For those who haven’t jailbroken their iPhone 4S or iPad 2 on the latest firmware yet, here’s a detailed guide on how to do it. This tutorial is for Windows users using the latest GreenPois0n Absinthe tool. If you’re using Mac, head over here.

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GreenPois0n Absinthe can jailbreak iPhone 4S on iOS 5.0 / 5.0.1 and iPad 2 on iOS 5.0 (also called A5 devices because of its chipset) untethered, meaning you don’t need to hook your device into your computer every time it reboots. Using Absinthe is very easy; in fact, I can say that it’s easier to use than Redsn0w – although it seems the jailbreak process on the device itself takes a little longer. (more…)

When jailbreaking iPhone 4S and iPad 2 in Windows using the GreenPois0n Absinthe tool, you might encounter an error in which your device is stuck on a page that says “ABSINTHE is now setting things up, please stand-by…”. In some cases, this error may occur after you launched the Absinthe jailbreak right in your device at the latter part of the jailbreaking process.
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To fix this, just follow the steps below. (more…)