Some jailbreakers are receiving errors when trying to run Absinthe 2.0 to jailbreak iOS 5.1.1. These include "Could not connect to lockdown" or "Error detecting device (lockdown error -5)" during the process. There is a simple fix for the issues.
Before proceeding, make sure you backup your iPhone using iTunes or iCloud to preserve your data.
Mac users running the latest beta of OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion) may have run into a problem when trying to jailbreak their iPhone with Absinthe 2.0. With Mountain Lion still in beta, the Absinthe software does not appear to run when the application is double-clicked. Luckily there's a simple workaround.
If you've already downloaded the Absinthe 2.0 software to your Mac, follow these steps:
1. You must right click on the Absinthe icon and choose Show Package Contents.
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Here is a great Cydia add-on for international travelers. International Locations for Siri allows Siri to perform local searches outside of the U.S.. While Siri can speak several languages, and is also available in other countries, location based services are currently only available in the U.S..
I obviously can't test the tweak without leaving the country, but the $0.99 investment may be worth the risk to some frequent travelers. The add-on is available for download via the BigBoss repo. If you do not already have AssistantExtensions it will be installed when you download the tweak.
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iPhone Dev Team member MuscleNerd has confirmed that an untethered jailbreak for iOS 5.1.1 will be released this week. Over the weekend, pod2g tweeted that "something big" was going to happen at the Hack In The Box security conference in Amsterdam being held May 21 through May 25. He later added that a public release was only a few days away. On Monday, MuscleNerd released an iOS 5.1.1 "info sheet" that revealed how the iPhone 3GS and iPod 3G made the jailbreak cut.
The upcoming jailbreak will be released via multiple tools just like the iOS 5.0.1 jailbreak was (e.g. cinject, RedSn0w, and Absinthe). All current iOS devices will be supported except for AppleTV 3. For a complete list of supported devices click here. MuscleNerd's "info sheet" is posted below.
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Pod2g is only a few days away from releasing the first untethered jailbreak for iOS 5.1.1. The iOS hacker tweeted: "Thanks to awesome work of @planetbeing and @pimskeks, we're near ready for a release. Now it's a matter of days." Pod2g previously announced that "something big" was going to happen at the Hack In The Box security conference in Amsterdam.
Pod2g recently added the iPhone 3GS and iPod 3G to the list of supported devices. The AppleTV 3 is currently the only device that will not be supported. The Chronic Dev Team will release the jailbreak tool when it's ready for the public.
