Untethered jailbreak for iPhone 4S, iPad 2 available

After months of work, Pod2g, the iPhone Dev Team and the Chronic Dev Team released the untethered jailbreak for the iPad 2 and the iPhone 4S. The jailbreak tool, Absinthe, is compatible with the iPhone 4S running iOS 5.0 or 5.0.1 (9A405 and 9A406) and the iPad 2 Wifi/GSM/CDMA running iOS 5.0.1.
The jailbreak tool is available for Mac owners and can be downloaded from greenpois0n's website. A Windows version is in the works. Once you have Absinthe, the jailbreak process should take about 15-20 minutes, but it could take longer as greenpois0n is swamped. If you have any problems, you can hop onto IRC ad connect with the experts at #greenpois0n on http://irc.chronic-dev.org.
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After months of work, Pod2g, the iPhone Dev Team and the Chronic Dev Team released the untethered jailbreak for the iPad 2 and the iPhone...
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Will this work on an iPhone 4 running 5.0.1? Then what about an unlock for use on T-Mobile?
January 23 2012 at 8:33 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyTook nearly 45 minutes to run through the process. I was a little worried it had stalled, but it eventually told me to launch the 'jailbreak' app it had installed. Found it (actually named Absynthe) on the last page; about 30 seconds after running it, the phone restarted and Cydia had been installed in its place. Normal jailbreak from then on.
January 23 2012 at 6:13 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Replypretty much, I jail broke my iPhone 4S, which after iOS 5 came out with the better notifications i said I would never need to do again... because I missed BiteSMS THAT MUCH. That, and Cyntact. I love being able to see peoples pictures in my phonebook, as I tediously add photos for any new contact that has a Facebook account. Being able to respond to text messages without leaving the app you currently are in, as BiteSMS allows you to do, is really a great time saver.
January 23 2012 at 3:51 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyWhat an amazing feat of engineering this was, whatever you think of the jailbreakers.
January 22 2012 at 2:26 AM Report abuse Permalink +1 rate up rate down ReplySo does that mean we are finally closer to get siri on Iphone 4? I heard it would make it easier as soon as a jailbreak for 4S was found.
January 21 2012 at 11:00 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Replyi Cant get it to work on my iPad 2 wifi only
January 21 2012 at 2:45 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyExplain to me again why jailbreakng is a good thing?
January 20 2012 at 4:46 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyOn the iPhone, the most useful things for me are SBSettings and My3G. On the iPad, a combination of FullForce and RetinaPad
January 20 2012 at 5:40 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyWhy do you feel SBSettings and My3G are helpful? I'm not trying to be smart, I really want to know. I haven't jailbroken my iPhone in ages.
January 20 2012 at 8:48 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate downaplardi: SBSettings is great for home-screen access to toggles (3G, Bluetooth, etc.), brightness control, and process-killing (and you can see what apps are actually running in the background) -- and other toggles can be added on pretty easily. It's a little ugly out of the box, but there are classier skins available.
My3G lets you bypass restrictions for when a wifi connection is required (e.g., Facetime, high-quality streaming videos, large app downloads, etc.).
MyWi and PDANet to get around ATT's stupid 3G restrictions.
January 21 2012 at 9:51 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Replydrat... I'm using 5.1
January 20 2012 at 4:15 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyHow do you reverse it after you do it? Is it just reset it to original settings and then restore or what?
January 20 2012 at 3:13 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyYeah, just a basic restore through iTunes is all you need.
January 20 2012 at 3:50 PM Report abuse Permalink +1 rate up rate down ReplyVery excited!! Finally!
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