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
- Limited to 400 MHz




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
- Processor Speed Bumped to 412 MHz.

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





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
- Slightly Reorganized File System (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.





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. Same as 1.1.3.

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.

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