[cHenz--]

So, for all you guys iTouch user, have any of you guys jailbreak it?
Tell me your experience here..

I'm thinking of jailbreaking my iTouch soon.. maybe next week or so.. ^^

[`amy]

uhm what exactly is jailbreaking ?

[apparition]

ive done the 1.1.1 instant jailbreak. it was really easy, i was supprised at how quick it was. after i jailbroke to 1.1.1, i jailbroke to 1.1.2 after that and you can use the installer app to install any program you want (including the iphone apps like mail/maps/etc).

its safe too, because even if you fail somehow, you can always do a force restore on the ipod and in itunes.

i recommend it for all

[bblai]

i've got the touch. what does jailbreaking mean? is it like unlocking it kind of .. i have frds who have the iphone and they have an application thing they can d/l all tehse program things. is that what it is?

[DKYang]

Google is everyone's friend!

Jailbreaking, in short, is hacking the Touch/iPhone. Google for more info or youtube it. There are A LOT of info/videos about it.

[rhaize]

Google is everyone's friend!

Jailbreaking, in short, is hacking the Touch/iPhone. Google for more info or youtube it. There are A LOT of info/videos about it.

didnt know someone hacked it already, sounds pretty awesome

[mkdinh]

my brother did it for me but when i updated the software for the touch it went retarded me so i'm back with the regular stuff =[. it should work now though, right? with the new updates and all? i miss playing TTR on my touch lol

[DKYang]

my brother did it for me but when i updated the software for the touch it went retarded me so i'm back with the regular stuff =[. it should work now though, right? with the new updates and all? i miss playing TTR on my touch lol

I think there's an hacked version already for the newest firmware. Obviously, I don't know since I don't use one, but I think I read it somewhere on Engadget. You could always bookmark a iPod Touch fansite and get the newest info from them.

[apparition]

ya, as dkyang mentioned, theres a jailbreak for 1.1.2. thats the version i have.

if you wanna update to it, you gotta restore back to 1.1.1, goto jailbreakme.com on the ipod to jailbreak, then oktoprep, then upgrade to 1.1.2 then touchfree jailbreak. THEN you have 1.1.2.

more info on http://www.ipodtouchfans.com

[awdark]

How stable are your touches? Like if you open 4 tabs in safari with soompi and have AIM open and listen to music will you crash?

if I ever get one ill stress test it but i dont im waiting and hopinggg lol

[apparition]

How stable are your touches? Like if you open 4 tabs in safari with soompi and have AIM open and listen to music will you crash?

if I ever get one ill stress test it but i dont im waiting and hopinggg lol

if you open multiple tabs, say you're view 1 tab, and theres 3 others in the background, safari caches only the tab you're looking at. so if you goto the other tabs, it reloads the entire pages over...which is sorta a pain...

it gets a lil slow with some large pages or pdfs...but hey, thats not the MAIN reason you'd consider a iphone/ipod touch right?

[awdark]

if you open multiple tabs, say you're view 1 tab, and theres 3 others in the background, safari caches only the tab you're looking at. so if you goto the other tabs, it reloads the entire pages over...which is sorta a pain...

it gets a lil slow with some large pages or pdfs...but hey, thats not the MAIN reason you'd consider a iphone/ipod touch right?

haha I use my pocket pc (Axim x50v) like a computer I have my PDF views and all that fun stuff in it. And the biggest limitation I run into is the anti-multitasking design of the Windows Mobile OS and my 64mb worth of ram (32 free).

so maybe its not as perfect of a browsing experience that I had imagined. I know page render speed = king but hrm crashable.

[cHenz--]

do you guys need to reformat the itouch before you jailbreak it??

[apparition]

do you guys need to reformat the itouch before you jailbreak it??

nope. BUT if you updated to 1.1.2, you need to downgrade (force restore to 1.1.1), which involves a "formatting".

[Jay Chou]

what kinda cool apps can you install onto the ipod touch?

[awdark]

There are many from accelerometer ones to the one I find the most amusing iPhysics http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQUWnVyXtns
And the fun ones like GBA and NES emulators...

Of course there are "useful" ones like AIM and IRC as well...

Take a look at http://www.installerapps.com/

[apparition]

wedict (based on stardict, a dictionary where you can download dictionary files (like english (oxford, m-w, etc), english to chinese, chinese to english, etc) and lookup words), weather, mail, stocks, maps, netstumbler, vnsea (vnc viewer app; control your computer)

[Unanimous]

i have already jailbreak my iTouch but what do I DL to get features like the iPhone (maps and stuff) also how do I get AIM and Yahoo! Messenger on it?

[awdark]

Go up.. the link http://www.ipodtouchfans.com those people will be able to better guide you through the process.

Generally you just add sources to the Installer program and just go at it and install anything interesting.

Why am I above their post?

Okay
http://www.tuaw.com/2007/10/29/instant-jai...and-ipod-touch/
Says do that basic stuff to jailbreak. "In order for SSH to work, you must download BSD subsystem, Community Sources, and Open SSH, which can all be found under 'System' in the installer app." so do that and I think once community sources is added you're good to go.

If its not listed ApolloIM and theres a MobileChat you can add the sources for and install from that.

[Jay Chou]

ive done the 1.1.1 instant jailbreak. it was really easy, i was supprised at how quick it was. after i jailbroke to 1.1.1, i jailbroke to 1.1.2 after that and you can use the installer app to install any program you want (including the iphone apps like mail/maps/etc).

its safe too, because even if you fail somehow, you can always do a force restore on the ipod and in itunes.

i recommend it for all

how come there are so many tutorials teaching you the long way of "jailbreaking" when there's already the "instant jailbreak"?
does it have anything to do with which one is more stable?

after you jailbreak it, is there any difference between 1.1.1 and 1.1.2?
does 1.1.1 still have the "installer app"?

There are many from accelerometer ones to the one I find the most amusing iPhysics http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQUWnVyXtns
And the fun ones like GBA and NES emulators...

Of course there are "useful" ones like AIM and IRC as well...

Take a look at http://www.installerapps.com/

thanks for the website!
i'll jailbreak my ipod when i have time....

is there a super mario game for the ipod touch?
i've seen someone playing that on youtube

wedict (based on stardict, a dictionary where you can download dictionary files (like english (oxford, m-w, etc), english to chinese, chinese to english, etc) and lookup words), weather, mail, stocks, maps, netstumbler, vnsea (vnc viewer app; control your computer)

weather and stocks?
so that's just similar to the apps on the iphone right?
google maps is cool....i'm gonna get that one

i have already jailbreak my iTouch but what do I DL to get features like the iPhone (maps and stuff) also how do I get AIM and Yahoo! Messenger on it?

is MSN messenger available as well??

http://www.tuaw.com/2007/10/29/instant-jai...and-ipod-touch/
Says do that basic stuff to jailbreak. "In order for SSH to work, you must download BSD subsystem, Community Sources, and Open SSH, which can all be found under 'System' in the installer app." so do that and I think once community sources is added you're good to go.

those are the only steps for "instant jailbreak"?