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iPod touch touchFree: GUI Jailbreak with automatic SummerBoard installation

MagicWok said:
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.
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sorry..i do have 1.1.1

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

Before I try this new method, could someone plz confirm that this works with Windows Vista ?
 
mki said:
Before I try this new method, could someone plz confirm that this works with Windows Vista ?
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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.
 
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.
 
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!
 
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 said:
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.
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Jailbreak was unsuccessful same error occurred again.
 
verrater said:
Jailbreak was unsuccessful same error occurred again.
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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.
 
How long does the "Reading ipod flash image" take? I have been waiting for 5 minutes and nothing is happening.
 
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.
 
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 !
 
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.
 
planetbeing said:
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.
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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.
 

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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).
 
verrater said:
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.
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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.
 
bloodyfart said:
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).
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Looks like SCP is trying to use bash which doesn't come installed. Use PuTTY for command-line.
 
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.
 
gorkt said:
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.
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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.
 
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?
 
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
 
OK it officially screwed everything up - itunes does not detect my ipod anymore. Can anyone help fix this?
 
planetbeing said:
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.
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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
 

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