You might have heard of jailbreaking of iPhone. Jailbreak have been released for many versions of iOS till date, the latest one of them being for the iOS 5.1.1 which is also the latest iOS update from Apple at the moment. Jailbreaking allows you to run softwares and modify iOS in such a way that normally is prohibited by Apple.
It allows you to install Cydia which is the App Store of many 3rd party applications, tweaks, themes, ringtones and so much more. Jailbreaking has already been made legal in the U.S in 2010. Jailbreak is of two types:
Tethered Jailbreak: It will require you to boot your iDevice every time you restart your iPhone, this type of jailbreak is released almost along with the release of a new version of iOS, within a few days and which is later exploited and an Untethered version of the jailbreak is released.
Untetherd Jailbreak: It is the normal version of the jailbreak which does not require any boot after restarting your iDevice. It takes some time for the developers to exploit the new version of iOS and hence untethered jailbreak can take more than a month to be released.
Jailbreak voids the warranty of your iDevice, if you take your Jailbroken device to the Apple service center but if you wish to take your iDevice to the Apple store you can always restore your iDevice to the original settings by restoring it via iTunes or updating your iDevice.
The jaibreak of iPhone 4S/4/3GS, iPad 1,2 & 3 and iPod touch 4G & 3G running on iOS 5.1.1 can be done by two main methods:
RedSnOw0.9.24 b 2
Absinthe 2.0.4
Jailbreaking has been made much simpler and easier, thanks to these 2 methods. It is now easier and for free. And jailbreaking also does not interfere with iTunes syncing.
How to Untethered jailbreak iPhone on iOS 5.1.1 with RedSnOw 0.9.14 b 2
- First of all you need to download the RedSnOw 0.9.24 b 2 software along with iOS 5.1.1 firmware.
- Place your iDevice in DFU mode by:
- Switch off your device.
- Press and hold the power button for 4 seconds.
- Without releasing the power button press and hold the home button along with the power button for 10 seconds.
- Release the power button but keep pressing the home button for 15 seconds.
- RedSnOw will automatically detect the iDevice in DFU mode.
- Click on Jailbreak option in RedSnOw, it will go through the process of finding the necessary firmware.
- It will then ask you to install Cydia, make sure you select the option and click next.
- It will take a few minutes and then you will see some text scrolling on the screen of your device.
- Your device will restart automatically and you will be eventually on your home screen, displaying the Cydia icon on it.
- And you are ready to go with it.
How to Untethered jailbreak iPhone on iOS 5.1.1 with Absinthe 2.0.4
- Download Absinthe 2.0.4 and Extract it. Then right click it to Run it as an administrator. The download is an self extracting ZIP file.
- After running it a new folder will be created called Absinthe-win-2.0.4.
- Open the folder and run Absinthe.exe, again as an administrator.
- Connect the iOS 5.1.1 iDevice you want to jailbreak and check that the software recognizes your device correctly.
- Click on the jailbreak button on Absinthe and let it run. A progress bar will appear.
- Your iDevice may restore during the process, which is normal.
- After the restore is complete and the progress bar on Absinthe is also completed, disconnect your device.
- You will see a Cydia icon on your HomeScreen. Open it and configure it for the first time.
- Congratulation your device is now jailbroken untethered.
Download links for iOS 5.1.1
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