Get your iPod Touch upgraded to 3.0 without paying the $9.95

Feel like being discriminated for iPhone users can upgrade for free while you have to spend an extra $10? We have two Touches in our workshop, and we have heard about the following method, which seemed legitimate (as we manage to get the file in apple.com), and we decided to try it.

We have tried the following methods on two iPod Touch 2nd Generation machines and found them working. We cannot guarantee that this trick works in every single machine though. We have not heard any failed attempts thus far.

Here is how this was supposed to work:
(Make sure your iPod isnt modified in some strange way.)
1) Get the "iPod1,1_3.0_7A341_Restore.ipsw" (for iPod Touch first generation) or "iPod2,1_3.0_7A341_Restore.ipsw" (for iPod Touch second generation) from the Internet. This file is basically available everywhere, including the Apple site.
2) Go to iTunes and click your device, and wait until it finishes synchonizing.
3) Hold down "Shift" key (on your keyboard) while clicking the "Recover" button.
4) Select the ipsw file you've just downloaded and saved.
5) The restore should work, all information in your iPod should vanish. Don't panic,
6) as iTunes will prompt you to restore the backup you just sync'ed.