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Absinthe is the [[S5L8940]] userland jailbreak tool for [[N94ap|iPhone 4S]] and [[iPad 2]] on iOS 5.0 (iPhone 4S only), 5.0.1 (9A405) and [[Telluride 9A406 (iPhone 4S)|iOS 5.0.1 build 9A406]] on iPhone 4S. This tool is due to be released on January 20 or January 21, 2012, and will have few incarnations:
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Absinthe is the [[S5L8940]] userland jailbreak tool for [[N94ap|iPhone 4S]] and [[iPad 2]] on iOS 5.0 (iPhone 4S only), 5.0.1 (9A405) and [[Telluride 9A406 (iPhone 4S)|iOS 5.0.1 build 9A406]] on iPhone 4S. This tool was released on January 21, 2012, and is available in three incarnations:
*A GUI tool with the same name, that will be released by the Chronic Dev Team.
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*A GUI tool with the same name, released by the [[Chronic Dev Team]]
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*A command-line version by the [[iPhone Dev Team]], in case troubleshooting is required
*a CLI incarnation that will be released by the iPhone dev team that will help users do the flow of the jailbreak.
 
*A future integration of Absinthe and the iPhone dev team's [[Redsn0w]]
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*A future integration with [[redsn0w]]
   
 
==Exploit==
 
==Exploit==
The jailbreak packs [[Corona]] for the [[S5L8940]] and the rest of the firmware patches and [[Cydia]] in a regular [[iTunes]] backup and restores this backup on device that way injecting the required files.
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The jailbreak packs [[Corona]] for the [[S5L8940]] and the rest of the firmware patches in a regular [[iTunes]] backup and then restores this backup on to the device, which injects the required files. It is then completed by opening a web clip added to the [[SpringBoard|home screen]] by Absinthe that uses an exploit in [[/Applications/MobileSafari.app|Safari]] to install [[Cydia]].
   
 
==Untether==
 
==Untether==
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{{main|Corona}}
This jailbreak uses [[Racoon String Format Overflow Exploit]] and [[HFS Heap Overflow]] from [[Corona]] for untether.
 
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This jailbreak uses the [[Racoon String Format Overflow Exploit]] and [[HFS Heap Overflow]] from [[Corona]] for untether.

Revision as of 18:06, 20 January 2012

Absinthe is the S5L8940 userland jailbreak tool for iPhone 4S and iPad 2 on iOS 5.0 (iPhone 4S only), 5.0.1 (9A405) and iOS 5.0.1 build 9A406 on iPhone 4S. This tool was released on January 21, 2012, and is available in three incarnations:

Exploit

The jailbreak packs Corona for the S5L8940 and the rest of the firmware patches in a regular iTunes backup and then restores this backup on to the device, which injects the required files. It is then completed by opening a web clip added to the home screen by Absinthe that uses an exploit in Safari to install Cydia.

Untether

Main article: Corona


This jailbreak uses the Racoon String Format Overflow Exploit and HFS Heap Overflow from Corona for untether.