Tutorial: jailbreak iPhone 4S with iOS 5 and iOS 5.0.1

With this guide you can jailbreak your iPhone 4S with iOS 5 and iOS 5.0.1, and also to your iPad 2 with iOS 5.0.1.

You need to download Absinthe: Do it here.

It is important that you make a Backup of everything you have on your iPhone before jailbreak, just in case: contacts, games, photos, etc. (on iTunes).

It is a jailbreak untethered.

This tutorial works for both Windows and Mac, although for now there is only a Mac version, we will update when there is one for Windows.

Tutorial:

Download the file Absinthe

Deactivate code lock if you have it activated.

Connect your iPhone 4S.

Push the button jailbreak

Now you will see several steps:

  • Sending initial date
  • Waiting for reboot
  • waiting for device to finish booting
  • Preparing jailbreak data
  • Sending payload data
  • Almost done

Your iPhone will restart and you will have a new icon: Absinthe

Clicked and wait

If you get an error: Error Establishing a database connection

Go to Settings and activate the VPN button

It will give you a configuration error, but wait a minute and your device will reboot with Cydia on the Springboard. You already have the jailbreak done.

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  1.   andres said

    I can't press the jailbreak button, it's like it doesn't recognize me. What could be failing?

    1.    Slash said

      The same thing to me !! does not recognize the iphone4s

      1.    Ergitano said

        The iPad2 does not recognize me when I connect it (jailbreak key does not activate). My device does not have any of the keys that fran talks about activated as a reason for Absinthe not to recognize it when connecting it by usb to the iMac.

        Any more suggestions?

        Gracias y saludos.

  2.   Cosmos said

    Now to unlock it we have to wait for ultrasnow, right?

  3.   jose.vet said

    @Cosmo ultrasn0w is already compatible with iOs5. It just depends on the BaseBand you have.

    I can't get the JB installed on the iPad2. I press the Absinthe button and the screen goes white, now it doesn't even give me the error stableshing a database connection. I have tried activating the VPN, it gives the error. But it does not restart….

    1.    jose.vet said

      @Cosmo sorry, you talk about 4S ... I thought about iPhone 4

  4.   felosantay said

    And this is not compatible with Windows?

  5.   Skunk said

    VPN does not connect, gives configuration error

  6.   Xisco said

    I have followed all the steps, but when I try to activate the VPN I get a configuration error and no matter how long I wait, it does not restart ... what should it be? Thank you for your fabulous work

    1.    sergio said

      The same thing happens to me, if you could help ...

    2.    Juanant_87 said

      More of the same, I already restored it and it keeps giving the error ...

  7.   Victor said

    I already did, after the screen went blank when you hit the Absinthe icon, I had to jailbreak the VPN twice and he just reopened and cydia came out !! What a wonder, finally!

  8.   Miguel said

    It works perfectly (using VPN), Thanks !!

  9.   Caesar Salad said

    Sorry but this process is the same for an iPhone 3GS or only for the 4S thanks.

  10.   anonymous said

    What a jailbreak chusta, it does not pull nor patterns, it is keda in the VPN and does not restart, and I have already had a good moment

  11.   glorenzo said

    This is only for iPhone 4s and iPad 2, for those who fail, try to make a backup copy in iTunes, restore the iPhone 4s or iPad 2 and try it again to see, once you have it, put your copy of security.

    greetings and good luck

  12.   jujomase78 said

    this fails more than a cane shotgun

  13.   duda said

    When it says about the VPN error, ... do I have to click OK? or wait for me with the error window ak restart, because it happens to me k does not throw

  14.   chicate69 said

    Jail made to a 4S and perfect. THANK YOU GONZALO !!!

  15.   Skunk said

    these tutorials kind of lend themselves to a lot of misinterpretation,

    1.- is it normal for the VPN connection to fail?
    2.- Should we leave the error?
    3.- Do we have to activate it 20 thousand times until the iphone restarts?

    1.    jeanki said

      I'm with you ..., a lot of tutorial, but they explain it above, without details as important as the ones you comment ...: - /

  16.   sergio said

    All of a joke until I open the absynthe, then I get a blank screen and it does nothing ... it has been like this for a few minutes, is it normal? xD the first time it gave me a connection error so I activated the vpn (share internet, right?) and now I get a blank screen ...

    what do i do?

    1.    Luis said

      hello to see if I can help you, on the devteam website it clearly says.

      VPN SHOULD error and then reboot soon. If it does not, run Absinthe!
      (If the vpn gives you a restart error and does not restart quickly, run the absinthe again)

    2.    Mich090 said

      VPN is not Internet Sharing

  17.   Alex said

    Do you know if it works in SPRINT ????? Thank you.!!!!!

  18.   Jocho said

    For those who get the error when they click on the Absinthe icon, go to settings, general, VPN and there select the VPN for the Jailbreak, exit…. then they will see that it cannot be connected, they cancel and give the Absinthe icon again, they enter, they wait a few seconds and it will only restart

    regards

  19.   Fran said

    Incredible, all wonderful. I already have cydia in my terminal.
    If the jailbreak key remains blank, it may be for two reasons.
    One because you have put in itunes that when you make backup copies you need a password and the other that you have the lock on the phone with a password. Deactivate these keys and everything is perfect.
    Thank you very much.

    1.    Fran said

      Also Cydia in Spanish. How wonderful, now I'm going to get my wife's

  20.   Anemia said

    I do not have an internet rate. I always have 3G disabled. If I activate VPN, will they charge me for the connection?
    Thank you.

    1.    Mich090 said

      No.

  21.   Percy said

    I did everything right, the problem is that when I go to my photos, I don't have one! I delete all my photos! What do i do?

  22.   Albert AC said

    Hi Gonzalo
    I want to ask you a question, does this jailbreak give the iPhone battery problems?
    Why did I jailbreak an iPhone 4 with iOS 5.0.1 and the battery only lasts a day and sometimes less, I jailbroken it with redsn0w b4 and the only thing I have had with the jailbreak is this battery problem, with sn0wbreeze will also be the same problem for the iPhone 4?

  23.   Percy said

    I have a problem, I did all the steps and I have cydia and it works perfect. The problem is that all my photos are gone! Now how do I get them back?

  24.   jeanki said

    I do not understand anything!!!
    When I hit the absinthe icon this, I get the greepois0n.com website
    Someone explain it to me??? : - /

  25.   Jorge gr said

    Is the VPN option always or only appears when you click the Absinthe icon?
    Because at the moment I don't have that icon

  26.   Jorge gr said

    But from windows it can be done ???

  27.   skunk said

    achieved ... SOLUTION for those who get an error, go to «settings-reset-reset settings»

    Then run the Absinthe again, and then run it ... and that's it XD ...

  28.   mau_trap said

    Cesar, use redsn0w 0.9.10b3 for the 3gs

  29.   esteban said

    That they remove it for windows already please ..: '(

  30.   aww said

    It has just been updated to 0.1.2-2 EYE ...

    http://cache.greenpois0n.com/dl/absinthe-mac-0.1.2-2.zip

  31.   sergio said

    With the new version of absynth there has been no problem, now yes, finally xD

  32.   gutiser said

    mac mac mac mac mac mac… what about windows?

    1.    Wesker said

      Well because windows is a reverend crap

      1.    franvalverde said

        AMEN

  33.   Alex said

    Hello I wanted to know if someone did the jail on the ipad 2

    and if everything went well, or I wait for more arranged versions

    thanks greetings

    1.    Jonathan MD said

      I already did it on 2 iPad 2 and on an iPhone 4s and all excellent

  34.   SAM said

    It worked perfect….

  35.   imojhone said

    Buy a Samsung SG 2 and see if you learn what a good mobile xq apple is and its restrictions is a landmark!

  36.   Copycat said

    @ Alex

  37.   Copycat said

    @ Alex

    I have made it work on my iPad2 wifi 16GB without problems, that is, using version 2, with the first one impossible, always the connection error-

  38.   Ruben said

    All perfect…

  39.   Alex said

    Hello, I would like to know if someone did the jail to the ipad 2

    how was it?

    Thanks

    1.    petete888 said

      I have done it on an Ipad 2 16 gb wifi and everything is perfect is luxurious 😉

  40.   petete888 said

    Everything went perfect !!!!… Thank you !!!

  41.   More said

    Amazing!!
    In 25 min from starting to download absinth cares installed in 4s, to see the iPad
    Thanks chronic dev team

  42.   badfurday said

    I did it on an iPad 2 and it doesn't work, it does everything as in the tutorial but when I hit the jailbreak icon and nothing, someone who can help me or say what I'm doing wrong ????

  43.   Miguel said

    Well, it has been great for me! everything at the first ... finally jailbreak for my 4S ...

  44.   andres cancino said

    How can I reverse the jailbreak? The camera failed me, my iPhone is going to guarantee

    1.    Sparkle said

      Connect to iTunes and press reset settings and you will return to
      Have your iphone with the factory settings

  45.   spark said

    Good to all, I don't know if you have tried it or not but I have done it 3 times already and everything is installed without problems. Working perfectly BUT ……….

    It is not untethered, when I turn off the ipad2 and turn it on, it hangs on the apple. I was like that all night last night from 01.15 in the morning until 7.

    I just passed the absenthe again and ok. i install app cydia and ok, but i don't want to turn it off again.
    Did that happen to anyone else???
    Do you have to install something from cydia?
    it won't let me install corona untether 5.0.1 from cydia.

    any suggestions ??

    Many thanks

  46.   javielaco said

    Does anyone know if the iBooks works with this jailbreak?

  47.   joan16v said

    I just followed the tutorial on my iPhone4S 5.0.1 9A405, it has not given me an error and I already see cydia ... I got blank messages and calculator icons. I have restarted and everything is correct!

  48.   franvalverd said

    I have an iPhone 4s, if I do this jailbreak when the iPhone turns off, will the jailbreak go away? do i have to sync with itunes every time i reboot? do all the applications work without problems?

  49.   jonathan said

    at the first everything is on point, thank you very much for everything

  50.   Juan said

    Thank you very much for the guide.. I publish the link on my Facebook.. Greetings.. actualidadiphone
    ps: in case you don't want me to publish it, let me know ... thanks

  51.   George said

    I have an ipad 2 in 4.3.1, to do this jailbreak, should I update it directly by itunes?

    1.    joan16v said

      You have to update the iPad firmware to version 5.0.1 from iTunes, then apply Absinthe to jailbreak.

  52.   The Passer said

    I still have problems, the Jail button is not activated ... I have ipad2 and lion ... someone with the same symptoms?

    1.    chicken opera said

      The same thing happens to me, the jailbreak button remains deactivated and there is no way, I have the ipad 2 with mac os x

      1.    joan16v said

        I would try to connect the iPad to another USB port, try another cable, with another Mac… run out of possibilities!

        1.    Ricardo said

          It worked for me thanks

        2.    raditz said

          The Jailbreak button does not appear to me either ... I updated from version 5.0 to version 5.0.1 of the iPad 2 but nothing ... And I'm sure that the USB ports work correctly ... I have no idea what it could be ... I use Windows 7 of 32 bits… Ayudaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa !!!

          1.    raditz said

            I already solved the problem, what happened is that I did not have iTunes installed on my PC, it seems silly but that was the reason, I installed iTunes and the Jailbreak button was automatically enabled ... Everything else was a piece of cake !!!

  53.   language said

    My mother !!! Congratulations!! Very easy the first time without any type of error !!! Congratulations and thank you very much !!!!

  54.   jorgegr said

    Can you already with windows?

    1.    jesus said

      no friend not yet

  55.   migui said

    Thanks for your information, but can you explain the process a little more slowly? I entered the web but I don't see any CLI.
    Sorry but i'm new to this

    Thank you

  56.   frankvalverd said

    It does not work for me and in fact I try to do it again even restoring and it tells me that it is already jailbroken and it will not let me do it again. The absintre appears to me but not cidia ...

    1.    ra1717vi said

      Run absinthe and install cydia

  57.   The passerby said

    For my part arranged. I have repaired the disk already booted the first time. Oh when my iPhone 3g miss the jail with versions 3.xx, I was arrested. Hi Hi…: ..

  58.   jay said

    That windows hack does not want to give me the restore, I did it also with a mac and it did not give me the restore, version 5.0.1 (9A406) AND (9A405) has something to do with something.
    I have the (9A406) and I can't do anything .. what I can do.
    thanks in advance

    0

  59.   luanromo said

    I do not know if it will be allowed but I ask the guys on this page to allow this link until they make one of their own. I put a very well explained video where you can see step by step what they should do to get the jailbreak. It is in English but it is so simple that everyone will understand it. Advantage and greetings from NY.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8QiDc92HJs

  60.   kiludi said

    Great.
    I have restored the iPhone, run the absinthe, and everything is working. Very easy and without any problem. There is the Untethered Jailbreak on the iPhone4S.

    Thank you all very much for your work.

  61.   bibi said

    Hello!!! How are they? I just jailbroken my iPad 2, and everything is perfect. But I couldn't get the cydia icon to pop out. I click on the Absinthe icon and it loads their website. I activate the VPN, I get the configuration error but it does not restart or Cydia appears. What am I doing wrong? 🙁 Thank you

    1.    bibi said

      Already achieved! I uninstalled it and did the jailbreak again and everything was perfect! 😀 I am happy! Thanks anyway.

      1.    Toe said

        The same thing happened to me. Can someone tell me how to solve it

  62.   Carlos said

    impressive, how fast and how easy to use.

  63.   hanseltop said

    everything is going great so far, but it won't let me install cracked applications or from installous ... does anyone know something?

    1.    the sauce said

      I'm the same, I already have cydia and intalluos but when I download applications they go to the download queue and they are not installed, so I have about 10 applications and they are all in the download queue, how do I get them to install?

  64.   Jonathan said

    I have both iPad 2 and iPhone 4S and "prepare jailbreak data" does not happen to me when it seems that it is going to advance, the application closes and it remains the same

    1.    Nuberu said

      The same thing happens to you, it's desperate, does anyone have the solution?

  65.   Nuberu said

    Everything works fine, but when I get to: PREPARING JAILBREAK DATA, the absinthe program disappears from the screen in windows, does the same thing happen to someone?
    Thank you

  66.   Mariano said

    I'm desperate! I tried my best to jailbreak my iphone 4S with no results. When I run the absinthe program from my Mac and I always get the same error: "unexpected error occurred, exit, force restart."
    I tried to use the CLI tools but all the tutorials I found are for windows. I only found one from Mac and when I put the commands in the terminal it gives me errors.
    Somebody help me!! Thanks a lot!

    1.    Mariano said

      In the end I was able to jailbreak without problems. But I could not do it with my Mac. I was investigating and the error occurs because I have an old version of the operating system (I have to go to snow leopard first and then to Lion).
      Given the above, I did it on a windows 7 machine. I had to install the itunes on this machine so that the Absinthe recognized my phone (I didn't even have to synchronize, it was enough that the iTunes was installed). Having passed the recognition of the phone, I did the jailbreak in a matter of minutes.
      Thank you very much to all!

  67.   Jose87 said

    How is it that when I want to do the Jailbreak at the beginning, the iPhone does not detect me and therefore I cannot click on the "Jailbreak" tab, xke reasonoo ??? I tried all the cables and there is no way! Please help! Thanks a lot!

  68.   the sauce said

    cydia and intallous were installed fine but all downloads go to the download queue and none are installed, how do I get them to install them?

  69.   SPRMCH said

    It is not to be picky, but the same references could be made to the iPad 2 as to the iPhone 4S, more than anything because there will be users who have the doubt whether the parts that only name the 4S in the tutorial are also for the iPad 2 or do not…

    Examples:

    "Tutorial: jailbreak iPhone 4S with iOS 5 and iOS 5.0.1" instead of "Tutorial: jailbreak iPhone 4S with iOS5 / iOS 5,0.1 and iPad 2 with iOS 5.0.1"

    y

    "Connect your iPhone 4S" instead of "Connect your iPhone 4S / iPad 2"

    More than anything to clarify that the process is exactly the same for both devices. Thanks in advance.

    1.    gnzl said

      This page is called Actualidad iPhoneBut http://www.actualidadiphone.com you can find everything you need for your iPad 1 and 2.

  70.   New_user said

    Hello,

    I'm very new to jaibreak and I want a little help please!

    I have ipad2 ios 4.3.5 do I have to update to ios 5.0.1 to jailbreak it?

    What are the steps to update because I don't know much about the subject and if it can be done on video it would be fantastic

    thank you very much in advance.

    1.    gnzl said

      you connect to your computer and press update, that's it.
      .
      I stopped by to find out everything:
      http://www.actualidadiphone.com

  71.   NEW IPHONE said

    Well, I can't get it to work ... I get the icon on my iPhone, I press, I wait, I activate vpne, it gives me an error, but nothing appears ... I'm doing something wrong for sure, but what?

  72.   xenith said

    I just bought my iPhone 4S, and the only reason I would jailbreak it is because of the games, before I jailbroken my iPhone 3G. I'm going to the question specifically, can you install games, because I saw someone in the forum who couldn't install them, I think.

  73.   TRIKI25 said

    Hi, I have the 4s and I have tried absinthe 0.2, 0.3 and 0.4 for windows and they all give me an error. I just have to follow the steps and half the times or the absinthe is disconnected and it stays as half or once I got the absinthe icon on the iphone it seemed to restart and then there was no way to make it come out the cydia program.
    Any recommendation? Please, I'm already beginning to think that I'm half mongo, that everyone here says it's very easy.

  74.   Madrid said

    It has worked very well for me but I think the battery is worse, I have a 4s.

  75.   Angel said

    Dear, does it work or have you tried with an iPhone 4 and a 3GS? Thank you for your answers. Greetings

  76.   Stuart said

    I installed it and everything was correct but then my cell phone went off and when I turned it on I no longer opened the cydia.
    I wanted to install the cydia again but I get an error and I can no longer jailbreak it.
    Can someone help me please?

  77.   LAGARCUIJE said

    what is that vpn? on my iphone does not appear more than the option to share the internet?

  78.   MELISSA said

    When I open the program, it tells me to deactivate the password in iTunes, but I tried and I can't… how do I do it? 🙁

  79.   Ulises said

    when I activate the VPN button it tells me
    VPN connection
    THE SERVER COULD NOT BE ACCESSED. TRY AGAIN. IF THE PROBLEM PERSISTS, CHECK THE SETTINGS AND CONTACT THE ADMINISTRATOR
    WHAT I DO!

  80.   esky313 said

    Hi, I have a small problem, which is the opposite of what is explained in this post, I comment:
    I did everything that the manual explains and ... CORRECT !! jailbreak working, but ... the iphone connector is giving me a failure and I have to send it under warranty, and the problem is that if I restore it from iTunes the safest thing is that I update it to version 5.1 and I want to stay at 5.0.1 to re-jailbreak when they return it fixed.

    All the best

  81.   buzz said

    Thanks for the program and tutorial, everything went perfectly and read and have some notion if not, you will not be able to do it
    }

    1.    buzz said

      download the ios 5.0.1 and restore it from itunes

  82.   buzz said

    Thanks for the program and tutorial, everything went perfectly and read and have some notion if not, you will not be able to do it
    }

  83.   gilberto said

    Hello, I have a problem and it is that when I open the absinthe and connect the iPhone it gives me the following error, sorry, the attached device is not supported,
    but I have a factory unlocked iphone 4s, version 5.0.1
    and I have downloaded the latest version of the absinthe and nothing,
    if you could help me I would be very grateful.

    1.    pam said

      What happens is that you probably updated the operating system and it is in version 5.1

  84.   adolfo said

    Hello, by mistake I have deleted cydia, I have the 4s with JB but not the cydia icon, how can I do to have it again, I have tried to pass absinthe again but it tells me that the JB is already there. Thank you.

  85.   omar said

    Hello…. Does anyone know if I can Jailbreak with IOS 5.1 ????

  86.   CJ said

    After jailbreak iphone 4s with iOS 5.0.1, the cydia icon appears but does not open, when trying to open it it closes automatically. I cannot redo the jailbreak and I cannot do a restore of iOS 5.0.1 to try the jailbrek again because apple does not sign but it is ios5.1

    After jailbreak iphone 4s 5.0.1, cydia closes immediately. can't reinstall jailbreak, can't restore to 5.0.1.

  87.   Carlos said

    Hello everyone, I have a 4s ios 5.0, bb 1.0.11 AT&T, clean without jailbreak, I bought GEVEY Ultra S for GSM to use in Honduras, the problem is that the OTA 5.1 update appeared and I decided to download and install by accident.
    How do I cancel or avoid downloading the update?
    I read there that if I jailbreak the update will not install.
    can you help me please.

  88.   joe said

    The VPN button does not appear, only in the connection part but when I put it on, it asks me for information about the VPN connection, TOTAL I CANNOT ACCESS THE INTERNET IF IT IS NOT BY WIFI,
    help please

  89.   jose said

    hello, my query is that I have iphone 4s ios 5.1 and I wanted to ask you if it is worth jailbreaking with ios 5.0.1 or I hope it comes out for ios 5.1

    1.    lolin said

      No.

    2.    Scorky Henry said

      if the truth is that it is worth it ... and I hope (lolin) has very good reasons to say no ... or is it limited with a 3g ...

  90.   gonzalo said

    Hello, I would like to know how the jailbreak is solved when it gives an error in full operation, let's say that I go through all the steps well I connect in dfu of I give jailbreak, install cydia the black screen appears with the black letters that seem like a computer, it does not finish and gives error and it restarts the phone and is stuck in the pineapple

  91.   gonzalo said

    i have an iphone 4 with ios 5.1 (9b176)

    1.    pachanga said

      Hey men I think that the 4s with 5.1 can not do this jailbreak, restore it with itunes

  92.   gonzalo said

    Hello I would like to know how the jailbreak is solved when it gives an error in full operation, let's say that I go through all the steps well I connect in dfu of I give jailbreak, install cydia the black screen appears with the black letters that seem like a computer, it does not finish and gives error and restarts the phone and is stuck in the apple

  93.   salt said

    Hello, I did a RESPRING by SBSetting on an Iphone 4S 5.0.1, the ipnone stays loaded "Hanged", I have restarted it with Power + Home on several occasions and nothing that comes up. Can I use Absinthe again without updating by ITunes?

  94.   jesus said

    I have an ipad 2 and in itunes it tells me that it has version 5.0, but when I want to do the JB, when I connect rmi ipad it says that it does not detect it, I already tried several times and it cannot, what solution does it have

  95.   flipyii said

    Hello, I tried to jailbreak, and when I activate the VPN it gives me an error, and I must register or something like that. Can you give me a solution?

  96.   Otoneighborhoods said

    Hello, I also get an error when activating the VPN, it gives me CONFIGURATION ERROR, what do I do, I hope? I already have the absinthe icon but the process does not finish, I do not see cydia

  97.   Michael Hernandez said

    hi, i downloaded the absinthe but it doesn't recognize the iphone, i have an iphone 4s. IOS 5.1 what can I do thanks

  98.   SAUL said

    Hello, when I connect the iphone 4s version 5.0.5, the following message appears

    ERROR: Consistency check failed: could not find required files

    How can I correct it?

    Thank you.

  99.   SAUL said

    Hello, it marks the following error, what can I do?

    ERROR: Consistency check failed: colud not find required files

  100.   pepper said

    this jailbreak works for an iphone 4

  101.   Maggie said

    Hello, I would like to know if with this procedure my Iphone 4s is unlocked for any telephone company 😀

  102.   gimmbo said

    Friend help me please I have the ios 5.0.1 with baseband 1.0.13 iphone 4s released through gevey my question is if with this jailbreak its the baseband ??? since if so I could not use the gevey. I have searched many turotials and I know that with redsnow my bb goes up. I would also like to upgrade to version 5.1 I appreciate your help