Jailbreak HELP !!!!

[redstar529]

I just received a replacement iPhone 4 from Verizon and i'm trying to jailbreak it. I'm running redsn0w 0.9.12b1. After going into DFU mode and starting the jailbreak, I get stuck at "waiting for reboot." The phone reboots but iTunes closes. What gives???

 

[3cit]

Try absinthe.

 

[Peligro911]

iTunes should be closed before running redsnow ..

 

[redstar529]

No luck guys. Should I try restoring it factory and THEN try to run absinthe/redsn0w?

 

[redstar529]

Absinthe says "sending initial jailbreak data. This may take a while....."

How long is a while?!?!?!?!?

 

[Peligro911]

3 min max depending on your pc

 

[sherlock]

Shouldn't take too long. Did you do a backup then remove all settings and content?

 

[3cit]

This is a new phone... Maybe he's trying to restore from a backup...
Maybe the backup is 5.0 or something... I think op should restore
Phone as new, then run whichever jb he wants...
I've personally used both now, absinthe seemed quicker, until I realized redsnow pretty much jailbreaks the same way now, so I recommend redsnow

 

[redstar529]

Nope. The old phone was jailbroken on 5.1.1

 

[redstar529]

Since i'm stock right now, can I backup, restore to new, jailbreak, and use this backup?

 

[sherlock]

Since i'm stock right now, can I backup, restore to new, jailbreak, and use this backup?

Yes you can.

 

[redstar529]

It worked! Thanx Everybody!!!

 

[3cit]

I love when threads have happy endings!

 

[sherlock]

It worked! Thanx Everybody!!!

Yay a happy ending!