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What this thread contains:

• Jailbreaking software(Up to 5.0.1)
  
  
• How to jailbreak using each software.
  
  
• Best cydia sources
  
  
• Best cydia apps
  
  
• Community's favorite apps/themes.
  
  
• Jailbreaking Vocabulary
  
  
• Download Links
  

Did your jailbreak not work? Need help?
PM me and I will assist you as much as I can.

You can run any firmware down to 3.1.3!
(Remember to ALWAYS back up you iPod/iPhone/iPad before Jailbreaking)

Lets start off with RedSn0wYou must login or register to view this content.(3.1.3, 4.2.1, 5.0, 5.0.1)
This program is one of 2 programs that can jailbreak 5.0.1 (UNTETHERED). It is quite easy to use, as you just put it into DFU, click jailbreak, and follow the on screen instructions. Very easy to use, my personal favorite.

Now GreenPois0n You must login or register to view this content. (4.2.1)

This one is for 4.2.1 only I believe. This is a very simple program to use as well. Just click jailbreak and your iPod/iPhone will turn into a CMD loader. Just leave that alone. It is cool though. Very simple as well.


Now Sn0wbreeze You must login or register to view this content. (3.1.3, 3.2.x, 4.0.x, 4.1, 4.2.1-4.2.8, 4.3-4.3.3, 5.0.1)

This software is for making your own custom jailbreak. You can add pre-loaded sources, cydia, boot-logos, and you can hacktivate your iPhone. (Google hacktivate if you don't know what it means.) This is for experts of jailbreaking and or people who want a really customized IPSW.

Finally CLI Absinthe [ATTACH=CONFIG]15204[/ATTACH] (5.0.1)

This program is for jailbreaking iPhone 4S's and iPad 2's. This process is VERY complicated, but worth your time. No GUI on this one. You will have to use terminal or CMD.

Here is a list of all terms you will need to know about jailbreaking. Source: You must login or register to view this content.

Jail. The public areas of the iPhone or iPod to which, by default, Apple allows read/write access via USB. In Unix terms, this refers to the /private/var/root/Media folder.

Jailbreak. The iPhone and iPod touch hacks that allow users to gain access to the entire Unix filesystem. In Unix terms, thifers to changing the root of the directory tree to /.

Activation. The process that allows you to move beyond any of the various screens that instruct you to connect your device to iTunes before it can be used. On the iPhone, you caly make emergency calls until your iPhone is activated.

Bricking. To render an iPhone or iPod touch inoperable. The 1.1.1 firmware update turned many iPhones into iBricks. Users could not reactivate their iPhone to get past their "Please connect to iTunes" screens. Although the phones could still be used for emergency calls, s were locked out from all normal iPhone operations.

File system. The way your iPhone or iPod touch uses its memory to store data and applications. The iPhone and iPod touch use two "disks": a smaller private file system that contains the operating system and a larger public one that containsr media (songs, videos, etc), preferences, and data.


/etc/fstab. The file on your iPhone or iPod touch thaates whether your file system allows read-write access.

SIM lock. A limitation imposed by the manufacturer of a GSM phone to limit a phone to certain carriers. US iPhone is SIM locked and can only be used with AT&T.

Baseband. The part of an iPhone's memthat provides the firmware for the phone's radio modem chip.

GSM. Global System for Mobile Communications, a popular mobile phone standard used by the iPhone.

Unlock. Bypassing a phone's SIM lock to allow it to be used with any carrier with compatible equipment. In the US, the iPhone is compat with both AT&T and T-Mobile's GSM equipment.

Unlocking Software. Software that allows the iPhone to be unlocked. You must jailbreak a phin order to install and use unlocking software.

Third party apps. iPhone and iPod touch applions that were neither created by nor commissioned by Apple.

ssh. Secure shell. This is a shell that runs on your iPhone or iPod touch using por and allows you to connect wirelessly to a Unix shell.

Toolchain. In terms of the iPhone/iPod touch world, a compiler and linker developed by Patrick Walton of the University of Chicago and his compatriots. It allows developers to create applications that can run on the iPhone and iPod touch's ARM processor.

Here are the download links for all the software you will ever need:

redsn0w: You must login or register to view this content.

Greenpois0n: You must login or register to view this content.

Sn0wBreeze: You must login or register to view this content.

Absinthe: You must login or register to view this content.