Fix Errors With Absinthe iPhone 4S, iPad 2 Untethered iOS 5.0.1 Jailbreak [Common Mistakes Explained]

We wait for windows

need windows

… time is dragging guys… i really could use that windows version of absinthe

mine worked great.  i think i’ll donate to their cause.   Thanks for all the work !!

buy a mac

Same here

just wanted to say me too.
i have waited an hour, restarted the phone and reinstalled absinthe and have now been waiting 30 mins. the program wont go behind other windows either. like safari is partially covered by absinthe and wont go in front of it…

i cannot see safari and appstore icons (they appear white) even after a successful opening of cydia on my ipad 2.

Mine is stuck at beigining jailbreak this may take a while…. 

agreed

F U, NOT everyone can afford one

for all of you having problems with no reboot after vpn error, try this:

download the updated version of absinthe
restore your ipad so that it completely takes away the jailbreak that you just tried.
jailbreak your ipad again using the new version of absinthe.
run the app. you will not need to go to the vpn setting anymore. 

worked for me.
hope this helps

Well, with that attitude no wonder you don’t have a better job so you can afford one.

After I erase all settings and contents, I still get this error on my Iphone 4s FATAL: Assertion Failed AMDeviceValidatePairing ==095

is anyone doing this for Windows? Trying to run the Jailbreak via CL getting stuck on
cinject.exe -i payloads/jailbreak.mobileconfig. Reciveing Send 1: Result too large. Any ideas? 

2 days still not working …

help please my absinthe keeps saiying its has stop working just when its about to start ;/ its on windows

use Absinethe V0.2 Windows GUI jailbreak tool

Success get the Absinthe apps on iPad 2 3g but when you turn on the vpn it keep go off and when you click the app it take you go to greenpois0n website. Any one know why?

everything works fine for me on the iPad 2 but once i click the Absinthe icon nothing happens from there?

try restoring to factory after backing up everything and then using it

I am having the same problem here! iPad 2 on iOS 5.0.1 running absinthe on Windows 7…it takes about 20 to 30 minutes on that “this may take a while” and then it progesses some more…the iPad start restoring but frezees in that restoring page…Then Absinthe closes. I have to unplug the iPad to unfreeze it. Then when I plug it again Absinthe says something like “it seems  you tried to jailbreak it before and had some problems…we will try to fix it”. Then it fizexs and ask me to unplug and plug it again…and then it can restart all the jailbreak process…but I did it 5 times with no good results so far. Any idea???

have you tried restoring your ipad to factory before doing all this, backup your ipad first though

well.i did all what you said.but i keep getting. Absinthe.exe Stoped Working 
so how do i fix this ?

My theory is that if you updated to 5.0.1 over the cloud, then you have to restore your phone and download the 5.0.1 on to your itunes

I was the same also could not connect to App store
Had to do full restore lost some apps n stuff but needed the space lol

i have tried 4 different computers trying to jailbreak my 4s but none of them works. the absinthe stops working. i dont have password nor vpn setup… anyone having this issue whom already resolved it? i need help plz 

This is how I fixed it after numerous “stuck @ 10%” failures:
1. Downloaded fresh copy of Absinthe
2. It asked to run repair for failed jb
3. Asked to disconnect the phone and reconnect, instead I X-ed Absinthe and ran it again
4. JailBreak worked.
5. Coincidence? Maybe, but it worked!

Hi,

Everything works fine up until the point that I have to tap the ‘Jailbreak’ icon. There is no such icon anywhere on any home screen. I can see the Absinthe icon no problem but no Jailbreak. I even checked all my folders. any ideas?

How did you Restore to factory?

Im having the same problem and im also using on the same version 10.5.8.  This may be a problem with an outdated mac version.

same here and still fail. please tell me your ‘other alternatives’ bro… thx

already restored 5.0.1 ipad2 factory setting BUT still didn’t work … it seem I must delete the absinthe that previously installed. How to do it ? Anybody can help us ?

i have try restore but is show me an error massage which is (3194)

what i did is i uninstalled the Absinthe app and now it doesnt work

Apps would not load after using Absinthe.. I tried to restore using iTunes.. and now I’m stuck in recovery mode.. it says “Iphone could not be restored” Unknown Error (21).. anyone have a solution.. or do I have to take this to Apple Store bah!?

Not working for me. 
Whenever I open the Absinthe app on my iPad 2 I have to push the “Jailbreak” button. (Did not have to do so on my iPhone 4s). It then tells me that it “Cannot open Absinthe” and “The URL can’t be shown”. If I go to Settings manually and try to enable VPN for Jailbreak it fails as well, saying “A configuration error occurred”. It does NOT reboot by itself, and even if I do so, the best I got was the loading bar going to about 40% (with the apple logo and stuff), then stopping and opening my non-jailbroken iPad. Frustrated as I was since my iphone worked perfectly, I decided to restore my iPad to factory settings and try again, still didn’t work, and I can’t get rid of Absinthe. Any help? If nothing else, how can I get rid of Absinthe?

For the error restore. If it seems to get stuck at one point. I have to use blackrain to jumpstart the iPhone to get iTunes to complete the restore.

My problem with this absinthe is that I launch the program on my Mac and I can’t hit the jailbreak button absinthe won’t recognize my devices.

I having trouble JB my Iphone 4s I am getting error message. I need some help thank you…

Hello I tried to jailbreak my iphone 4s but whet i clicked jailbreak it did not reboot but the process was still continuing and what it finished it said “looks like you attempted to do this jailbreak and it failed” what do i do ???

Simple! D/L Ubuntu and try it. It’s FREE and SMOOTH

Why would you buy a mac when you could save hundreds on a faster prettier linux distro?

I do have the same exactly problem but with iphone4s. Nothing is happening and it doesnt matter how long i wait or install and reinstall everything its always the same story and Mizi’s suggestion didnt help as well. What can I say – crap.

I too got the Greenpoison webpage when I opened Absinthe on Iphone 4S…What next?

says tried to apply jailbreak but failed any advice

Was about to try Mizi’s method..all I did was rebooted my IPAD2 and it worked the second time through. and I also removed my passcode too… that might have done it.

restoring my iphone 4s because i jailbroke it and absinthe did not load because i put a passcode on :@google-761a8aa8afee5eb08d142100ff24a398:disqus 

 I had the same problem until i figured out what i did wrong. Restore (*not update) your ipad. However, do not restore from backup after your ipad is reloaded, rather set up as a new ipad and run Absinthe. all you will be required to do is open the Absinthe app after its loaded and it won’t ask you to set up your VPN or click jailbreak.

 i faced the same problem and what you need to do is to

1 -  delete the absinthe software completely and re-extract it again on your desktop (thats in case you downloaded it as ZIP or RAR file on windows)..because when you extract it you will find a new folder that contains some files which causes this problem.

2- or you can try it on another PC and thats is the best way and it should be a Fast PC.

but im facing new problem , asking me to run a VPN instead of closing it and i tried to remove it and restart and reinstall it but it still the same…

i jb my new 4s witn absinthe and it worked fine ( got cydia like i wanted )
then i connected to itunes and restored it, now i have lost cydia
is my 4s not jb now
when i start absinthe the jb button stays grey
and carnt see my os
is there something that can be done as i need to get cydia back

I have the exact same problem of “ 
beginning jailbreak, this may take a while….” with an iPhone 4S using iOS 5.0.1 (9A405)
So i had already done all those instructions like restore, no passcode, i even switch the Auto-lock period from 1 minute by default to Never…so what can I do??
Absinthe 0.4 just crashed after a 30 min wait period.. HELP !!!

What will happen if jaibreak fail and how I can fix it
Also, someone said erasing all the information of the ipad2 will help the jailbreaking process be fast and the rate of success will be higher，is that true?

My phone was jailbroken when I got this new update for my iphone 4s. after updating jail break got undone automatically. and now when i am trying to do it again with absinthe it shows error that your device does not support it.
redsn0w is also showing an error and then stops responding.
Please help me and suggest me what to do.

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how to fix jail broken ipad 2( with absinthe),stuck on apple logo.Any help will be appreciated.

i keep trying but every time i run the absinthe program it doesnt recognise my device. i have an ipad 2 with ios 5.0. i cant find what the problem is.

does anyone elses jailbreak go extremely quick then says “restore complete. if you would like to retry jailbreaking connect and try again”  i have restored my iphone 4s and have tried multiple times but it is still not working have also tried re downloading absinthe on my comp…help please!!

My Iphone 4S just would not jailbreak. I hit the the jailbreak button on my iphone it says restore in progress and it completes in 2 seconds, it reboots and nothing happens why????

tnx

thanks it worked for me when deleted all datas and tried jail breaking

when i jailbroke everything and i clicked on cydia it restarted my ipod and it deleted some of my icons like the camera videos app store etc. what went wrong?

Even when I plug my device in it doesn’t auto detect my iPhone 4. It just says, “plug in device to begin.”

Today I have jailbreak my iPhone 4s running iOS 5.1.1 using absinthe 2.0.4. It was successful and I have been using it the whole day today but just 20 mins ago something happened. If open a app the page minimizes to the top left corner I can close them but I couldn’t read or do anything. I received messages but when I open to read them it minimizes or say, zoom to the top left corner. I turned it off and turn it on again but still the same. Tried jailbreak it again but I couldn’ because password it on and I couldn’t turn it off, also it says I have already jailbreak the device. Now I’m using the iTune to restore it to its factory default. Not even sure what I’m doing but I hope it works. Any idea guys? please I need your help!

my ipad wont charge, or connect, or anything, however when i plug it into the wall or PC in off mode it boots up, just not charging! any solutions?

trying to restore iphone 4s it says apple server is not avaible or busy trying to roll it to 5.1.1 9b206 not 208

i tried jailbreaking my ipad2 iOS 5.1.1 and after i press the jailbreak button it goes normally… at the end after restoring its giving me the following:
something went wrong … if you want to retry jailbreaking unplug your device and plug it back in ….
i tried more than 5 times and its not working
any solution ???

Hey I’ve tried everything to jb my iPhone 4s!!! I have a windows. Used absinthe. And the jb button is always greyed out!!!!! Wtf??!! So I’ve tried the jb in safe mode. Nothing. Tried rebooting. Nothing. Tried having iPhone off when performing jb. Nothing works!!! Please help!!! If you have an idea please email me @ luvs2spooge669@gmail.com

it should go eventually but idk exactly wats happening. With mine it says that for about 5 minutes then it says loading basic jb files, then it just either fails or tells me it cant connect to the lockdown.

mine did the same thing, did u get urs fixed?