Absinthe 2.0

navag

Looks like the Jailbreak is about to drop

http://absinthejailbreak.com/download-absinthe-2-0-jailbreak-5-1-1-untethered/

digitaldr

Great news - looking forward to hardware accelerated 1080p MKV playback with XBMC on my iPad 3!

n0brain3r

If you can't wait there's details of a paid IOS 5.1.1 JB for iPhone 4, 3GS, iPad, iPod touch released here http://jailbreakwire.com/vulndisco-mobile-1-7-jailbreaks-ios-5-1-1-untethered/

navag

Absinthe 2.0 will be released tomorrow for IOS 5.1.1

It will be demo'd first at the HITBsecConf in Amsterdam by Pod2g and the Chronic team tomorrow

n0brain3r

It's here http://greenpois0n.com/

Direct download link
https://sites.google.com/site/greenpois0nabsinthe/absinthe-win-2.0.zip?attredirects=0&d=1

edit: Just JB my iPad3 happydays

Simply Red

Worked perfectly on iphone 4, very easy jailbreak

digitaldr

Going to have to wait until later to JB my iPad3:( How are you finding it n0brain3r? I presume I'm going to have to wait a while before someone comes up with a JB app (XBMC ideally!) to play 1080p mkvs?

n0brain3r

I'm in work so can't play too much! Seems stable I'm ssh'd into it right now but so far so good

Spipov

anybody jailbroken this without erasing all contents? curious to know as i have to help someone who has it synced on a computer and not a laptop, so would be hard to get back to doing for him.

Thanks

digitaldr

Failed for me the first couple of times on ipad3 - you need to restore to factory from iTunes before jailbreaking

n0brain3r

digitaldr wrote: »

Failed for me the first couple of times on ipad3 - you need to restore to factory from iTunes before jailbraking

Worked for me without restoring on an iPad3 running 5.1.1 and a new iPhone 4S running 5.1.1 prior to jailbreaking - I guess suck it and see

keithb93

Just wondering why ye bother jailbreak the ipad, does it not void warrenty?

whiterebel

keithb93 wrote: »

Just wondering why ye bother jailbreak the ipad, does it not void warrenty?

No.

n0brain3r

keithb93 wrote: »

Just wondering why ye bother jailbreak the ipad, does it not void warrenty?

It will but if you need to return it and you can restore it using iTunes to an unjalbroken state and you should be ok.

whiterebel

n0brain3r wrote: »

It will but if you need to return it and you can restore it using iTunes to an unjalbroken state and you should be ok.

Apple have been told in court already that it doesn't.

digitaldr

n0brain3r wrote: »

Worked for me without restoring on an iPad3 running 5.1.1 and a new iPhone 4S running 5.1.1 prior to jailbreaking - I guess suck it and see

Should have said I did a backup then erased all contents and settings (as advised on greenpoison site) followed by jailbreak which failed. Restoring in iTunes and reapplying jailbreak worked.

n0brain3r

whiterebel wrote: »

Apple have been told in court already that it doesn't.

Do you have a link ? They where told it wasn't illegal but I think they can decide what voids their warranty.

whiterebel

n0brain3r wrote: »

Do you have a link ? They where told it wasn't illegal but I think they can decide what voids their warranty.

It was in a US court, and someone on here reckons there was a court in Europe as well, but I didn't see that one. How can they decide when you have paid €600 for a phone, and Apple think they can tell you what you can do with it? Can't see a judge anywhere going for that.

n0brain3r

whiterebel wrote: »

It was in a US court, and someone on here reckons there was a court in Europe as well, but I didn't see that one. How can they decide when you have paid €600 for a phone, and Apple think they can tell you what you can do with it? Can't see a judge anywhere going for that.

I agree with you to some extent but think of it this way there is a lot of sensitive hardware in an iPhone for example and jail breaking allows you circumvent inbuilt safeguards. Do what you want yes but within reason.

Then again would they be bothered trying to prove you damaged it while it was jail broken probably not.

If anyone is stuck greenpois0n.com is down but the download link is working https://sites.google.com/site/greenpois0nabsinthe/absinthe-win-2.0.zip?attredirects=0&d=1

bertie4evr

It worked after a restore in iTunes on my iPad 3.
I didn't know you could get XBMC on the iPad! I have it set up now and it's streaming 1080p mkvs with no problems.

digitaldr

xbmc is the business alright works great!

Sparkle

Am I right in saying Absinthe doesn't make your phone sim free?

GhostInTheRuins

For someone with a jailbroken 3GS running 4.3.3, are there any good reasons to update to a jailbroken 5.1.1?

fox007

Sparkle wrote: »

Am I right in saying Absinthe doesn't make your phone sim free?

Yes Absinthe is a jailbreak NOT an unlock

Fresh Pots

Absinthe 2.0.2 has been released to jailbreak the new build of ios 5.1.1 (9B208).

http://iclarified.com/entry/index.php?enid=22214

Sparkle

fox007 wrote: »

Yes Absinthe is a jailbreak NOT an unlock

I want an unlock

digitaldr

Just a quick update on absinthe on my 64g iPad 3. First thing I did was change the root password. Seems to be very stable so far - have had a few crashes but they were all due to tweaks I'd installed from cydia and everything returned to normal after uninstalling. This is my first jailbroken device so am really enjoying the improved functionality - stuff like being able to mount iPad folders as network drives so can drag and drop files. There's another great tweak that allows for easy text selection. Unfortunately a lot of stuff doesn't work with 5.1.1 including a great tweak that adds an attach button to the mail app (apparently it can be installed under 5.1.1 if you bought it previously for an older firmware version). Great be able to access files on sd cards too - i have a cheapo ebay camera kit. The ability to have multiple pages of apps within folders is great too. My favorite jailbreak app has to be xbmc (been using it for years on an acer revo). The latest nightly build supports the retina display so copes well with 1080p mkvs. I've avoided an installo.us apps as good chance of them being dodgy.