So you've been at the beginning of the Absinthe jailbreak (see post here regarding HOW-TO Untethered jailbreak iOS 5 on iPhone 4S/iPad 2) for a while and progress bar hasn't moved in the last 20-30 mins. Well, here's an easy fix.
- Close Absinthe and slide to unlock your phone and go through all "setup options" until you get to the home screen of your iPhone (do not backup yet, just continue without backing up for now).
- Go to Settings and "Erase All Content and Settings".
- Now close iTunes on your computer when the device reboots and do not backup yet.
- Now slide to unlock your phone again and go through all the options until you get "Activating Phone" screen comes up.
- Wait for your phone to active (may take a couple minutes), then STOP.
- Don't click anything more on your iOS device.
NOTE: Because Absinthe creates a backup and restores it onto your device as part of the way it gets files on the device, we recommend the device is mostly empty when you start the process. To do this, CREATE A BACKUP IN ITUNES FIRST (connect to iTunes and sync). If you're using iCloud to backup, go to Settings > iCloud > Storage and Backup > Backup Now.
ONLY ONCE YOU'VE BACKED UP, on your device go to Settings -> General -> Reset -> Erase All Content and Settings. MAKE SURE YOU'VE BACKED UP YOUR CONTENT. You do not have to Erase All Content and Settings if you don't want to, but the jailbreak could take up to 20-30 minutes (or seems to be almost forever!) to complete if you don't, depending on what's on your device.
- Now open Absinthe and click "Jailbreak".
- It shouldn't take more then a couple minutes to jailbreak.
- Once it's complete and it tells you to "slide to unlock your device", continue through all the remaining setup options till you get your home screen once again.
NOTE: The Set Up iPhone (or iPad) GUI you see when you restore an iDevice will now appear. If you backed up with iCloud at the beginning of this tutorial, please choose Restore from iCloud Backup in the Set Up iPhone GUI, and restore from the backup you took at the beginning of this guide.
The iDevice will then restore from backup, reboot, and you're good to go.
Iv'e been looking for hours for a solution. Your solution is the only one that worked, Thank you very much. You don't know how much this tutorial has helped me.
ReplyDeletethank you ! been trying for almost 4 hours till I got into you post !
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ReplyDeleteGreat, I'm jailbroken but my data is not on the iPhone. When I put it back on the iPhone, Cydia is gone. I backed up, did the reset, configuere it till activation and klicked on "Jailbreak". Then I had to select if I wanted location services, etc., then I got the Absinthe Icon. But how do I get my data on the iPhone? I tried two times now. Pls. help.
ReplyDeleteAdrian - Normally it will automatically ask from which backup you want to restore.
ReplyDeleteBut you can try this... First, backup your iPhone (right click on your iPhone under devices and click Back Up). To restore from a backup, right click on your iPhone under Devices in iTunes and click Restore from Backup. You can then choose which iPhone backup you want to restore from. Hope this helps.
Hey, i closed the absinthe cause it was taking too long, but now gives an error
ReplyDelete"Recovery completed. If you want to retry jailbreaking, unplug your device and plug it back in."
I have done and did not, what do i do??
Sorry for my english, i'm brazilian..
Thank u
Did you Go to Settings and "Erase All Content and Settings" (Please ensure you make a backup first!) ?
ReplyDeleteCan you try again?
Got an iPhone 4S with iOS 5.0 but locked to an overseas carrier. I tried jailbreaking using absinthe on windows xp sp3, shows "Beginning jailbreak, this may take a while..." and the stays there for more than 1 hour.
ReplyDeleteI am not able go to the setup options as you mentioned in your post.
Is there any way to activate my iphone 4s or unlock to accept local carrier sim card or is there a way to skip "Please insert a sim card" to go to setup options.
Please help.
Don't try to upgrade the formware because it will just upgrade the baseband and will make it worse to find an Unlock solution. You can regularly check Dev Team website for Unlock solution (if any) - http://blog.iphone-dev.org/
DeleteIs your phone already unlocked at 5.0? If yes, I don't quite understand why you need to Jailbreak because I am not sure whether there is already a Unlock solution for 5.0
ReplyDeleteNo my phone is not unlocked at 5.0. I am not even able to update to new iOS 5.0.1.
DeleteI am not able activate the phone using the local sim card becuase it is locked to overseas carrier (sunrise - switzerland). Phone is brand new, got it as gift. Is there any way to unlock the phone (able to use local sim) and activate it.
Are you in Swiss now?
DeleteGod Im so angry, ive tried everything, and it just wont work, it will hang at beginning jailnbreak, ive tried everything, vpn, remove sim, erase content settings. But what also bugs me is when i try to restore it in itunes it says error 3194 when i click restore, and error accessing server when in dfu mode, just to clarify i have not altered the hosts file, i tried that, and it gave me even more errors, If anyone can help, i will be SOOOOO greatful
ReplyDeleteThanks
-Jaysen
Hi Jaysen - Did you try this steps
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Please i erased content and setting and now it stuck at senare stage and then absinthe stopped working
ReplyDeletePlease help
Samer
Can you try again?
DeleteThank u!!!! your help was great!! Congratulations
ReplyDeleteBut how i use cydia???
Click Absinthe and it will automatically install Cydia.
Deletemy 4s is locked and not activated yet, stucking on "Beginning jailbreak, this may thake a while..." and nothing happens.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately there is no solution for 4S unlock yet. Need to wait for Dev Team update.
DeleteDon't try to update the firmware to a higher baseband. It will make it worse to get an Unlock solution.
This was the only solution for my ipad 2 but what is not said above is that:
ReplyDelete1. After Erasing settings and content you must go through the automatic set up process and have a functioning ipad BEFORE running Absinthe (as administrator)
2. After the reboot you tap the Absinthe icon and let it do its thing.
3. From iTunes run the restore from backup option that automatically appears (not the new ipad option)
4. Don't panic when all your Apps are gone just start iTunes on your computer (if not running) and let it sync your apps.
Thanks for the tip.
DeleteIf i have problems with the jailbroken iphone 4s how can i eliminate it and return to the previous status(before jailbreak)?cuz in this guide it says that if you restore the iphone the jailbreak will remain
ReplyDeleteWhat can i do if i want to remove the jailbreak?cuz in the guide it says that if i restore the iphone from a backup the jailbreak will remain
ReplyDeleteYou need to restore from (fresh) 5.0.1 ipsw (if you downloaded earlier) and it will make your iphone as new.
DeleteThanks for the above tips.
ReplyDeleteSplendid solution to my 4S & Ipad 2 predicament.
I am happy you have solved the problem.
DeleteWOW ,its really work
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Awesome!
DeleteAwesome. Congrats! You are now Jailbroken!
ReplyDeleteI was getting the same problem on iPad 2 with stuck at "Beginning jailbreak...." and re-started twice after no progress after 30 mins. Rebooted the iPad and tried it again right away and it now works. No need to delete all the data.
ReplyDeleteMost probably it continued from the previous backups...?
DeleteThanks m8, worked perfectly
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Deletemasterrrrrr...your the only one who helps me fix this problem...thanks a lot man.
ReplyDeleteGlad to help you!
Deletehey im sorry im late but im doing all the steps you told me and i still get the same result.
ReplyDeleteDid you get any error?
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I have an iPhone 4S that is from over seas and I still cannot jailbreak through Absinthe because it is still stuck at the "beginning jailbreak" loading screen. I can't activate the phone when I plug it into iTunes because I only have an AT&T sim card. In order for me to access the "erase all content and setting," I bypassed the activation screen and followed your above instructions. Even still, Absinthe is still loading and will not jailbreak.....any suggestions?
ReplyDeleteThank you, this is the only place i could find a fix.
ReplyDeleteGreat!
Deleteyeah works for me i used to get that restore complete prob on my iphone 4s thank you
ReplyDeleteG8 But i don't want to lose all my apps and progress in campaign .... Is there another way.
ReplyDeleteGreat tip. Information here helped me out. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteSWEEEEEEET!!!!Worked perfectly!!thank you!!!
ReplyDeletei jb my ipad3 and my apps are stuck then i reset erase all now its stuck in reloading with black screen and just have the loading now.. what to do?
ReplyDeletecan anyone help me... i jailbreak my ipad3 but all my apps are stuck or wont open so i tried to reset it but not its stuck in loading or rebooting with black screen.. what can i do to fix this pleasee... tnx
ReplyDeleteTry TinyUmbrella ...
DeleteStill get the same result after erasing data, no error codes tho. Help!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much. I had been trying to make this work for 2 days. It took 1/2 hour after reading this.
ReplyDeleteMAKE SURE YOU'VE BACKED UP YOUR CONTENT. You do not have to Erase All Content and Settings if you don't want to, but the jailbreak could take up to 20-30 minutes (or seems to be almost forever!) to complete if you don't, depending on what's on your device
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its quite simple, i had this issue many times while jailbreaking my iPhone 4S when this app was released. I simply just restored my iPhone downloading the firmware and tried jailbreaking and woot it was cracked ;) its quite easy to jailbreak now!
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