Jailbreakme.com not working - alternatives?

[twynne]

I'm trying to jailbreak a 16gb Touch for a friend. I've managed to restore it to the 1.1.1 firmware image, but when I go to http://jailbreakme.com it just shuts down Safari and nothing more. I've waited ages in the hope that something is happening, but no joy.

I seem to remember when I originally jailbreak'd my own that there was another method using a java program (thought it was jailbreak.jar). I probably have this somewhere on my network at home, but I'm away and don't have access. I've also tried searching the forum but there's now so much (mis)information with all the more recent jailbreaks I can't see the wood for the trees! :D

Can anyone point me to another method to perform the initial 1.1.1 jailbreak please??

Much appreciated!

Tom

[twynne]

Forgot to mention - I'm doing this from a Mac.

Thanks,

Tom

[manram24]

try this (http://www.slovix.com/touchfree/)

[RobertMidd]

Forgot to mention - I'm doing this from a Mac.

Thanks,

Tom

You are doing this from the Safari browser on the iPod surely and not the Mac ?

[twynne]

Of course. :p

[Cleverboy]

I thought everyone's jumped on the ZiPhone bandwagon by now...?

~ CB

[RobertMidd]

Of course. :p

It has always worked for me and I have done this probably 20 or so times on the same iPod now after various firmware upgrades and disasters.

Not that it should make a difference but I would downgrade to 1.1.1 in DFU mode rather than restore mode and then try the jailbreak again.

There is another method using iphuc but I cannot find it now.

[twynne]

I thought everyone's jumped on the ZiPhone bandwagon by now...?

~ CB

I didn't think this worked for the Touch? And does it work on Macs??

[RobertMidd]

I thought everyone's jumped on the ZiPhone bandwagon by now...?

~ CB

ZiPhone does not work on a 16gb iTouch that has 2 8gb flash nand chips but if there is only one 16gb or you have the 8gb model then it appears to be ok.

Use it at your peril ... it crashed mine and I had to do recover in DFU mode and use the jailbreakme method.

[Cleverboy]

Mm. Yeah, I generally don't support Jailbreaking but the news keeps getting thrown around anyway.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9IYRfDel8U
http://www.ipodtouchfans.com/forums/showthread.php?t=38528
I guess it'd be a little too much to expect it to work on the Mac with Darwine.
It's like open-heart surgery. Personally, I'd just keep waiting.

~ CB

[twynne]

ZiPhone does not work on a 16gb iTouch that has 2 8gb flash nand chips but if there is only one 16gb or you have the 8gb model then it appears to be ok.

Use it at your peril ... it crashed mine and I had to do recover in DFU mode and use the jailbreakme method.

Hmm... and how does one know if they have 2x8gb or 1x16gb?

[RobertMidd]

Hmm... and how does one know if they have 2x8gb or 1x16gb?

Not got a clue ... but I guess, the older the model then it is more likely to have 2.

You can always try and see and if it does not work then do a DFU restore and try another method.

[iMpathetic]

You might want to try again. It's been down for me before as well but it ends up working a bit later. :)

[twynne]

Well, some success but this is still driving me mad!

I realised her Touch is actually the 8gb model, so Ziphone should work fine in theory.

I've restored it to the 1.1.3 firmware and again ran Ziphone. It appeared to run through completely and then returned:

ERROR: ziphone returned 1

However, when the Touch restarted it now has the Installer icon and Ziphone icons. This suggests success to me, but I've not seen one jb'd with Ziphone before so I'm not sure.

In any case, as I'm not at home I'm using Joikuspot to connect the Touch to the net via my N95. For some reason on her 1.1.3 Touch it connects the the Joiku hotspot and then disconnects almost immediately. I've tried almost everything, so can only assume that either:

1. There's an incompatibility somewhere between the specific firmware version/patch on her Touch
-or-
2. The jailbreak hasn't worked properly and something isn't right on her Touch.

Any thoughts? I'd really like to be able to get it on the net so I can refresh Installer sources and load the 1.1.3 apps.

Thanks,

Tom

[lienly]

I can downgrade native v1.1.2 touch to v1.1.1 then JB it.;)
however, can't do the same procedures on native v1.1.3 touch.:( what's wrong and how to overcome this issue? thanks.

I'm trying to jailbreak a 16gb Touch for a friend. I've managed to restore it to the 1.1.1 firmware image.........

Can anyone point me to another method to perform the initial 1.1.1 jailbreak please??

Much appreciated!

Tom