Ever since Apple released iPhone OS 3.1.3 earlier this month, we have had guides to jailbreak iPhone 3.1.3 firmware using redsn0w, sn0wbreeze and PwnageTool. But most of the comments so far have been regarding mistakenly upgrading iPhone/iPod Touch to non-jailbreakable firmware versions.
Upgrading to the latest firmware iPhone OS 3.1.3 upgrades the Baseband to 05.12.01 which is yet to be jailbroken and unlocked, but iPhone Dev team’s PwnageTool 3.1.5 is available for download to upgrade your iPhone & iPod Touch to OS 3.1.3 without upgrading baseband there by retaining capability to jailbreak & unlock.
This guide is for those iPod Touch users who have mistakenly upgraded to OS 3.1.3 and stuck with it. This step-by-step guide will help you to downgrade iPod Touch 3G 3.1.3 to 3.1.2.
Note : You might also need to edit your Hosts file in etc folder of Windows 7 if you get an “ineligible iPod Device” error arising from the downgrade. I am not sure if this error comes or not but would recommend you all to do the same to be on the safer side.
Note 2: For those who are wondering what to edit in Hosts file, look for steps 3 & 4 in this guide here.
How to Downgrade iPod Touch 3.1.3 to 3.1.2 OS
1. Make sure you have Original iPod Touch 3.1.2 IPSW file. You can check in the below location
C:/ Users{your windows user name} / AppData / Roaming / Apple Computer / iTunes / iPod Software Updates
In case you don’t have, download links are given here.
2. Make sure that your iPod Touch 3G is not connected to the PC/Mac
3. Power off your iPod Touch 3G
4. While holding the power button (for 10 seconds or so), connect your iPod Touch 3G to PC/Mac.
5. If you see the “Connect to iTunes” message on your iPod touch then it means you are now in recovery mode.
6. Once in recovery mode, Click on iPod Touch Device on iTunes Sidebar and press Shift + Click on restore button will be prompted open firmware location. Point to the location where your firmware 3.1.2 is located and click OK.
Voila!! Your iPod touch 2G /3G has been downgraded to the jailbreakable 3.1.2 firmware!
Thanks Vaibhav!
works perfectly people…jus refer to note 1 and 2 and chek out the link refered to in note 2. thanks a $million$ Raju
How to Downgrade Ipod Touch 3G 3.1.3 to 3.1.2
Step 1: Goto http://www.felixbruns.de/iPod/firmware/ and download the Ipod Touch 2g 3.1.2 firmware,
Step 2: Place your ipod into recovery mode by simply powering off your iopd and then press and hold the home button for 10 seconds and plug into the computer.
Step 3:Goto itunes and hold shift while u press restore.
Step 4:Then select the ipsw u have downloaded. The restore should begin.
Step 5 : you can now jailbreak.(download blackra1n jailbreak method from blackra1n.com)
Enjoy!
finally got it downgraded after 3 hole days of geting crap from other sites!!!!!
read all the blog it really works !!!!
thanks!!!!!!
i’m a happy jailbraker again
well..as it is i use mac and accidentally upgraded my ipod 3g 3.1.3
is it true that you can’t downgrade the thing after upgrade?? now it’s totally useless piece of .
This does not work with a IPOD Touch 3G 64GB with preinstalled 3.1.3 firmware. I tried both the 3G and 2G 3.1.2 packages and both don’t work. I have made the proper Hosts file edits, i followed many different tutorials, im trying to find one for preinstalled ipod touches however i have no luck.
Hey, will all my music/ videos and apps be there after I downgrade?
hey does this work on a ipod touch 3.1.3 3rd gen? btw its MC
When i press shift while pressing restore in itunes then go through the files up to ‘ipod software updates’ i cant find the file ’3.1.2′ but it is on my desktop and in my documents…HELP PLEASE i really need to downgrade my ipod touch
Just restored my iPod Touch 3rd Gen 32gb back to 3.1.2. Works like a charm!
LISTEN PEOPLE!
You will NOT be able to jailbreak if your iPod Touch had 3.1.3 PRE-INSTALLED.
If you iPod touch came with 3.1.2, and after this you updated then YES, you WILL be able to downgrade. Otherwise you’re proper fucked.
does edit host file work for downgrading from 3.1.3 to 3.1.2?
My ipod touch 3g 32gb came with 3.1.2 firmware, then i jailbroke it. But then accidentley upgraded to 3.1.3, how do i get back to 3.1.2. I tried to put my itouch into DFU mode and restore it with 3g 3.1.2 firmware but it says NOT ELIGIBLE
Ok, I put my iPOd in recovery mode and it doesn’t ask what firmware I wanna use. It just says “Update and Restore” and I have to
Guys at the top! you guys have to have the 8.26 version of iTunes, thats the only way it will work. you have to downgrade your iTunes.
for all of you who say “not eligible” when you click on the firmware, you will have to downgrade your itunes first.
Okay all you people who are flipping out stop it. It isn’t that this “doesn’t work” it’s because you dumb fucks are using the wrong firmware! You are probably trying to get 3.1.2 iPhone firmware when you have an iPod! This does work 100% if you just use the right stuff! You can download any firmware you need here http://www.felixbruns.de/iPod/firmware/ make sure you are downloading firmware for what you have (iPod firmware for iPod, iPhone firmware for iPhone ect….)
xdnickx, do you mean we have to use the 2G firmware when our ipods are a 3G model? I’m kinda confused :O
Hey all! I have the 8Gb 3G version 3.1.3 and I tried what xdnickx wrote and it worked! You must not take the 3G 3.1.2 IPS file but the 2G version!!!
follow up on rei’s question..
i have an iPod touch 32gb 3g (MC model) with 3.1.3, not preloaded, i accidentally updated from 3.1.2.
i’ve been visiting other tutorials and it says download the
3.1.2 software from an iPod 2g and not a 3g because it won’t work.
so in the felixbruns website what should i download? 2g or 3g version of 3.1.2? thanks for reading and hoping for a response as I have been searching the net for solutions to this for days lol.
Yea, and if our ipods are those that HAVEN’T been jailbroken before, I’m guessing that I can’t downgrade it coz I don’t have the cydia thing right..?
@Colin dumb fucks? grow up man
Anyways , tried this on a Ipod touch 3G 3.1.2 upped to 3.1.3. Tried the original firmware and even tried it with the 2G firmware, tried it with an older version of itunes too!
Does not work, I guess the newer 3g’s are an issue, also i read somewhere else where people said if you went from 3.1.2 to 3.1.3 there is no way to come back.
I keep getting “ineligible iPod Device” error even after trying the hosts file fix.
Gonna wait for a jailbreak or hoping 4.0 wont be as much trouble.
I have an iPod Touch 3G 32GB. It came with 3.1.2. I jailbroke it but then updated to 3.1.3.
Using this method, and modifying the /etc/hosts file, I am still getting a message saying that I’m ineligible. Is there any other step I can take? I’m using Mac OS X wth iTunes 9.1. I’m not sure if I can downgrade my iTunes version and if it’s going to work.
If it’s not working for you, that doesn’t mean it doesn’t work at all. There are so many combinations of how you upgraded, and how you’re trying to downgrade, that it’s not going to work for everyone. Be patient.
i have an ipod touch 32gb which came with 3.1.2 and i upgraded to 3.1.3 (not meaning to) but now wen i try and downgrade i get a message saying the device isnt eligible i have been told by a mate who works in the aapple stores that apple have stopped signing the downgrade so nobody can downgrade i am using itunes 9.0.3 to do this plz correct me if im wrong here but it is now impossible to downgrade we r jst going to have to wait for the 4.0 irmware to come out in july
thanks
Mine worked because I used this ipsw file: iPod2,1_3.1.2_7D11_Restore.ispw. You have to use the firmware for the iPod Touch 2nd Generation for it to work. You can download it here http://www.felixbruns.de/iPod/firmware/
This works for iPod touch 3G 3.1.3 by the way.
This website is a loophole for ppls like you. see the link (mouse up) and you will see that its a iphone fw link While you are on a ipod guide.
Making People fools.
I had searched net and found that ipod touch 3.1.3 is only jailbreakable by PwnageTool 3.15 for mac only.
Visit the jailbreak makers site only.
http://blog.iphone-dev.org/search/ipod+3.1.3
“Making people fools”!!
So, all of us who have successfully “downgraded” our iPods are fools? I would have easily trashed this comment, but approved it, because TechPP allows free speech and I want people to know the truth. As a matter of fact, only those who face problems tend to leave comments on blog and those who successfully use it forget to thank/mention it. Still there are many people who have commented after successfully downgrading their device.
I do not expect everyone to have complete knowledge about jailbreaking, but in this post we are talking about “DOWNGRADING” iPod Touch and you are giving link on how to “JAILBREAK” 3.1.3!!
Anyone else have a problem where Apple refused the restore?
I got through the first stages (thanks to Raju and xdNickx) but then once the restore had completed it said it was verifying it with Apple, which was eventually refused.
Any thoughts?
OK.I CAN HELP! DOWNLOAD IPOD TOUCH 2G 3.1.2 FIRMWARE AND SHIFT-CLICK RESTORE ON ITUNES! THEN CHOOSE THE FIRMWARE JUST DOWNLOADED! DONE! I KNOW YOU HAVE A 3G BUT IT WILL WORK! IPOD TOUCH 3G IS NO DIFFRENT FORM 2G EXCEPT IT HAS NEWER SOFTWARE AND IT IS SKINNIER!
I cant downgrade i keep getting the error 28.I have a ipod 8gb dont know if it’s 2g or 3g.PLEASE HELP
Hey guys, I just did what jay said and works ok! I have an iPod Touch 3G 8gb!