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  • Chronic Dev Team Releases Absinthe 2.0
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    Phillip Swanson
    Published on 05-25-2012 08:31 AM
    319 Comments Comments


    *UPDATE*
    Absinthe 2.0.1 is out fixing a hang up that occurred for in certain situations for some users. Get it here.


    The Chronic Deve Team released Absinthe 2.0 today as promised. Let the jailbreaking begin.

    The Absinthe jailbreak tool supports the following devices:

    • iPad 1, iPad 2 (2,1—2,2—2,3 ) iPad third generation (3.1—3,2—3,3)
    • iPhone (2,2—3,1—4,1)
    • Support for the newer 32nm iPad 2 (iPad2,4) will be added later.
    As usual the jailbreak instructions are as follows:

    1. Make a backup of your device in iTunes by right clicking on your device name under the ‘Devices’ menu and click ‘Back Up’.
    2. Once your backup is complete return to your device and go to Settings – General – Reset – Erase all Content and Settings. This will make the jailbreak process much faster.
    3. Open Absinthe and be sure you are still connected via USB cable to your computer.
    4. Click ‘Jailbreak’ and wait…. just be patient and do not disconnect your device.
    5. Once jailbroken return to iTunes and restore your backup from earlier. Right click on your device name under the ‘Devices’ menu in the left panel of iTunes and click ‘Restore from Back Up…’ then select the latest backup you created before. (restoring this backup will return all the content previously on your device ie, apps, photos, etc.)
    Enjoy the jailbreak and make sure to let @pod2g, @MuscleNerd, or any other member of the Chronic Dev Team know of any problems. Also, make a donation to show your support. Remember these guys do all of this work pro bono.

    As of now the Chronic Dev Team servers don't appear to be going into analeptic shock, so downloads should be fairly smooth.

    Source: Chronic Dev Team
    This article was originally published in forum thread: Chronic Dev Team Releases Absinthe 2.0 started by Phillip Swanson View original post
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    Comments 319 Comments
    1. hoooodini's Avatar
      hoooodini - 05-25-2012, 08:33 AM
      Already done!
    1. confucious's Avatar
      confucious - 05-25-2012, 08:35 AM
      Hmm - so good you had to say it twice?

      Please do NOT do this if you already have a tethered JB!
      Download Rocky Racoon from Cydia instead.
    1. celeron's Avatar
      celeron - 05-25-2012, 08:36 AM
      Didn't know erasing all content and settings made the jailbreak faster. Good info, thanks phillip
    1. novadam's Avatar
      novadam - 05-25-2012, 08:39 AM
      I'm having a fail-a-thon over here with my iPad 3. getting the hmmm ... something went wrong - recovery complete fail over and over again. I've tried about 20 times now.
    1. Phillip Swanson's Avatar
      Phillip Swanson - 05-25-2012, 08:39 AM
      Quick question, does the formatting of the article look screwy to any of you? On my browser (chrome) the quotation boxes, and lists look goofy as hell....
    1. celeron's Avatar
      celeron - 05-25-2012, 08:40 AM
      Looks good from the app
    1. lukeyb's Avatar
      lukeyb - 05-25-2012, 08:41 AM
      All iPhones and iPods done but my iPad 2 is a new one boo ah well I'm gonna be busy for a while configuring all the others up to how I like them, specially when cydia starts getting hammered lol
    1. novadam's Avatar
      novadam - 05-25-2012, 08:43 AM
      Quote Originally Posted by Phillip Swanson View Post
      Quick question, does the formatting of the article look screwy to any of you? On my browser (chrome) the quotation boxes, and lists look goofy as hell....
      I can't use the web version on my Mac. Can't comment or refresh. Have to use the app.
    1. fanboyfanboy's Avatar
      fanboyfanboy - 05-25-2012, 08:45 AM
      Quote Originally Posted by celeron View Post
      Looks good from the app
      +1
    1. Greg DeBrita's Avatar
      Greg DeBrita - 05-25-2012, 08:45 AM
      Have tried to jailbreak my 4s multiple times now. Each time it has not worked. Keeps saying something went wrong, and to unplug and try again. I have done this at least a dozen times and have redownloaded the software multiple times now. Each time I extract the software, there is an encryption error with the _MACOSX folder so I dont know if this is the problem. If anyone has had any luck with a work around, it would be appreciated.
    1. catstide's Avatar
      catstide - 05-25-2012, 08:46 AM
      looks good on Mac/Safari
    1. celeron's Avatar
      celeron - 05-25-2012, 08:46 AM
      Quote Originally Posted by Greg DeBrita View Post
      Have tried to jailbreak my 4s multiple times now. Each time it has not worked. Keeps saying something went wrong, and to unplug and try again. I have done this at least a dozen times and have redownloaded the software multiple times now. Each time I extract the software, there is an encryption error with the _MACOSX folder so I dont know if this is the problem. If anyone has had any luck with a work around, it would be appreciated.
      Have you tried a different pc?
    1. quidam_brujah's Avatar
      quidam_brujah - 05-25-2012, 08:52 AM
      If I do a backup, and then 'erase all content and settings', and then update and JB via Absinthe, will the restore bring back the profiles and related security settings required/used for my corp VPN and Exchange access?
    1. celeron's Avatar
      celeron - 05-25-2012, 08:53 AM
      Quote Originally Posted by quidam_brujah View Post
      If I do a backup, and then 'erase all content and settings', and then update and JB via Absinthe, will the restore bring back the profiles and related security settings required/used for my corp VPN and Exchange access?
      Yes, it should bring back everything as it was
    1. NiteStar's Avatar
      NiteStar - 05-25-2012, 08:59 AM
      If I'm currently on 5.1 and want to upgrade to the latest iOS, can I just do the iTunes backup and then upgrade to the latest version, Jailbreak it again, and then restore to the backup? I'm guessing it would go back to the previous firmware at that point and all be for not.
    1. Simon's Avatar
      Simon - 05-25-2012, 09:00 AM
      Quote Originally Posted by NiteStar View Post
      If I'm currently on 5.1 and want to upgrade to the latest iOS, can I just do the iTunes backup and then upgrade to the latest version, Jailbreak it again, and then restore to the backup? I'm guessing it would go back to the previous firmware at that point and all be for not.
      Yes, you can do that. Restoring from backup will not put the previous firmware on there. It will just restore your settings/apps/music etc.
    1. Borsato92's Avatar
      Borsato92 - 05-25-2012, 09:00 AM
      Can I use iCloud backup instead of iTunes? because I use iCloud to back up my iPad 3.
    1. bobohwk2's Avatar
      bobohwk2 - 05-25-2012, 09:00 AM
      Quote Originally Posted by Greg DeBrita View Post
      Have tried to jailbreak my 4s multiple times now. Each time it has not worked. Keeps saying something went wrong, and to unplug and try again. I have done this at least a dozen times and have redownloaded the software multiple times now. Each time I extract the software, there is an encryption error with the _MACOSX folder so I dont know if this is the problem. If anyone has had any luck with a work around, it would be appreciated.
      Had the same issue this morning and got a reply back on twitter how to fix this. Instead of wiping the phone via: Settings > General > Wipe all. Restore your phone then run the Absenthe tool. Everything should work 100% after that.
    1. Home Skillet's Avatar
      Home Skillet - 05-25-2012, 09:09 AM
      Quote Originally Posted by Borsato92 View Post
      Can I use iCloud backup instead of iTunes? because I use iCloud to back up my iPad 3.
      +1 I'd like to know this too. Thanks for any advice.
    1. GeoffS4's Avatar
      GeoffS4 - 05-25-2012, 09:14 AM
      Sorry folks, don't understand the "shorthand":
      "•iPhone (2,2—3,1—4,1)"

      I am trying to get the iPhone model &/or operating system out of this w/o success...
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