FAQ: Unlocking, Jailbreak, Cydia, etc - All discussion goes here

naasrd

guil wrote: »

Just google Cyrus tweaks to see what's available

I think guil means Cydia Tweaks, damn auto correct.

Duff

Hey guys,

Just got my 4S on 5.0.1 and was wondering if anyone has untethered jailbroken theirs with Absinthe? How do you find it? Recommended?

Cheers

Doylers

Duff wrote: »

Hey guys,

Just got my 4S on 5.0.1 and was wondering if anyone has untethered jailbroken theirs with Absinthe? How do you find it? Recommended?

Cheers

Its grand was a bit glitchy for me. I re-did it again and is fine since. Would recommend.

Duff

Doylers wrote: »

Its grand was a bit glitchy for me. I re-did it again and is fine since. Would recommend.

Cheers, Going to do it now.

Duff

Anyone else have problems jailbreaking with Absinthe?

Halfway though the jailbreak where the phone appears to be restoring, I keep getting a windows message saying Absinthe has stopped working. Tried it three times now and its the same every time. Anyone have any ideas?

Doylers

Duff wrote: »

Anyone else have problems jailbreaking with Absinthe?

Halfway though the jailbreak where the phone appears to be restoring, I keep getting a windows message saying Absinthe has stopped working. Tried it three times now and its the same every time. Anyone have any ideas?

Running it as admin? If that dont work try run it in compatibility mode and set to xp sp3. Could just be a bad download

Duff

Doylers wrote: »

Running it as admin? If that dont work try run it in compatibility mode and set to xp sp3. Could just be a bad download

Yeah, I'm running as admin. I'll re-download it again and see.

Cheers.

Duff

Tried all of the above. Still no luck. Might try with a different computer..

NeVeR

I've a quick qeuestion,

I've an iPhone 4 - I've not upgraded to iso5 yet, Dont' really see the point.

I've had this phone since April. I've loads of Apps installed and the normal stuff like photos/music/videos/ Contacts etc.

If I jailbreak it will I lose all these ?

Also whats the best way to Jailbreak this?

thanks.

guil

naasrd wrote: »

I think guil means Cydia Tweaks, damn auto correct.

haha yeah i've being caught out with that loads of times

Duff

NeVeR wrote: »

I've a quick qeuestion,

I've an iPhone 4 - I've not upgraded to iso5 yet, Dont' really see the point.

I've had this phone since April. I've loads of Apps installed and the normal stuff like photos/music/videos/ Contacts etc.

If I jailbreak it will I lose all these ?

Also whats the best way to Jailbreak this?

thanks.

No, you won't lose any of your apps. What iOS are you running and what modem firmware?

guil

Duff wrote: »

No, you won't lose any of your apps. What iOS are you running and what modem firmware?

what does the baseband have to do with jailbreaking

Harcrid

Spent an hour today trying to find some nice lockscreen themes. Settled on this one after a while. Loads of cool ones out there.

NeVeR

Duff wrote: »

No, you won't lose any of your apps. What iOS are you running and what modem firmware?

How can I check both of them

I've not updated anything since i got the iphone in April.

guil

go to settings>general>about and scroll down to version, theres no need for the second one

naasrd

Duff wrote: »

Hey guys,

Just got my 4S on 5.0.1 and was wondering if anyone has untethered jailbroken theirs with Absinthe? How do you find it? Recommended?

Cheers

Yeah, very straight forward.

whitelightrider

Celtxx wrote: »

Spent an hour today trying to find some nice lockscreen themes. Settled on this one after a while. Loads of cool ones out there.

Just jailbroke mine earlier. Where did you get the lockscreen?

Carpenter

Hi
How do I jail brake my iPad 1 running 5.0.1 (9A405)

NeVeR

guil wrote: »

go to settings>general>about and scroll down to version, theres no need for the second one

Version 4.3

culabula

NeVeR wrote: »

Version 4.3

Why wouldn't you update to iOS 5? Apart from the obvious advantages, many apps need iOS 5 as a basic requirement. The apps you currently run may eventually cease to support iOS 4.

NeVeR

I just wanted it to be out and tested for a while before upgrading.

When you Jailbreak your phone are you still able to do updates on iOS ?

Harcrid

whitelightrider wrote: »

Celtxx wrote: »

Spent an hour today trying to find some nice lockscreen themes. Settled on this one after a while. Loads of cool ones out there.

Just jailbroke mine earlier. Where did you get the lockscreen?

www.iphone4sthemes.com

You need winterboard and clock hide from Cydia for most of them and then you need to manually edit a HTML file so set the weather to your location.

guil

NeVeR wrote: »

I just wanted it to be out and tested for a while before upgrading.

When you Jailbreak your phone are you still able to do updates on iOS ?

yeah you can update iOS but it removes the jailbreak each time

spider_pig

Karsini wrote: »

Re the jailbreak, if you don't care about updating to iOS 5.0.1 then you can just go to http://www.jailbreakme.com/ - it doesn't get much easier than this.

Unlocking, you'll need a Gevey SIM or else an official network unlock.

hi im new to the iphone scene just bought a 4s on monday and dont like the limitation to it heard of jailbreaking before but as far as doing it i havnt a clue.
had a quick browse through the thread and seen the post above do i jst go to that site on the iphone and it should jailbreak it for me or do need to go a different route.
also i know ill lose my warranty if its jailbroken but if its reversed will apple find out?
kind of s.hitting here to go ahead and jailbreak in case i mess up, if i plug it into i tunes and let it sync it self away does that mean its backed up

thanks

discombobulate

spider_pig wrote: »

hi im new to the iphone scene just bought a 4s on monday and dont like the limitation to it heard of jailbreaking before but as far as doing it i havnt a clue.
had a quick browse through the thread and seen the post above do i jst go to that site on the iphone and it should jailbreak it for me or do need to go a different route.
also i know ill lose my warranty if its jailbroken but if its reversed will apple find out?
kind of s.hitting here to go ahead and jailbreak in case i mess up, if i plug it into i tunes and let it sync it self away does that mean its backed up

thanks

That wont work for you. You need to follow this as thats for older firmware: http://www.redmondpie.com/jailbreak-ios-5-on-iphone-4-3gs-ipad-ipod-touch-using-redsn0w-0.9.9b5-final-version-howto-video-tutorial/

spider_pig

discombobulate wrote: »

That wont work for you. You need to follow this as thats for older firmware: http://www.redmondpie.com/jailbreak-ios-5-on-iphone-4-3gs-ipad-ipod-touch-using-redsn0w-0.9.9b5-final-version-howto-video-tutorial/

what does the tethered and untethered mean, which one should i be going for

spider_pig

discombobulate wrote: »

That wont work for you. You need to follow this as thats for older firmware: http://www.redmondpie.com/jailbreak-ios-5-on-iphone-4-3gs-ipad-ipod-touch-using-redsn0w-0.9.9b5-final-version-howto-video-tutorial/

says here it dont work for 4s



Things to remember:

• This will not work with iPad 2, nor the iPhone 4S.
• This is a tethered jailbreak, meaning that it will require you to connect the phone to a computer running Redsn0w whenever you power up the phone.
• As has been the case before, by pursuing the tethered route, if and when an untethered jailbreak does surface, the chances are you’ll have to restore in order to utilize it.

spider_pig

spider_pig wrote: »

says here it dont work for 4s



Things to remember:

• This will not work with iPad 2, nor the iPhone 4S.
• This is a tethered jailbreak, meaning that it will require you to connect the phone to a computer running Redsn0w whenever you power up the phone.
• As has been the case before, by pursuing the tethered route, if and when an untethered jailbreak does surface, the chances are you’ll have to restore in order to utilize it.

They're old instructions. Go here and download Absinthe, that will do a 4S untethered.

spider_pig

Karsini wrote: »

They're old instructions. Go here and download Absinthe, that will do a 4S untethered.

thanks for that do i turn it off before connecting or leave on

spider_pig

spider_pig wrote: »

thanks for that do i turn it off before connecting or leave on

I've never worked with the 4S so don't know the exact procedure for it. Sorry.