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Does Jailbreaking your Ipod touch break it??? In the details box its says so?? Is it true?

Like this dude said: If you have to ASK then there is a high risk you'll muck it up!! Don't do it.. with 3.1.2 the ONLY jailbreak that works is blackra1n and thats a dirty tethered jailbreak (on late 2nd gen ipods, all 3rd gen ipods and iphone 3GS - other earlier models should be untethered by now on RC No 3 (dec 09) version) meaning if you reset your ipod or it crashed it wont restart until you connect it back to the computer and blackra1n.. Jail breaking also voids the warranty and does cause many issues from files vanishing, memory leaks and loss, rebooting and even failing to boot. Also once its jailbroken you can only add jailbroken or copy protection free media or apps as its altered the boot code and NOT recognised as a valid ipod on iTunes so wont load (from itunes on the computer) NEW apps and NEW protected items (apps, video or DRM music). YOU CAN load itunes Plus music and stuff you import from CD or MP3 or AAC files etc... or try and use apps store or itunes on the device itself!! go to the site you got the jailbreak from for their links for apps if thats your thing. NEVER JAILBREAK its NOT worth the effort or the RISK. you know that 75% of jailbreaks fail! either immediately or after a few restarts - this will require a restore in itunes and reapplication of a jailbreak - however if your'e unlucky a restore in itunes will NOT fix it and its bricked and dead (probably 5 to 10% suffer this) if you have a PC and its doesn't restore get a friend who has a mac to try as sometimes that can work! the 2.2 or 3.1 software from apple is stable and works well and lets you add hundreds of apps (many free) from the itunes App Store, many with features available in jailbroken items. Jailbroken ipods cause so many problems (just search on here for them). It alters the boot code so its not really an ipod at all. and for this reason I advise people NOT to jailbreak unless they can afford to replace the unit!! Jail breaking effectively became redundant when the 2.0 software was released as it add almost nothing useful to the ipods abilities (other than the ability to browse its file structure which also makes it less secure - the common risk only if you have the SSH added and don’t change your password then hackers can read and erase your device at will or add items without your knowing) also jailbreaking removes many system security features making it open to trojans (see news) and any files you have on it by ‘say’ air-sharing app etc will be hackable too! it WILL also result in IM apps giving your messages to everyone with the same jailbreak on the same network (and you getting their replies) as jailbreaking removes the unique encryption key to each device and places it with a common one for that jailbreak. naturally by removing the encryption key its possible hack into a jailbroken ipod on the same network as the hacker (assuming they know the key) and read your files.. it also allows malicious apps such as 113prep to be loaded which then kill many files on your system. Best option is to remove the jailbreak by restoring the ipod on your computer but NOT connected to internet and make sure you have a full power USB2 port as low power laptop ports can cause the restore to fail and kill the ipod. So... with itunes running reset your ipod (its the home and power key until screen goes blank with dark apple logo). then as soon as the screen lights up connect it to computer.

Public Comments

1. Jailbreaking can mess with your phone if you aren't careful. If you do it, make sure you at least have some idea what you are doing. Blackra1n works perfectly well. I've jailbroken a couple times and have had 0 problems. Apps from the Itunes store works just fine, you do not get limited to only cracked apps. If you don't jailbreak, guess what your root password will always be alpine unlike my phone which has an extremely complex root password. Who's to say in the near future that there will not be an exploit for the phone that uses the default root password? If you do install SSH it would be common sense to change the password. If I have the wireless encryption key of the network, I can see all your IMs whether you are jailbroken or not. The same applies if you use bluetooth. You can be bluesnarfed jailbroken or not. Jailbreaking works much more than allowing you to browse the file system. I can now freely install wireless auditing programs/exploit programs that are not available via the App Store. I also have the option to do whatever Unix tricks I want to on the OS. I can also personalize the look and feel of my phone. The trojan horse you are talking about is actually an automated python script that scans jailbroken Iphones running the default SSH password (see above). You basically have no idea what you are talking about. You don't know that the Iphone runs a mini Mac OSX, anything about current exploits for the phone, or how a phone is attacked.