How To Perform A Reboot After A Tethered Jailbreak

As many of you will already know, and probably tried, some devices on the latest 3.1.2 firmware can only use a tethered jailbreak system with blackra1n, eg ;

iPhone 3gs ( With new iboot )

iPod Touch 3g

iPod Touch 2g MC

A tethered jailbreak just means that every time you lose power to your device, whether the battery has drained, or a Cydia app you have installed requires a reboot, you will need to connect your device to your computer and re-run the jailbreak program, in order to power it back up again, otherwise it just sticks on the connect to itunes screen.

Instructions ;

1. Connect your switched off device to pc via usb cable

( Connect to iTunes logo will appear on device screen )

2. Run jailbreak software ( eg. blackra1n )

( Just ignore iTunes opening or any other dialogue boxes that open, dont touch anything, wait until your device powers up fully, now close itunes and any other dialogue boxes that are open )

3. Thats it, leave device connected if you need to charge up, if you want to sync to itunes just re-open itunes now, otherwise it is now safe to disconnect from usb cable

Ive now recently jailbroken a few devices, an iphone 3gs, iphone 3g, ipod touch 2g, and today an ipod touch 2g mc, if your worried about trying a tethered jailbreak, trust me its no big deal, just try to keep your device well charged at all times, but if you have to reboot, the whole process only takes about a minute, and is easy, it should'nt put you off!

Im pretty sure there will be updates in future for an untethered jailbreak for these devices, stay tuned.