iPod warranty ends in 2 days - How do I jailbreak?

[Markeh]

I've got a 16GB 2nd gen touch (with the MB serial number) running iOS 4. I'm on Windows. How do I jailbreak it?

I'm a total noob when it comes to these things, so if someone could really help me out, I'd appreciate it.

[MrPinkPanther]

I'm not sure if we are allowed to link you to such things so I won't however if you really want to do it, bearing in mind it will void your warranty, then I'd use "Dev Team Blog" you can find it with a simple Google search. If you want to use iOS 4 then you might be out of luck because I'm not sure if they have it up and running yet but keep checking back anyway, they will before long :)

[Flisker]

redsn0w.

[Recursion]

http://redsn0w.com/

You'll want the 0.9.5 BETA of Redsn0w for 4.0, so here's a quick link to the BETA download section: http://wikee.iphwn.org/howto:rsbeta#download_links

Download, unzip, run the program, it'll guide you through it :)

You can even enable the 4.0 backgrounds and multitasking! :P

[Markeh]

I'm gonna do it in the next week or so then.

I'll wait till I've moved my iTunes over to my desktop, and then I'll jailbreak it :D

[Markeh]

Couldn't be bothered to move it over onto the desktop. Used redsn0w 0.9.5b5-5, and it's jailbroken successfully :)

[PaulMacC]

You wont void your warranty, whoever said that has no experience with jailbreaking. A simple factory restore on iTunes can put it back to normal.

[Recursion]

You wont void your warranty, whoever said that has no experience with jailbreaking. A simple factory restore on iTunes can put it back to normal.

The thing is, when these iPods break, they generally are beyond a simple restore...

[Markeh]

I'll be honest. The warranty ran out 2 days ago now. If it breaks, it's just an excuse to upgrade in September :D

Loving the jailbreak features though...

[StefanWolves]

The thing is, when these iPods break, they generally are beyond a simple restore...

If a iPhone/iPod is fully broken, e.g. dropped and not turning on, how are they meant to know it's jailbroken... as long as the iPhone/iPhone is functional you will always be able to restore.

People make it sound as though the 'jailbreak' will actually 'break' your iPhone. It won't. It's as safe as houses.