A few days ago the Chronic Dev Team launched Absinthe 2.0, pod2g’s brand new untethered jailbreak solution for iOS 5.1.x devices, just like we expected they would. And it looks like the new jailbreak tool is very popular with the crowds as almost 1 million new jailbreaks have been performed using Absinthe 2.0 since launch, with one fifth of them being jailbroken iPad 3 units.
The Chronic Dev Team announced via Twitter the “official” jailbreak numbers:
Some stats since release of #Absinthe – 211,401 jailbroken iPad3’s and 973,086 devices newly jailbroken! #JBFTW! ;D
Naturally, we expect that number to go up in the following weeks, as there are plenty of iOS users that can’t wait to customize their iOS experience by jailbreaking their devices. That doesn’t mean we’re encouraging you to jailbreak your iPhone, iPod touch or iPad, even if that’s a legal option right now. It’s up to you to decide whether you want to do it or not, and you’re going to be the only person responsible for whatever happens with your device during the jailbreak process – although you should be safe as long as you follow the available step-by-step jailbreak instructions out there.
As for Absinthe 2.0, the new program can offer an untethered jailbreak – that means rebooting the jailbroken iOS device can be done at any time without connecting it to the computer – to iOS devices that run iOS 5.1 or the newly released iOS 5.1.1 version. That list of iOS devices includes the iPhone 3GS, iPod touch 3G, iPad, iPhone 4, iPod touch 4G, iPad 2, iPhone 4S, new iPad and all Apple TVs but the third-generation version.
Apple will probably break this untethered jailbreak in its future iOS update, which means that 2009 and 2010 devices, up to the iPad 2, will get a tethered jailbreak as these devices are jailbreakable for life. The iPad 2, iPhone 4S and new iPad will lose the jailbreak completely in such a scenario, until pod2g and friends find other exploits to take advantage of. That means that you should save your SHSH blobs, in case you do jailbreak your iOS devices, and stay on iOS 5.1 and/or iOS 5.1.1 even after Apple releases an iOS update.
Have you used Absinthe 2.0 yet?
As for Absinthe 2.0, the new program can offer an untethered jailbreak – that means rebooting the jailbroken iOS device can be done at any time without connecting it to the computer – to iOS devices that run iOS 5.1 or the newly released iOS 5.1.1 version. That list of iOS devices includes the iPhone 3GS, iPod touch 3G, iPad, iPhone 4, iPod touch 4G, iPad 2, iPhone 4S, new iPad and all Apple TVs but the third-generation version.
Apple will probably break this untethered jailbreak in its future iOS update, which means that 2009 and 2010 devices, up to the iPad 2, will get a tethered jailbreak as these devices are jailbreakable for life. The iPad 2, iPhone 4S and new iPad will lose the jailbreak completely in such a scenario, until pod2g and friends find other exploits to take advantage of. That means that you should save your SHSH blobs, in case you do jailbreak your iOS devices, and stay on iOS 5.1 and/or iOS 5.1.1 even after Apple releases an iOS update.
Have you used Absinthe 2.0 yet?
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