Friday 22 October 2010

How to Jailbreak Your iPad Using PwnageTool (Mac) [3.2.2]


These are instructions on how to jailbreak your iPad on iOS 3.2.2 using PwnageTool for Mac.

Step One
Make a folder called "Pwnage" on the desktop. In it, you will need a couple of things. PwnageTool 4.1, found
here

You will also need the 3.2.2 iPad firmware.
3.2.2:
iPad1,1_3.2.2_7B500_Restore.ipsw

When downloading the IPSW file, it is best to download it with Firefox since Safari often auto extracts it!


Step Two
Double click to mount PwnageTool then drag the PwnageTool icon into the Pwnage folder.


Then from the Pwnage folder double click to launch the
PwnageTool application.


Click Ok if presented with a warning.


Step Three
Click to select
Expert Mode from the top menu bar


Step Four
Click to select your iPad. A check-mark will appear over the image of the phone. Click the blue arrow button to continue.


Step Five
You will be brought to the "Browse for IPSW" page. Click the
Browse for IPSW... button.


From the popup window select your firmware from the Pwnage folder then click the
Open button.


Step Six
You will then be brought to a menu with several choices. Click to select
General then click the blue arrow button.


The
General settings allows you to decide the partition size.


The
Cydia settings menu allows you to create custom packages so you do not have to manually install the necessary them later.


Click to select the
Download packages tab. Then click the Refresh button to display all the available packages. Double clicking the package you want will download it and make it available in the Select Packages tab.


Checkmark the ones you want then Click the blue arrow button.


The
Custom Packages Settings menu displays listed package settings for your custom IPSW. For know leave these settings as is. Click the blue arrow button to continue.


Click the blue arrow button to continue.

Step Seven
You are now ready to begin the pwnage process! Click the
Build button to select it then click the Blue arrow button to begin.


Step Eight
You will be asked to save your custom .ipsw file. Save it to your Pwnage folder you created on your Desktop.


Your IPSW is now being built. Please allow up to 10 minutes.


You will be asked to enter your administrator password. Do this then click the
OK button.


Step Nine
Once your ipsw has been built you will be asked to connect your iPad to the computer. Once it detects your device PwnageTool will guide your through the steps to putting your iPad into DFU mode.



Press and hold the power and home buttons for 10 seconds.


Then release the power button and continue holding the home button for 10 seconds.


Once your iPad is successfully in DFU mode, PwnageTool will prompt you to launch iTunes.


Step Ten
Once In iTunes, hold the
Alt/Option key and click Restore.


Step Eleven
Navigate to the
Pwnage folder on your desktop using the dialog window that appears. Select the custom IPSW that was created and click the Choose button.


Step Twelve
iTunes will now restore the firmware on your iPad. This can also take up to 10 minutes. Once done you will be rebooted into jailbroken iPad iOS 3.2.2!

***THANKS: Thank you to Geohot and the Dev-Teams for their hard work in making this jailbreak and tutorial possible!

Sunday 17 October 2010

How to Jailbreak Your iPad Using Greenpois0n (Mac)


These are instructions on how to jailbreak your iPad using Greenpois0n for Mac.

Step One
Open your web browser of choice and navigate to
http://www.greenpois0n.com. Click the Mac link at the bottom of the screen.


Step Two
When prompted save the download to your desktop


Step Three
Double click the downloaded
gp_mac_rc3.zip file to extract the archive then double click greenpois0n from the desktop to launch the application


Step Four
Connect your iPad to the computer, power it off, then click the large
Jailbreak button


Step Five
You will now be instructed on how to place your iPad into DFU mode.


You will be asked to press and hold the sleep button for 3 seconds.


Continue holding sleep; press and hold home for 10 seconds.


Release sleep button; continue holding home for 15 seconds.


Step Six
Once your iPad is successfully in DFU mode the jailbreak will begin.


Step Seven
Click the
Complete button once the software application has completed.


You'll notice some verbose mode text scrolling on your device.

Step Eight
After the iPad restarts you'll have a new
Loader application on your Springboard. Press to launch it.


Step Nine
Press to select Cydia then press the large
Install Cydia button that appears.


Step Ten
Once Cydia has installed successfully you will be asked if you want to remove Loader from your device. Press the
Remove button then press the Home button. Your device will now automatically reboot.


Step Eleven
When your iPad has restarted you can run Cydia. Let it do all the necessary updates.


***A big thanks goes to the Chronic Dev Team who made this jailbreak possible.

Thursday 14 October 2010

How to Jailbreak Your iPad Using Limera1n (Mac)


These are instructions on how to jailbreak your iPad using Limera1n for Mac. You can find the Windows version of this tutorial here

Step One
Open your web browser of choice and navigate to
http://www.limera1n.com. Click the Mac logo at the bottom of the screen.


Step Two
When prompted save the download to your desktop


Step Three
Double click the
limera1n.zip file from the desktop to extract the archive, then double click to launch.


Step Four
Connect your iPad to the computer and click the large
make it ra1n button


Step Five
You iPad will now be placed in recovery mode.


Press both the power and the home buttons.


When Limera1n asks you to, release the power button.


Your phone will now be in DFU mode


As limera1n performs its exploit you will see the image of a lime raindrop on your iPad.




Limera1n will let you know when it is complete.




Step Six
After you power back on your iPad you will see a new icon on the SpringBoard entitled
limera1n. Press it to continue.


Step Seven
Once Limera1n opens select
Cydia then press the Install button at the top right of the screen.


Step Eight
Once the
Cydia installation has completed you must reboot your iPad.


Step Nine
When your iPad has restarted you can run Cydia. Let it do all the necessary updates.


NOTE*: To remove the
limera1n icon from your desktop you can relaunch the app and tap the Uninstall Limera1n button or install CyDelete from Cydia then use it to delete the application.

***A big thanks goes to Geohot who made this jailbreak possible.