Absinthe 2.0 is out!!!

[1982ollie]

Hmm, I guess not really, maybe its a case of the latest and the greatest lol. I guess Ill wait. But am I correct, that the device needs to be upgraded to 5.1 first and them JB?

Yes, via iTunes buddy. Some people like to start from scratch. Wipe phone and start again, when you've been jailbroken before. Thats the best option, but you can just upgrade then jailbreak if you want.

 

[iVazz]

Had nothing but issues on my home comp this morning with the JB. Copied the absinthe file to my flash drive and will try again tdy @ work to see how it goes.


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[itechyou]

Anyone having issues with absinthe, have you tried to manually select the .ipsw you downloaded prior to attempting the jailbreak? Mine failed twice before I thought to go that route thru itunes then ran absinthe again and it worked flawliessly.

 

[iQuelly]

There's no cydia app? How do I get it?

 

[zayragiselle]

full restore using itunes and 5.1.1 ipsw then try jailbreak
that did it for me

already did that and still it gets stuck on waiting for reboot...i have done full restore...set up as new and from a backup and nothing happens

 

[bielefeld]

a lot of people are having problems and so did I
but what fixed it for me was how I initially restored.
You have to restore (full restore) from itunes with the 5.1.1 ipsw file.

Sync your backup, select the appropriate restore file (5.1.1) and begin the restore process. Afterward, activate your iphone 4s. And then start the jailbreak. I did it this way and it all worked first time.

It's the restore. Don't wipe from the phone. USE ITUNES and restore from the 5.1.1 ipsw. Hope this helps everyone

THIS WORKED!!! THANK YOU! Finally Jailbroken!

 

[derk]

My friend with a stock 5.1.1 firmware on his iphone 4 GSM phone couldn't get Absinthe to work. I walked him through using redsn0w to do a tethered jailbreak and then he installed Rocky Raccoon from Cydia to make it untethered. This should be a better option on non A5 devices if Absinthe doesn't work for you.

 

[kch50428]

Find/download a 'new' ipsw file for the 5.1.1 - and hit 'option' while clicking restore in iTunes and navigate to your 'new' ipsw file... that's what finally made it work for me.

 

[GingerSnapsBack]

There's no cydia app? How do I get it?

Cydia installs after the JB is successful.

 

[iQuelly]

Cydia installs after the JB is successful.

It was successful but still no cydia

 

[domineus]

already did that and still it gets stuck on waiting for reboot...i have done full restore...set up as new and from a backup and nothing happens

you restored from phone or itunes?

 

[Stephxieh]

Looking forward to trying this out when I get home from work!

At least then the traffic may have gone down a little.

 

[canguler87]

well it seemed and worked smooth for me when I first jb my 4S. But when I try to install a tweak, package, etc. I'm getting internal server error or Hash Sum Mismatch at the end.. (while installing SBSettings) Maybe it could be sth. unrelated but can anyone inform me about that how can I solve that issue?

 

[kch50428]

well it seemed and worked smooth for me when I first jb my 4S. But when I try to install a tweak, package, etc. I'm getting internal server error or Hash Sum Mismatch at the end.. (while installing SBSettings) Maybe it could be sth. unrelated but can anyone inform me about that how can I solve that issue?

Patience is about all that will solve cydia issues for the short-term. Rode hard, put up wet.

 

[Stephxieh]

Patience is about all that will solve cydia issues for the short-term. Rode hard, put up wet.

First Diablo 3 and now Cydia servers, it's been a bad month for the impatient!

 

[Laelipoo]

well it seemed and worked smooth for me when I first jb my 4S. But when I try to install a tweak, package, etc. I'm getting internal server error or Hash Sum Mismatch at the end.. (while installing SBSettings) Maybe it could be sth. unrelated but can anyone inform me about that how can I solve that issue?

Cydia is overwhelmed right now and cannot load packages. That is what those errors mean. Give it some time, then try again. You should be able to download your packages then.

 

[macharborguy]

Updated my iPad 3 to 5.1.1 via the Settings app, backed up but did not do the erase jailbreak restore thing, just jailbroke it. Working great, no issues. It does seem like my battery is draining faster though, but I'll have to do some tests to make sure it's not just a fluke. Wish the battery widget for notification center showed how much power was being drained, much like the status in MyWi

 

[Stephxieh]

This is not the day to be browsing themes.

Hopefully people can stick to the more important tweaks and let the servers have a break haha

 

[Superjudge]

10 tries, 10 fails

I'm not cut out for this jailbreaking stuff unfortunately. Back to stock I go.

 

[Stephxieh]

10 tries, 10 fails

I'm not cut out for this jailbreaking stuff unfortunately. Back to stock I go.

Don't give up!

Sometimes it takes forever to jailbreak. Back on my old 4 I think it took me 24 tries to get one to stick.

It's probably nothing you're doing wrong!