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

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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:

iPhone 4S | 5.0 (9A334) iPhone 4S | 5.0.1 (9A405) iPhone 4S | “other” 5.0.1 (9A406) iPad2 (CDMA) | 5.0.1 (9A405) iPad2 (GSM) | 5.0.1 (9A405) iPad2 (Wi-Fi) | 5.0.1 (9A405)

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 [...]

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By Shay | January 26th, 2012 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | Categories: Absinthe, Apple, How To, iOS 5, iOS 5.0.1, iPad 2, iPhone 4S, Jailbreak, OS, Tools | Leave a comment

How To Jailbreak Your iOS Device Using Absinthe (Windows)

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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:

iPhone 4S | 5.0 (9A334) iPhone 4S | 5.0.1 (9A405) iPhone 4S | “other” 5.0.1 (9A406) iPad2 (CDMA) | 5.0.1 (9A405) iPad2 (GSM) | 5.0.1 (9A405) iPad2 (Wi-Fi) | 5.0.1 (9A405)

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 [...]

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By Shay | January 26th, 2012 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | Categories: Absinthe, Apple, How To, iOS 5, iOS 5.0.1, iPad 2, iPhone 4S, Jailbreak, OS, Tools | Leave a comment

Downgrade iOS 5.0.1 To iOS 5.0 With Saved SHSH

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Apple recently released iOS 5.0.1 and the jailbreak community has been advised to not upgrade. Pod2g recently found an exploit that may help to provide an untethered jailbreak and this exploit is patched on iOS 5.0.1. If you like many are seeking to use an untethered jailbreak, it would be wise to stay on iOS 5.0 because thats where the untethered jailbreak will be. For those of you who accidentally upgraded or unknowingly upgraded to iOS 5.0.1 you may be wondering how to downgrade back to iOS 5.0. In this case, you may downgrade if you have an SHSH previously saved. To do so, follow the procedure outlined below:

Required Files and Software Latest version of TinyUmbrella (Mac) (Windows) Redsn0w 0.9.9b8 (Mac) [...]

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By admin | November 15th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Categories: Apple, BigBoss Semi-Tether, Development, Downgrade, Exploit, How To, iOS 5, iOS 5.0.1, iPad, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPod Touch 3G, iPod Touch 4G, Jailbreak, News, OS, TinyUmbrella, TinyUmbrella v5.00.12, Tools, Utilities | 3 comments

Jailbreak iOS 5.0.1 On An iPad, iPhone, or iPod Touch via RedSn0w

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Apple released iOS 5.0.1 this week and there’s already a way to jailbreak it. But there are a few things to keep in mind before you jailbreak your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad.

Some Quick Notes before jailbreaking:

This is a tethered jailbreak, which means you’ll need to connect your device to a computer and run the software again anytime you need to reboot. You might not want to update to iOS 5.0.1 at all if you’re holding out hope for an untethered jailbreak. An exploit was discovered in iOS 5.0 which may be used in a future untethered jailbreak tool, but if you update now there’s no good way to roll back to iOS 5.0 so you may not be able to [...]

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By Shay | November 13th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Categories: Apple, BigBoss Semi-Tether, Exploit, How To, iOS 5, iOS 5.0.1, iPad, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPod Touch 3G, iPod Touch 4G, Jailbreak, News, OS, Redsn0w, RedSn0w 0.9.9b8, Tools | 2 comments

Installing Mobile Terminal on iOS 5

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For those of you who don’t already know about it, Mobile Terminal is an extremely handy tool to have if you are experienced in using a command line interface. Unfortunately, the current version that is in Cydia hasn’t been updated yet and is not usable on the recent iOS firmware, iOS 5. With the steps below though, we will be showing you how to get back in the game with Mobile Terminal on iOS 5. You will need to have a jailbroken iOS device and it will also help to have iFile installed.

How to Install Mobile Terminal on iOS 5

Step 1: Double check if you have CoreUtilities installed in Cydia. If you don’t you will end up receiving a dependency error when [...]

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By Shay | November 1st, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , | Categories: Apple, How To, iOS 5, iPad, iPad 2, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPod Touch 3G, iPod Touch 4G, Jailbreak, Mobile Terminal, Tweaks | Leave a comment