After numerous teases, pod2g's "corona" exploit has finally come to Apple's A5-powered devices. The news will come as a relief to many as the iPhone 4S has taken longer to be jailbroken than any other iOS device. The release of a jailbreak for the iPhone 4S and iPad 2 means that every Apple product running iOS now has the potential to access Cydia, and its numerous apps and tweaks.
French hacker pod2g first announced that he'd found a bug within iOS 5 that could lead to untethering back in November, and a month later he uploaded a video of his exploit in action onto YouTube. After the public release of an untethered jailbreak for A4-powered devices three weeks later, a veritable "dream team" of iOS developers and security researchers has focused its attention on bringing the jailbreak to Apple's latest iOS devices.
Chronic Dev Team has released a tool for OSX named Absinthe, with Windows and Linux versions set to follow soon. The iPhone Dev Team have announced a command-line based tool which is expected to be available to download shortly.
It's worth noting that there is always some level of risk involved when jailbreaking a device. If you understand the dangers and still want to go ahead, you can find the download in the source link below.
Update: The iPhone Dev Team has updated its most recent post with some help for users having trouble with the Absinthe tool.
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:-D
Posted on Jan 20, 2012 | 12:00 PM EST reply Recommend (7) Flag actions
Best January 21st ever!
Posted on Jan 20, 2012 | 12:16 PM EST reply Recommend (2) Flag actions
“If you understand the dangers and still want to go ahead, you can find the download (OSX only for now) in the source link below.”
Wtf the source link is nowhere to be found.
Posted on Jan 20, 2012 | 12:01 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
Thanks for the spot!
Posted on Jan 20, 2012 | 12:03 PM EST reply Recommend (1) Flag actions
And it magically appeared without me refreshing the page. Thanks!
Posted on Jan 20, 2012 | 12:06 PM EST reply Recommend (4) Flag actions
Maybe I’m missing something but I don’t see a Source for this particular post.
Posted on Jan 20, 2012 | 12:01 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
…and now an iPad 2 has entered consideration. I’m still thinking an Ice Cream Sandwich tablet will be better, but a jailbroken iPad 2 is a pretty decent tablet. Here’s to hoping the patch won’t be covered in the iPad 3!
Posted on Jan 20, 2012 | 12:03 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
I am guessing that the patch will be covered even sooner ;-) maybe even in iOS 5.1. Apple is getting more and more responsive to addressing such security holes and that’s why it is getting harder and harder to create these jailbreak tools (not to mention the fact that Apple is hiring some lead developers from the jailbreak community).
I wonder how long it will take to break the A6 devices after they will come out.
Posted on Jan 20, 2012 | 1:10 PM EST via mobile reply Recommend Flag actions
Not long. They will be able to preliminary jailbreak it and the flaws on ios will be reported back to jailbreak developers. this is a historical day. And hopefully the longest we’ll be without a jailbreak.
Posted on Jan 20, 2012 | 5:04 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
Awesome news. I’ve been wanting to mess around with iOS on my iPad 2 for a long time (without having to revert to an old version).
Posted on Jan 20, 2012 | 12:04 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
Question: if I use the jailbreak to remove the EU headphone volume limit in a plist in the system path, can I then "un"jailbreak afterwards with the modified plist staying? Don’t need the jailbreak, but would like to remove that limit…
Posted on Jan 20, 2012 | 12:04 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
I’m pretty sure your patch will stay if you keep your backups on your computer (don’t use iCloud backup). I changed the “iPod” in the upper-left corner to “Zune” and it stuck throughout my line of backups; but as soon as I flipped the switch to iCloud, that got lost.
Posted on Jan 20, 2012 | 12:07 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
…and the change was in a plist file.
Posted on Jan 20, 2012 | 12:08 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
Ok thanks a lot it’s worth a try then. :)
Posted on Jan 20, 2012 | 12:10 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
from what I’ve read on the other sites, it will be released soon and it not yet available right now. Hope i’m wrong.
Posted on Jan 20, 2012 | 12:04 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
I was wrong. It is available for OSX. :)
Posted on Jan 20, 2012 | 12:07 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
And the Chronic Dev Team site goes down…
Posted on Jan 20, 2012 | 12:14 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
…confirming Chronic’s site’s DB is clobbered.
Anyone find a mirror for the Absinthe download link?
Posted on Jan 20, 2012 | 12:20 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
pod2g’s site has a D/L link:
http://pod2g-ios.blogspot.com/2012/01/absinthe-iphone-4s-and-ipad-2-untether.html
Posted on Jan 20, 2012 | 12:24 PM EST reply Recommend (2) Flag actions
Thanks, i’ve added it into the source links
Posted on Jan 20, 2012 | 12:34 PM EST reply Recommend (1) Flag actions
ofcurs sites goes down as soon as its released…
Posted on Jan 20, 2012 | 12:27 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
greenpois0n.com is going slower than the DoJ site was yesterday. >.>
Posted on Jan 20, 2012 | 12:27 PM EST reply Recommend (1) Flag actions
here’s the link: OSX – http://cache.greenpois0n.com/dl/absinthe-mac-0.1.2-1.zip
Posted on Jan 20, 2012 | 12:32 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
ABOUT TIME!
Posted on Jan 20, 2012 | 12:42 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
Not much you can do even with the download link – need their site to install Cydia from the phone, and without that you’ll just have to wait until their servers go back up
Posted on Jan 20, 2012 | 1:03 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
Now if I only had an 4S or iPad 2 instead of 4 and iPad.
Posted on Jan 20, 2012 | 1:07 PM EST via mobile reply Recommend Flag actions
You can already jailbreak those devices.
Posted on Jan 20, 2012 | 1:49 PM EST reply Recommend (1) Flag actions
I know but I meant for faster devices.
Posted on Jan 20, 2012 | 1:52 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
Oh I see, fair point.
Posted on Jan 20, 2012 | 2:31 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
GAHHH,
“Error establishing a database connection”
:(
Posted on Jan 20, 2012 | 1:11 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
“If the Absinthe webclip shows an error, Go to Settings, turn on VPN and wait.” – @Planetbeing >>>Did this and I was on my way to being jailbroken.
Posted on Jan 20, 2012 | 1:14 PM EST reply Recommend (1) Flag actions
So has ANYONE been successful?
Posted on Jan 20, 2012 | 1:15 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
I keep on getting.
“VPN Connection”
“A configuration error occurred”
Posted on Jan 20, 2012 | 1:19 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
Yes, the jailbreak has worked on my phone
Posted on Jan 20, 2012 | 1:43 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
I hate that they always delay the release of the Windows versions of these things. I’ve been able to get to the greenpois0n website off-and-on several times since the announcement but since they’ve only released the Mac version so far, I can’t even do anything once I’m there.
Posted on Jan 20, 2012 | 1:16 PM EST reply Recommend (2) Flag actions
That’s okay…by the time the Windows version comes out, hopefully the bugs will be worked out and we won’t have to deal with the ones the Mac users are dealing with. Like the camera roll thing and the VPN thing…or at least we’ll already know how to deal with them :)
Posted on Jan 20, 2012 | 1:32 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
No bugs here :)
Posted on Jan 20, 2012 | 4:36 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
use vmware or go to a local best buy if you cannot wait for the windows version :)
Posted on Jan 20, 2012 | 4:36 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
….I don’t have a Mac. I’m in deep depression right now.
Posted on Jan 20, 2012 | 1:20 PM EST reply Recommend (1) Flag actions
I was able to go through the whole process, after clicking the absinthe app about 10 times, and then turning on VPN and waiting. I have cydia on my app page, but when I click on it, it won’t open! It acts as if it’s an app that didn’t install from a restore
Posted on Jan 20, 2012 | 1:34 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
update: I rebooted the device, and now Cydia is preparing filesystem. only a few minutes away from a successful jailbreak
Posted on Jan 20, 2012 | 1:35 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
This was the longest wait for a jailbreak ever!
Posted on Jan 20, 2012 | 1:34 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
READ:
download the file from the first post with a link.
plug in your iphone 4s, and DONT TOUCH IT UNTIL IT SAYS TAP ON JAILBREAK APP! the app you want to open is absinthe. It will probably say processing error. Go into Settings: and slide the VPN to ON. Wait about a minute and the absinthe app will turn into the cydia app. Try to open it, if it doesn’t open, reboot. You should now have a successful jailbreak
Posted on Jan 20, 2012 | 1:44 PM EST reply Recommend (3) Flag actions
Took 20 minutes.
VPN configuration error has occured.
Phone has crashed and restarted twice already.
Posted on Jan 20, 2012 | 1:55 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
When will Iphone 4S unlock be available?
Posted on Jan 20, 2012 | 2:05 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
Its only available to Mac users.
Posted on Jan 20, 2012 | 5:31 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
I lost all my pictures, do you guys know how to get them back please?
Posted on Jan 20, 2012 | 11:48 PM EST via mobile reply Recommend Flag actions
did you do a backup?
Posted on Jan 21, 2012 | 6:12 AM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
No I did not.
Posted on Jan 21, 2012 | 8:46 AM EST via mobile reply Recommend Flag actions
Well there’s your problem.
Posted on Jan 22, 2012 | 1:47 AM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
WoW!!! about time, best birthday gift, thanks Massa for the info… pod2g you Rock!!!
Posted on Jan 21, 2012 | 8:23 AM EST via mobile reply Recommend Flag actions
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