Jailbreak iPod touch 4G / 3G on iOS 4.3 GM Using PwnageTool [How To Guide]

iOS developer and hacker iH8sn0w and jcf_dev have released PwnageTool bundles to jailbreak iOS 4.3 GM on iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. You can use these bundles with PwnageTool 4.2 to create custom jailbroken 4.3 firmware files.

Jailbreak iPod touch 4G on iOS 4.3

Unfortunately though, this is a tethered jailbreak, which means you will need to restart your iPod touch in a tethered-jailbroken mode on every reboot using tetheredboot utility.

We have already covered extensive tutorials on how-to jailbreak iPhone and iPad on iOS 4.3. The instructions for both iPod touch 4G and 3G are exactly same as the ones for iPad. You can follow the instructions posted here, with some changes as explained below.

  • On Step 3, download iPod4,1_4.3_8F190.bundle file and move it to the location as mentioned in the instructions.

Jailbreak iPod touch 4 (6)

  • On Step 5, select “iPod touch 3G, 4G” option when PwnageTool prompts to select your device.

Jailbreak iPod touch 4 (9)

  • On Step 6, browse for iOS 4.3 GM for iPod touch 4G or 3G.. duh

Jailbreak iPod touch 4 (1)

  • On Step 13, use kernelcache.release.n81 and iBSS.n81ap.RELEASE.dfu instead of kernelcache.release.k48 and iBSS.k48ap.RELEASE.dfu

Jailbreak iPod touch 4 (7)

  • On Step 14, use the following commands in Terminal:

Jailbreak iPod touch 4 (8)

/Users/TaimurAsad/Downloads/tetheredboot/tetheredboot
/Users/TaimurAsad/Downloads/tetheredboot/iBSS.k48ap.RELEASE.dfu
/Users/TaimurAsad/Downloads/tetheredboot/kernelcache.release.k48

Download iOS 4.3 GM for iPod touch 4G / 3G
Download iTunes 10.2
Download PwnageTool 4.2
Download iOS 4.3 PwnageTool Bundle for iPod touch 4G
Download iOS 4.3 PwnageTool Bundle for iPod touch 3G

Looking to jailbreak iPhone 4 on iOS 4.3? Follow the complete step by step instructions posted here to jailbreak iPhone 4 on iOS 4.3 using PwnageTool.

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