How to Jailbreak Your iPhone 4S Using Absinthe (Mac) [5.0, 5.0.1]
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Posted January 20, 2012 at 5:50pm by iClarified · 218504 views
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.
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.
Step Four Click the Jailbreak button to begin
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.
Step Six You will be informed that the jailbreak is 'Almost done'.
Step Seven On your device, locate the Absinthe icon and press it to complete your jailbreak. It could be on any homescreen.
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.
You will get a configuration error; however, after about a minute your device will reboot with Cydia on the Springboard!
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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,
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?
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.
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.
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 :-)
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?
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.