Absinthe is the jailbreak tool first developed and released by Chronic Dev Team with the help of dream team formed to get iPhone 4S jailbreak. Absinthe was the only tool to jailbreak iPhone 4S and iPad 2 on iOS 5.0 and iOS 5.0.1 released on January 20, 2012. This page is dedicated to Absinthe download links. You can find all the Absinthe versions released for different OS an d firmware version here.
The video guide on how to use Absinthe 2.0rc1 to jailbreak iOS 5.1.1 is will be posted here. Download Absinthe. Update: 30th May. Absinthe 2.0.4 Released with support for iPad2,4. Download Absinthe 2.0.4. If you are Windows user, you will be able right now to download Absinthe 2.0 in order to do an untethered jailbreak in your iOS device operating iOS 5.1.1. This procedure is actually pretty much a similar as it had been for Mac users, beside a couple of minor details such as run Absinthe as administrator, and the actual self extracting zip file.
The latest version of Absinthe 2.0rc1 is released on 25th May 2012 to let iOS users untethered jailbreak iOS 5.1.1 on iPhone 4S, 4, iPod Touch 4G, 3G, iPad 1, 2 and The New iPad. You can find our tutorials on iOS 5.1.1 jailbreak here.
The video guide on how to use Absinthe 2.0rc1 to jailbreak iOS 5.1.1 is will be posted here.
Update: 30th May
Absinthe 2.0.4 Released with support for iPad2,4.
Update 27th May
Absinthe 2.0.2 Released, supports iPhone 4 iOS 5.1.1 Build
Update:26th May
Absinthe 2.0.1 is Released.
After a long wait, here comes Absinthe 2.0 to Untethered jailbreak iOS 5.1.1 installed iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch devices. Its been quite some time after the previous release of absinthe and here the Chronic-Dev team and iPhone Dev Teams (Jailbreak Dream Team) has worked hard to bring the next version that lets you Untether Jailbreak iOS 5.1.1 devices.
It means, you can now jailbreak any of your following devices that has iOS 5.1.1 latest version installed.
You can proceed with the download from the following link to start the jailbreak process and enjoy more features on your devices. As the disclaimer says, Jailbreaking is not the way to just get pirated apps to your devices, it is meant to tweak your iOS device that adds more features that you cannot get from App Store.
Update: There is a minor update to Absinthe v2.0 and download Absinthe v2.0.1 below which fixes the problem of not loading issue in Windows computers.
If this is your first time that you are jailbreaking your iOS device, then dont miss the following video “100 reasons to Jailbreak your iPhone“.
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After the arrival of Absinthe, jailbreaking process goes pretty easy than before. Follow these easy steps to complete untethered jailbreak of iOS 5.1.1 on your iPhone, iPad and iPod.
Step 1: Launch iTunes and take a Full Backup of your device.
Step 2: Go to Settings -> General -> Reset -> Erase all Content and Settings on your iPhone, iPod or iPad.
Step 3: Without removing the USB connectivity, Launch Absinthe 2.0 which you have downloaded from the above link that suites your Operating System.
Step 4: Click “Jailbreak” button and wait for few minutes.
That is all. You will see the jailbreaking process happening on your device and it restarts automatically and takes you to the home screen once the process completed successfully.
Step 5: Through out this process let the device connected and dont remove it at any point. Once the Jailbreak process completed, launch iTunes and restore the recent backup of your iOS Device which you took at the first step.
Just do a right click on the Devices list on your iTunes and click on Restore from Backup to complete the recent backup automatically. That is all, you got all your old settings back on your untethered jailbroken iOS 5.1.1 device. Its time to start tweaking your device to make it look more unique. The source of this news and tutorial is Greenpois0n.
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