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How To Jailbreak Your iOS Device Using Absinthe (Mac OS X)

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1 year ago
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This guide is for Mac only and will teach you how to jailbreak various iOS devices using the newly released tool, Absinthe. The current version of Absinthe is 0.3. It should be noted that this is an UNTETHERED JAILBREAK, meaning that you will be able to reboot your phone just like you normally would at any time.

This guide should be used with the following device/firmware combinations:

It should also be noted that the team that put this jailbreak together included both Saurik and MuscleNerd, both of which are core members of the iPhone Dev Team; three members of the Chronic Dev Team including posixninja, pod2g, and nikias; and the legendary planetbeing, who is the iOS hacker/developer who is responsible for initially porting both Android and Linux to the iPhone) is accepting donations. Feel free to donate via PayPal if you want to show some support.

PayPal Donation Link

PLEASE READ BEFORE CONTINUING:

Absinthe create a backup and restores it onto your device as part of the way it gets files on the device, so we recommend the device is mostly empty when you start the process. To do this, it is advised to create a backup in in iTunes first (connect to iTunes and sync). If you are using iCloud to backup, go to Settings > iCloud > Storage and Backup > Backup Now.

Once you have backed up, on your device go to Settings > General > Reset > Erase All Content and Settings. As mentioned, make sure you have a backup of your content first. You don’t need to Erase All Content and Settings if you don’t want to, but the jailbreak could take up to 20-30 minutes to complete if you don’t, depending on your device that is.

Follow the steps below to successfully jailbreak your iOS device:

  1. Download the Windows version of Absinthe 0.3 from the following link (http://cache.greenpois0n.com/dl/absinthe-mac-0.3.zip)
  2. Once downloaded, double click the zip file to unzip it if your browser didn’t already automatically unzip the file.
  3. (Make sure your device is connected first) Double-click Absinthe to launch it and you will see the Absinthe home screen. Absinthe at this point should tell you what device and firmware version is detected.
  4. Press the jailbreak button. Once you do this, Absinthe will go through a few status messages while it jailbreaks your device. It will stop for a bit at Waiting for reboot – not done yet, don’t unplug your device yet!
  5. Once the device has finished rebooting, it will continue the jailbreak. During this process, do not touch or unplug your iOS device.
  6. Once the process has finished in Absinthe, it will alert you to unlock the screen if necessary and tap “Absinthe” icon to finish the jailbreak. Remember, the icon may not be on the first pay, so you might have to scroll to find it.
  7. Tapping the icon will bring up a webview with a white page, and then your device will restart. Just a quick note: If you see an “Error establishing database connection” error or a white screen, which lasts longer than 1 minute, please go to Settings and turn on VPN, and wait instead. The VPN connection will give an error (which is normal). At this point, a reboot should happen a few moments after the error.
  8. You will see the Apple logo with a progress bar quickly as the device restarts and then your device will power back on. Just a quick note: The Set Up iPhone (or iPad) GUI you see when you restore an iOS Device will now appear. If you backed up with iCloud at the beginning of this tutorial, please choose Restore from iCloud Backup in the Set Up iPhone GUI, and restore from the backup you took at the beginning of this guide. The iDevice will then restore from backup, reboot, and you’re good to go.
  9. Cydia is now on your device where the Absinthe icon was before!

Boom! You’re now holding a jailbreak iOS device!

If you have any questions feel free to leave them below or tweet us. We’ll help where we can!

How To Jailbreak Your iOS Device Using Absinthe (Windows)

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1 year ago
by Shay in , , , , , , , , ,

This guide is for Windows only and will teach you how to jailbreak various iOS devices using the newly released tool, Absinthe. The current version of Absinthe is 0.3. It should be noted that this is an UNTETHERED JAILBREAK, meaning that you will be able to reboot your phone just like you normally would at any time.

This guide should be used with the following device/firmware combinations:

It should also be noted that the team that put this jailbreak together included both Saurik and MuscleNerd, both of which are core members of the iPhone Dev Team; three members of the Chronic Dev Team including posixninja, pod2g, and nikias; and the legendary planetbeing, who is the iOS hacker/developer who is responsible for initially porting both Android and Linux to the iPhone) is accepting donations. Feel free to donate via PayPal if you want to show some support.

PayPal Donation Link

PLEASE READ BEFORE CONTINUING:

Absinthe create a backup and restores it onto your device as part of the way it gets files on the device, so we recommend the device is mostly empty when you start the process. To do this, it is advised to create a backup in in iTunes first (connect to iTunes and sync). If you are using iCloud to backup, go to Settings > iCloud > Storage and Backup > Backup Now.

Once you have backed up, on your device go to Settings > General > Reset > Erase All Content and Settings. As mentioned, make sure you have a backup of your content first. You don’t need to Erase All Content and Settings if you don’t want to, but the jailbreak could take up to 20-30 minutes to complete if you don’t, depending on your device that is.

Follow the steps below to successfully jailbreak your iOS device:

  1. Download the Windows version of Absinthe 0.3 from the following link (http://cache.greenpois0n.com/dl/absinthe-win-0.3.zip)
  2. Once downloaded, double click the zip file to unzip it if your browser didn’t already automatically unzip the file.
  3. (Make sure your device is connected first) Double-click Absinthe to launch it and you will see the Absinthe home screen. Absinthe at this point should tell you what device and firmware version is detected.
  4. Press the jailbreak button. Once you do this, Absinthe will go through a few status messages while it jailbreaks your device. It will stop for a bit at Waiting for reboot – not done yet, don’t unplug your device yet!
  5. Once the device has finished rebooting, it will continue the jailbreak. During this process, do not touch or unplug your iOS device.
  6. Once the process has finished in Absinthe, it will alert you to unlock the screen if necessary and tap “Absinthe” icon to finish the jailbreak. Remember, the icon may not be on the first pay, so you might have to scroll to find it.
  7. Tapping the icon will bring up a webview with a white page, and then your device will restart. Just a quick note: If you see an “Error establishing database connection” error or a white screen, which lasts longer than 1 minute, please go to Settings and turn on VPN, and wait instead. The VPN connection will give an error (which is normal). At this point, a reboot should happen a few moments after the error.
  8. You will see the Apple logo with a progress bar quickly as the device restarts and then your device will power back on. Just a quick note: The Set Up iPhone (or iPad) GUI you see when you restore an iOS Device will now appear. If you backed up with iCloud at the beginning of this tutorial, please choose Restore from iCloud Backup in the Set Up iPhone GUI, and restore from the backup you took at the beginning of this guide. The iDevice will then restore from backup, reboot, and you’re good to go.
  9. Cydia is now on your device where the Absinthe icon was before!

Boom! You’re now holding a jailbreak iOS device!

If you have any questions feel free to leave them below or tweet us. We’ll help where we can!

 

Spire – Free and Legal Siri Port for all iOS 5 Devices Released

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1 year ago
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A trio of iOS developers: Grant Paul (Chpwn), Ryan Petrich, and Steven Troughton-Smith have recently released a new Siri port called Spire. This port mirrors all the iPhone 4S Siri functionality and works on the following iDevices: iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPod Touch 3G, iPod Touch 4G, and iPad (first generation).

According to a blog post from Chpwn, Spire comes in at around 100mb and the developers recommend connecting to a Wi-Fi network for downloading, not a standard cellular network because of its large file size. As of right now, there have been a few Siri ports which have gone public through Cydia but they were all deemed to be unsafe and illegal by the development community. This was a result of these ports distributing Apple copyrighted materials. According to Chpwn, “Spire uses a new method to obtain the files necessary for Siri, so it doesn’t have the copyright issues encountered by previous attempts.”

There still is a big caveat though – you still have to gain authorization through your own server and an iPhone 4S. Chpwn took the time to explain the caveat with a bit more detail:

However, Spire is not a complete solution. Apple still requires authorization to use Siri, so information from an iPhone 4S is still required. To insert this information, Spire allows you to enter your own proxy server address. By using this (ancient) SiriProxy fork, you can setup a proxy using your own iPhone 4S to insert the needed information reasonably easily. Other solutions for proxying Siri will be listed here as they are developed — perhaps that sort of proxy might be included in the main SiriProxy repository.

As of right now, Spire has been deemed to be the best Siri port to use until the iPhone 4S jailbreak is publicly released. According to Steven Troughton-Smith, “when the iPhone 4S is jailbroken, then we can avoid the proxy server issues. For those of you who are still interested in downloading Spire for your jailbroken iOS 5 devices, you can do so by hitting the link below:

Source: Chpwn’s Blog (1) (2), Steven Troughton-Smith (Twitter)

iFaith 1.4 Released – Downgrade From iOS 5.0.1 to iOS 5.0 (Requires iOS 5.0 APticket)

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1 year ago
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First and foremost, for those of you who are on iOS 5.0.1 already, you are out of luck. Now those of you who are still on iOS 5.0, you can now save not only your SHSH blobs but also your APtickets, which are used in Apple’s new firmware verification process. What exactly does this mean? It means that if you are on iOS 5.0 right now, and for some reason you need to restore (it updates to iOS 5.0.1) then you can have the option to downgrade back to iOS 5.0 granted you have used iFaith to save your APticket before you restored.

It should be noted that if you are on iOS 5.0.1 already, you CANNOT downgrade to iOS 5.0.

This is mainly for people who have saved their APtickets on iOS 5.0 as they will be the only ones who can downgrade back from iOS 5.0.1 to iOS 5.0.

Detailed Information

An APticket is a piece of information, almost like a screenshot. When you use Apple’s iOS 5.0 firmware, your device has an APticket saved for iOS 5.0. When you update to iOS 5.0.1, our APticket changes to an iOS 5.0.1 APticket. This is how Apple keeps you from downgrading.

By using iFaith, you can not only save your SHSH blobs, but also your current iOS 5.0 APticket. This allows you to use the APticket you had for iOS 5.0 to downgrade back to iOS 5.0 from iOS 5.0.1 since your iOS 5.0 APticket is still valid. Now if you don’t save your APticket when you are on iOS 5.0, ten your new APticket is the one given to you by iOS 5.0.1, which means that you don’t have an APticket for iOS 5.0. Since you don’t have one, you cannot downgrade back to iOS 5.0 from iOS 5.0.1. In this case, iOS 5.0.1 would be the lowest you could go.

Currently, iFaith only supports Windows, as iH8sn0w is a Windows user himself. He is also the famous developer behind Sn0wbreeze, which is the Windows-only jailbreak tool. At this point in time, there isn’t any information regarding a Mac version and its release.

Download iFaith 1.4 for Windows

iFaith release notes:

iFaith v1.4 Release notes:
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* Now dumps iOS 4.4.x (Apple TV 2)/5.0.x apticket + SHSH blobs!
* Dumping is MUCH faster.
* Full Windows XP support.
* Major code improvements.
* Bug fixes.

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** DOES NOT SUPPORT A5 DEVICES YET! **
**************************************

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Now available at: http://iH8sn0w.com
======================================
// iH8sn0w

“You gotta believe in the voltage that lives inside us,
So lets buckle up and break our walls down. (Whooooaahhoo)”
– @Skrillex

We recommend dumping your SHSH and APtickets if you’re on iOS 5.0. It will give you the option to downgrade back to iOS 5.0 anytime after you have used the software utility.

Sources: iH8sn0w

Bypass Jailbreak Detection Found in Apps With xCon

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1 year ago
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Since Apple introduced an API in iOS that detects jailbroken iOS devices, developers have been using it to prevent users who have jailbroken their iOS devices, developers have been using it to prevent users who have jailbroken their iOS devices from using their apps. Typically these users are greeted with the following error message: “Jailbreak detected. App cannot run on a jailbroken device” when they launch such apps.

The jailbreak detection has been found in apps such as Bloomberg Anywhere, Cablevision, Cisco M-Learning, DirecTV for iPad, Grimm’s Fairy Tales, Time Warner Cable, Verizon On Demand /FlexView etc. Cable companies such as Cablevision and Time Warner that allow their apps to be used only over home Wi-Fi network are paranoid that users who have jailbroken their iOS device could use their jailbreak tweaks such as My3G that enable 3G for “Wi-Fi Only” apps and use their apps while on the go. This is what has lead them to have taken the extreme step of preventing jailbroken iOS device users from using their apps.

This is going to be harder though since the iOS hacker, n00neimp0rtant recently created a jailbreak tweak called xCon which bypasses jailbreak detection in apps. It allows you to use the apps that currently prevent jailbroken iOS device users from using. The tweak apparently works by sandboxing the apps into its own memory space allowing you to use them without a jailbreak being detected.

If you want any other app to be supported then send an email to the developer at the following email address: n00neimp0rtant@me.com. The jailbreak tweak is available in Cydia for free.

iPhone Dev Team Working on Promising Unlock For iPhone 4S

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1 year ago
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The Chronic Dev Team recently sought out help in identifying iOS 5 vulnerabilities with their C-Dev Reporter tool. The news disappointed many people which had been waiting for the release of a jailbreak for their iPhone 4S. MuscleNerd of the dependable iPhone Dev Team did recently tweet some good news for iPhone 4S users though. He said the following:

Crazy Thanksgiving weekend! Very promising 4S unlock (http://twitpic.com/7kku4t) is in the works (Not i4, just 4S..that’s crazy part)

What this means that they have discovered an exploit in the A5 processor that powers the iPhone 4S and iPad 2, allowing them to unlock an iPhon 4S so that they can use it with any other GSM carrier. MuscleNerd even ported the following image to confirm the unlock for the iPhone 4S:

The other thing to think about is the fact that you need to jailbreak the iPhone to be able to unlock it, so this means that the iPhone Dev Team must be gearing up for the launch of a jailbreak as well. Let’s hope that the jailbreak is untethered and possibly available for the iPhoen 4, iPhone 3GS, alongside with the iPhone 4S where the unlock will be exclusive.

The iPhone Dev Team has NOT provided an ETA for when it will be releasing the jailbreak and unlock, but we’ll keep you posted regarding any released information as usual!

Source: @MuscleNerd

The Chronic Dev Team Releases C-Dev Reporter to Help Discover iOS 5 Vulnerabilities

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1 year ago
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The Chronic Dev Team has recently published a blog post titled “Weapons of Mass Exploitation” where they provide an update on the untethered jailbreak for iOS 5. It was more of a call to action, asking the jailbreak community to help send in device crash reports via a tool they released called the C-Dev Reporter. The crash reports would help the Chronic Dev Team discover a vulnerability in iOS, which they could use to help release a jailbreak.

In the past, the Chronic Dev Team released GreenPois0n, which was a popular jailbreak tool for iOS 4.2.1. A few months back, they announced that they had discovered 5 new vulnerabilities in the iOS 5 beta and recently a bug in iOS 5 that could possibly help in developing an untethered jailbreak on iOS 5.

The Chronic Dev team has given the following update on the untethered jailbreak for iOS 5:

During my JailbreakCon talk in September, I was excited to announce that the Chronic Dev team had already discovered 5 different exploits for use in our upcoming jailbreak. Unfortunately, that announcement was a bit premature, because in the subsequent weeks, Apple found & patched a (critical) few of those exploits, between the beta versions we used for testing and the final release of iOS5 on October 12.

Sadly (and trust us, we are much more sad about this than any of you could possibly be), this has prevented us from being able to release a new jailbreak as quickly as we wanted to. As I hinted at earlier this week on Twitter, I was initially disheartened to think that so many of the countless hours we’ve worked on this jailbreak seemingly went right down the drain.

Not to mention, these are by no means the first exploits that have been “lost” by Chronic Dev (or any other iOS hacking teams) in this manner. In fact, these are just a few in a long-running series of exploits that were patched by Apple before we hackers could make use of them in a free jailbreak for you, our loyal fans.

They then went on to explain the method Apple uses to find vulnerabilities:

One of the primary challenges in working with userland exploits is that, every time any program crashes on your iPhone, a “crash report” is generated and instantly sent back to Apple. As you can imagine, while we’re working out all the kinks in the exploitation of a vulnerability, we may need to crash any particular program thousands & thousands of times.

It’s possible to change your iTunes settings to stop sending this diagnostic information back to Apple, and of course everyone in Chronic Dev has made this change on all our development machines. However, even this is not always 100% effective at preventing Apple from obtaining our data. For instance, if one of us is at a friend’s house and plugs our iPhone up to his or her computer (even just to charge it), it’s very likely that computer is set up to send all our valuable data & crash reports right back to Apple.

Chronic Dev team have released a new tool called C-Dev Reporter, which uses a similar method to help find the vulnerabilities:

All this program requires from you is to attach your iOS device to your computer and click a single button!

At this point, the program copies all the crash reports off your device (which, under normal circumstances, would be sent right back to Apple), and instead sends this data to a secure, private server hosted by your friendly Chronic Dev team. Next, our program proceeds to neuter your copy of iTunes, simply by changing your settings to prevent your computer from sending any further diagnostic information from your device to Apple.

Using this agglomeration of your crash reports and our ninja skills, Chronic Dev will be able to quickly pinpoint vulnerabilities in various programs by using the same techniques Apple currently employs. At the very least, your data will help point us in the direction of which applications are the most vulnerable, so we can focus our time & energy on these with laser-like intensity. And, of course, this will also prevent Apple from accessing all your valuable data, just so they can then turn around and use it against you.

You can download C-Dev Reporter using this link. As mentioned before, the idea of the new tool is to help in identifying new vulnerabilities and in turn result in a jailbreak for future iOS software updates, but it appears to be a long term solution. The news should come as a disappointment to iOS device users who have been eagerly waiting for an untethered jailbreak and in case of iPhone 4S and iPad 2 users a jailbreak for iOS 5.

As of now, it looks like Dev team who have jailbroken iPhone 4S are the only hope when it comes to releasing to jailbreak for iPhone 4S and iPad 2.

Source: Chronic Dev Team (blog)

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