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help-can't jailbreak 1st gen Touch w/ 2.2.1

bobfitz14

bobfitz14

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first of all i searched the forums and couldn't find any help...

soooo i downloaded the software update through iTunes, let my Touch sync it and everything. i forgot that is was going to un-Jailbreak my iPod but i figured whatever i'll download the new QuickPWN.

then i googled for QuickPWN 2.2.1 and some weird like 2.2.5 came up, i still tried it and in QuickPWN it said it did firmware (software? what's the difference..) 2.2.1 and so i continued through with it. i've tried it like 3 times and nothing has happened. i downloaded some .net thing i found here but nothing.

can someone give me a valid link for Jailbreaking a 1st gen Touch with 2.2.1 software?! oh, it must be for Windows too 😱
 
Tokiopop said:
Try the Official WinPwn. If that fails, post back and I'll try think of something else 😛
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i tried what you gave me and it went through the whole process and still Cydia and Installer doesn't show up, and yes they are checked when i am Jailbreaking. then i tried the guy who posted after you and it said "Firmware string error" but i think that's because it's not meant for 2.2.1

think a Restore is the best way? cause right now i have weird titles on my iPod because i had that "MakeItMine" thing where you could edit it, and now it's goofy looking.
 
bobfitz14 said:
i tried what you gave me and it went through the whole process and still Cydia and Installer doesn't show up, and yes they are checked when i am Jailbreaking. then i tried the guy who posted after you and it said "Firmware string error" but i think that's because it's not meant for 2.2.1

think a Restore is the best way? cause right now i have weird titles on my iPod because i had that "MakeItMine" thing where you could edit it, and now it's goofy looking.
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Yes, try a restore. If you want to jailbreak use QuickPwn 2.2.5 (It's for 2.2.1) again.
 
Tokiopop said:
Yes, try a restore. If you want to jailbreak use QuickPwn 2.2.5 (It's for 2.2.1) again.
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i hate Restoring and i've had to do it a couple times within the past couple months but whatever i can't use my iPod right now so now is a good time to do it. thanks for the help.
 
I've jailbreaken my iPod Touch before and had no problems. I downloaded 2.2.1 and I can't get it in DFU mode. I keep getting this error everytime I follow the steps that QuickPwn tells me to do. This is the error I keep getting.

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memo90061 said:
I've jailbreaken my iPod Touch before and had no problems. I downloaded 2.2.1 and I can't get it in DFU mode. I keep getting this error everytime I follow the steps that QuickPwn tells me to do. This is the error I keep getting.

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Did you try fully restoring your iPod to its default state through iTunes before using QuickPWN?
 
thats why i didnt update my ipod to 2.2.1 🙂 its still on 2.2 for me.

the update wasent even important it was mostly for the iphone.
 
I updated because I didn't think I was going to have a problem. I've never had this problem before! I should go back to 2.2.
 
memo90061 said:
I've jailbreaken my iPod Touch before and had no problems. I downloaded 2.2.1 and I can't get it in DFU mode. I keep getting this error everytime I follow the steps that QuickPwn tells me to do. This is the error I keep getting.

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Are you using OSX 10.5.6? If so that may be your issue. There's a problem with getting the iphone/ipods into DFU mode with the update. Read the dev teams's blog regarding the work around. I have kept one of my macs at the 10.5.5 release just for this reason.
 
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