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Apple iOS 'Absinthe' jailbreak: 1 million downloads and counting

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  • Posted May 29, 2012, 8:30 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Apple, Software
  • An untethered jailbreak for iOS 5.1.1 called Absinthe 2.0 released late last week has already been downloaded over 1 million times. Chronic-Dev, the team behind the jailbreak, claims that more than 200,000 third generation iPads were among those jailbroken.

iOS 5.1.1 untethered jailbreak tool released, supports 4S, iPad 3

iOS 5.1.1 untethered jailbreak tool released, supports 4S, iPad 3
  • Posted May 25, 2012, 1:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Apple, Mobile Computing
  • News of an untethered jailbreak for Apple's iPhone OS 5.1.1 has been circulating for at least several days, but this morning iOS hackers managed to release the fruits of their labor: Greenpois0n's Absinthe 2.0.x. If you're curious, the press release…

Untethered jailbreak for iPhone 4S, iPad 2 now available for Windows

Untethered jailbreak for iPhone 4S, iPad 2 now available for Windows
  • Posted January 23, 2012, 12:30 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Mobile Computing, Apple
  • Following its release on Mac OS X late last week, the Absinthe untethered jailbreak tool for owners of A5-powered devices is now available on Windows as well. Users with an iPhone 4S running iOS 5.0 or iOS 5.0.1 or an…

Weekend Open Forum: Do you jailbreak/root your smartphone?

Weekend Open Forum: Do you jailbreak/root your smartphone?
  • Posted January 20, 2012, 7:30 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in WOF, Mobile Computing
  • Today a hacker team known as "greenpois0n" released the first working untethered Jailbreak for Apple devices powered by the A5 processor, namely the iPhone 4S and iPad 2. While the practice is officially discouraged by Apple and may cause some…

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