QuickFreedom

Untether Jailbreak your iPod Touch 2G!!

Thursday, March 12, 2009

Problems still exist..

Okay we still have a few problems, although it seems another percent of people have successfully jailbroken :)

1) LIBUSB not detected as installed. I'll be adding a spot in the advanced settings so you can tell QuickFreedom that you have it installed

2) Slowness/Lagg - This is happening on SLOW computers and the reason behind the "stuck creating/1% errors" I will try to process this in the backround so the program still will respond properly =/ As a temorarty fix, close down ALL running programs in the backround.

3) LIBUSB - May not be installing properly on vista so I'll revert back to the old manual method of installing in compatibility mode

4) If you recieve a patch error please send the log.txt file in Program Files / QuickFreedom  directory to dan@ipod2g.info so I can sort this out thanks.

As a side note, after you have successfully jailbroken you may uninstall LIBUSB until you need to jaikbreak again.


posted by Dan @ 5:08 PM  

67 Comments:

  • At March 12, 2009 6:10 PM , OpenID Mike said...

    it would seem that you actually fixed most of the quickfreedom's problems, with only vista and minor other problems to accomidate, when would be a good time to consider removing the "beta" status?

     

  • At March 12, 2009 6:12 PM , Blogger orlando said...

    i cannot restore my ipod back to the old working...always saying 1611 error...not working for me

     

  • At March 12, 2009 7:18 PM , OpenID Mike said...

    worked perfect for me, great job. only 1 super-awesome problem, the custom boot logo (not one of the included's) doesn't have a user-friendly interface and didnt work for me, but other than that, perfect

     

  • At March 12, 2009 8:32 PM , Blogger Brandon said...

    worked perfect for me! waiting for itunes to restore the ipod at the moment. saw the iPwned screen. made me lol. good job guys!

     

  • At March 12, 2009 8:44 PM , Blogger Andi Briggs said...

    Dude your doing a pretty amazing job on this, I have had the 1% error, it sucks but I know you'll sort it soon :) the update you made is good either way and Im glad you helped more people get success in jailbreaking :D I wont submit a bugs report as to be honest, I think most people have done it for the problem I have anyway :)

    Good luck...

    p.s I recommend this Program to every n00b that needs to jailbreak their iPod Touch 2G

     

  • At March 12, 2009 8:46 PM , Blogger Waddle50008 said...

    Worked perfectly 100% for me! Thanks Dan.

    PS - Where'd you find the colored pineapple logo? I've been looking for it forever (yeah like 2 days to be exact :P)

     

  • At March 12, 2009 9:17 PM , Blogger mecheng said...

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  • At March 12, 2009 10:24 PM , Blogger mlewjr said...

    ok still having problems with DFU. I followed the instructions, itunes pops up stating it recognizes ipod in recovery mode, screen all black but when i hit start pre-jailbreak it always states connect ipod in DFU mode. Also alot of times I notice that its says my ipod is not connected.

    Please can anyone give me some direction....

     

  • At March 13, 2009 3:24 AM , Blogger analexius said...

    Ok,
    after several tries i managed to have my Mypod jailbroken!
    Thanks for your hard work for us lazy people ;)

    Big up!

    ^^AXS^^

     

  • At March 13, 2009 5:36 AM , Blogger RWP said...

    hmm seems, it is stuck trying to create a new firmware sadly. So no-go for me currently

    ps. using Vista Ultimate 64-bit

     

  • At March 13, 2009 7:51 AM , Blogger Waddle50008 said...

    mlewjr: Did you follow the steps exactly when putting it in DFU mode? You must remember not to be a single second off when doing this.

    This may help for those trying to put it in DFU mode:
    http://ask-yusry-anything.blogspot.com/2008/02/how-to-get-into-dfu-mode-for-ipod.html

     

  • At March 13, 2009 8:11 AM , Blogger Waddle50008 said...

    Dan, I have a question: When you check a boot logo, does it place it on a black background and make an image that fits the iPod screen, or does it just place the small logo in the middle of the screen? I just want to know so I can change my boot logo without screwing up my iPod.

     

  • At March 13, 2009 8:30 AM , Blogger mecheng said...

    If iTunes doesn't recognize the itouch in recovery mode, then the itouch comes out of recovery mode. Is it OK to just restore the "Custom Firmware" when iTunes recognizes the itouch? (My itunes will not recognize the recovery mode and default to restore)

     

  • At March 13, 2009 9:46 AM , Blogger ZaRDaK said...

    Tool is great. I have the 1% bug so i used jailbroken ipsw from tethered redsnow. Works perfectly. thx.
    Sorry for my english plz.

     

  • At March 13, 2009 9:53 AM , Blogger Waddle50008 said...

    mecheng: I think the only way you can get your iPod to restore successfully to the custom IPSW is to have it in DFU mode while you restore it. While an iPod is in DFU mode, it is forced to accept & install any IPSW you choose, whereas, when in normal mode or recovery mode, it has the ability to recognize & reject the custom firmware.

     

  • At March 13, 2009 10:07 AM , Blogger Maddy said...

    Wonderful job man, I just jailbroke my iTouch 2G and it is awesome to see my happy Tux instead of the Apple boot logo.
    Almost 50% of restore done @ this time, waiting for it to complete. Fantastic job dude.

     

  • At March 13, 2009 11:53 AM , Blogger shaham_lee said...

    Hello, if got a question when in the .exe file is the step 4 then I take the custom file(patch) from the Desktop. But wich is the file? Is this the file (patch), I also can download???

    pls help

     

  • At March 13, 2009 12:11 PM , Blogger Waddle50008 said...

    Shaham lee: Your custom firmware should be called Custom Firmware.ipsw.

     

  • At March 13, 2009 12:22 PM , Blogger Maddy said...

    Update: Jailbroken and working cool.

     

  • At March 13, 2009 1:02 PM , Blogger Waddle50008 said...

    I was bored so I threw these together:

    Snowflake QuickFreedom Background:
    http://waddle-world.com/ipod-things/wallpaper-qf-sf.png

    Pineapple QuickFreedom Background:
    http://waddle-world.com/ipod-things/wallpaper-qf-ap.png

    If you use them as your wallpaper and go into WinterBoard and check User Wallpaper, it'll look really cool. When you're at the Move & Scale screen before you set one as your wallpaper, just make sure the QuickFreedom text is sitting on top of the translucent box at the bottom of the screen that has the "Cancel" and "Set Wallpaper" buttons in it. :)

    And I thought this might make a cool program icon:
    http://waddle-world.com/ipod-things/qf-logo-new.png


    Again, awesome program Dan!

     

  • At March 13, 2009 1:18 PM , Blogger mecheng said...

    Waddle50008: thanks... i guess i need to wait for a proven method on the 64bit XP...

    i did get farther this morning with the white screen and no errors on the pre-jailbreak...

    just can't figure out the restore...
    Although the pre-jailbreak was successful, i figured I have to continue to run the QuickFreedom until I get a successful restore.
    Thoughts?

     

  • At March 13, 2009 1:56 PM , Blogger Waddle50008 said...

    Once you get past pre-jailbreak, go to iTunes and hit Restore while holding down Shift, browse to your desktop and double click the Custom Firmware.ipsw

     

  • At March 13, 2009 2:56 PM , Blogger Satrianez said...

    Dan, first of all, thanks a million for QuickFreedom, I managed to jailbreak my ipod to untethered on Wednesday night with 1.1.0.
    I'm on Vista Ultimate x64 (no sp1) and had a few problem which are:
    - Couldn't create the firmware (stuck @ 1%). Managed by doing it in XP32 under VMWare.
    - libusb crashes Vista x64 when restarting/shutting down. error 0x0000007E.
    - Removing Watermarking didn't work: top of desktop says "Microsoft (R) Windows (R) Build 6000"
    Today I uninstalled libusb and the BSOD went away.
    I then uninstall QuickFreedom 1.1.0 and installed 1.1.1.
    Started installing libusb but BSOD came back when rebooting.
    Watermarking is still there.
    "3)Install Batch" didn't work, error 53, file not found. You forgot the Files folder in "3)Install Batch", copying it back from 1.1.0 worked though.
    I'll remove all this tomorrow once I've jailbroken my friends iPod.
    Hope this helps.

     

  • At March 13, 2009 3:12 PM , Blogger ZaRDaK said...

    Im rofl!!!!!
    used 1.1.0 to create custom firmware XD.
    1.1.1 doesnt work - 1.1.0 works XD.
    THNX
    reds0w ipsw crashes.

     

  • At March 13, 2009 3:38 PM , Blogger Wayfarer said...

    Worked for me! Thank you.

     

  • At March 13, 2009 3:56 PM , Blogger mecheng said...

    Waddle50008: the issue I see is that the only way iTunes recognizes the iTouch is when the iTouch isn't in recovery mode...

    tried to restore from iTunes without the white screen and get a 1604 error...

     

  • At March 13, 2009 5:01 PM , Blogger Waddle50008 said...

    Oh, so it flat out doesn't recognize it?

    This is after pre-jailbreak, correct?

     

  • At March 13, 2009 8:15 PM , Blogger mecheng said...

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  • At March 13, 2009 8:31 PM , Blogger mecheng said...

    i just re-jailbroke it and now the itouch is white screened and itunes doesn't recognize it..

     

  • At March 13, 2009 9:31 PM , Blogger Alex said...

    Thank you for a great program. I just used this and it worked flawlessly on my Vista system. Thanks again for the work you did

     

  • At March 14, 2009 12:44 AM , Blogger M said...

    Well... hmmmm... everything worked great. I got the custom firmware prepared and on my desktop; got the Touch to go into DFU mode; got the pre-jailbreak part accomplished np; opened iTunes and shift+click the restore button and opened the custom firmware; it all went according to plan.. but it's still not jailbroken. It looks and acts exactly the same as it did before... hmmmmm

    I'll try it again in the morning.

     

  • At March 14, 2009 12:47 AM , Blogger M said...

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  • At March 14, 2009 1:38 AM , Blogger M said...

    OK I did it a second time and I think it works.. I did get the apple logo with the light behind it.. how else can I tell? LOL must do more research....

     

  • At March 14, 2009 3:16 AM , Blogger dgomr said...

    getting erro 1604

     

  • At March 14, 2009 5:33 AM , Blogger Gabriel said...

    Hi,
    Thank you for creating a great and easy to follow program. I successfully and "untetheredly" jailbroken my iPod Touch 2G with the custom boot logo and all that.

    I'm using Windows Vista x64 SP1 and I had to do Step 2 (Creating a Custom Firmware) on a Windows XP SP3 x86 guest OS in VMWare. Like RWP said on March 13, 2009 5:36 AM, the creation of the new firmware in Step 2 did not push through.

    With regard to LIBUSB for 64-bit machines, I just followed the instructions given by QuickTether on YouTube. I was successful in installing that on a Vista x64 SP1 PC too.

     

  • At March 14, 2009 5:38 AM , Blogger andre said...

    if you got %1 stuck problem,
    try to use win compatibility-mode for win2k.
    whole night, got problem with winXP, tried to start quickfreedom in win2k-mode, everything is fine :)
    thanks for this

    => tested @ winXP on virtualBox2.1.4 @ ubuntu intrepid

     

  • At March 14, 2009 5:39 AM , Blogger Gabriel said...

    Hi,
    Thank you for creating a great and easy to follow program. I successfully and "untetheredly" jailbroken my iPod Touch 2G with the custom boot logo and all that.

    I'm using Windows Vista x64 SP1 and I had to do Step 2 (Creating a Custom Firmware) on a Windows XP SP3 x86 guest OS in VMWare. Like RWP said on March 13, 2009 5:36 AM, the creation of the new firmware in Step 2 did not push through.

    With regard to LIBUSB for 64-bit machines, I just followed the instructions given by QuickTether on YouTube. I was successful in installing that on a Vista x64 SP1 PC too.

     

  • At March 14, 2009 6:33 AM , Blogger Teemu said...

    Thanks for making such an easy to use program. Worked perfectly for me!

     

  • At March 14, 2009 10:38 AM , Blogger michael said...

    i loved the idea of QuickTether but now that the untethered is out... Musclenerd made an almost automated one and its really easy.
    But this is still good for the super noobs and its really easy

     

  • At March 14, 2009 11:02 AM , OpenID plaz said...

    I get an error saying couldn't apply patch, and also for some reason it can't save the custom firmware on desktop, dunno if that matters though? amazing job from you anyway, keep it up. I'll send you my log to help you.

     

  • At March 14, 2009 11:33 AM , Blogger Waddle50008 said...

    Are you kidding? This program is good for everyone! It does the same as any other jailbreaking program, and it's faster & easier to use.

     

  • At March 14, 2009 12:23 PM , Blogger Admin said...

    Want to note, that the firmware will not install if you try to use your own boot image.

     

  • At March 14, 2009 2:57 PM , Blogger mecheng said...

    fixed the custom firmware loading by loading it on my wifes 32 bit XP instead of my 64bit XP. There seems to be an issue with the drivers. although I am able to get the pre-jailbreak done on the 64 bit machine, i needed to restore the Custom Firmware on the 32 bit machine. then in order to get the itunes on 64 bit to recognize the itouch, i had to uninstall the libUSB drivers and update the imaging apple driver to the USB apple driver... then iTunes recognized and restored my music/videos and apps.

     

  • At March 14, 2009 5:37 PM , Blogger The Doctor said...

    My itouch 2g is not being read by the program, even after a restart, restore, and in dfu.

     

  • At March 14, 2009 5:49 PM , Blogger Waddle50008 said...

    Have you updated to 2.2.1 firmware? This may be irrelevant, but you could try.

    Make sure libUSB drivers get installed, and iTunes is open and recognizes the iPod.

     

  • At March 16, 2009 2:03 AM , Blogger Johnny said...

    So to clear things up, is this readily possible in Windows Vista 64 bit sp1? If so does anyone have a link to a guide that could get me through installing libUSB without causing BSOD?

    Also, if one messes up during jailbreaking, is it possible to restore the ipod (if so, how would one go about it?) or does it becomes a brick?

     

  • At March 19, 2009 8:16 AM , Blogger pizzaman said...

    If the programm stucks at "Creating..." put the ipod in dfu mode. It helped fpr me...

     

  • At March 20, 2009 5:12 AM , Blogger Sean said...

    all people having problems with libusb on vista right click and go to properties then switch it to run windows service pack 2 then exit out and right click run as administrator. works for me :)

     

  • At March 21, 2009 11:49 PM , Blogger Rafael Santos Sá said...

    I'm getting run-time error 53' when clicking "install BATCH". Anyone is getting it too?

     

  • At March 23, 2009 4:50 PM , OpenID gabtremblay22 said...

    I have a problem with create firmware... When I click on Create Firmware it says an error occured during process

    Can somebody help me

     

  • At March 24, 2009 5:27 PM , Blogger Nawvid said...

    I followed the instructions, iTunes pops up stating it recognizes iPod in recovery mode, screen all black but when i hit start pre-jailbreak it always states connect ipod in DFU mode. it says that my ipod is not connected all the time. Can someone help?

     

  • At March 24, 2009 7:13 PM , Blogger Brian W said...

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  • At March 24, 2009 7:15 PM , Blogger Brian W said...

    i have the same problem as gabtrembly22. it recognizes that the firmware and LIBUSB are installed but when i click create firmware it says "creating..." and then the unknown error message pops up. is there a way to fix it. ive tried restarting and redownloading

     

  • At March 25, 2009 6:39 PM , Blogger Alex said...

    I am having a similar problem to Nawvid. QuickFreedom recognizes that my ipod in DFU mode and the test program for the LIB USB checks out ok. When i click "Start Pre Jailbreak", my ipod screen does not turn white. QuickFreedom says that it is applying patches but then loops back to saying "IPOD connected in DFU mode, press Start Pre Jailbreak"

    Any help?

     

  • At March 26, 2009 5:43 PM , Blogger Erik said...

    How come it says. Ipod not connected all the time?? and when put it in DFU mode. I click pre jailbreak and it says i havent put it in dfu mode. Ive tried this about 20 times.

    Please someone help

     

  • At April 13, 2009 5:36 PM , Blogger cjcool10 said...

    I Have The Same Promblem As Brian Here I Click On Create Firmware And It Keeps Coming Up '(x)Error Creating Firmware!'

     

  • At April 13, 2009 9:24 PM , OpenID Joe said...

    when i download the original firmware from quickfreedom, the file dosnt download in the apple ipod firmware update format, it just shows up as a folder of a tun of files instead of a packeged file, how do i fix this

     

  • At April 18, 2009 3:18 AM , Blogger Dilip said...

    I've managed to jailbreak my ipod touch 2g but my wifi does not work. The touch registers that the connection is present but none of the programs installed do, including cydia and installer. Is this fixable?

     

  • At April 18, 2009 3:20 AM , Blogger Dilip said...

    hey i managed to jailbreak my ipod relatively easily following the instructions; but my wifi appears to not work. The actual touch registers there is an internet connection (in the setting and the logo), but none of the programs recognize it is connected including safari, cydia and the actual installer

     

  • At April 23, 2009 2:57 AM , OpenID raenizzle687 said...

    when i click create firmware i get an error message saying

    error loading original firmware. please browse for the correct 2.2.1 firmware...

    i downloaded the 2.2.1 firmware i dont get it what i am doing wrong... please i need help i am so frustrated with this error message

     

  • At April 24, 2009 4:24 PM , Blogger samarmir said...

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  • At April 24, 2009 4:30 PM , Blogger samarmir said...

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  • At April 29, 2009 6:56 AM , Blogger owlmain said...

    Using QuickFreedom, I can successful create Custom Firmware but did have a problem to select Restore. When holding Shift and click Restore, it did not pop up the Popup Selection Windows. Thus, It automatic restores to Factory Setting.

    I use Windows Vista Home Premium Vista 64 bit and iTune 8.1.1.10.

    Any idea to solve this problem?

     

  • At April 29, 2009 2:59 PM , Blogger MurphyMfc said...

    I put my iPod into DFU mode, but QuickFreedom says it isn't connected. :[

     

  • At June 6, 2009 1:00 AM , OpenID lilzay82295 said...

    Everything works fine..

    UNTIL i get to Step 2 I try creating a custom firmwar and it gets stuck at 99% for hours !! please help.

    One more thing When i try putting in DFU mode it goes in recovery mode. -.- help please

     

  • At June 29, 2009 3:15 AM , Blogger Stefano said...

    I try to create firmware but:

    This process may take 5-10 minutes to complete.
    Starting firmware creation...
    and...nothing!
    I waited 40 minutes and nothing happend.

    I have windows 7 build 7068

     

  • At July 5, 2009 1:23 PM , OpenID edubb1993 said...

    i have a major problem for some reason it says ipod not connected but it is and itunes recognizes it but not quick freedon then i press pre jailbreak and it says please connect ipod in dfu mode but it is connected in dfu mode ive tried unplugging and plugging it back in then i tried plugging it in different ports but it still does not work please what do i do

     

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