That's what I had to do since I was running a 5.1 beta. It's a pain to set everything back up, but a clean start usually yields the fewest problems.
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Jailbrake (A5) not out for Windows?
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That's what I had to do since I was running a 5.1 beta. It's a pain to set everything back up, but a clean start usually yields the fewest problems.
Same here. Tried it on both a PC WinXP and Laptop Windows 7. No go. I have the ATT 64 GB version.
All I can try is Windows 7 64-bit and I have the AT&T 16GB. I'm starting to think this isn't working for iPhones...
It actually is starting to run now. Try again, I had it sit there for 15 min before the bar started to move again.
LOL!!! Figures... I just fumbled my way throught the CLI method. Within about 2 minutes after finishing, the GUI was released! Oh well, end up at the same place either way!!!
LOL!!! Figures... I just fumbled my way throught the CLI method. Within about 2 minutes after finishing, the GUI was released! Oh well, end up at the same place either way!!!
where is the gui version please?
Someone else asked this to. With the Windows GUI version, you do NOT need to set it up as a new phone...or at least you shouldn't have to. It's not working properly anyways so who knows.
Spoke to soon, only made it half way through restore then program stopped responding. Bummer.
AFAIK you should be able too.
Backups only contain App data really(photos, saved games, contacts, etc).
I don't think restoring from a backup(which isn't really "restoring" at all, just downloading data app data that your phone had before) should remove the jailbreak.
Not 100% sure but that's what I think.
Used absinthe for windows on my 4s and everything went pretty smoothly.
The program hung on the "Waiting for iphone to reboot", even though it had already booted. Without disconnecting I rebooted the phone and the installation resumed on my PC.
It took a few tries to download the source info from cydia, but now everything I want is up and running. I love that sbsettings can be accessed from the notification screen. And Fullscreen safari is a breath of fresh air!
Does anyone know of a good wifi tether app that works on the 4s? Tetherme doesn't work.
Good luck everyone!
The program hung on the "Waiting for iphone to reboot", even though it had already booted. Without disconnecting I rebooted the phone and the installation resumed on my PC.
It took a few tries to download the source info from cydia, but now everything I want is up and running. I love that sbsettings can be accessed from the notification screen. And Fullscreen safari is a breath of fresh air!
Does anyone know of a good wifi tether app that works on the 4s? Tetherme doesn't work.
Good luck everyone!
This is bogus. I want to know why I can't jailbreak my iPhone through Absinthe.
Idk if anyone can comment on this but I thought it was kind of odd. I decided to restore my phone to see if I could jailbreak it clean but when I hit restore it said I needed an update as well to 5.0.1. However at the same time, iTunes and my iPhone said I was running 5.0.1. Why is it downloading an update then?
Just did my phone after waiting the better part of the day and it went off without a hitch first try. Never had to touch the phone till it told me to slide to unlock and click on absinthe.
My iPad was a similar experience earlier today using the CLI no issues what so ever.
I wonder what causes some people to have so many problems then others none at all.
My iPad was a similar experience earlier today using the CLI no issues what so ever.
I wonder what causes some people to have so many problems then others none at all.
Does the GUI version of Absinthe v0.2 have any fixes or changes that the CMD version did not. So far I am noticing a few bugs. one when I listen to the radio through the headphone jack it does not mute when I unplug the headphones like it used to. anyone else experience this?
nvm about the headphone bug just realized it's the app not the jailbreak
nvm about the headphone bug just realized it's the app not the jailbreak
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