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iPod Touch Firmware 2.0 available For Free

So, the firmware 2.0 is out for both the iPhone and the iPod Touch, the iPhone users get it as a free update while the iPod Touch users have to pay 10$ [Thats around 420 Rupees] for it. Unfair? Totally.

Now there are rumors going around on why Apple charges the iPod Touch users, is it because they don’t have a great amount of users out there? Maybe, or is because they don’t get any monthly income from the iPod Touch users? Yeah, that makes sense.

So anyway I was snooping around and I found this great guide to update your iPod Touch to firmware 2.0 without paying a dime!

Follow the steps below :-

1. Get iTunes 7.7 if you don’t already have it.
2. Connect your iPod Touch.
3. Hold down Shift and click ‘Restore’ after all the sync is complete. [Click on your iPod's name to see details about your iPod, the update feature, the way you sync and the Restore feature]
4. Select the iPod1,1_2.0_5A347_Restore.ipsw
5. Wait for the process to be completed.

Remember to take a BACKUP of all your iPod contents, even if iTunes does take one, you still need to take a backup of all your songs and videos. Take a backup using a free software called iDump, available here or any other iPod back up software you trust, I personally believe iDump is the best damn’ thing out there.

I am asking you to take a backup because we are restoring the iPod instead of updating it. Your setting will remain the same though and other things like your calender appointments and notes will remain as they were and that’s because iTunes takes a backup of everything.

After the iPod restarts after being ‘restored’ iTunes will give you an option of keeping your settings or setting up a new iPod.

Now the firmware has been tested by me and it worked fine on my iPod Touch, 16GB on a Windows XP Machine.

For more information about how to get the firmware, (iPod1,1_2.0_5A347_Restore.ipsw in the guide) you can just Google it.

(Update: the link posted in the Harman Badwaja (WTF!) in the comments section works.)

Disclaimer : We however do not take responsibility about anything in the post, obviously this is a electronics gadget and things can go wrong. So please read and re-read the article and follow the steps exactly and make sure you take a backup.

PS: You can use various softwares to join the parts if you download the firmware in parts.

For files ending in .rar.part1 etc., use Winrar. For others,

I recommend Split & Concat for the Mac OS X

And HJ Split for Windows

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