1. Go to this link.
2. Once at the home page, scroll down to the download section. Select the download file according to which operating system you are running.
3. After completing the download, you can either double-click on the file, or right click and select “Open”.
4. A small window will open, select “Run”.
5. Once the program opens, wait a second or two to let it detect your device.Then, press the “Jailbreak” button and just wait.

It only takes a few seconds, and then your done.Wait until your device restarts and your done.

**TROUBLESHOOTING**

If you are using Windows 7 or Windows Vista, you may get this error message.

To fix this problem, all you need to do is follow these easy steps:

1. Right-click on the “Spirit.exe” file and select the “Properties” option.
2. Once the “Properties” window opens, select the “Compatibility” tab.
3. In this tab, check the “Run this program in compatibility mode for:” square
4. Select Windows 95 and apply these settings.
5. Repeat steps 3 through 5 and enjoy!

For any comments or questions, feel free to write them in the comment box below. Thanks for reading!

So for those of you who just recently purchased an iPod touch/iPhone or made the mistake to upgrade, be strong. The end of this suffering is near!

**Note: “SB” settings stand for SpringBoard settings.

To access your SBSettings home, simply swipe your finger at least 50 pixels across the status bar.What will come down is this:

Here you can right away see 4 main options, Brightness, Processes, SSH and Wi-Fi.

The brightness tab is pretty straight forward, simply press the button and adjust your brightness on the fly, without have to exit whatever you are doing, go to the settings application, waiting for it to load… etc.

The processes tab allows you to view all applications running in the background, so if you find that your device is running a lot slower than it should be, try ending a few useless processes this should make a lot more memory available and allow you to continue using your iPod Touch/iPhone nice and smoothly. There is also a “Free Up Memory” button, will free up any available memory to make your device faster.

The SSH button lets you toggle your SSH connection. If you have no idea what SSH is, or how to use it, go to this tutorial. Disabling this feature can help save battery power, which is great when you are already running low.

And finally, Wi-Fi. Same as the SSH button, you will toggle your connection to the internet, which will save more battery than just by disabling SSH.

Now, for the smaller icons, there is: More, Refresh, Dock, Respring and Power.

By clicking on “More”, you will close the SBSettings drop down menu and open the actual application. you can now adjust a lot more that just brightness.

Firstly, is the themes pages. Yes, you can apply themes to your SBSettings menu, there are 4 main ones already given, however Cydia offers a wide array of themes created by other people.

Then there is the “Set Toggles” tab. The name of the tab is pretty self-explanatory. You can add to the 4 main toggles. A very useful one to have is “Fast Notes”, for when how have to take something down real fast, but don’t have a pen or a piece of paper and loading the notes app would just be too long.

Next on the list is “Dock Applications”. As I mentioned before, on your SBSettings drop down menu there is a Dock button, here is where you select the applications you wish to be placed there. Let’s say you have an application that you don’t use, but still sometimes need to access and find it a waste of space on your home screen, you can select that application so that it goes to your SBSetting dock. By doing so, it is out of sight, but can still easily be accessed.

The “Hide Icons” tab lets you select apps that you don’t want one your home screen but then cannot be accessed through any means, except by “unhiding” them.

The next tab, “Mobile Substrate Add-ons” is used to toggle faulty add-ons so that they can then be removed through Cydia.

Extras are little options like memory in status bar, numeric battery and much more.

And finally the last page, “App Folders” simply gives you the directory in which a chosen app is found. The point? We haven’t really figured that out yet really, seeing that all AppStore apps are in the same directory and Cydia in one own.

So that’s it for the “More” button on the drop down menu, so lets get back to that.

The refresh button will refresh your IP info, available storage and available memory.

The dock button, as I said previously, allows you to quickly access apps pre-selected in the “More” page.

The “Repsring” button will simply respring your device. This comes in handy when, for example, you are transferring files through SSH and need to update your device.

And last but not least, the “Power” button. When pressed, you are given 4 power options. Reboot (useful if your lock button is broken), Power Off (also very useful if lock doesn’t work), Lock and Safe Mode, this is especially useful if you have just installed a cracked application and it keeps crashing, put your device in safe mode and it might run perfectly, if not, the .ipa is invalid.

In this tutorial I will show you how to merge the music application and the video application into the iPod application so that it looks like the one on the iPhone. It will enable you to have one icon instead of two and this is the best way to do it.

1. Assuming that you have already jailbroken your device, Go to Cydia



2. Go to the “Manage” tab
3. Select “Sources”



4. On the top right select “Edit” and then select the “Add” button




5. Add the source http://csdev.2x.nu/repo
6. Look for Music and videos to iPod
7. Install the package and voila!

SSH is a mean of getting access to the internal files of your devices. You will be able to access these files from your computer, allowing you to edit strings, add your own themes to your device, add applications you’ve downloaded and much more. To do this, you will need to use an SFTP client of your choice, WinSCP(Windows), CyberDuck(Mac), iPhone Folders(Windows, no Wi-Fi required).

*Note: Before starting this tutorial, go to Cydia and download the “OpenSSH” package. Once done, restart your device and proceed with the tutorial.*

If you do not have any of these programs and do not know where to go to get them, here are the download links:

1. WinSCP
2. CyberDuck
3. iPhone Folders

Download which ever program you like based on your operating system or if you have a Wi-Fi network or not.

Using WinSCP:

When you execute WinSCP, you will be presented with a window:

First you will need the IP address of you device, this can be found through Settings>Wi-Fi, once on this page, you may have multiple networks available, one of them has a check mark on the left, click on the blue arrow of that network. Your device’s IP address will be the first line of information.

Now write that in the box entitled “Host Name”

Then, in the “User Name” box, enter “root”

Now, the default password for any iPod touch or iPhone is “alpine”, unless you changed this password as showed in How to Change the Default SSH Password, it will always be the password.

Once you have followed these steps, click “Login”, a smaller screen will appear with a bunch of text really isn’t important, at the bottom you will be given a few options of what you would like to do, just click yes.

There, you now have access to your devices internal files the screen should look like this

Using CyberDuck:

It is basically the same concept as WinSCP, you are presented with this screen

To connect to your device, you will need to open a connection, which is the button on the top left of the window.

Then repeat the same steps as WinSCP, enter IP address, enter Username, enter Password and click “Connect”

Do not forget to select your connection type, at the top of this small window, is a drop down menu, click on it and select “SFTP (SSH File Transfer Protocol)”

Once connected you will be brought to “/private/var/root”

Where we want to go is the core, where you can access almost everything. To do so, click on the small arrow pointing upward, beside the folder name, this will bring you to “/private/var”.

Here is where to go if you want to access:

Themes: “/var/stash/Themes.xxxxxx”

AppStore Applications: “/var/mobile/Applications”

Default and Cydia Applications: “/Applications” or /var/stash/Applications.xxxxxx”

There are many more directories that let you access many more things, but as you progress the difficulty will escalate and the danger of messing up your device will be greater. More of these directories will be shown in other tutorials and upon request.

If you have any problem or questions, speak your mind in the box below.

There are many programs available on the internet to make improve your iPod experience, ranging from file browsers to video converters. Here is a list of programs Slus and I use almost daily to manage and edit our devices.

1. WinSCP is an SFTP client that allows you to browse your device’s internal files through a Wi-Fi network, here is the download link, and here is the link to the tutorial, “How to Use SSH“
2. CyberDuck is the same concept as WinSCP, but for mac, to download follow this link. It is also in the How to Use SSH tutorial.
3. Iphone Folders lets you access internal files without the need of a wireless connection. To download it go here.
4. WinAVI MP4 Converter lets you convert videos from AVI to MP4 so you can have you favorite movies and videos on your device. Go here to get it.
5. TouchCopy is lets you copy your files, whether they are videos, songs, podcasts or photos from any iPod device to your computer. This software is also compatible with Mac and PC. Follow this link for more information.
6. Dropbox lets you access your selected files from anywhere in the world, even if your on the go. There is a free Dropbox application available in the AppStore. All you have to do is download the software and follow the instructions on this link.

These programs should substantially increase your iPod experience and that is why Slus and I recommend them, because they are extremely easy to use and quite evidently useful. Eventually we will add more, some will probably replace others or some may get out dated, but we will keep you posted.

Features:

1. The Solitaire Background is now fixed ( The solid green background is back!)
2. The stopwatch and the lock background is now back and fixed (brushed metal!)
3. The 4-bit color font change is now included!
4. The white squares in the legal section are now fixed!
5. The white frame at the bottom of now playing is now fixed!
6. The titlebar will now be placed good
7. It will never reboot by itself!

There are some extra resources that you can add yourself later on

1. Remove Solitaire Background (replaces with the normal background).
2. Remove Stopwatch Background (replaces with the normal background).
3. Remove Screenlock Background (replaces with the normal background).

How to install:

1. Download the firmware and extract it to your desktop
2. Open iPodwizard and in the dropdown menu select “firmware” then select “Load firmware” and select the firmware.



3. Now modify what you want. For example: Themes, Font color, Strings, Resources etc.
4. You are now done. click on “Write” and then “eject”

Other PS: when installing these firmware, it might delete the bootloader. So you will have to install it again

How to add multiple background

24322 is the default background picture at index 140, which you have to edit and add the second background at the right left corner.
14015 is the clock (?) at index 7. You have to load your now playing background there.
It will add this missing corner.

Now you have to edit left, top and right values to get these images to right place

# Select ID 24322
# Scroll this window to right, so you could see “left”, “top” and “right” values.
# Click on 83 and change it to -144. It is the left value. (It means how many pixels from left side of the screen)
# Click on 6 and change it to -126. It is the top value.
# Scroll back, select ID 14015
# Scroll this window to right, so you could see “left”, “top” and “right” values.
# Click on 0 (top value) and change it to -23
# Click on -7 (right value) and change it to -144
# Open Pictures tab
# Load your backgrounds to Index 140
# Load now playing background to Index 7
# Press write to iPod button, eject and enjoy!

This tutorial will show you how to Change the boot logo on your iPod Video (The apple logo when your iPod boots)

Note: If you have a bootloader, it might not work because you might not be able to find the apple logo in the firmware.
Also some custom firmwares may not have boot logos for you to change. Unfortunately there is nothing we can do.

Alright

1. Download iPodWizard 1.3
2. Load your iPod firmware by going on the dropdown menu on the top left and selecting ipod then load firmware.



3. Go to the pictures Tab
4. Select the picture numbered 413



5. Now find an boot logo that you like. (make sure the image size is 62px in width * 78px in height)

For this example we are going to use this one


6. Now go back to iPodWizard and load the image by click on Load Bitmap



7. Find the image you chose and press on Open
8. Now go to the Preferences tab and select “Reflash iPod firmware upon boot picture change”



9. Press write then on eject and you are done!
   

   Note: iPodWizard might freeze. If it does, follow these steps

   1. Wait about 1 or 2 minutes
   2. Close iPodWizard
   3. Unplug your iPod
   4. Plug it back, your iPod is going to be reflashing

   And you are done!

In this tutorial I will show you how to modify the color of the scroll bar

Warning: This only works with a 1.2.1 iPod video Firmware

1. Download this pack of scroll bars ( Thanks to Dash666 for making this list)
2. Save the file to somewhere you will remember
3. Open iPodwizard and load your iPod’s firmware



4. Go to the “Layout” tab and make sure “Scheme Layout” is selected



5. Click on ‘Load all’ and select the selector bar folder you want and click on OK
6. It should say “83″ Resources changed.



7. Now you only have to write and eject!

Almost any game these days come with cheats in order to make us have more fun, to help us a specific level or just to finish the game in a breeze

The iPod video games also have cheats and here they are

Texas Hold ‘em Cheats:

1. Go to the “Options” menu and select “New Player”
2. Enter the cheat code you wish to use.
3. Go to the check-mark button and hold down the iPod’s center button.
4. The word “Secret” will appear across the screen.

Codes:

YOUCHEAT – Brings up a secret menu that gives you 5 cheating options

1. Unlock all tournaments
2. Start with 100k
3. Always show tells
4. Show down cards
5. Adjusting the “All Fold” to often, normal or never.

ALLCHARS – Allows you to see secret characters

BARTUNES – iTunes bar interface

THREEAMI – Apple conference room interface

BIGROCKS – Stonehenge tournament

PLAYDOGS – Tournament with dogs

SPACEACE – Futuristic tournament with aliens.

Vortex Cheats:

1. Exit all games and go to the main menu of the game
2. Go to the “Personal Info” tab
3. Select “Rename” and type in one of the codes below.
4. Hold down the center button until the cheat activates. A “Cheat On” message should appear

Note: The underscores in the codes below stand for spaces

Codes:

ME_PAZ – Activates the laser power-up

I_GUNZ – Activates the gun power-up

FORSIX – Gives you 24 lives

_PWR_B – Activates the Powerball

NO_ID_ -  Unlocks special backgrounds