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How to Jailbreak Your iPad Using Limera1n (Mac)

How to Jailbreak Your iPad Using Limera1n (Mac)

Posted October 14, 2010 at 3:41pm by iClarified
These are instructions on how to jailbreak your iPad using Limera1n for Mac. You can find the Windows version of this tutorial here.

Step One
Open your web browser of choice and navigate to http://www.limera1n.com. Click the Mac logo at the bottom of the screen.
How to Jailbreak Your iPad Using Limera1n (Mac)

Step Two
When prompted save the download to your desktop
How to Jailbreak Your iPad Using Limera1n (Mac)


Step Three
Double click the limera1n.zip file from the desktop to extract the archive, then double click to launch.
How to Jailbreak Your iPad Using Limera1n (Mac)

Step Four
Connect your iPad to the computer and click the large make it ra1n button
How to Jailbreak Your iPad Using Limera1n (Mac)

Step Five
You iPad will now be placed in recovery mode.
How to Jailbreak Your iPad Using Limera1n (Mac)

Press both the power and the home buttons.
How to Jailbreak Your iPad Using Limera1n (Mac)

When Limera1n asks you to, release the power button.
How to Jailbreak Your iPad Using Limera1n (Mac)

Your phone will now be in DFU mode
How to Jailbreak Your iPad Using Limera1n (Mac)

As limera1n performs its exploit you will see the image of a lime raindrop on your iPad.
How to Jailbreak Your iPad Using Limera1n (Mac)

How to Jailbreak Your iPad Using Limera1n (Mac)

Limera1n will let you know when it is complete.
How to Jailbreak Your iPad Using Limera1n (Mac)

How to Jailbreak Your iPad Using Limera1n (Mac)

Step Six
After you power back on your iPad you will see a new icon on the SpringBoard entitled limera1n. Press it to continue.
How to Jailbreak Your iPad Using Limera1n (Mac)

Step Seven
Once Limera1n opens select Cydia then press the Install button at the top right of the screen.
How to Jailbreak Your iPad Using Limera1n (Mac) How to Jailbreak Your iPad Using Limera1n (Mac)

Step Eight
Once the Cydia installation has completed you must reboot your iPad.
How to Jailbreak Your iPad Using Limera1n (Mac) How to Jailbreak Your iPad Using Limera1n (Mac)

Step Nine
When your iPad has restarted you can run Cydia. Let it do all the necessary updates.
How to Jailbreak Your iPad Using Limera1n (Mac)

NOTE*: To remove the limera1n icon from your desktop you can relaunch the app and tap the Uninstall Limera1n button or install CyDelete from Cydia then use it to delete the application.

***A big thanks goes everyone who made this jailbreak possible.
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Hsulaiman2
Hsulaiman2 - December 26, 2010 at 7:22am
Guys when are we expecting the iPad 4.2.1 Untethered jailbreak for windows...!? is there anything coming up soon...!?
Mav
Mav - December 25, 2010 at 7:50pm
Will the most current version of limera1n (RC1b) work on iPad iOS 3.2.2?
anna
anna - November 9, 2010 at 2:20pm
hi, i've jailbroken my ipad using limera1n, but when i downloaded the apps from installous, "API unavailable" appeared and i tried to reboot the device but the problem remains, please help.
fireminded1
fireminded1 - October 18, 2010 at 6:41am
Yay, got it to work finally with this version, did not work with PC version. Tried several times...
MINH TRAN
MINH TRAN - October 17, 2010 at 4:44pm
Thank you ! This is work for my ipad 3.2.2,have cydia ,mxtube....
Cody
Cody - October 14, 2010 at 7:01pm
anyone else having an impossibly difficult time connecting to the update server? fml.
Emile Att
Emile Att - October 14, 2010 at 4:20pm
What versions of iOS on the iPad does this work for?
iPad
iPad - October 14, 2010 at 4:28pm
Well there is not much very choices :). iPad 3.2 and 3.2.1 can be jailbreaked by jailbreakme.com the firmware 3.2.2 can be jailbreaked by limera1n.
idontclarify
idontclarify - October 14, 2010 at 6:40pm
it works for 3.2.2! it works!!!
iOS Beta
iOS Beta - October 15, 2010 at 2:46am
Anyone know if it will work for the iOS 4.2 Beta?
t11chb
t11chb - October 15, 2010 at 3:42am
I just tried on my iPad 4.2b, says its done but no change
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