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How to Jailbreak Your iPhone 4S Using Absinthe (Mac) [5.0, 5.0.1]

How to Jailbreak Your iPhone 4S Using Absinthe (Mac) [5.0, 5.0.1]

Posted January 20, 2012 at 5:50pm by iClarified · 218504 views
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These are instructions on how to perform an untethered jailbreak of your iPhone 4S using Absinthe for Mac.

Warning***: Before you continue make sure to do a backup of your device in iTunes as you may lose your Camera Roll during this process.




Step One
Download the latest version of Absinthe from here.

Step Two
Double click to extract the downloaded archive and launch the Absinthe application.
How to Jailbreak Your iPhone 4S Using Absinthe (Mac) [5.0, 5.0.1]

Step Three
As prompted, connect your iPhone 4S to the computer via USB. Make sure to remove any passcodes or VPN settings you've previously set.
How to Jailbreak Your iPhone 4S Using Absinthe (Mac) [5.0, 5.0.1]

Step Four
Click the Jailbreak button to begin
How to Jailbreak Your iPhone 4S Using Absinthe (Mac) [5.0, 5.0.1]

Step Five
The application will take you through several steps of the jailbreak: Sending initial data, waiting for reboot, waiting for device to finish booting, Preparing jailbreak data, and Sending payload data.
How to Jailbreak Your iPhone 4S Using Absinthe (Mac) [5.0, 5.0.1]How to Jailbreak Your iPhone 4S Using Absinthe (Mac) [5.0, 5.0.1]

How to Jailbreak Your iPhone 4S Using Absinthe (Mac) [5.0, 5.0.1]How to Jailbreak Your iPhone 4S Using Absinthe (Mac) [5.0, 5.0.1]

How to Jailbreak Your iPhone 4S Using Absinthe (Mac) [5.0, 5.0.1]

Step Six
You will be informed that the jailbreak is 'Almost done'.
How to Jailbreak Your iPhone 4S Using Absinthe (Mac) [5.0, 5.0.1]

Step Seven
On your device, locate the Absinthe icon and press it to complete your jailbreak. It could be on any homescreen.
How to Jailbreak Your iPhone 4S Using Absinthe (Mac) [5.0, 5.0.1]

If the server is down and you get an Error establishing a database connection message then tap the Settings icon on your springboard and turn on VPN.
How to Jailbreak Your iPhone 4S Using Absinthe (Mac) [5.0, 5.0.1]



You will get a configuration error; however, after about a minute your device will reboot with Cydia on the Springboard!


How to Jailbreak Your iPhone 4S Using Absinthe (Mac) [5.0, 5.0.1]
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Roberto
Roberto - March 18, 2012 at 1:48pm
Me too!!! Have the same problem ,, any advice,, When is the version to jailbreak an IPHONE 4S IOS 5.1 Is coming out??
Latif
Latif - March 18, 2012 at 2:19am
Amer
omar
omar - March 9, 2012 at 10:32am
amm, hi i have iPhone 4s I ALREADY download and setup absinthe and it works , then i upgrade iOS 5.0 to 5.1.0 now i`m getting this message “sorry the attached device is not supported ” when im trying to install the absinthe. any advice please… thanks and regards,
Kay
Kay - March 13, 2012 at 4:42am
I'm getting the same problem. ANYONE!?
chris
chris - March 20, 2012 at 9:42pm
Because Absinthe dosent support iphone 4s on 5.1.0 yet, there no jailbreak for the 4s on 5.1.0 keep waiting and hoping??????????????
javcastle
javcastle - March 6, 2012 at 3:33pm
Is good
MLeinats
MLeinats - March 2, 2012 at 2:35pm
sorry, the attached device is not supported. iPhone 4 Runing 5.0.1 (9a405) Help, please
guest
guest - April 3, 2012 at 5:02am
You're using an iPhone 4 .. this is for 4S only .. use Redsn0w to jailbreak iPhone 4 on 5.0.1
Jinno
Jinno - February 29, 2012 at 9:43pm
Having a hard time jailbreaking. For some reason Absinthe says it can't load it all the way in the app and refers me to do the VPN setting. I turn it on and nothing happens in the process. Any help?
Cam
Cam - February 21, 2012 at 11:09pm
How do you disable the passcode for iPad 2?? On the iPad it doesnt let me turn it off!
Chu
Chu - February 5, 2012 at 6:36am
Thank you !! Worked like a charm.
VK
VK - January 30, 2012 at 4:12am
Like a breeze! Thanks!!
elrk
elrk - January 30, 2012 at 12:39am
worked like a charm, first time.. boom
Spider
Spider - January 28, 2012 at 2:11pm
Worked perfectly, like always. Thanks.
Bill
Bill - January 26, 2012 at 5:23pm
Doesnt work for me. The app crashes on my mac as soon as I plug in the iphone4s. Not sure why or what to do. Also tried on a windows pc and the jailbreak button never goes active for me to press it.
Philip
Philip - January 25, 2012 at 12:08pm
Just want to tell you that when I tried to jailbreak my iPhone 4s on 5.0.1 with Absinthe it failed all the time like for some others. But the solution to my problem was to update to firmware 5.0.1 (iPhone4,1_5.0.1_9A406_Restore.ipsw) first. I was on 5.0.1 but on a earlier release (iPhone4,1_5.0.1_9A405_Restore.ipsw) which apperantly was NOT compatible with Absinthe.
AoS_HJ
AoS_HJ - January 26, 2012 at 1:22am
Just wanted to thank you for this info. I've been trying for about 2 hours thinking I was doing something obvious wrong but I guess I've just got the wrong firmware :-( Updating now :-)
Philip
Philip - January 24, 2012 at 9:52am
First of all, I know this entry shouldn't be here. But I don't know where else to turn. I would love to update my iPhone 3gs to 5.0.1. But I don't know how since my power button is busted and I can't put the phone in DFU. I have googled about putting the phone in DFU without the use of buttons, but I'm afraid it might brick my phone :-( Any help would be much appreciated!!! Has anyone been through this problem?
Vasilis Odysseos
Vasilis Odysseos - January 22, 2012 at 1:57pm
My iPhone 4S doesn't get recognised by absinthe. what's the problem?
Rahhb
Rahhb - January 21, 2012 at 10:23pm
Anyone with white screen issues after hitting Absinthe, try closing all apps including Absinthe, then turn VPN on in settings. It will likely give you an error, that's ok. Then hit Absinthe again and it should work.
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