Need help jailbreaking ipad

[smokey982]

I Jail broke my iPhone several months ago and didn't have any issues. But my iPad 2 is another story. I've gone to several sites on the web and they all lead me to Absinthe. I click on the Absinthe download for Mac and it seems to download properly. But when I click on the Absinthe app to open and actually apply the jailbreak to the iPad, nothing happens. It ask me if I want to open or cancel. I click open and it puts the Absinthe icon on the bottom of my screen (task bar?), but it just disappears after a couple seconds. Does anyone know why this is happening? Is there another source besides Absinthe for jail-breaking?

 

[DodgerKing]

Did you follow the steps on this site?

http://www.iclarified.com/entry/index.php?enid=22190

 

[DodgerKing]

You can also use RedSn0w, but you will have to downgrade your firmware from iOS 5.1.1 to 5.1 or 5.0.1. You will have to save your SHSH blobs using TinyUmbrella as Apple is no longer signing off on anything lower than 5.1.1
http://www.iclarified.com/entry/index.php?enid=21924

 

[smokey982]

Did you follow the steps on this site?

http://www.iclarified.com/entry/index.php?enid=22190

I followed these steps. I can get to step 2, which brings up the box with the green app. But when I click it to open nothing happens. I can't get past that step.

 

[smokey982]

Here's the message I get when I try to open the app.

 

[DodgerKing]

I don't know what the issue is. I have an iPad1, use Windows, and RedSn0w. I haven't read of this happening to anyone else.

Are you using the most current version of Absinthe?

Perhaps backup and restore your iPad, reinstall Absinthe?

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[DodgerKing]

Here's the message I get when I try to open the app.

I would check the do not warn me again and then select open. Did you try that and nothing happened?



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[smokey982]

I would check the do not warn me again and then select open. Did you try that and nothing happened?

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Yes, I tried that and still nothing.

 

[DodgerKing]

Yes, I tried that and still nothing.

Also, make sure you do not plug your iPad into the computer until directed. That is often an over site by some (I've done it before myself since each JB is slightly different).

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[smokey982]

The more digging I do on the web I keep running across things wanting me to pick which Ipad 2 I have. It offers WiFi model, GSM model, and CDMA model. I obviously know what WiFi model is, but what do GSM and CDMA stand for? I have a 32gig verizon model with WiFi and 3G.

 

[jrp]

The more digging I do on the web I keep running across things wanting me to pick which Ipad 2 I have. It offers WiFi model, GSM model, and CDMA model. I obviously know what WiFi model is, but what do GSM and CDMA stand for? I have a 32gig verizon model with WiFi and 3G.

Is your 3G with AT&T or Verizon. AT&T is GSM and Verizion is CDMA.

 

[stimpson]

The more digging I do on the web I keep running across things wanting me to pick which Ipad 2 I have. It offers WiFi model, GSM model, and CDMA model. I obviously know what WiFi model is, but what do GSM and CDMA stand for? I have a 32gig verizon model with WiFi and 3G.

GSM/CDMA are the AT&T/Verizon 3G models. You have Verizon/CDMA.

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[stimpson]

Here is a link to Jailbreak 5.1.1 untethered with RedSnow.

http://gdeluxe.com/jailbreak-5-1-1-ipad-2-redsn0w-0-9-12-windows-mac/

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[smokey982]

Well I got it done. But I had to go to my mothers house and use her PC. Either way, it's done. Thanks for all your help.

 

[Foxbat]

I would check the do not warn me again and then select open. Did you try that and nothing happened?

I hate to say it, but by checking that you made it more likely that malware can be run on your Mac without your knowledge.

Or, maybe not. There doesn't seem to be a System Preference for Enabling/Disabling this warning, so it may pop-up ever time you download something from the Internet. I never check boxes like that because I want to know everything that's happening on my machines.