The Chronic Dev Team has updated its software Absinthe offering an untethered jailbreak the iPhone and the iPad 4S 2 iOS 5.0.1. This new version 0.4 supports Mac OS 10.5 (Leopard) with Intel and PowerPC. More users will be able to unsealed their devices to enjoy the jailbreak. Hackers have also added a new module that checks on every boot that all the required files are present. This new measure aims to prevent some bugs in use.
What's new in Absinthe 0.4:
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Mac: added support for OS X 10.5, PPC and Intel CPU
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Added consistency check on startup to make sure required files are in place
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Windows: fixed bug in payload generator that might cause a crash
Finally, version 0.4 will be deprived of a nasty bug about the payload was injected. Absinthe could indeed begin to crash on Windows.
Download Abstinthe 0.4:
A tutorial is available for use Absinthe if you haven’t used Absinthe to jailnreak iPhone 4S or iPad 2, there’s no need to re-jailbreak, so this release only applies to those who have yet to jailbreak their devices. Refer to the tutorials below:
- Jailbreak with Absinthe for Mac
- Jailbreak with Absinthe for Windows
- Jailbreak with Absinthe for Linux
For those with the iPhone 4, 3GS, iPad 1, and iPod touch can use Redsn0w or Sn0wbreeze to untether jailbreak iOS 5.0.1
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