Apple Can't upgrade to 4.0 from 3.1.3 on iTouch

[Kishu]

Whenever I try to shift-click on restore and try to update my iTouch, it gives me a 3194 error.

 

[ball2012003]

Do you mean your trying to downgrade from 4.0 to 3.1.3 or actually upgrade? If your trying to update don't restore to the new update just press update in iTunes to update it.

 

[Kishu]

Oh, I forgot to mention that I want to jailbreak my iTouch too.

And I mean to upgrade from 3.1.3 to 4.0.

 

[Slyakin]

Is it a first gen?

The first gen isn't compatible with 4.0 and above.

 

[Kishu]

It's a 2G MC.

 

[Slyakin]

Oh...

I actually had problems updating too, so I'd try downloading the (correct) firmware again and then try it with that.

If that doesn't work, sorry.

 

[Spikey]

Since 4.0, Apple has added more security so that you can only update to the most recent update. However, since this is a software thing, and not a hardware thing, it is easily bypassable. Here's a bit more information on the subject: http://blog.iphone-dev.org/post/833937433/blob-banter

 

[saxamo]

It is not easily bypassable. You might be shit out of luck. I'm in the same situation as you trying to update some iPods to 4.0 after I have backed up their SHSH blobs and no luck.

 

[Kishu]

Is there anything special about 4.0? Like, does it run more apps than 3.1.3?

Cause if there isn't any difference, than I won't even bother trying to update it anymore

 

[Dialexio]

You're probably out of luck, as Apple just stopped signing 4.0 recently.

If your SHSHs were backed up on Cydia/Umbrella (unlikely, but it wouldn't hurt to try it), you could restore to 4.0.

Folders is probably the most significant iOS 4.x feature for iPod touch 2G; you can put multiple apps in a "folder" to save space on your SpringBoard.

 

[Kishu]

Oh, I see, then I won't bother.

Thanks everyone who replied!

 

[Hypershad12]

You have to change the hosts file for iTunes. Then download the 4.0 firmware, and update it holding the shift key and click restore button while your iPod is in DFU mode.(Does not require shsh blobs)

Hey guys, well this happened to me so I'm sure it happened to others also.

Basically I didn't know much about jailbreaking, I seen that you could jailbreak on OS4 so I updated, only to find out that you can't jailbreak MC models...which I happened to have. So now my dilema was downgrading from 4.0 to something earlier (I chose 3.1.2) so that I could jailbreak, and have a jailbroken device while I waited for the 4.0 MC model break.

So here's what I did, and hopefully you can follow it and get it working for yourselves also.

First of all you should already have iTunes 9.2 installed.

Next you want to navigate to C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts (Windows) or /etc/hosts (Mac OS X)

open the "hosts" file with notepad (right-click>open with>select notepad) and it should looks something like this
You want to do what it says, adding "74.208.10.249 gs.apple.com" (without quotes) to the bottom of the text file. Then save the file.

Ok now you want the 3.1.2 firmware.

you can go here - http://www.felixbruns.de/iPod/firmware/ and download it from there, the one you want is "iPod touch 2G (3.1.2/7D11)"

Once downloaded load up iTunes 9.2, click your iPod icon on the left hand side then hold SHIFT and click on RESTORE, it should bring up a browsing window at which point browse to where you saved the 3.1.2 firmware (it will by default be called "iPod2,1_3.1.2_7D11_Restore.ipsw" double click it and iTunes should begin the restore process.

Obviously back up anything on your iPod/iTunes that you want to keep, I had nothing I wanted to keep so I skipped this step.

Once restored your iPod should reboot and be completly blank except for the default apps and it should show as Firmware 3.1.2 in your settings.

Ok. So now you have a Firmware 3.1.2 iPod touch 2G you are going to want to jailbreak it huh?

The next step is to UNINSTALL iTunes 9.2, you will have to restart your computer after it has finished, so remember to bookmark this page for when you are back online!

Once uninstalled you need an earlier version of iTunes, I used 9.1.1 which can be found here - http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1037 MAKE SURE YOU DOWNLOAD THE APPROPRIATE FILE FOR YOUR SYSTEM (32bit/64bit)

Once downloaded and installed go here - http://spiritjb.com/ and download the Spirit jailbreak.

When downloaded, connect your iPod to your computer, run Spirit and hit jailbreak, easy as that.

Your iPod should reboot with 1 added app - Cydia, your iPod is now jailbroken and untethered.

Hope this helps some of you out, sorry it's a bit long but these are the exact steps I did (after a few days of trawling the internet and messing about with different programs/firmwares etc) There probably is a far quicker way to do it, but this is just my attempt.

 

[Kishu]

Actually, is there any way to jailbreak a 3.1.3 MC Model?

 

[Dialexio]

Yes. You can use Spirit (requires iTunes 9.0-9.1.1, but an unofficial 9.2-compatible version exists) or Star.

 

[metamaster]

There is also an app that can get you folders in Cydia, but I think its payed (categories?). Also, star has been buggy lately, tried with a few itouches.. but I've never had problems with Spirit. Unfortunatly, if you have iTunes 10, you'll need to downgrade to 9.2.