How to Jailbreak Your iPad Using Greenpois0n (Windows)

These are instructions on how to jailbreak your iPad using Greenpois0n for Windows. Greenpois0n has been updated to support iOS 4.2.1.

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


Step Two
When prompted save the download to your desktop


Step Three
Double click the downloaded gp_win_rc5_b2.zip file then drag the greenpois0n.exe file to the desktop. Double click greenpois0n.exe from the desktop to launch the application




Step Four
Power off your iPad then click the large Prepare to Jailbreak (DFU) 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 2 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 you may click the Jailbreak button.


Step Seven
Greenpois0n will now jailbreak your device.


Step Eight
Click the Quit button once the software application has completed.


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

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


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


Step Eleven
Once Cydia has installed successfully you can remove Loader from your device. Press the Options button then press the Remove Loader.app button.


Step Twelve
Reboot your iPad then run Cydia. Let it do all the necessary updates.


***A big thanks goes everyone who made this jailbreak possible.

How to Jailbreak Your iPad Using Greenpois0n (Mac) [4.2.1]

These are instructions on how to jailbreak your iPad using Greenpois0n for Mac. Greenpois0n supports iOS 4.1 and iOS 4.2.1.

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 greenpois0n-osx_rc5.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, quit iTunes, 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 can remove Loader from your device. Press the Options button then press the Remove Loader.app button.


Step Eleven
Reboot your iPad then run Cydia. Let it do all the necessary updates.


***A big thanks goes everyone who made this jailbreak possible.