Chronic Dev team has just released greenpois0n Absinthe to jailbreak iPhone 4S and iPad 2.
In this guide, we will take you through the step by step procedure to jailbreak iPhone 4S 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 iPhone 4S users. 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 refer to this step-by-step guide.
- Absinthe performs an untethered jailbreak.
- Please note that jailbreaking your iPhone may void your warranty and hence proceed with caution and at your own risk.
- Please do not forget to backup your iPhone before you proceed. You can refer to this post for instructions on how to backup your iPhone.
- Please ensure you've updated iTunes to the latest version (iTunes 10.5.3).
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 iPhone 4S (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 iPhone 4S 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 iPhone. 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 iPhone 4S. After it is rebooted, you should see the Cydia icon.
That's it, your iPhone 4S is successfully jailbroken.
Troubleshooting tips:
Here are some troubleshooting tips if you hit an issue while jailbreaking your iPhone 4S 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 when you launch the Absinthe app, 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 iPhone 4S will reboot and you should be able to see Cydia icon your iPhone 4S home screen.
If you're new to the jailbreaking world and wondering what to do after jailbreaking your iPhone, checkout our jailbreak apps category page to find out the apps you can install on your iPhone 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.
Can’t get my iPhone 4s to jailbreak after clicking on jailbreak. It starts to work quickly but stops about one eighth or one tenth of the way on the download bar. Tried over and over to get it to work, but it keeps getting stuck here. Waited half an hour, and still stuck on the same spot. Any ideas how to resolve this?
If you have your device set to sync over Wi-Fi to iTunes running on another computer, it seems to disrupt the jailbreak attempt. It would be a good idea to quit the iTunes the device syncs to in order to prevent this interruption.
My first attempt was interrupted by the sync. Absinthe sat idle and the iPhone 4S had an alert about an app it couldn’t sync. (Which tipped me off as to the delay.) Absinthe let me quit it at that point. Restarting it resulted in it telling me a jailbreak operation was aborted, and that it would attempt to clean things up. That seemed to work. The second attempt worked – once iTunes was shut down.
The Jailbreak had an error and Absinthe tried to correct it, but even after it says it’s fixed, every time I plug my phone back in it says it has to fix my phone again. I restored my phone and it still gives me the same message. Any clue how to fix this? I restored from backup because I don’t want to lose my application information. Any help would be great! Thanks!
I didn’t know only restoring from back up didn’t replace firmware, will try that then update.
all worked, absinthe icon on iphone ‘is now setting things up, please stand-by…’
and then nothing…
and I forgot to say:
using mac and updated itunes in latest OS – when absinthe.app runs it gets to “waiting for device to reboot” (device reboots), but absinthe.app ends – is that correct? the absinthe app then appears on iphone which is what I click on and get to the stand-by… bit – it just sits on that? – if I go back to home screen there is no cydia, just absinthe
Awesome work guys! Works perfectly. Thank you so much!!!!
worked perfectly after disabling passcode and rebooting into safe mode! thanks to all who worked so hard on this jailbreak.
Thank you so much guys…. if u get problems with with network establsihing data connection … your iTunes is not opened i tried so many times .. didn’t even realize when you due all the steps iTunes closes so before you click on the icon on your screen absinthe make sure your iTunes is open and it will reboot once is rebooted click ur cydia is gonna be there. have fun
is there any way to activate my 4s without the att sim card
After finishing the jailbreak and clicking on the absinthe icon i just get a white screen. Sometimes it loads to the website….but never reboots. Anyone else figure out how to get past this?
i just downloaded the absinthe file and when i click on it to launch, nothing comes up. im using a mac comp too.
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Hi guys, need some help, I just restore my iphone 4s with most recent update, I UN-Jailbreaks. now the phone seems need to be activated before I can jailbreak it again. but I don’t have data service. Is there a way to do it without the activation on the phone?
Worked perfectly for me, took all of about 5 minutes for me to complete it.
Just found out that my Music app icon is now white??
Will this remove everything on my iPhone ??
Using a PC. Downloaded Absinthe on iPhone 4s. Have tried 10 times hitting Absinthe icon. Half time it tries connecting and comes back with ‘Didnt Work’ Tap Jailbreak to open settings….and turn on VPN named Jailbreak’. I went and tried turning on the only VPN I have and it gives the error message but does not reboot. Help!
Does anyone know if this works with iTunes 10.6?
iPhone 4S first attempt was not successful due to “VPN message”. I could not turn on the “VPN” in Apple’s settings app. Therefore I reboot, tried recover, failed to recover (iTune said corrupted backup), then decided to launch absinthe again. Worked on second trial! Got Cydia!! However, the “VPN” entry in Apple’s own settings disappeared. Does anyone else encounter this problem? Otherwise, seem working normallly.
how to get Iphone 4S,, 5.1,,,, Cydia?