What is Jailbreaking? Why Jailbreak? How To Jailbreak?
August 25, 2012 By Daniel
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Welcome to JailbreakStation’s ultimate jailbreak guides, tutorials and free jailbreak downloads. There have been hundreds thousands of new smart phones and tablet users emerging daily in the mobile phone community. If we talk about smart phones like iPhone, Samsung Galaxy, BlackBerry, Sony Xperia etc in most cases people are buying these smart phones and tablets under an annual contract from different carriers. The phones purchased on contracts are mostly carrier locked means you can not use another SIM cards on these phones, so there comes the question of phone unlock and jailbreak iOS and Android devices.
Many people also think these are same terms but there is difference between jailbreak and unlock, by unlocking your phone you can use it for any carrier and there are many unlock solutions available in the market that even does not require jailbreaking.
In order to give brief ideas about the different terms and phrases used in smart phones community I decided to write this article, and I hope you shall get very useful information after reading the rest of this page until you find last section on how to jailbreak.
What Is Jailbreaking?
Jailbreaking is process of installing some exploits on your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch, that gives you access to the root drive of your iDevice and gives you liberty to install any apps that are developed for iOS devices, especially the apps or games that are not allowed on Apple app store due to any reason.
When you jailbreak your device an app called Cydia is installed on your idevice which works like an app store where you can search, download and purchase hundreds of jailbreak apps, tweaks and themes etc.
The most famous jailbreaking software are RedSn0w and Greenpois0n’s Absinthe for both tethered and untethered jailbreaks.
Equivalent to the jailbreaking is the term Rooting which is used for Android devices. Rooting also gives the access to root of the Android devices so that you can install the apps you want and manipulate the system files of Android mobile phones and tablets.
Jailbreaking does not affect the warranty of an idevice because if you restore your device by using the iTunes it becomes similar to the state when it was activated initially.
Tethered vs Semi tethered vs Untethered Jailbreak
A tethered jailbreak is normally an initial version of jailbreak, in which, after jailbreak if you need to reboot your device due to any reason you must connect it to a computer and reboot using jailbreak software like RedSn0w or Absinthe, otherwise it may not boot properly. In case of semi tethered jailbreak you can reboot your device without using computer but your Safari and Cydia will not work. Untethered jailbreak means your device once jailbroken will work normal even if you reboot when you need.
Why Jailbreak?
There can be many reason a person may need to jailbreak, some of which are:
- You want to unlock your device free using unlock software like Ultrasn0w etc.
- You need variety of free themes to be used for your idevice
- You want to install jailbreak apps that are available on Cydia
- You may need to get paid apps for free using some apps like Installous
- You want five column springboard.
- You want animated app icons
- You want to use different icons then the existing ones
- You want to change your carrier logo
- You want to change your battery icon
How To Jailbreak?
There are very few choices if you want to jailbreak free of cost i.e. Absinthe to jailbreak 5.1.1 and RedSn0w to jailbreak on older versions of iOS i.e. jailbreak 5.0.1, 5.1, 5.0, jailbreak 4.3, jailbreak itouch, iPhone 4, 3gs, and iPad1. Also you can jailbreak Appletv using the specific appletv jailbreak tools.
Complete How To Jailbreak 6.0 Tutorials
I have posted many tutorials on how to jailbreak 6.0 and other iOS versions using RedSn0w and Absinthe latest versions. I suggest to visit our free jailbreak 6.0 downloads and tutorials.
These how to jailbreak and Unlock guides are checked, authentic, latest and most importantly free of cost. If you want to jailbreak your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch I suggest to read these jailbreak tutorials carefully and also watch my YouTube Videos and then perform the jailbreak.
How To Jailbreak Other Devices
I have also given the guides to root the Android devices so if you want to jailbreak Nexus 7, jailbreak Nokia Phones or Jailbreak or root the BlackBerry phones or tablets you can learn from my site.
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jailbreak 6.0.1 iOS 6 / 5.1.1 untethered iPhone 5 / 4S / 4 / 3gs, iPad 3/2/1 iPod Touch 4g/3g
July 28, 2012 By Daniel
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Jailbreak 6.0 / 6.0.1 / iOS 5.1.1 untethered
Welcome to Jailbreak Station's ultimate jailbreak guides, Absinthe Jailbreak and RedSn0w Jailbreak are the latest jailbreak tools for 6.0, 6, 6.0.1,5.1 , 5.1.1 and 5.0.1 jailbreak.The current iOS 6.0.1 jailbreak is not compatible for A5 devices i.e. iphone 4S, iPad 3/2 and iPhone 5, but it supports A4 and previous devices to jailbreak iOS 6.0.1. Also the current jailbreak is tethered. The latest jailbreak for iOS 6.0.1 is a tethered jailbreak and it also does not provide the Cydia by deafult which is necessary app which a jailbroken device should have in order to download and install the Cydia apps. The current version of redsn0w 0.9.15b3 is only available tool to jailbreak 6.0.1 and Jailbreak 6.1.0 on iphone 4, iphone 3gs and ipod touch 4g. It jailbreaks your devices in the classic redsn0w jailbreak way but does not provide Cydia GUI.
Update: A new RedSn0w 0.9.15b3 jailbreak tutorial is available to jailbreak 6.0.1 untethered / tethered click Here.
RedSn0w 0.9.15b2 iOS 6.0 Jailbreak Guide is available here for iPhone 4, iphone 3gs and iPod Touch 4g.
For jailbreaking other devices scroll down to find a suitable jailbreak tutorial.
Jailbreak 6 / 6.0 / 6.0.1 Compatible Devices
If you are still interested to go for jailbreaking iOS 6.0 which is the latest operating system by Apple you can click below links specific to your device.
- iPhone 4, 3GS
- iPad 1
- iPod touch 4G
- Jailbreak 6.0 iPhone 4s – Not Available
- iPad 3 iOS 6.0 Jailbreak – Not Released
- Jailbreak 6.0 iPad 2 – Not Available
- iPhone 5 Jailbreak – Not Available
- iPad Mini Jailbreak – Not Available
jailbreak 6.0 iOS
Jailbreak 6.0 A5 Devices
If you have iPhone 4s, iPad 3, iPad 2 running on iOS 5.1.1, you can jailbreak iOS 5.1.1 untethered on all devices using Absinthe 2.0.4 Jailbreak tool and RedSn0w 0.9.14b2 Untethered jailbreak, scroll down to find complete list of 5.1.1 jailbreaking guides. But if you have iOS 6 on A5 devices the iOS 6 jailbreak is still not available for these A5 jailbreaks.
iPhone 5 Jailbreak 6.0
Reportedly the iphone 5 was jailbroken on first day of its release by chpwn but the iphone 5 jailbreak has not been released by any of our beloved jailbreakers. In the recent worldwide jailbreak convention it was told that the current iPhone 5 Jailbreak will not be released because it is considered as failbreak and developers are waiting for any iOS 6 update in future before they will decide to release the official iphone 5 jailbreak finally. Keep visiting this page for update to jailbreak iphone 5 on iOS 6 or join my blog for jailbreak 6.0 / 6.0.1 updates.
You Can check the list of supported devices for jailbreak 5.1.1 untethered Absinthe 2.0.4 given below.
Absinthe jailbreak 5.1.1 untethered iphone 4s
Absinthe jailbreak iPod Touch 4g 5.1.1
Absinthe jailbreak 5.1.1 iPad 3
Absinthe jailbreak iPad 2 5.1.1 untethered
plus all other devices.
Absinthe 2.0.4 Jailbreak 5.1.1 untethered Download
iOS 6 Jailbreak 6.0 Update
iOS 6 Jailbreak for Beta 3 is available for developers.
List of devices that are jailbreakable untethered currently on 5.1.1 by using the Absinthe v 2.0.4 jailbreak 5.1.1 untethered
Compatible Devices
- iPhone 4
- iPhone 4S
- iPad 1
- iPad 2 Wifi
- iPad 3 Wifi
- iPad 3 CDMA
- iPod 3G
- iPod 4G
- iPhone 3Gs
- iPad 2 GSM
- iPad 2 CDMA
- iPad 2 Wifi, R2
- iPad 3 Global
- AppleTV 2
Here is complete list of jailbreak 5.1.1 untethered Solutions available
T = Tethered U = Untethered NA= Not Applicable / Not Available
iPhone 4S Jailbreak 5.1.1 untethered
5.1.1 Absinthe v 2.0.4 (Untethered)
5.1 Not Available for jailbreak iOS 5.1 on iPhone 4S
5.0.1 Absinthe v 0.4 (U) RedSn0w 0.9.14b2 (U)
5.0 Absinthe (U)
iPhone 4 Jailbreak Absinthe & RedSn0w
5.1.1 Absinthe v 2.0.4 (U) RedSn0w(U)
5.0.1 RedSn0w(U) Sn0wbreeze(U) Pwnage (U)
5.0 RedSn0w(U)
4.3.5 RedSn0w(Tethered)
4.3.4 Pwnage(T) RedSn0w(T)
iPhone 3gs Jailbreak 5.1 .1 , 5.0.1, 5.1,
5.1.1 Absinthe(U) RedSn0w(U)
5.1 RedSn0w(T)
5.0.1 RedSn0w(U) Sn0wbreeze(U) Pwnage (U)
5.0 RedSn0w(U)
4.3.5 RedSn0w(T)
4.3.4 Pwnage(T) RedSn0w(T)
iPod Touch 4G Jailbreak 5.1.1, 5.1, 5.0.1
5.1.1 Absinthe(U) RedSn0w(U)
5.1 RedSn0w(T)
5.0.1 RedSn0w(U) Sn0wbreeze(U) Pwnage (U)
5.0 RedSn0w(U)
4.3.5 RedSn0w(T)
4.3.4 Pwnage(T) RedSn0w(T)
iPod Touch 3G Jailbreak 5.1.1, 5.1, 5.0.1,
5.1.1 Absinthe v 2.0.4 (U) RedSn0w 0.9.14b2 (U)
5.1 RedSn0w(T)
5.0.1 RedSn0w(U) Sn0wbreeze(U) Pwnage (U)
5.0 RedSn0w(U)
4.3.5 RedSn0w(T)
4.3.4 Pwnage(T) RedSn0w(T)
iPad 3 Jailbreak 5.1.1 WiFi, CDMA, Global
5.1.1 Absinthe(U)
iPad 2 Jailbreak 5.1.1 WiFi, CDMA, GSM, WiFi R2
5.1.1 Absinthe v 2.0.4 (U)
5.0.1 Absinthe v 0.4 (U)
iPad 1 Jailbreak 5.1, 5.1.1, 5.0.1, 5.0, 4.3.5, 4.3.4
5.1.1 Absinthe v 2.0.4 (U) RedSn0w 0.9.14b2 (U)
5.1 RedSn0w(T)
5.0.1 RedSn0w(U) Sn0wbreeze(U) Pwnage (U)
5.0 RedSn0w(U)
4.3.5 RedSn0w(T)
4.3.4 Pwnage(T) RedSn0w(T)
Apple TV 2 Jailbreak 5.1.1
5.1.1 Absinthe(U)
Enjoy the tutorials on our site for Absinthe 2.0.4 jailbreak and RedSn0w untethered 5.1.1 jailbreak on all devices. By joining Jailbreakstation stay updated on all
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How To Jailbreak 5.1.1 Untethered Absinthe 5.1.1 iPhone 4S /4/3gs iPad 3/2/1, iPod Touch 4g/3g
May 25, 2012 By Muz Khan
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How To Jailbreak 5.1.1 Untetherd
Congratulations the latest Absinthe 5.1.1 Untethered Jailbreak is available and now you can jail break your iphone 4s, iPad 3 and iPad2 untethered including many other devices. After lot of work and hard work Absinthe 2.0 Untethered is now available for download for your idevice.
Note: Before starting the how to guide note that this Untethered 5.1.1 Absinthe supports firmware 5.1.1 only.
Note: If you want to jailbreak iOS 5.0.1 you can download Absinthe 0.4 from the download page and follow the same procedure for 5.0.1
Absinthe 5.1.1 Jailbreak Guide
Absinthe 5.1.1 v 2.0.2 Untethered Supports the following devices
- iPhone 4
- iPhone 4S
- iPhone 3Gs
- iPad 1
- iPad 2
- iPad 3
- iPod 3G
- iPod 4G
- AppleTV 2
More specifically Absinthe 5.1.1 is compatible:
5.1.1 Untethered on iPad1,1 – 2,1 – 2,2 – 2,3 – 3,1 – 3,2 – 3,3
5.1.1 Untethered on iPhone2,1 – 3,1 – 3,3 – 4,1
5.1.1 Untethered on iPod3,1 – 4,1
(Support for iPad2,4 will be added at a later date)
How To Jailbreak 5.1.1 Untethered Absinthe 5.1.1
Step 1: Make a backup of your device
Go to iTunes and connect your device => Right click your device name under the ‘Devices’ menu at left pane and click ‘Back Up’.
Step 2. Reset Your Device:
After back up is complete. In your device go to Settings => General => Reset => Erase all Content and Settings
Step 3: How to install Absinthe 5.1.1
Download Absinthe 2.0 Untethered 5.1.1 from below download links. Double click the downloaded file, the files will be extracted in a new folder absinthe-win-2.0 open the folder and double click the absinthe-win-2.0.exe file to run the program.
Step 4: Make sure your device is connected via USB cable to your computer.
Step 5: Click ‘Jailbreak’ to start the process and you must wait for few minutes. Now your device is jailbroken untethered on iOS 5.1.1. Open Absinthe from your springboard and wait for upload the application. Incase of error try again and again. After reboot Cydia will be available.
Step 6: Restore Your Device after Absinthe 5.1.1 Untethered
You can restore your device by running the iTunes => Right click your device in left pane and select Restore From Backup browse to the file you saved during backup and continue.
Enjoy your jailbroken iDevice. Please share my page for your friends to learn how to install Absinthe 5.1.1 on iphone 4s/4/3gs, ipad 3/2/1, ipod touch 3g/4g.
Absinthe 5.1.1 untethered Jailbreak 5.1.1 download Links
Absinthe 2.0.4 MacOSX (10.5, 10.6, 10.7)
Absinthe 2.0.4 Windows (XP/Vista/Win7)
Absinthe 2.0.4 Linux (x86/x86_64)
You can visit my blog for more tutorials and guides on How To for 5.1.1 and all other firmware and idevices.
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How To Jailbreak 5.1 / 5.0.1 On iPhone 4S / 4 / 3GS iPad 1 / 2 iPod Touch Using RedSn0w 0.9.10b8
April 24, 2012 By Muz Khan
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You can jailbreak iPhone 4S, iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPod Touch 3G/4G, iPad 1 and iPad 2 by using the latest version of RedSn0w 0.9.10b8. The latest version is the improved one and provides extra feature of backing up your activation tickets. Also it provides Corona jailbreak for iPhone 4S and iPad 2 if these are running 5.0.1. The new version of RedSn0w can be used to re-install the jailbreak for those who accidentally uninstalled the untether. When stitching an IPSW, it can now grab your blobs directly from Cydia. It now shows a lot more info about your device (for instance, whether your iPhone 3G has the vulnerable baseband boot loader, or whether your iPhone3GS has the old exploitable bootrom.
RedSn0w 0.9.10b8 jailbreak is:
- tethered for iPhone 4S and iPad 2 on iOS 5.0.1, if these devices are running 5.1 then it can not be jailbroken.
- tethered for all other devices if they are running ios 5.1 except iPhone 3gs with old bootrom
- untethered for all devices (except iphone 4S and iPad 2) if they are running ios 5.0.1 or older versions
How to jailbreak iPhone 4S, iPhone 4/3gs, iPod Touch and iPad 1/2
Step 1: Download latest version of RedSn0w 0.9.10b8 Windows Mac . Now extract the zip file on your desktop or other folder as you wish.
Step 2: Double click the RedSn0w.exe file to run or right click and Run as Administrator.
Step 3: There are two options Jailbreak and Extras. Click Jailbreak (Jailbreak and Install Cydia).
Step 4: You will see the below screen. There are two sections first about iPhone 4S and iPad 2, so if you have iPhone 4S and iPad 2 you can just go to next step without turning your device off. For all other devices you have to plug your device to your computer and turn it off. You can see the status of your iPhone at the bottom of this screen. Read this whole screen carefully before pressing Next. If you are not following the instructions the Next button will remain disabled.
Note: Before clicking next make sure your computer is connected to the internet.
Step 5: Refer to below image now you have to put your device in DFU (direct firmware update) mode, by following the screen instructions. If you are unsuccessful and there is an error message (your iphone turns on), just relax and keep the computer screen as it is. Press and Hold both power and Home buttons until your iphone turns off and turns ON, Now release power button and keep holding Home button untill you will see some progress activity on computer (RedSn0w) screen.
You will see progress on your computer program and will reach to a selection screen as mentioned in next step.
Step 6: By default install Cydia is selected just press Next. You will see different messages on RedSn0w screen with progress bars. Finally a screen saying “The rest of this process takes place on your device”. Now you will see the RedSn0w icon on your device with progress bar and then black screen with white text lines moving up. It may take some time but your device will reboot and become normal. Now it is jailbroken, but wait ! Read the last step carefully.
Step 7: Now your device is jailbroken untethered or tethered, so it is time to boot tethered if it is tethered jailbroken. How you know it is tethered or untethered. Very simple just run Cydia or Safari if it runs normally you are lucky you got the untethered jailbreak and if these two programs just run and stop it means you need next step.
Step 8: Boot Tethered
Run the RedSn0w program and from the main screen select the second option “Extras” Then Select “Just Boot“. Now you have complete the steps 4 and 5 to put your device in DFU mode. Once the device goes in DFU mode remaining process will complete itself and your device will reboot. Now you have tethered jailbreak installed. Open Cydia and start using jailbreak apps.
