Absinthe A5 Untethered Jailbreak Released for iPhone 4S, iPad 2: Must Read for Windows Users

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January 22, 2012 8:02 AM EST

The iPhone Dev-Team has brought a good news for Windows users, by releasing a CLI tool update - CLI 0.4.3 that helps Windows users jailbreak their iPhone 4S or iPad 2 with Absinthe and making the "-j" jailbreak option much more functional.

The hacker MuscleNerd tweeted, "See update 3 http://is.gd/boaaBU for CLI 0.4.3 (including Win version). Fully functional A5 JB for Win+OSX CLI tinkerers :)"

"In many cases, the Win/OSX CLI can jailbreak it too (see the -j option). But yes, its purpose is for overall debug," MuscleNerd added.

According to Tech&Trend's research, many users were stumpeed at step "-j payloads". Users said it works until creating a backup, then users will receive the following message:

recv : bad file descriptor
FATAL<__LINE__>: Assertion failed <1266>: got == sizeof 1266

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One experienced user provided this solution: "Made a backup, restored to stock 5.0.1, setup as a new iphone, jailbreak worked."

Following is the step-by-step tutorial for Windows users:

1. Download CLI 0.4.3 or later version, then extract it to the root of your hard drive.

2. Connect your device - iPhone 4S or iPad 2 - to your Windows computer.

3.Go to "Start" menu, search "cmd", select as administrator

Absinthe A5 Untethered Jailbreak Released for iPhone 4S, iPad 2: Must Read for Windows Users
Absinthe A5 Untethered Jailbreak Released for iPhone 4S, iPad 2: Must Read for Windows Users

4.Execute "cinject_0.4.3" to download directory of the cinject_0.4.3 folder.

Absinthe A5 Untethered Jailbreak Released for iPhone 4S, iPad 2: Must Read for Windows Users
Absinthe A5 Untethered Jailbreak Released for iPhone 4S, iPad 2: Must Read for Windows Users

5. Type in "cinject -i payloads/jailbreak.mobileconfig" and execute this command.Then a Install Profile prompt will turn out on your iPhone 4S or iPad 2. Tap "Install", and then select "Install Now".

Absinthe A5 Untethered Jailbreak Released for iPhone 4S, iPad 2: Must Read for Windows Users
Absinthe A5 Untethered Jailbreak Released for iPhone 4S, iPad 2: Must Read for Windows Users

"Enter Password" page will appear, but do not worry. Just tap next.

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