Recover passcode from an iPod touch.
Prerequisite (Important)
- Make sure your Windows user account name has no space in them. (e.g. "John Stewart" will cause redsn0w to fail to parse the directory string and giving the "unexpected parameter error") If you are using such account, create a new account with no space in them and work in it.
- iTunes must be installed in order for the software to detect the iPod in DFU mode.
- Version of Windows does not matter (32/64-bit, Windows 7 or Windows 8 or Vista or whatever)
Steps
- Download Gecko iphone toolkit.
- Run it, and select your idevice's name and click boot.
- Note down the required ipsw file name in the pop up and close the browse window.
- Go to http://ipswdownloader.com/download-ipod-ipsw-files.php and download the corresponding ipsw file.
- Turn your ipod off, and plug it in to your computer.
- Go back to Gecko iphone toolkit and click boot, and select the downloaded ipsw file.
- Follow the instructions displayed.
- You're basically done.
iPod touch 4th gen on the key recovery stage |