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Ipad 2 jailbreak
Mark glasgow
06-02-2012
Hi there ive just bought an ipad 2 and was wondering if it was easy to jailbreak and if there was any benefits to this like what does it do to your ipad.

Any advice

Mark
Matt D
06-02-2012
It lets you install apps which have not been approved by Apple.

You can customise it more, add themes, better wallpaper, better notifications, task manager, a variety of things.

Jailbreaking is easy. For the iPad 2 or iPhone 4S you need to use Absinthe: http://greenpois0n.com/?p=173

Just make sure that you have backed it up beforehand. You also need to remove any passcode from it.

http://www.iclarified.com/entry/index.php?enid=19470

I did it to my iPhone 4S a week ago. The main thing I did it for was IntelliScreen X, an improved notification system which also works on the lockscreen. I also have SBSettings (toggles and a task manager), BrowserChanger (change the default browser), and some other stuff.

Personally, I'm not bothered with Jailbreaking my iPad 2 though, as I don't use notifications on it, and the other things aren't big enough to make me want to do it.


Beware though: if you have a problem with the iPad, Apple is unlikely to repair it if it is still Jailbroken or if they can see it was Jailbroken (the warranty would be void).

You can remove a Jailbreak by restoring the iPad's software using iTunes (so long as it is still working, of course).
Mark glasgow
06-02-2012
Tried this but the jailbreak program doesnt recognise my ipad.

Any ideas?
psionic
06-02-2012
I've jailbroken my iPhone 4S, using Absinthe no problem (For the same reasons as Matt stated above to run Intelliscreen X and SBsettings). Not tried it with an iPad 2, as I only have an iPad 1, which I haven't bothered jailbreaking since iOS 5 came out.
Simon1984
07-02-2012
Originally Posted by Mark glasgow:
“Tried this but the jailbreak program doesnt recognise my ipad.

Any ideas?”

Make sure you update to the latest version of iTunes. That's the only problem I had when I jailbroke my iPad2.
lettice
07-02-2012
Originally Posted by Mark glasgow:
“Tried this but the jailbreak program doesnt recognise my ipad.

Any ideas?”

Absinthe jb works fine on an ipad2
You need to be on firmware 5.0.1

There are some great themes that you can use, and like people have said some great apps paid and not paid that can add some great tweaks.

Good video and info to follow here;
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