Firmware Comparison

All Firmware Version Downloads:

iPod Touch Firmwares:

iPhone Firmwares:

Firmware Comparisons:

Firmware 1.1.1

What did it do over 1.1?
- Fixed Black Screen Contrast Problem
- Fixed Various Bugs

How do you jailbreak?
The easiest jailbreak ever, you just go to http://www.jailbreakme.com on firmware 1.1.1 and you’ll jailbroken.

PROS
- Easy Jailbreak
- Almost All Applications are compatible
- Better for skinning
- Supports full skinning, keyboard skinning, and almost all themes.
- Stability
- Easy to re-jailbreak
- Very good compatibility

CONS
- Cannot add calendar events without fix
- Not as optimized
- Sound quality slightly worse
- No wiggling icons / No Webclip Creation

Firmware 1.1.2

What did it do over 1.1.1?
- Patched TIFF exploit
- Added an add calendar event button
- Added a battery meter in iTunes
- Fixed Various Bugs

How do you jailbreak?
1.1.2 is a real jailbreak. First, jailbreak 1.1.1 via the above method. Then, install oktoprep, which installs a back door so you can jailbreak. Go to iTunes and upgrade your iPod to 1.1.2 and use the Touch Free Jailbreak. This is still quite an easy jailbreak.

PROS
- Very little bugs
- Still quite easy to jailbreak
- More Stable
- Add Calendar Events
- Very stable
- A little faster than 1.1.1
- Is an Actual Jailbreak

CONS
- Cannot do Keyboard Skinning
- No wiggling icons / No Web Clip Creation
- Crashes on occasion

Firmware 1.1.3

What did it do over 1.1.2?
- Added Movie Rental Support
- Mail
- Weather
- Stocks
- Notes
- Maps
- Multiple Home Screens
- Webclips
- Rearrangeable Home Screens
- Fixed Various Bugs

How do you jailbreak?
Use ZiPhone.

PROS
- Better Battery Life than 1.1.1 or 1.1.2
- Adds many new features
- More Stable
- Faster than Previous Firmware Versions

CONS
- Seems a little buggier than previous firmwares
- Locate Me in Google Maps doesn’t always work
- Ugly New Cheesegrater Dock
- Does not support full skinning or keyboard skinning
- New File Systems (1.1.1 and 1.1.2 repos do not work well with it)
- Soft Jailbreaks often crash to the Force Restore (Connect to iTunes) screen
- Some applications unusable, others don’t work well
- Needs quite a few fixes to get many common applications to work
- Purchased songs from iTunes might not work
- Springboard runs as different user, causing some older apps to not work.

Firmware 1.1.4

What did it do over 1.1.3?
- Better Tabbed Browsing
- Better Audio Quality/Louder
- Fixed Various Bugs

How do you jailbreak?
Use ZiPhone.

PROS
- Many Nice Bug Fixes
- More Stable
- Most Recent
- Still Faster

CONS
- Doesn’t really improve very much. Seems to be a placeholder.
- Some applications do not work very well with it.
- Keyboard Skinning, Full Theming do not work with it.

Firmware 2.0.0

What did it do over 1.1.4?
Coming in June.

How do you jailbreak?
Coming in June.

PROS
Coming in June.

CONS
Coming in June.

This write up was brought to you by iPod Touch Fans member spoonforknife, with help from Danls92.