iPod Touch 2G Jailbreak - Redsn0w - Freequently Asked Questions and Answers

Posted by:Aaron Besson
January 21st, 2009
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This faq was created by Caleb Mingle and highlights information and questions answered by members of the Dev-Team, so that they are not constantly bombarded with the same ones. Allot of thanks goes out to Caleb for his hard work.

Table Of Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. Table Of Contents
  3. Questions
    1. General
      1. What exactly is a ‘tethered’ jailbreak?
    2. Release
      1. Why can’t you release it now, whats the problem?
      2. Why don’t you release that buggy jailbreak so the spamers will shut up?
      3. Are you looking for another exploit?
      4. Will making a petition, and getting countless users to agree, get the patch released earlier?
      5. Why won’t you release a manual method? Is there still hope for one?
      6. So the way to circumvent restributing that software, is a QuickPwn or PwnageTool style program?
      7. Why will you not release a tutorial?
      8. I know you are not giving an ETA, but I’m just asking how long it will be until it’s out? How long are you estimating?
      9. Will you release the patch now?
      10. Will you release the tethered patch now?
      11. Will you give us an ETA for release?
      12. You said the jailbreak would be out today!
      13. Someone told me you did!
      14. I’m not asking for an ETA, but just some updates?
      15. I don’t care about when it will be released, but today on ipodtouchfans, King Chronic said that you guys will have to find     another exploit. Is this true?
      16. If you edit iBoot then the LLB (Low level Bootloader) NOT allot iBoot to start because it would fail the sigcheck. And if the LLB is editet then the Bootrom wont accept the LLB. Thats why a bootrom exploit is needed.
      17. how long will you spend looking for a new exploit until you conclude you are “stuck”?
      18. What makes you think you will lose anything?  Without Redsn0w your device won’t boot - with it, it will. Simple. Nothing to do with the files or the jailbrake, just the boot problem.
      19. What operating systems are going to be supported by this release?
    3. Patch
      1. What is this: 32957a35889c4dd2f8dfe483dd9023eafb6b4a22? Has anyone decoded it?
      2. I read that Apple built in a kinda volume locker on the iPod Touch. So you can’t get in on full volume. If that is true will the JB fix that?
      3. The second thing loaded into memory, doesn’t signature check the previous one.. is this what you could be looking at?
      4. Do you think you will get an untethered version working?
      5. What is so different about the iPod Touch 2G from the 1G that makes it so much more timeconsuming to jailbreak, surely they use the same commands and hacking lines from the 1G to jailbreak?  Or is the hardware so much more different it makes it alot harder?
      6. I heard that this mod involves modifying hardware.. am I right?
      7. Is this jailbreak more difficult then the other jailbreaks?
      8. Will the jailbreak/patch work on an iPod with firmware 2.2?
      9. Does the ipt have to be tethered to the computer, the entire time, after injecting the patch?  Can I disconnect it after?
      10. Does the patch need to be applied everytime you reboot your iPod, or only once?
      11. Does sleep mode count as rebooting?
      12. When you press the sleep button, what happens?
    4. Bootrom
      1. Do you think the “Christmess tree” effect shows any signs of something exploitable in the bootrom? Or just a simple bug?
      2. have you thought about dumping the bootrom to finding another exploit?
    5. Springboard
      1. Musclenerd is there a way to delete stocks when this comes out?
    6. Applications
      1. Will ‘Backgrounder’ work on an jailbroken IPT2G?
    7. Cydia
      1. Do you think all Cydia apps will work properly on the 2G?
      2. Will Cydia come with the initial JB like yellowsnow, or will we have to manually install it?
    8. Misc
      1. Is there an official chatroom?  The QIK chat has loads of spamming, and the comments just suck..
      2. If I jailbreak my iPod, will the App Store and iTunes still work on my iPod? And if I change my wallpaper, is it possible to change it back to the plain black background without restoring it?
      3. My iPod touch 2g sync’s fine in iTunes, but, it is recognized as a camera! Will this affect me being able to jailbreak it?
      4. MuscleNerd, what gym do you go to?
      5. What app was used to show iPhone screen on computer display live?

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