A sort of temporary (tethered) Jailbreak is now available for iPod Touch 3G. Jailbreaking an iPod unlocks a lot of possibilities such as Custom Themes, some cool Apps and ahem *cracked games* too.

Blackra1n RC2 now supports Jailbreaking of the iPod Touch 3G 8Gb along with 32 and 64Gb variants.

Follow this guide to Jailbreak your iPod Touch 3G :

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(PC Users)

1. Connect your iPod Touch to the PC and make sure its detected by iTunes.

2. Download Blackra1n from here.

3. Make sure that iTunes is open and your iPod Touch is detected. Now run blackra1n.exe

4. It will say ‘Entering Recovery’ and the image from www.blackra1n.com will appear on your iDevice. Wait for it to reboot automatically.

5. Once the Device Reboots. Open blackra1n Application and Install Cydia.

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(Mac Users)

1. Connect your iPod Touch to the PC and make sure its detected by iTunes.

2. Download Blackra1n from here.

3. Make sure that iTunes is open and your iPod Touch is detected. Now run blackra1n.app

4. It will say ‘Entering Recovery’ and the image from www.blackra1n.com will appear on your iDevice. Wait for it to reboot automatically.

5. Once the Device Reboots. Open blackra1n Application and Install Cydia.

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Note : Remember that this is a Tethered Jailbreak. This means that you will have to re-run Blackra1n.exe everytime your Reboot your iPod Touch. So do not reboot your iPod Touch when you don’t have any PC/Mac near you.

An untethered jailbreak will take time according to various sources, so don’t keep your hopes up that soon a permanent Jailbreak will come. For time being use this Tethered Jailbreak.