it's uploading anything to the iPhone.

Anyway, I'm considering including activation into the process, but I do need to understand it completely first.

[taxloss]

Whats the easiest and quickest way to get the Iphone apps onto my touch? There's a real quick way of getting it jailbreak'ed, touchfree GUI, so how about the Iphone apps?

[triela]

Hey planetbeing, I heard your email read by Tom & Molly on Buzz Out Loud. That was you, right?

[ZunoxC]

I would like to say Thanks :) for touchfree. Version 6 wasn't working right, but i downloaded touchfree5 and it worked like a charm :p. i just have one question: how can i get NES ROMs onto my ipod without using something like WinSCP? iPhuc seems to almost do this, but when i try to make the directory (var/root/Media/ROMs/NES) it puts it under file:/C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Dylan/Desktop/touchfree5/var/root/Media/ROMs/NES on my iPod. Is this normal? i want to create a Folder at var/root/Media/ROMs/NES
(C:/Documents and Settings/Dylan/Desktop/touchfree5 is where iPhuc is currently located and is running from). am i doing something wrong?
ANY help is appreciated. :)
Thanks again for the Jailbreak.

[Just a dude...]

First time poster here. Took me about an hour or 6 to get this working and it was sweet. Then like a dumbass I installed Summerboard from the Installer.app and got the messed up buttons that wouldn't go away, even after uninstalling it. So many restores, computer reboots, and hanging Touchfree install attempts later I get the brilliant idea of reinstalling Touchfree. Sure as hell it FINALLY worked again. Just another idea for you all to try before throwing your IPT into a wall. :D

[ckylesworld]

Planetbeing,
I used the automatic touch free and it went smooth and everything is great. I want to thank you for your hard work and answering all these questions. However I only have one problem. When I go into installer.app and try to download summerboard themes, about half of them say you must install summerboard first, but the other half install without a problem. Is there a fix for this?

[PowerFullMac]

Just used it now, its great, everythings fine, and I got SummerBoard without having to install it manually! Thanks!!!!!!

[PowerFullMac]

Planetbeing,
I used the automatic touch free and it went smooth and everything is great. I want to thank you for your hard work and answering all these questions. However I only have one problem. When I go into installer.app and try to download summerboard themes, about half of them say you must install summerboard first, but the other half install without a problem. Is there a fix for this?

Its because some of the themes are not compatible for the iPod Touch version of SummerBoard that touchFree installs.

[Tom Servo]

I jailbroke my Touch using Touchfree, and everything went smoothly. I am however confused as to if I still have to install SummerBoard. After I jailbroke it with Touch free I got 2 new icons SMBPrefs and Installer. When i select SMBPrefs it goes to a new menu titled SummerBoard. So do I still have to manually install SummerBoard? If not, how do I get my own Wallpapers on the Springboard? I am confused.

[prfctmstke24]

First of all I have to say that touchfree worked so easily so thank you for developing it and I love my ipod touch even more.

My question is that when you start using the "Installer" it wants to update to version 3.ob3. Do i update it? will it mess anything up?

[PowerFullMac]

I jailbroke my Touch using Touchfree, and everything went smoothly. I am however confused as to if I still have to install SummerBoard. After I jailbroke it with Touch free I got 2 new icons SMBPrefs and Installer. When i select SMBPrefs it goes to a new menu titled SummerBoard. So do I still have to manually install SummerBoard? If not, how do I get my own Wallpapers on the Springboard? I am confused.

You dont need to naunally install SummerBoard as it gets installed automatically, but I believe there is a update which makes it more stable that you can get from the Installer.

[Mackan]

Planetbeing, I tried your latest alpha version, and it seemed to work ok. However, you wrote that no ssh is being installed with this version, and that one instead can install it via Installer.app. However, I don't find OpenSSH in Installer.app... I didnt find it in the old version, and when I updated to the latest 3.0 version, and latest Community Sources... I still can't see it. Where is it supposed to be located?

And it also seems that I cannot exit out from Installer.app to Springboard... seems I have to try a hard reboot of my touch...

[clownboy]

Please can someone help?

I have managed to install summerboard and installer.app via touchfree, its working great.

Where do I now go from here? I would like to install some NES Roms etc

I cant find anywhere what I am meant to do.

HELP PLEASE!!!!

[nuny]

i intstalled everything! after that i tried addind a background but i didnt work. so, i turned off my ipod then turned it back on. when it turned on my music, viedeos, photos and itunes icons went to the top if the screen and un accesible. i cant get into any of them.....

[yensed]

Where does TouchFree(0.6) cache files during the process? Can I delete them now that I'm complete?

[Tom Servo]

Does any version of SummerBoard offer a GUI version to change the wallpaper on the springboard, where you don't have to mess with the code?

[~it'dbeme]

I am new and need a question answered. How long is step three of the touchFree 6 program take. Please answer as soon as possible. Thanks. :apple:

[Mackan]

Ok, it seems that a lot of missing packages started to show up once I rebooted my iPod touch. I can now see the OpenSSH package, for example. This might be a problem with the Installer.app. I saw that one of the reported issues is that the Home button was not working after upgrade to 3.0, and indeed it wasn't after I did the thouchFree procedure. I had to do a hard reboot to get up and working again.

Also, for more feedback on the alpha touchFree. It does indeed tell me to reboot once, but once you do that, it reboots itself a second time when it has reached Springboard. The second reboot takes much longer time, and gives the impression that the iPod touch has locked up.

I haven't had any real crashes with the touch yet, maybe because Trip1Pogostick was not installed. That was also the reason I tried the alpha, because I have read that Trip1Pogostick cannot be uninstalled so easily... and it might not like SummerBoard to be installed at the same time.

Anyways, so far so good, and thanks for this easy touchFree procedure!

Edit: BTW, is the Springboard patch included in this alpha version of touchFree? I am about to install more programs, and I wonder what happens once I have covered the whole screen... will it enable scrolling down, or switching to a new second springboard page?

[sdoyle]

I have tried several times, all i ever get is reading ipod flash image last attempt was an hour, i have no itunes programs open, rebooted, restored, tried various usb ports. IT still just sits there i saw some post about it earlier but did not see a fix. Any help would make you my hero.

[nirvana06]

jailbreaking touch for someone...

I did mine second day after the hack using command line version 3. Should i stick with command line or do GUI version?

It seems a lot of people having problems with GUI?

[Star56]

I was able to jailbreak my Touch on the first try using the GUI. Easy as pie.

Then went to youtube...watched three part video on installling Apps (links to apps included in video)...bingo...and brand new PDA/Touch/Game Machine/Ipod.

Thanks for the GUI!

[newvisionsa]

I started the touchfree install process. It went through all the steps perfectly, up to the "restart" after step 2. When restarted and the coninue button is clicked, it goes staright to "Finish" without rebooting, and there is no new icon on the phone. Please help?

[medafor]

TAKE OUT SUMMERBOARD! It is alpha and it crashes often. At least wait till beta.

[avaloncourt]

I also had an excellent experience with Touchfree. It worked cleanly and perfectly and I'm very happy. I would encourage those who use it and appreciate it to use the Donate link on his webpage. I did.

[NetMage]

I restored my iPhone to 1.0.2 then updated to 1.1.1 then tried to run iTouchFree v0.6.

It keeps stating I need to visit the jailbreak URL even though I did, and I can confirm it worked by using iPhoneBrowser to verify the symlink exists.

Seems like some type of problem with its verification.

I ran touchfree 5 jailbreak.bat instead, and it worked fine, but it didn't create an afc2 service so browser utilities wouldn't work. I did that manually.

Does touchfree 6 attempt to create the afc2 service?