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'Absinthe A5' Brings First Untethered Jailbreak for iPhone 4S and iPad 2
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Lost icons
It worked ok on my 4S but I lost my camera and messaging icons. they are just blank white squares now. ed
It worked ok on my 4S but I lost my camera and messaging icons. they are just blank white squares now. ed
Does the jailbreak only work on Lion? I know we need the latest iTunes which only requires 10.5 or higher but does the jailbreak require you to be using the latest OS?
My wife's screen has just got a dead pixel just after JB. Coincidence I know. Should she just DFU and restore from a backup before JB? Genius shouldn't be able to tell then will they?
As long as the backup was before the jailbreak the Genius shouldn't be able to tell.
It was but as I said to my wife (She asked me to ask here anyway) I doubt a genius would even check a backed up version. Especially if its something specially hardware related like a dead pixel, yellowing screen etc.
Technically even if your restored from a jailbroken iPhone that wouldn't necessarily mean that the iPhone the backup was done on was ever jailbroken it could have been another phone. They surely couldn't possibly void the warranty that way?
Warranty voids your warranty? Hmm, well who in their right mind would make a warranty claim on a phone that is jailbroken? You? You restore the phone to stock then bring the phone to Apple for warranty to claim. Do you understand that or do I need to make my replies to you in crayon?
It would be up to the individual Genius but I wouldn't be surprised if a few decided it does.
Really? It is well known that the iPhone hackers who teamed up for this one are some of the best in the world.
I though Jailbroken apps weren't backed up?
As for legitimacy, SBSettings and MiWi are reason enough to Jailbreak. I have the 2G/3G toggle now, and I have Wifi tethering.
Check and Mate!!!
It's definitely my biggest reason to jailbreak. The super fast toggling of data/brightness/WiFi/location is a MUST HAVE for me. My brain slows down big time when searching for the settings app and then the subsections of settings.
Thank you, thank you, thank you! Yes, I am quite certain she is still on 5. Although I should double check. Thanks again!
If you had Make it Mine or similar apps installed then the change would transfer over.
Question for all MiWi users...... is there a reason to still use that instead of tetherMe? I have a license for both but stopped using MiWi a year ago since tetherMe just enables the native Personal Hotspot.
VPN won't work
Hey Guys,
So Absinthe ran perfectly and my phone restarted and was faced with the white screen when I opened the Absinthe app.
I tried turning on VPN however I keep getting the error "A configuration error occurred"
Under my VPN settings there is a VPN for 'jailbreak', is that suppose to be there?
I don't know what to do from here on.
iPhone 4S, 5.0.1. Mac OS X Lion
Thanks
Rioch
Hey Guys,
So Absinthe ran perfectly and my phone restarted and was faced with the white screen when I opened the Absinthe app.
I tried turning on VPN however I keep getting the error "A configuration error occurred"
Under my VPN settings there is a VPN for 'jailbreak', is that suppose to be there?
I don't know what to do from here on.
iPhone 4S, 5.0.1. Mac OS X Lion
Thanks
Rioch
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They aren't backed up but their data is usually backed up. So even if you restored the firmware, restored from a backup that was made while jailbroken, there will invariably be settings that can only come from a jailbreak.
Some jb apps don't really do anything other than allow access to a setting that is otherwise unreachable on a stock iPhone. Those settings will come back from a restore too--and is why you usually heart MakeItMine mentioned about traces of jb coming back after a restore.
So I would only restore as new--and not restore from a jb backup--if I was taking my iPhone to Apple.
Michael
my exp.
Yeah, that's what I'd do to. But if you can't, I think most Geniuses would be pretty forgiving (I'm sure at least a few have JB iPhones), it likely won't be put on your permanent record. If one says no, take it to another store.
If the problem truly isn't your fault, stores have enough leeway to make a judgment call. It's happened to me, and is one of the reasons I will continue to buy Apple's stuff, their customer service rocks.
Yeah, that's what I'd do to. But if you can't, I think most Geniuses would be pretty forgiving (I'm sure at least a few have JB iPhones), it likely won't be put on your permanent record. If one says no, take it to another store.
If the problem truly isn't your fault, stores have enough leeway to make a judgment call. It's happened to me, and is one of the reasons I will continue to buy Apple's stuff, their customer service rocks.
Let me guess, you live in a country with an oppressive, totalitarian leadership. You don't? On your iPhone you do.
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BitTorrent
With all the demand that they have, why don't they just distribute it via BitTorrent? That's what Blizzard does for it's updates. It would take most of the load off of their servers.
With all the demand that they have, why don't they just distribute it via BitTorrent? That's what Blizzard does for it's updates. It would take most of the load off of their servers.