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.
Update - Best way to Jailbreak - 11/22/2008
Jailbreaking is a cat-and-mouse game hackers play with Apple, which means the latest and greatest way to jailbreak changes as time passes. The jailbreakme solution doesn’t work with the latest firmware updates.
Here are a couple of excellent guides that will take you through the latest jailbreaks for both PC and Mac.
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doesn’t work…ipod touch
hi cadi, what firmware are you running on your touch? is it 1.1.1?
yes 1.1.1
the appsnapp faq suggests rebooting your device if it gets stuck on the “activate now” screen. this worked perfectly for my ipod touch.
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!!
Doesn’t work with my touch 1.1.1
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.
@Chris - This will NOT brick your device. The worst case you will have to restore it in iTunes.
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
The installs that i do aren’t for working for some odd reason. What am i doing wrong?
Nevermind i got them working. What about ringtones, what program should i use to get my own?
Thanks dlucas. but will I break the warrenty and if i restore will apple be able to tell?
@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.
Ok, it worked for me - jailbroken. but now how do I get the iPhone apps without owning an iPhone
@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?
Wow, excellent. Thanks.
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?
@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.
Cool. Thanks. But how about the iPhone email client? isn’t there a way to get that?
@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.
How much space does it all take up on the ipod?
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
@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.
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.
What program can i use to get ringtones? Or is there any program for it?
ya my you tube isn’t working either , any fixes without uninstalling installer.app
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.
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
@Cyrano - Inside the Installer.app there is a section listed called ‘1.1.1 Tweaks’ which contains a Safari patch. That might help you.
Having installed the jailbreak, works fine… But once apps installed try booting it, comes up for 1 sec then disappears… Any ideas???
@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
Tried the install, never did anything, rebooted the iPhone, nothing. Now go back to install AppSnapp and it shuts down my safari….any suggestions?
Got it after a full restore. Works great!
what do i do after i install all the apps? how do i get them to work?
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?
I thought there were more apps available? The ones listed in installer.app is a very small list. Am I missing something?
P.S. Yes, I have already installed the Community Sources package.
Nevermind, it seems you have to install the BSD tools BEFORE the community tools on the Touch. Everything is working now.
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?
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!!!!
iPod Touch 1.1.1 - didn’t work on mine
how do you uninstall jailbreak on my itouch?
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.
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.
Well what can i say guys!? very Very Well Done! Thanks!!!!!!
Saves alot of time !
I totally love this!
does Customize work for anyone with the iPod Touch?
mine doesnt
HELP!
tried to take off jailbreak,but when i restored ipod in itunes it said it couldnt because of an unknown error. any suggestions?
does this work wif ipod touch 1.1.2 ?
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
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
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?
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?
hey guys can u help me to get 1.1.1
If you need to roll back to 1.1.1, here is an excellent how-to. iPod touch 1.1.1 and back again
how do i get thems on mt ipod touch
ii have it hacked but i cant get thems and suff
heyis this 100 percent safe?can absolutly restore my iPod?
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?
if I install jailbreak me, how do I remove it from my iPod touch if I dont want it anymore?
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?
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
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:-)
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??????
how can i downgrade to 1.1.1
If you want to escape the Jailbreak, you should read this comprehensive guide, How to Escape Jail.
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.
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
hi, is jailbreak safe? can i unistall this aplication?how many disk space it take?
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?
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?
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.
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
yeah i have an 8 gig ipod- is it worth it?????? i don’t want my ipod to screw up
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
can i still jail break my ipod if i have 1.1.1?
I have ipod touch 1.1.2 and this jailbreak doesnt work on my ipod anyone can help me? =P
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?
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.
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”
I restores my iPod Touch a couple of times and it still won’t work…HELP!
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?
can sumone pleaz tell me how to take the installer off my ipod i dnt no how pleaz help me
i have the ipod touch 1.1.2 how do i downgrade to the 1.1.1 so that i can instal appsapp
I hope I get mario
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
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.
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
Hey folks.
How about 1.1.3, can I break that yet or do I have to downgrade?
Thanks.
i did a jailbreak on my new 8gb ipod touch and when i restarted it its stuck on a loop
will it work with version 1.1.4
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
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!!!!!!!
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
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.
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i’m just 11…. i need advice + suggestions
@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.
Wonderfull great site
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!
does this work for 2.0?
@nana - This does not work for iPhone 2.0, although the dev team is working on a jailbreak tool for 2.0 that should be ready very soon.
cool post dude
I didn’t work
i keep gettin the blue ? how do i restore so i can upload
can anyone help me my dumb ass updated my iPod to 1.1.5 and I wanted to restore it like new but my computer don’t work… So I wanted to know if anyone knows how to restore my ipod by just using wifi from my iPod touch…
Ive tryed this jailbreakme.com for a long time it hasnt worked once i click download appsnap and nothiong happens it just sits there with the loading circle spinning ive waited for hours and still nothing happens ive tryed another wifi access point that didnt work is their any other way or something stupid that im doing wrong i dont know PLEASE help me im getting so frustrated
when I try I just get a blue question mark in the left corner. I found out u have to restore ur iPod. How do u restore ur iPod?
I just got an iPod touch for Xmas. I tried jailbreakme.com on my iPod touch 8gb and pressed install appsnap but it just showed a blue question mark. It says I need to restore… How do I do that
Ive got a ipod touch version 1.1.5 i want to jailbreak it but don’t have a clue how to do it, im afraid that i will mess it up i want all the cool apps and movies bt im a newcomer plz help
is jailbreaking an ipod touch worth it?
Serious! Im scared to jailbreak it! My parents will kill me if it busts. I dont wanna dye becuz of a jailbreak. I know its risky and some people say you cant restore it! I wanna know the truth atleast so i know if its safe or not. Can you guys please help me so i make the right descision?
its k to jailbreak the iPod but before doing so do NOT forget to get a back up of ur iPod touch or iPhone..!!! Its completely safe to use and it doesn’t destroy the device in any which way.!!! U can restore your device by simply plugging it to the computer, openin iTunes and den clicking on restore. Ul get ur original iphone settings back.!!
Is jailbreaking safe or will it just mess the iPod up, and if I do install it can u get rid of it?