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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 [...]
Continue reading: How To Jailbreak Your iOS Device Using Absinthe (Mac OS X)
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 [...]
Continue reading: How To Jailbreak Your iOS Device Using Absinthe (Windows)
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 [...]
Continue reading: iFaith 1.4 Released – Downgrade From iOS 5.0.1 to iOS 5.0 (Requires iOS 5.0 APticket)
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 [...]
Continue reading: Bypass Jailbreak Detection Found in Apps With xCon
Even for those of you who aren’t jailbreakers, TinyUmbrella is a great little app that allows you to save your iPhone, iPod touch or iPads SHSH blob files locally. Some of you may be wondering what SHSH blobs are and what the purpose of saving them might be. It is quite simple, if you have your blob files stored locally, you can downgrade your iDevice to an earlier version of iOS; useful if your iPhone gets hit with a bug in the latest version of iOS, or an app you can’t live without stops working.
If you are running iOS 5.0.1, you might want to head on by TinyUmbrella’s official website and grab the latest version: it’s been updated to save the latest version’s [...]
Continue reading: TinyUmbrella v5.01.00 Released – Save iOS 5.0.1 SHSH Blobs
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) [...]
Continue reading: Downgrade iOS 5.0.1 To iOS 5.0 With Saved SHSH
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 [...]
Continue reading: Jailbreak iOS 5.0.1 On An iPad, iPhone, or iPod Touch via RedSn0w
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