Exclusive: iJailBreak Mobile released: upgrade your Jailbroken iPod Touch, iPhone over the air!
- January 28th, 2008
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It’s Jailbreak day here on CrunchGear, as another app has just been released, and it’s the easiest to use yet, as it’s an over the air updater for previously Jailbroken iPod Touches and iPhones, and the best part is you can do it without a computer at all.
If you’re iPhone or Touch isn’t jailbroken yet, this isn’t for you. But if you’re using a 1.1.1 or 1.1.2 Jailbroken handheld, this is the easiest yet. Using the installer.app you’ve already installed, you can now update your system software to 1.1.3.
A word of caution, not all current third-party apps work with 1.1.3, such as Summerboard, but it, as well as most others, should have compatible updates very soon. Hit the jump to get started.
In all, the update takes about 45 minutes, but it’s a painless 45 minutes that you can use to do other things, like read CrunchGear.
You’ll need a decent Wi-Fi connection for your iPhone or iPod Touch. The faster the connection, the faster it’ll upgrade.
To start, make sure that installer.app and the BSD subsystem are up to date. If they are, back out to the settings menu and make sure your autolock is disabled.Then, in installer.ap, simply add http://ijailbreak.com/repo.plist to the sources list in Installer (Sources -> Edit -> Add -> http://ijailbreak.com/repo.plist), then refresh your sources. Go back to the installable packages list and you should have a category called “iJailBreakMobile”. From there, choose the 1.1.1 installer or the 1.1.2 installer, based on which firmware you’re running. This will put a new icon on your device, called iJailbreak. Run it.
You’ll be asked to make sure a few things are set up, and if they are, it’ll start the download process. This part can take awhile, as it’s downloading the real 1.1.3 firmware from Apple.
Just let it run. At times, it’ll look like it’s giving an error or freezing, but it’s supposed to look like that. If successful, which it should be if you’ve followed our instructions, it’ll reboot into 1.1.3, ready to go. If not, you’ll reboot to wherever you were at before, so you can give it another go.
When it’s done, you’ll want to go to the installer app again and install “iPod Touch Software Upgrade” if you’re on a Touch, as I am. It’ll install a new program called iJailbreak that looks just like the last one. Hit it to reboot with all the new apps (Mail, Maps, etc.) and the “wiggly icon” arrangement thing.
When you’re all done, you’ll also want to run the app called “Remove 1.1.3 Upgrade Data” if you’re upgrading for 1.1.1, as the application is left on your device when it’s done, and it takes up space on your device that you’d love to have back.
You could thank me for showing you this, but the thanks should go to AriX of iJailBreak dot com, the mind who put this all together. Feel free to make a donation to the man if it works for you.
Hmm..So you lose all previous data?
That depends. I did, because I messed mine up. But it should be fairly painless for you.
I’m trying this right now. Thanks, Matt!
So - does this work with unlocked 1.11 phones? I am using T-Mobile right now.
I have the whole
“Finishing up… if you see a spinning cog and your device does not reboot automatically, you can reboot manually once the spinning cog appears, or if it takes more than 10 minutes from when this message appears.”
It’s been about 10, but I have no doubts. I can’t wait for this to work!
I am trying to download the 1.1.2 to 1.1.3 jailbreak and it keeps crashing once it starts installing it :(
I had that problem too. It has to do with software on your iPod/iPhone. I wiped all the third-party stuff off, then it worked just fine and dandy.
Hmmm, I cant seem to do this. my iPod touch 1.1.3 just shows a bunch of errors than says that process completed, is this normal? It doesnt even start to download the files.
If you’re already on 1.1.3, you don’t need to do this.
I meant 1.1.1 not 1.1.3
ok I unistalled it and reinstalled it but now it just says on the last line
“it is completely normal :)”
and it does nothing.
Same here, if you read carefully it seems there are some error messages as well in the command line.
Can any body help? i just did upgrade my iphone version 1.1.1 to 1.1.3 by air via every thing work but now it error out show itune logo and connector what can i do please help me…
I think you need to install the BSD Subsystem 2.0 Term Fix. I had the same problem at first and re-installed BSD 2.0 and the iJailbreak app. Ran it and it worked fine that time around.
did you get it to work….im getting the same error and dont know what to do…itunes tells me to restore and it cant seem to be able to do much more…also ibrickr 0.9.1 is telling me to restore using 1.0.2???
Thank you Matt Hickey! I deleted all of the iphone apps off of my ipod touch and it installed fine.
Help! I’m trying to install the iPod Touch apps, but it asks for a password! I don’t know what password it’s talking about!
Try Alpine. its the password given to your ipod when you jailbreak it
Will it have carried over from 1.1.2?
Now term-vt100 is also asking for a password! Does anyone think this is because of my lockup and having to manually restart to launch into 1.1.3? Any help is appreciated!
As i’ve said over and over again, I still suggest iPhone users not to tinker on their phone and leave it as it is. :)
Mars M.
http://www.iphone-codes.com
Does this work on unlocked 1.1.1 iphones?
Does anyone else have the password problem? I can’t get anything to happen…
I am having the same problem with the password. Does anyone know what to type in there?
I think you should email AriX. They have a link at the website:
arix attlebat ijailbreak.com
I’ve emailed him, and the more that tell him the more likely we’ll get a response :-)
Have you tried ‘alpine’?
Yes. It doesnt let you type anything unless you press enter then it goes to Login where you can type but nothing works.
anyone from canada test if the “locate me” feature works?
A friend of mine showed me me how well it worked on his Touch, within 10 ft. of his driveway in a quiet residential neighbourhood of Victoria, BC.
Amazing yet also somewhat freaky that it worked far away so well in a non-commerical area. I’m really quite curious to see how they are collecting their data.
Still no luck with this upgrade path …. fingers crossed.
If you are having a problem with the iphone apps installer asking for a password check their website.
UPDATE: There are apparently some problems with installing iPhone apps if you are upgrading from 1.1.2, where the Terminal asks you for a password. A fix will be out tomorrow! By the way, if you’re getting syntax errors related to a smiley face, refresh your sources, then uninstall iJailBreak, reinstall, and start over :( Sorry for the inconvenience!
Thank you so much! That comment made my morning!
So, I have been working on upgrading my “iTOUCH” for the past 2 hours now and it appears that I have successfully upgraed from a JailBroken 1.1.2 iTOUCH to a 1.1.3 iTOUCH. I might add that I was able to install the new Software Apps as well. How did I get around the password issue? I wish I could say exactly but here is what I did.
I found the an article at the line below which gave these instructions:
If you’re a Windows user…
1. You must be on a PC connected to the same wireless network as your iPhone. Download these files and save them to your Desktop:
* PCSP for Windows (by the maker of PuTTY)
* PuTTY for Windows (SSH Client)
Now open a command window by going to your Start menu, clicking Run, and typing in ‘cmd’. Type the following commands:
1.) “cd desktop”
2.) “putty -ssh root@” with same replacement and password as above. When it asks for a password, type in “alpine” and press Enter (nothing will appear as your type in the password - this is normal).
I did this through the CMD window via PUTTY and it actually shutdown my iTOUCH and caused me to lose the connection as well. When it rebooted - to my surprise all of the new apps were installed. Now…I tried this directly in the iTOUCH as well as instructed in this post at the very top. It wouldn’t accept “alpine”. But when I did it through the putty session it worked.
Here is the post I found that may help. I didn’t perform the full jailbreak from PCSP as mentioned in the post at the link below. Up until the password issue I had followed the step by step instructions in this article above.
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=422278&highlight=jailbreak+password#Upgrading_and_jailbreaking_your_iPhone_in_1.1.3
Hope that helps.
If any is having a problem with the iphone apps installer asking for a password here is the news.
UPDATE: There are apparently some problems with installing iPhone apps if you are upgrading from 1.1.2, where the Terminal asks you for a password. A fix will be out tomorrow! By the way, if you’re getting syntax errors related to a smiley face, refresh your sources, then uninstall iJailBreak, reinstall, and start over :( Sorry for the inconvenience!
Now I can’t even download the ijb mobile app, maybe a server problem ?
I’m jealous for those of you who are now enjoying jiggly icons and “locate me” on Googlemaps.
After failing the first time, I now can’t even install iJBM 1.1.1, getting a “Package download failed” error.
Installing iJBM 1.1.2 is even funnier: “ERROR: This jailbreak only runs on 1.1.1, please use the 1.1.2 version if you’re running that”.
I guess you get what you pay for…. if this worked I would be singing the boyz praises for weeks.
I am getting the same error “Package download failed” when i run install iJailBreakMobile for the second error looks you are trying to install version 1.1.2 on an iphone that is running 1.1.1.
anyone had the same case “Package download failed”
Regards