Jailbreak your iPhone or iPod touch with a single tap
This new one tap hack is so easy a caveman can do it. It opens your iPhone or iPod touch and installs Installer.app so you can add any 3rd party apps of your choice. This is the by far the easiest way to add 3rd party apps to your iPhone or iPod touch. Here’s how.
- Point your iPhone or iPod touch to jailbreakme.com (the link is below)
- Read the instructions, scroll down, and tap the button
- Now wait up to 30 seconds for the slide-to-unlock screen to appear
- After you slide-to-unlock, then you will see a new Installer.app icon on your home screen.
Go to Jailbreakme.com to hack your device now.
doesn’t work…ipod touch
Posted on Oct 29th, 2007 at 10:18 am by Cadi
hi cadi, what firmware are you running on your touch? is it 1.1.1?
Posted on Oct 29th, 2007 at 10:35 am by John K
yes 1.1.1
Posted on Oct 29th, 2007 at 10:44 am by Cadi
the appsnapp faq suggests rebooting your device if it gets stuck on the “activate now” screen. this worked perfectly for my ipod touch.
Posted on Oct 29th, 2007 at 11:07 am by John K
Worked on my iPod Touch. Safari crashed, it asked for my password (I chose to have a password on it) and froze up. I just pushed the power button and turned it back on, slide to unlock (password for me again) and ::huge gasp of excitement:: there was an installer icon!!
Posted on Oct 29th, 2007 at 11:35 am by Pat
Doesn’t work with my touch 1.1.1
Posted on Oct 29th, 2007 at 1:01 pm by dan
If I Jailbreak can I always return it to the factory settings? I want to make sure I can get it back to the way it was if I need to.
Posted on Oct 29th, 2007 at 2:37 pm by Chris
@Chris - This will NOT brick your device. The worst case you will have to restore it in iTunes.
Posted on Oct 29th, 2007 at 2:55 pm by dlucas
Works well on iPod Touch but have not found a decent game worth installing. This is important as we have poor wifi coverage in our town so an installed game is MORE important for the Touch than the iPhone - any recommendations please - or I might as well take the installer off. How about a list of must have non web apps
thanks
Joe
Posted on Oct 29th, 2007 at 3:41 pm by Joe Thompson
The installs that i do aren’t for working for some odd reason. What am i doing wrong?
Posted on Oct 29th, 2007 at 5:01 pm by Alex
Nevermind i got them working. What about ringtones, what program should i use to get my own?
Posted on Oct 29th, 2007 at 6:07 pm by Alex
Thanks dlucas. but will I break the warrenty and if i restore will apple be able to tell?
Posted on Oct 29th, 2007 at 6:45 pm by Chris
@Chris - No this won’t void your warranty, and Apple couldn’t tell anyways. The only thing you’ll need to worry about is if Apple releases another firmware update that kills your 3rd party hacks (like the 1.1.1 update did). If you do apply this AppSnapp hack, don’t update your firmware unless Touchtip tells you it’s okay. It’s that simple. And the worse case scenario is that you’ll have to reset your device with iTunes, but your warranty will be safe.
Posted on Oct 29th, 2007 at 7:25 pm by dlucas
Ok, it worked for me - jailbroken. but now how do I get the iPhone apps without owning an iPhone
Posted on Oct 30th, 2007 at 5:22 am by Chris
@Chris - Tap the Installer.app icon on your home screen. You will see a list of all the available apps for the firmware you are running. Install any apps you choose. Here is an excellent follow-up for everyone who has recently jailbreaked their device: You’ve got iPhone or iPod touch jailbreak! What next?
Posted on Oct 30th, 2007 at 6:06 am by dlucas
Wow, excellent. Thanks.
Posted on Oct 30th, 2007 at 6:18 am by Chris
Ok, some apps to explore. But all I want is an email client and I cannot find one. Any idea where I can get one? And what apps are you using for your iPod Touch?
Posted on Oct 30th, 2007 at 6:27 am by Chris
@Chris - I don’t know of any good 3rd party mail apps for iPod touch, but the IMAP version of Gmail is pretty awesome. You might give that a try. We posted it last Friday, Gmail with IMAP.
Posted on Oct 30th, 2007 at 6:40 am by dlucas
Cool. Thanks. But how about the iPhone email client? isn’t there a way to get that?
Posted on Oct 30th, 2007 at 1:53 pm by Chris
@Chris - No, I don’t know of a way to get the native iPhone mail app running on the touch. In fact, I don’t even think there is a 3rd party email app available via the Installer.app. You’re pretty much stuck with web mail using Safari on your touch, at least for now.
Posted on Oct 30th, 2007 at 1:56 pm by Dean
How much space does it all take up on the ipod?
Posted on Oct 30th, 2007 at 1:58 pm by deano
i installed it and everything but nothin workss, i thought u could download things onto ur itouch but u cant so wats the point of havein the installer
Posted on Oct 30th, 2007 at 2:01 pm by br1
@deeno - Installer.app doesn’t take up much space on your iPod touch, but each 3rd party app you install will take a little space. The more you add, the more space you’ll need. Most of these apps are tiny, though. I suggest you add a few then check your memory before adding more.
@br1 - Did you reboot your iPod touch? If so, you should see the Installer.app icon on your home screen, as long as you did the Jailbreak as instructed.
Posted on Oct 30th, 2007 at 2:25 pm by Dean
I have read this elsewhere. Jailbreak breaks youtube on the iPod Touch. I can play some of the videos I have bookmarked but none of the other videos.
Posted on Oct 30th, 2007 at 4:22 pm by Chris
What program can i use to get ringtones? Or is there any program for it?
Posted on Oct 30th, 2007 at 7:21 pm by Alex
ya my you tube isn’t working either , any fixes without uninstalling installer.app
Posted on Oct 30th, 2007 at 7:29 pm by kyle
Is anyone else experiencing lethargic and flaky iPhone behavior after Jailbreaking? At first I thought it might be related to the Sendsong app pushing the modified ringtones list, but after restoring my iPhone to factory settings with fw1.1.1 and jailbreaking via this new hack, it is still crashing when I use Safari, view my Contact list, etc.
Posted on Oct 30th, 2007 at 9:44 pm by Cyrano
i added Send Song. So I clicked it after installing it and there is an option to Send to Ringtone…blipblip. There it was the song I selected is now a Ringtone
Posted on Oct 30th, 2007 at 10:01 pm by SteveO
@Cyrano - Inside the Installer.app there is a section listed called ‘1.1.1 Tweaks’ which contains a Safari patch. That might help you.
Posted on Oct 30th, 2007 at 10:29 pm by Dean
Having installed the jailbreak, works fine… But once apps installed try booting it, comes up for 1 sec then disappears… Any ideas???
Posted on Oct 31st, 2007 at 5:23 am by Itouch suffering
@Cyrano - my touch was like this until I powered it off totally and restarted.
@Itouch suffering - install the BSD tools and the oenssh packages via installer and restart. Sorted eactly that problem for me
Posted on Oct 31st, 2007 at 7:51 am by w0mbat
Tried the install, never did anything, rebooted the iPhone, nothing. Now go back to install AppSnapp and it shuts down my safari….any suggestions?
Posted on Oct 31st, 2007 at 10:45 am by BlackHeart
Got it after a full restore. Works great!
Posted on Oct 31st, 2007 at 2:08 pm by BlackHeart
what do i do after i install all the apps? how do i get them to work?
Posted on Oct 31st, 2007 at 3:29 pm by Freddy Myers
If Apple releases a new firmware update, can I restore my iPhone and THEN get the update, or will that mess things up? Also, will I be able to re-install AppSnapp after I’ve done all this?
Posted on Nov 1st, 2007 at 7:30 am by neveralone
I thought there were more apps available? The ones listed in installer.app is a very small list. Am I missing something?
Posted on Nov 1st, 2007 at 1:11 pm by RBasil
P.S. Yes, I have already installed the Community Sources package.
Posted on Nov 1st, 2007 at 1:17 pm by RBasil
Nevermind, it seems you have to install the BSD tools BEFORE the community tools on the Touch. Everything is working now.
Posted on Nov 1st, 2007 at 1:54 pm by RBasil
The jailbreak worked well on my 16G iPod Touch, but I was expecting to be able to change my icons and screen background. How do I do that?
Posted on Nov 2nd, 2007 at 8:49 am by tkind
Well it worked, and I could add apps, most didn’t work, Books did, but then I couldn’t get it recognised by any of my Macs?
And boy is it now sluggish!!! All because I wanted to edit Calendar!!!!
Have reinstalled the Mobile Apps and iTunes on my iBook still no joy
What gives? I cannot restore or synch
Why did I jail break before I synched? At least I would have had some music on it!
Not quite a brick but not far off!!
Help!!!
Caveat Hackor!!!!
Posted on Nov 2nd, 2007 at 9:13 am by Adrius42
iPod Touch 1.1.1 - didn’t work on mine
Posted on Nov 2nd, 2007 at 1:24 pm by Jim L
how do you uninstall jailbreak on my itouch?
Posted on Nov 4th, 2007 at 12:53 am by william
I have installed jailbreak onto my iPod Touch and it is AWESOME. I also installed the open community app (from the jailbreak apps page) and I now have 3 whole pages of apps on my ipod. I have also customized it. Thank you to the developers, excellent program and no hacking required.
Posted on Nov 4th, 2007 at 8:54 am by Rapo
Further to my earlier comment, my iPod was running 1.1.1 before I started. As I live in the UK I have to wait another 5 days to get the iPhone, therefore some of the apps don’t work but nearly all do. If you own a new iPod you must try jailbreak. Can’t wait to try the jailbreak software on my iPhone as well.
Posted on Nov 4th, 2007 at 1:55 pm by Rapo
Well what can i say guys!? very Very Well Done! Thanks!!!!!!
Saves alot of time !
I totally love this!
Posted on Nov 6th, 2007 at 3:56 pm by Ipod Guy
does Customize work for anyone with the iPod Touch?
mine doesnt
HELP!
Posted on Nov 7th, 2007 at 4:20 pm by frisco
tried to take off jailbreak,but when i restored ipod in itunes it said it couldnt because of an unknown error. any suggestions?
Posted on Nov 7th, 2007 at 5:52 pm by Shankeen
does this work wif ipod touch 1.1.2 ?
Posted on Nov 10th, 2007 at 7:08 pm by fly2hi
no it only works with 1.1.1. But they are coming out with a new simple hackto make it all work on 1.1.2
Posted on Nov 10th, 2007 at 9:38 pm by TheRadio
tried to download appsnapp from the jailbreak website through my touch. im running 1.1.1. but nothing happened afterwards. safari just closed then nothing, turned it off and on and tried again a few more times, still nothing.
anyone got any ideas? thanks
Posted on Nov 11th, 2007 at 6:15 am by Will
My problem with the itouch jailbreak is that when I go to installer.app after the jailbreak, it freezes while refreshing sources. Any ideas on how to fix this?
Posted on Nov 11th, 2007 at 8:16 am by Roneil
i have the same problem as roneil. i have been waiting for my ipod touch to finish “refreshing sources” for about 15 min, and nothing has happened. any ideas?
Posted on Nov 12th, 2007 at 1:01 pm by felipe
hey guys can u help me to get 1.1.1
Posted on Nov 13th, 2007 at 6:45 pm by jon
If you need to roll back to 1.1.1, here is an excellent how-to. iPod touch 1.1.1 and back again
Posted on Nov 13th, 2007 at 6:55 pm by Dean
how do i get thems on mt ipod touch
ii have it hacked but i cant get thems and suff
Posted on Nov 14th, 2007 at 12:02 am by k dawg
heyis this 100 percent safe?can absolutly restore my iPod?
Posted on Nov 14th, 2007 at 4:26 pm by ginga
i have the same problem as roneil and felipe. i have been waiting for my ipod touch to finish “refreshing sources” for about 20 min, and nothing has happened. Is there really noboday out there who has any ideas?
Posted on Nov 20th, 2007 at 12:04 pm by fred
if I install jailbreak me, how do I remove it from my iPod touch if I dont want it anymore?
Posted on Nov 24th, 2007 at 9:26 pm by ryne
Hello !
I am tyring to install the think from jailbreakme.com, but whenever i click on Install AppSnapp i get an empty white screen with a question mark “?” icon on the left corner that is unclickable.
Anyone can help?
Posted on Nov 26th, 2007 at 3:50 am by Samar
ok.. ignore my previous comment… now this is my problem now:
tried to download appsnapp from the jailbreak website through my touch. im running 1.1.1. but nothing happened afterwards. safari just closed then nothing, turned it off and on and tried again a few more times, still nothing.
anyone got any ideas? thanks
Posted on Nov 26th, 2007 at 6:38 am by Samar
It works but u got to dowgrade to 1.1.1 then dowload from jailbreakme.com. then install octoprep in the installer then u jailbreak it:-)
Posted on Nov 26th, 2007 at 8:55 am by Eirikc
hey guys i am very desperate i want to take installer off my ipod touch 1.1.1 but i cant so i tried restoring it but error(-50) came up and i cant restore it. Any ideas please??????
Posted on Nov 26th, 2007 at 5:41 pm by matt
how can i downgrade to 1.1.1
Posted on Nov 26th, 2007 at 7:21 pm by Eddy
If you want to escape the Jailbreak, you should read this comprehensive guide, How to Escape Jail.
Posted on Nov 27th, 2007 at 6:26 am by Dean
i just installed 1.1.2 when i turned it back on installer was gone
y does an ipphone have a camera but not a ipod touch it would make it soooo much better.
Posted on Nov 27th, 2007 at 1:10 pm by matt
so i did what it said and now my ipod will not turn on. its charged and all but it just stays on the scren with the apple. is there some thing i can do to fix this?
thanks, james
Posted on Nov 30th, 2007 at 5:59 am by james
hi, is jailbreak safe? can i unistall this aplication?how many disk space it take?
Posted on Dec 7th, 2007 at 10:49 am by felix
hey guys i hav a Q, i just got an ipod touch and i really don know hov it work…all it appear right now is…the pic of the USB that i plug in and the pic of window media player..so can you tell me how can upload song to it..or even open the program inside the ipod touch?
Posted on Dec 8th, 2007 at 9:40 pm by DD
ive tried it once several times and it didnt work so i restored my ipod and tired it again and it doenst work it just keeps giving me that blue question mark what do i do?
Posted on Dec 10th, 2007 at 12:15 pm by mike
Hello all. I just purchased an ipod touch. It won’t get used until Xmas (gift to myself). Anyway, I want to get the apps…but after reading the comments above, will it be worth it? Will it still work? I don’t want to mess it up.
Thanks.
Posted on Dec 13th, 2007 at 11:58 pm by phil
i have a 8 gig iphone. is this safe i need to know before downloading it. i dont want to screw up this phone please reply
Posted on Dec 14th, 2007 at 9:17 pm by juhguiored
yeah i have an 8 gig ipod- is it worth it?????? i don’t want my ipod to screw up
Posted on Dec 17th, 2007 at 5:20 pm by maximumryde
Check out these posts in the forums, they may help answer your questions.
http://www.touchtip.com/forums/topic.php?id=47&replies=2
http://www.touchtip.com/forums/topic.php?id=14&replies=4
Posted on Dec 17th, 2007 at 6:33 pm by JR
can i still jail break my ipod if i have 1.1.1?
Posted on Dec 26th, 2007 at 8:22 am by nick
I have ipod touch 1.1.2 and this jailbreak doesnt work on my ipod anyone can help me? =P
Posted on Dec 26th, 2007 at 12:35 pm by cruelsorrow
Yes my touchy I got for Christmas, is there anywhere we can install 1.1.1 from or will we need to wait for jailbreak 1.1.2?
Posted on Dec 27th, 2007 at 8:53 am by zaskarle
You’ll need to downgrade your touch to 1.1.1 first, then run this jailbreak. You should read this how-to guide to see the steps involved.
Posted on Dec 27th, 2007 at 9:06 am by Dean
I downloaded this before and it worked then but I refreshed my iPod touch and it got deleated and now it will not load the page for” jailbreakme.com”
Posted on Dec 27th, 2007 at 2:02 pm by madison
I restores my iPod Touch a couple of times and it still won’t work…HELP!
Posted on Dec 27th, 2007 at 10:23 pm by :0
ive tried about 5 times to get this to work, i go to jailbreakme.com install it then safari crashes and nothing happens! im running 1.1.1 any suggestions?
Posted on Jan 4th, 2008 at 7:01 am by Kane
can sumone pleaz tell me how to take the installer off my ipod i dnt no how pleaz help me
Posted on Jan 5th, 2008 at 8:17 am by amber
i have the ipod touch 1.1.2 how do i downgrade to the 1.1.1 so that i can instal appsapp
Posted on Jan 6th, 2008 at 9:10 am by val
I hope I get mario
Posted on Jan 18th, 2008 at 6:14 pm by squbbles
wtf i need a link where i can install a 1.1.1 firmware for my ipod touch because i downloaded a dodgey one.
and also i need help ,when i get to itunes i dont know where to go to install my firmware i tried restore but nothing happened.
help would be much appreciated
Posted on Feb 2nd, 2008 at 4:11 am by john
Will this App be worth it. I have heard a lot of cons about it. You haven’t responded to anyone in a while. You might want to. There are a lot of angry people.
Posted on Feb 4th, 2008 at 8:09 pm by egordin
Hey guys!
A nice app to get is “Customize”
Don’t forget to get that
Trust me, you’ll like it once you get it
Posted on Mar 5th, 2008 at 5:29 pm by Aqeel
Hey folks.
How about 1.1.3, can I break that yet or do I have to downgrade?
Thanks.
Posted on Mar 6th, 2008 at 9:33 pm by Mark Blaney
i did a jailbreak on my new 8gb ipod touch and when i restarted it its stuck on a loop
Posted on Mar 18th, 2008 at 1:40 pm by mike
will it work with version 1.1.4
Posted on Apr 7th, 2008 at 5:40 pm by dcwitt
I have a iphone version 1.1.2 ( i think) but when i go to the page on my iphone it wil not install anything, Been waiting for 5 min for it to do something.
Any ideas?
Cheers
Adam
Posted on Apr 24th, 2008 at 5:14 am by adam
DONT DO THIS> TRUST ME JUST SVREWS UP YOUR NEW 300 DOLLAR TOUCH…ALL OF THE COMPLIMENTS COMMENTS ARE FAKE COMMENTS ANY WAY. PROLLY OUT HERE BY THESE GUYS THAT ARE TRYING TO SCREW YOU> THIS SITE IS A SCAM!!!!!!!
Posted on May 15th, 2008 at 12:39 pm by matthew
yes, i agree with him. too late though, it already screwed up my new itouch and now it wont even turn on .its a fuc*&%$ brick now, F all you guys
Posted on May 15th, 2008 at 12:41 pm by joe
hi! i’m scared if i do install this jailbreaky thing that it will like break down all the settings. if it does my parents will not only kill me but melt me in acid. so guys…what advice that is TRUE can you give me, since i’m stressed. i really want some new applications for my ipod touch since it’s the one with only the old applications. :’( it will be a huge favor.
XXXXX
i’m just 11…. i need advice + suggestions
Posted on May 29th, 2008 at 6:59 am by kelsey
@kelsey - You have two options…. One, jailbreak your iPod touch. If something goes wrong, use iTunes to reset your device back to it’s default state. Two, don’t jailbreak and wait for the official firmware update coming soon from Apple which will allow you to install officially sanctioned applications from Apple’s AppStore, launching in June. If you fear your parents’ wrath and don’t want to feel the acid, you should go for option two and wait for the AppStore.
Posted on May 29th, 2008 at 7:22 am by Dean Lucas
Wonderfull great site
Posted on Jul 11th, 2008 at 9:26 am by Alhoaznf
Whenever I try to jailbreak it from this sit it just goes back to home and doesnt do anything after that. Does it need to be connected to the computer while I am doiong this? I can’t figure it out!
Posted on Jul 21st, 2008 at 10:07 am by Andrew