This tutorial explains how to downgrade iOS 5.1 or iOS 5.1.1 to iOS 5.0.1. This will work for all iOS devices including A5 devices such as, iPad 2, iPad 3 and iPhone 4S. However, there is one requirement for you to be able to downgrade your device, your SHSH blobs must have been saved. If…
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The iPhone Dev-Team has released an updated version of Redsn0w to allow for downgrading iOS firmware for all iOS devices (including iPad 2, iPad 3, and iPhone 4S.) Downgrading does require that you have saved your SHSH blobs. If you have previously jailbroke your iOS device, Cydia may have automatically saved the SHSH blobs for…
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Why would you want to jailbreak your iPad? Well, jailbreaking simply enables the user to install tweaks (modifications), apps and themes that’s not subject to Apple’s approval process. When an iPad is jailbroken, it will have an application called Cydia. Cydia is where you install your jailbreak packages. It’s similar to Apple’s App Store, but…
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Restoring a jailbroken iPad 2 or iPhone 4S and keeping your iOS firmware at iOS 5.0.1 is basically impossible at this point. Since they are both A5 devices and Apple is no longer signing iOS 5.0.1, you cannot stay at or downgrade back to iOS 5.0.1. This means if you must restore your iOS device…
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Here’s a list we’ve compiled to help you get the most out of your jailbroken iPad. The majority of the iPad apps and tweaks on this list have been updated to support iOS 5 but I recommend that you click on “More Information” if you are interested in installing the tweak. The “More Information” links…
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Jailbreaking is all about the tweaks. If you want great apps you will find them at Apple’s App Store, but if you want to make modifications to the way the iPad functions, then you to jailbreak the device. Once your iPad is jailbroken you are ready to install tweaks and Cydia is the place for…
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Jailbreakers have wasted no time coming up with a way to jailbreak the new iPad 3. First, iPhone Dev-team member MuscleNerd announced this morning via Twitter that he was able to jailbreak the iPad 3 but he also stated “still lots of work to do! No ETA!” Now, I0n1c has announced that he has successfully…
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If you are familiar with jailbreaking, you know how this works. When Apple releases new iOS firmware you need to wait until a jailbreak is released for that firmware before you upgrade your software (if you want to keep your jailbreak.) A tethered jailbreak is normally released prior to the untethered jailbreak. The downside of…
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The Chronic Dev Team has released the Windows version of their jailbreak tool Absinthe. The jailbreak is compatible with an iPad 2 and iPhone 4S with iOS 5 or iOS 5.0.1. We have a tutorial posted here. They have also released an updated version of Absinthe for Mac with has several bug fixes that tries…
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This jailbreak tutorial is for jailbreaking an iPad 2 or iPhone 4S with Windows using the Absinthe jailbreak tool. This untethered jailbreak will work for iOS 5 and iOS 5.0.1. Before you start the jailbreak process make sure to do a backup of your device in iTunes because you may lose your Camera Roll during…
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If you get a pop up message saying “Cannot Open Absinthe, Absinthe could not open the page because the server stopped responding” on your iPhone 4S or iPad 2, here is what to do. Open the multitasking bar by double clicking on the home button and close Absinthe. Make sure your iPhone 4S or iPad…
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This jailbreak tutorial is for jailbreaking an iPad 2 or iPhone 4S on a Mac. The Windows version will be available soon. This untethered jailbreak will work for iOS 5 and iOS 5.0.1. Before you start the jailbreak process make sure to do a backup of your device in iTunes because you may lose your…
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