Absinthe Jailbreak for iPhone 4S & iPad 2 Released [Download Links]
The hotly anticipated jailbreak for iPhone 4S and iPad 2 is finally here, providing an untethered jailbreak for either A5-based device running iOS 5.0.1. Put together by the Chronic Dev Team who are known for making Greenpois0n, the utility is called Absinthe A5 and it is hot off the presses.
Backup your iPhone or iPad before using Absinthe! This is an early release jailbreak and could have some bugs to iron out still.
Download Absinthe A5
- Download now – (Mac OS X)
- Download now – Windows
- Download now – Linux (soon)
A Linux version will be released shortly and we’ll update when links are available.
Not sure what to do? Read our guide on how to jailbreak iPad 2 or iPhone 4S with Absinthe for iOS 5.0.1, it’s very easy.
Specific compatibility with Absinthe is as follows:
- iPhone 4S: iOS 5.0 (9A334) and both builds of iOS 5.0.1 (9A405, 9A406)
- iPad 2 Wi-Fi, GSM, CDMA: iOS 5.0.1
Again, this is for A5 CPU hardware only, other devices can jailbreak iOS 5.0.1 with Redsn0w.
The Dev Team warns iPhone 4S users who want a software unlock to stay on iOS 5.0 or build 9A405 of iOS 5.0.1. There is no expected release of an accompanying software unlock.
I have an ipad2.i try to download some of these jailbreak software programs.i get this fine light blue streak go across the top of my safari browser.and then I get nothing else.can someone help me?thank you for yalls time
when I try to jailbreak my iPad2 I get a message saying Sorry the attached device is not supported what do I do??
Hey guys I have iPhone 4S running on version 5.0 As the instructions are above I’ll backup my device and run the Absinthe software. After it’s done, this where my confusion starts. After the above process is done should I open the icon on my phone 1st or should I restart it. Should the iPhone be connected to the wifi during the process or after it’s done. If something goes wrong as you I’ll restore using iTunes but while doing it so doesn’t the iTunes automatically update the software of iPhone to the latest version? Please guys help me through this. I am really confused
First time I ran this on my iPad2 Absinthe froze (no, really, it did. I wasn’t being impatient), then when I tried again I got into an endless loop where Absinthe said ‘it looks like you tried and failed, let us repair things for you’ (or words to that effect) but it just kept repeating that every time I plugged in the iPad. So I booted iTunes and did a restore from the backup I had made. Then I tried Absinthe again… worked like a dream! Now I’m back into Clydea, have re-installed Installous etc… all fine. So if you have problems it’s definitely worth persevering.
Thanks to all the ace hackers for this superb (and FREE) jailbreak.
can i use the same prosedure to jailbreak my iphone 3gs with the 5.0.1 softare?
Is the iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4S with an A5 processor? The 3GS needs redsn0w:
https://osxdaily.com/2011/12/27/how-to-jailbreak-ios-5-0-1-untethered-with-redsn0w/
never mind i got it
after restoring my device the jailbreak says program stopped working why is that
does this work with iphone 4 and 4s? or just the 4s?
4S
Iphone worked like a charm. Ipad 2 is having some problems. It says “ABSINTHE is now setting things up,….” But it doesn’t finish. I tried resetting the settings as discussed above. We’ll see what happens.
had same problemm with iphone 4s. just run ABSINTHE again without restoring and iphone restarted and cydia found. good luck
it freaking works there is no problem with this jail break it works just as they say i use windows 7 also created a folder on desk top before running it back up to itunes, plug in my ipad 2 press jail break also made sure there was no lock turn it off absinthe icon appear tap on it it rebooted and it was jailbroken with no problems what so ever also before running the jailbreak app when you open it make sure you make it adminitrator good luck but it works and might god it is free i say free
im running osx 10.5.8 , and i can tell you this absinthe thing is not opening on my computer!!
i get a message when i click to open absinthe reading :
< you cant open the application "absinthe" beacause it is not supported on this architecture…
this jailbreak is not ready yet, so everyone needs to stop wacking off to this jailbreak beacuse its not ready yet!!!
and iv tried on a windows pc and the window opens, but when i click the jail break button which doesnt even light up …. i get jack piddle!!!
so theres no propper jailbreak yet for ipad2… sorry to be the bearer of bad news!!!
pow
hello
if people had done as explained
would it work for everyone.
this is the way…
like Cris was writing
Absinthe quit unexpectedly solution!! At least for me.
Backup iPad. When done, go to settings (in the iPad) hit general -> Reset -> Erase all content and settings. When done, activate iPad and run Absinthe and ur good to go. Jailbreak took less than 5 min. Once Jailbroken go to iTunes, right click on iPad and hit “restore from Backup”. Hope this helps.
Absinthe quit unexpectedly solution!! At least for me.
Backup iPad. When done, go to settings (in the iPad) hit general -> Reset -> Erase all content and settings. When done, activate iPad and run Absinthe and ur good to go. Jailbreak took less than 5 min. Once Jailbroken go to iTunes, right click on iPad and hit “restore from Backup”. Hope this helps.
Hi Cris,
Thanks. It works for me. Finally I got jailbreak :)
What version of OS do you have on your computer?
jailbroke my iphone and it worked in less then 3 mins…but now my ipad is taking forever
cant install any non market app??? same prob anywhere????
I jailbroke my phone without issues yesterday, until this morning when I shut it off, and tried to reboot it. Now it stays at the Apple boot screen. Anyone run into this issue? I didn’t tether jailbreak prior to running absinthe, it was a factory phone.
Just saw a tweet saying that the windows version will be available shortly let’s hope so
Not sure why some are having problems. I jailbroke 22 iPhone 4S, and 11 iPad 2’s yesterday. About half on an i5 mini, and the rest on an i5 Macbook Pro
The wait isn’t over we are all still waiting for windows versions :/
starting to get tiredd of waiting
Then write your own jailbreak. You get exactly what you pay for it. And I will wager you pay NOTHING, right?
Buncha entitled whiners
will my ipad crash if i try the mac version on windows
still waiting for windows
Hi all,
Just want to ask, why does absinthe connect to greenpois0n database server? Thanks.
So I’m having trouble using the mac program on my computer…probably because I have windows like most of American…
still no sign for windows
Any idea when this will be available for windows?
nope…they should give us a update of when it would come other then just saying (soon)
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remove all passcodes from iPhone/iPad then rerun the jailbreak using ur comp. then turn the vpn on, it will restart automatically and cydia will appear!
Kinda waiting for the Windows release to come out…
same here waiting for the windows one… i dont think it will come out today
Well they said it would be a couple of hours later…but you might be right
But still waiting..even if it doesnt come out today they should atleast give us a update other then (soon)
Why? What do they OWE to you?
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anyone elses absinthe crashing before it even opens? any ideas why?
same problem, I download it and when I run the app it just crashes in Mac OS X I can’t even see the first screen.
What version of Mac OS X? Works fine here
Mac OS x10.5.8
Mine crashes too. I have the same one as you Kevin.
If Absinthe crashes, reboot the iOS device and try again
Mine also crashes.
Also running 10.5.8
Any fix yet?
Mine is crashing too, in 10.7.2
I had this problem too.
Something I previously installed on my macbook apparently interferes with absinthe and made it crash as soon as i connected the iPad.
I then tried it on my spouses iMac and had no issues at all.
If you don’t have access to another mac you could use a freshly installed OS.
If you go to friend / neighbour remember the iPhone/iPad has to have wifi internet access to complete the process!
me 2
me 5
Mine crashes too, and I was digging for info. regarding to the error I realized that it’s due to the mac verson we have, I’m running a 10.5.8. and apparently it was compiled with an heigher version. :(
I have osx 10.7.2 and its happening to mine too!!
thank you for the mirror! greenp0ison site super overloaded
You’re welcome. Both versions require loading the Greenpois0n site at the end though so if you see an error that is why. More here:
https://osxdaily.com/2012/01/20/jailbreak-iphone-4s-ios-5-0-1-absinthe/
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Higher risk of fail as last jailbreaks? Jailbreaking never broke one of my devices but I’m afraid this one could, I mean, if my 4S got broken it would be worse than on my old iPod Touch.
Wow you guys are the first i’ve seen to report this jailbreak