So tonight I decided to attempt to jailbreak my iPod touch. I sent the restore file to my laptop, loaded QuickPwn from there, and did the instructions. Right as it was instructing me about putting my iPod into DFU mode, “QuickPwn…encountered a problem and need[ed] to be closed.” Problem is, the app was working just fine. So I continued to use it. Bad idea.

I let the QuickPwn software and Installer.app and stuff to load. Once it was done, it booted. Or at least it was supposed to. My iPod was pretty much bricked, until I found a fix.

Now, QuickPwn asks you to do a few things to get to DFU mode. It involves pressing a lot of buttons. Well, from searching the internet, I found a blog post saying how to get your iPod into recovery mode:

1. Press and hold Home button and Sleep/Wake button (this forces down the iPod).
2. Continue to hold the buttons.
3. Release the Sleep/Wake button when the Apple logo appears.
4. Let go of both buttons when the Recovery Mode screen shows.

Sound familiar? This process is very similar to the one QuickPwn tells you to do. After that process, I was able to restore my “bricked” iPod. Right now it’s syncing all the stuff to it. I did have a 48 minute video of it. I trashed it because it was so uneventful and boring, and it took more that 1GB of disk space.