Chronic Dev team has just released the most eagerly awaited greenpois0n Absinthe to jailbreak iPhone 4S and iPad 2.
In this guide, we will take you through the step by step procedure to jailbreak iPad 2 running iOS 5.0.1 or iOS 5 using Absinthe.
Here are some important points to note before you proceed.
- This guide is meant for iPad 2 users. iPhone 4S users can checkout this step-by-step guide, which a number of readers have used to successfully jailbreak their iPhone 4S. iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS users can checkout this guide, iPod touch users can checkout this guide and iPad 1 users can checkout this guide. We'll publish a guide for iPad 2 users shortly.
- This guide is meant for Mac users. Windows users can checkout this step-by-step guide.
- Absinthe performs an untethered jailbreak.
- Please note that jailbreaking your iPad may void your warranty and hence proceed with caution and at your own risk.
- Please do not forget to backup your iPad before you proceed. You can refer to this post for instructions on how to backup your iPad.
Step 1: Download Absinthe from this link and save the application in a folder named "Absinthe" on your desktop.
Step 2: Double click the Absinthe zip file and extract the application to the Absinthe folder. Navigate back to the Absinthe folder and launch the Absinthe application.
Step 3: After launching Absinthe, click on the Jailbreak button.
After clicking on the Jailbreak button the tool will give a progress update on the various stages of the jailbreak process such as:
"Beginning jailbreak" (note this can really take sometime - in our case this step took more than 10 minutes on our iPad 2, though it was lot quicker on iPhone 4S)
"Sending initial data" at this time you will notice that "Restoring in Progress" message on your iPad 2 (this can also take a long time - in our case this step took more than 15 mins)
"Waiting for reboot"
"Waiting for device to finish rebooting" as your iPad 2 is rebooting.
"Preparing jailbreak data"
"Sending payload data" (this can also take a long time - in our case this step took more than 15 mins)
Step 4: In the end you'll be prompted with the message informing you that the jailbreak is "Almost done - just unlock the screen if necessary, then tap "Jailbreak" icon to finish.
Step 5: Unlock your iPad. The icon you should look for is the Absinthe icon and not "Jailbreak", it may not be on the first home screen page so you're better off just searching for it using Spotlight.
Step 6: Launch the Absinthe app. It should load the greenpois0n site and reboot your iPad 2. After it is rebooted, you should see the Cydia icon.
That's it, your iPad 2 is successfully jailbroken.
Troubleshooting tips:
Here are some troubleshooting tips if you hit an issue while jailbreaking your iPad 2 with Absinthe:
1. A number of readers have reported that they're getting "Error establishing a database connection" error message while loading the site or are seeing a white screen when they launch the Absinthe app. If you get that error message or white screen, the following trick seems to work:
- Launch the Settings app
- Then tap on General, followed by Network and then tap on VPN, here you will get "A configuration error occurred" message.
- However after a minute, your iPad 2 will reboot and you should be able to see Cydia icon your iPad 2's home screen.
If you're new to the jailbreaking world and wondering what to do after jailbreaking your iPad, checkout our jailbreak apps category page to find out the apps you can install on your iPad using the Cydia app. Please note that some of the jailbreak apps and tweaks are still not compatible with iOS 5/iOS 5.0.1 so please be cautious while installing them.
Updated 1:
Added the time it can take for the some of the time consuming stages and also some more troubleshooting tips.
Update 2:
Chronic Dev team has updated Absinthe to address load issue, so we've updated the download link with the latest version.
Update 3:
Chronic Dev team has updated Absinthe for Mac to address the VPN and white icons issues, so we've updated the download link with the latest version.
Update 4:
Absinthe for Windows is now available. Check out this post for all the details.
Update 5 (1/2/2012):We've updated the download links as jailbreak dream team released an updated version of Absinthe jailbreak (v0.4) for iPhone 4S and iPad 2, which includes some bug fixes and adds support for Mac OS X 10.5.
Hope this helped. Please don't forget to let us know how it goes in the comments and drop us a line if you hit any issues and don't forget to give a donation to the jailbreak dream team for all their hard work.
Waiting for Windows Versión..! 8^) the wait was Long…..!!!!!!
Yes, eagerly waiting like hell!! Hell yeahh!!!
Both my iPad 2 and iPhone 4s on 5.0.1 are stuck at the ‘beginning jailbreak’ progress bar for bout 30 mins! Am I suppose to wait longer ?
Less than 10 seconds for me.
Argh mine just stall at about 10% of the progress bar for both devices!
what mac and os do you use?
same here – tried it six times now, but absinthe keeps crashing, and no jailbreak for me. already did a reboot of the iPad 2 and relaunched absinthe a few times, but no go… any suggestions? thanks in advance!
Well, I had the same issue, but I restored my iPad and it worked like a charm. Just make a backup before.
Assuming you’re using windows, start a command prompt and type “netsh winsock reset”, then press enter. Reboot your computer and try again.
If you’re stuck at the beginning of the Absinthe jailbreak for a while and progress bar hasn’t moved in the last 20-30 mins. Well, here’s an easy fix.
Close Absinthe and slide to unlock your phone and go through all “setup options” until you get to the home screen of your iPhone (do not backup yet, just continue WITHOUT BACKING UP FOR NOW).
Go to Settings and “Erase All Content and Settings”.
Now close iTunes on your computer when the device reboots and do not backup yet.
Now slide to unlock your phone again and go through all the options until you get “Activating Phone” screen comes up.
Wait for your phone to active (may take a couple minutes), then STOP.
Don’t click anything more on your iOS device.
Someone Please repo J.o. as SPAM!!!
Successful jailbreak on the 4s, had to use the troubleshoot 1 in order for it to work. Everything seems to be working fine for now.
I GET A WHITE SCREEN WHEN OPEN ABSINTHE AND NOTHING HAPPENS THEN
anyone have this problem to? i try 2 times and get the same error…
Try troubleshooting tip 1 mentioned above.
If that doesn’t work, disable the passcode on your iPad, rebooting your iPad and try the above guide from step 1.
Me too. I tried the 2 methods mentioned above but with no luck. Any help would be appreciated.
im trying this for 5 consecutive times but still getting the white screen
help please?!?!?!?!
Well Done and good work, but waiting for the windows version does anyone know what the ETA is!!!
Congrats 4S users…… welcome back to the JB community!
DEV TEAM YOU DID IT AGAIN.
i have a PC
BUT WHO CARES!!! YOU GUYS ROCK!!
cant be long now for me :>)))))))
yeh guys!! yeh! smart az mo fos do it again!!
hey guys, when ipad 2 reboot, ask me for unlock the screen and open absinthe but nothing happens here, I still get the white screen and nothing else. any suggestions?
Try troubleshooting step 1 mentioned in the post above.
awesome!!! Now im ready to send some money lol!!!! hope $20 are good for u guys!!! keep it going and thanks!!!
btw it would be great if you guys send us an email or whatever when you receive donations… only saying… have a nice day!!!
same here,stuck almost 1 hour.
is the a windows version?
this DOES NOT WORK. Ive restored iPad 2 twice. Cydia does not open it just flashes.
Take this post down I advise until its working. You will save a lot of people from restoring their iPads.
Ha. That’s awesome. “take this post down until I say…” What a douche.
Guys, awesome….lots of respect from Holland for you guys… !
To solve White screen on the absinthe app go to settings> network> vpn and turn it on. Mine rebooted just after without me having to open the app again.
sorry that was: settings> general> network> vpn
hi could you please tell me go to generals in mac or were? thanks in advance
on your iPad the settings app
Worked for me, Needed to do Troubleshooting step 1 (unable to connect to database).
yes nuff respect to all the lads who worked on this finally have cydia on 4s thanks a lot have sent u a donation to say thanks
wow , worked worked ….gr8 ….i definitely will donate $5 ..guys if you are stuck on white screen , do step 1 ….
thankxxx
When I download the app, and launch it on my sisters MacBook, it says “The application Absinthe quit unexpectedly” everytime, help?
what version of osx you have ? i have 10.6.8 its worked like charm ..
she has 10.5.8, I’m downloading updates for it now, maybe that will help.
I have the same problem with 10.5.8 – did updates help at all?
10.5.8 is to old, you need to update
all her firmware is up to date, how do i update the version?
20-01-12 19:16:53 [0x0-0x1c01c].com.chronic-dev.greenpois0n.absinthe[133] dyld: unknown required load command 0×80000022
20-01-12 19:16:53 com.apple.launchd[67] ([0x0-0x1c01c].com.chronic-dev.greenpois0n.absinthe[133]) Exited abnormally: Trace/BPT trap
thats the 10.5.8 error, you need a higher osx version.
where do i get a new osx? i’m a newb on a Mac
buy it
ok heres’s the deal.. if you get the white screen go to SETTINGS turn on vpn.. u get an error say ok.. that should work if cydia then crashes.,reboot
iPad 2 iOS 5.0.1, Absinthe on mac says that everything went well, but nowhere Absinthe/Jailbreak icon on device Home Screen. What may be the reason?
OK, did full restore and didn’t restore from backup. Now everythings working as supposed to and Cydia successully working! Oh, I have waited for this day!!
Hi gays could you please help me every time i try to open Absinthe it come up this i delete an dget it agen an d restart but still same , please help here how to make it work thanks in advance
Process: Absinthe [617]
Path: /Users/USER/Desktop/Absinthe.app/Contents/MacOS/Absinthe
Identifier: com.chronic-dev.greenpois0n.absinthe
Version: 1.0.0 (1.0.0)
Code Type: X86 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [133]
Date/Time: 2012-01-20 21:17:22.330 +0000
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.7.2 (11C74)
Report Version: 9
Interval Since Last Report: 161825 sec
Crashes Since Last Report: 24
Per-App Interval Since Last Report: 94 sec
Per-App Crashes Since Last Report: 23
Anonymous UUID: 2900767B-A078-4B3B-BB3F-7A672CDD162F
Crashed Thread: 4
Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGBUS)
Exception Codes: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE at 0x00000000b0186ff8
VM Regions Near 0xb0186ff8:
Stack 00000000b0105000-00000000b0186000 [ 516K] rw-/rwx SM=COW
–> Stack 00000000b0186000-00000000b0187000 [ 4K] —/rwx SM=NUL
Stack 00000000b0187000-00000000b0208000 [ 516K] rw-/rwx SM=COW
Application Specific Information:
objc[617]: garbage collection is OFF
Thread 0:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x9c64ec22 mach_msg_trap + 10
1 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x9c64e1f6 mach_msg + 70
2 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x91e490ea __CFRunLoopServiceMachPort + 170
3 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x91e52214 __CFRunLoopRun + 1428
4 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x91e518ec CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 332
5 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x91e51798 CFRunLoopRunInMode + 120
6 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x9621fa7f RunCurrentEventLoopInMode + 318
7 com.apple.HIToolb
Anyone know when the windows version is out?
I just jailbroke mine, and it worked fine, but now my messages icon is just a white icon. Did this happen to anyone else? i rebooted it twice and still a white icon.
I had the same thing, iPad 2 5.0.1, windows pc. After JB the Messages icon was plain white, On my iPhone I didn’t experience the problem.
do i have to be connected to the internetin order to jailbreak?
Yes you do.
Am I the only one getting this???
ERROR
The attached device has a backup password set. You need to disable the backup password in iTunes before you can continue.
Start iTunes, remove the backup password and start this Program again.
No idea where in iTunes to do this and I have found nothing online.
Nope. I had it too. Restored the iPad and cleared all the back-ups.
How do you restore the device? Can you explain more please. I am having a similar issue with my iphone 4S
hi can someone advise me: after jailbreak on iphone 4s with 5.01 and itunes match, music it not playing on iphone either in panamp or standard music player. Anyone know a fix?
Fix for music not playing after jb. Disable match, delete all music (via Settings > Usage), enable match & re-download tracks. @tobiaspj
Thank you, this method seems to be the key to this problem. Thanks again!
iPhone 4S is jail broken but my music player app won’t play a track. I have to reboot to start play. The app is unable to play a track if I press stop w/o a reboot. But, grateful for everyone’s hard work.
have you found a fix for this issue?
I am actually experiencing the same issue. Is it possibly related to having iTunes Match? Every other part of the jailbreak have worked flawless for me thus far.
I have the same issue, did anyone get this resolved?
it just woks for me,nice to see cydia again
Nope. No go. Ipad 2 5.0.1 OS 10.6.8 iTunes 10.5.3. Any ideas? Please hit me up. Thank you.
Last login: Fri Jan 20 18:52:34 on ttys000
/Users/i976/Desktop/Contents/MacOS/Absinthe ; exit;
bills-powerbook-g4-15:~ i976$ /Users/i976/Desktop/Contents/MacOS/Absinthe ; exit;
-bash: /Users/i976/Desktop/Contents/MacOS/Absinthe: Bad CPU type in executable
logout
[Process completed]
My safari logo missing its just white but still works as any 1 had that? Or no a fix?
flawless…Thank you guys. Hopefully we will have an unlock not only for iphon4 4s 5.0 but for 5.01 as well.
As usual, the jailbreaking coders rock. I sent them $25 to say thanks.
Here’s my experience: iPhone 4S needed to go to the VPN settings, turn ON VPN, then wait for the connection to have its error popup show up. Tap OK to dismiss the popup, then the phone reboots on its own and Cydia is installed. iPad 2 got as far as VPN settings to turn on VPN, but it didn’t do anything afterwards. Rebooted iPad and restarted Absinthe on the Mac, it found my previous jailbreak and recovered from it. Restarted Absinthe on the Mac again, and got as far as the VPN again, but this time it rebooted on its own after a minute. Result: two jailbroken iDevices. Rock on jailbreak team!!!
Damn it i have windows!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i have an iPad 2 on 4.3.3 and of course jail broke.. I’m trying to update to 5.0.1 so i can jail brake it with this program but iTunes its not letting me, i get an erro 21 ..does anybody know how to fix this issue???
Check your Hosts file – if you used tinyumbrella to save your 4.3.3 blobs then run the program, select advanced and untick the option about hosts file on exit (or similar).
Hi all, I also failed in 1st, 2nd, 3rd times. Then I follow tips 1 & 2 and try again.
Finally it works (ipad is rebooted) after pressing the new icon.
ONE thing very very important is that you need to have internet access open (I am via WIFI) at that moment. I did not connect to internet for prevous failed case.
Hope this can help the one having
Dude . Put ipad in dfu mode n den restore . Make sure u bck up first . After restore , update it n den jailbreak
Awesome stuff, finally the cat and mouse game resumes.
ipad2wifi on 5.0.1, ran absinthe on my acer d250 running snow leopard. successfully jailbroken in under 5 mins. thanks everyone involved in getting this jb public.
Worked 1st time and took 5 mins for iPad 2 jb, awesome work guys! Was worth the wait and thanks!!
Not work
Just jailbroke iPhone 4s, works great but I am having problems with iTunes match and being able to play my songs. I tried disabling iTunes match from the phone and the Mac, hard reset the phone and still doesn’t want to play the songs. It displays my playlists from iTunes match and has all my songs but won’t play anything associated withe match. HELP!!!!!
web is down -> the last part doesnt work
Plz help me if I press jailbreak after that it will go in restoring progress then after while the jailbreak finishes then I open Cydia like normal and then I got to reset all setting then I it restores then comes to we’re you set it up or restore iCloud backup or restore from iTunes then I press iCloud backup then it will restore everythingq from the backup will the jailbreak go if I do that. Plz reply
WOW…. It didn’t take more than 7 minutes for me to jailbreak the iPad 2… Many thanks to Chronic Dev team and @saurik for the hard-work put into making our dreams come true.
Great – done, without errors! Thanks, regards…
music not playing after jailbreak. tried the itunes match thing but still nothing.. not complaing but i feel this jailbreak is very far from complete and problems will arise as days go on. I was going to donate but think il hold back just now.
if anyone has afix for this it would be great
Hi, had the same problem! If you go to settings>general>usage>music then delete all your songs and re dl them from iTunes (for free) it works!!!
Have to do it like that u can’t delete them individual from music
Spread the word!
This works for people who aren’t subscribed to iTunes match, I’m not sure if it works for people who have subscribed … So u will have to try
I have ipad 2 wifi-3g
Can i jailbreak it with this app?
Yes if you’re on ios 5.0 or 5.01
Jailbreak runs. Absinthe app is there, opens and goes to the webpage. iPad reboots. NO CYDIA APP. jailbreak worked perfect on my iphone 4S. Will not produce the cydia app on the ipad. Please HELP!
Had to jailbreak the iPad on windows. Ran with no issue. Possible fix for others with the same issue
Only problem I’ve had with the JB, is that music (I’m assuming music bought from iTunes as I don’t have any music that isn’t from iTunes) doesn’t play…
took 2 minutes, zero issues! amazing!!
I had minor glitches but in the end it worked great on my iPad 2.
I ran Absinthe through VMware on Lion (no Mac and the Windows version wasn’t available, at the time) It took about 20 min.
I had white icons and corrupted graphics but after opening Settings my iPad rebooted and it fixed the icons but not the corrupted graphics. I removed and reinstalled Iconoclasm and everything worked great after that.
For people doing an upgrade from 4.3.3.
-First do a backup of your Cydia setup.
-Take screenshots of your sources or write them down (if you’ve added any).
-Install a backup program, such as Xbackup and backup your system. Once it’s done, copy the backup file to your computer.
-After Absinthe is done, run Cydia and enter your sources again.
-Install xBackup and copy the file back to your iPad, in the same folder on the iPad ( i think it was /var/mobile/library/xbackup/backups) So the app can find it.
-Run Xbackup and tap Restore.