TuT How to Jailbreak iOS 5.x.x - 7.x.x (Update coming soon)

castix · April 30, 2015

I found this old tutorial I made on my laptop. Enjoy it, I will update soon to the latest iOS 8 jailbreak guides

Here is a guide for jailbreaking your iDevice on every version from iOS 5.x.x to iOS 7.x.x
In this thread you will have all jailbreaks available for your iDevice and never have to look up several tweaks to get the latest jailbreak. Also if you prefer staying on an older firmware because your iDevice does not support the latest iOS version you can manage it to be jailbroken within 10 minutes on the maximum amount of time.

I hope you will find the jailbreak to your matter of concern as fast as possible. This thread will always be up to date so you don't miss any jailbreak or newer version of your jailbreak tool anymore. All downloads of the jailbreak tools are linked down in this thread.

If you have questions regarding the jailbreak guide for your iDevice comment down below (no spam).

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Table of content

• Backup your iDevice *important*

• DFU mode

• iOS 7.1 - 7.1.x jailbreak with Pangu

• iOS 7 - 7.0.6 jailbreak with evasi0n7

• iOS 6.1.3 - 6.1.6 jailbreak with p0sixspwn

• iOS 6 - 6.1.2 jailbreak with evasi0n

• iOS 5.1.1 jailbreak with Absinthe 2.0

• Downloads and links

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How to correctly backup before jailbreaking

Requirements :
iTunes

Jailbreaking can cause many issues and errors occuring on your device. Some are tiny but when you mistakely downloaded malware or wrong files you can mess up your iDevice and destroy the software without a limit. It also slows down your iDevice's speed.
To prevent this, Jailbreak Teams always warn users to backup their iDevice progress and data with iTunes to their computer. Some people do it some not.

I highly reccommend doing so on all devices to prevent the loss of data if you have to restore or want to get rid of the jailbreak.

Here is a short guide how to correctly backup in case you want to jailbreak your iDevice

First step
Open up iTunes and connect your iDevice. The first time you connect it you'll have to set it up as new iPhone. Click on your device - I used my iPhone here

Second step
Make sure "Backup to computer" is ticked

Third step
Click "Backup now"

Now you have to wait for iTunes to succesfully backup all your apps, music and photos. For some users it's a quite long time wo wait but at the end 100% the worth and you can restore from your backups if you're iDevice is screwed.

How to correctly get into DFU mode

Maybe you know the DFU mode from recovering your iDevice with iTunes and know how it works. Now almost all jailbreaks of iOS 6 and below require to put your device in DFU mode at least once so you should know how it works

Note
If your iDevice is powered off it's more efficient

Let's get started
1. Hold down the "power-button" and "home-button" for about 15 seconds
2. Release the "power-button" and keep holding the "home-button"
3. When your device's screen stays black you are succesfully in DFU mode

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iOS 7.1 - 7.1.x Jailbreak - Pangu

Supported iDevices

• iPod Touch 5g

• iPad 2

• iPad 3

• iPad 4

• iPad AIR

• iPad Mini

• iPad Mini 2

• iPhone 4

• iPhone 4s

• iPhone 5

• iPhone 5c

• iPhone 5s

Requirements
iTunes and the jailbreak tool Pangu

What is Pangu ?
Pangu is the official jailbreak tool from the chinese hacker group Pangu (@PanguTeam).Pangu's jailbreak tool follows an updated version of the popular Evasi0n jailbreak that was released last year for iOS 7.0 to iOS 7.0.4. They used some exploits and ways ion1c discovered however the Pangu team was absolutely unknown in the jailbreak community until their release of Pangu's tool. At the release was only available for Windows systems and contained an option to install "25PP", which is a third party app store for Chinese users. Pangu's newest release now disables installation of 25PP for English users by default and supports Mac aswell. Additionally, it appears the team is working on English versions of the tools as well.
Statement from Pangu team after releasing the jailbreak :
"Although the first version has been released, but has some issues, we continue to improve the jailbreak tools, including the English version and the English version of the Mac, even if there is a need to provide Linux versions. Due to yesterday’s hastily released, resulting in compression packaged Cydia forget these resources, thus causing the volume to 80M, the next release update will not have this problem."

Pangu is approved by the evasi0n team and other hackers."

Where can I download it ?
Pangu Tool can be just downloaded on the official page. (downloads and links at the bottom of the thread)
If you are aware of that Pangu is completely chinese and had bad expereience in case you can also download Pangu from the evasi0n7 homepage.

Before jailbreaking with Pangu
Make sure you've made a backup with iTunes as shown in the guide above to avoid losing all your data if anything turns wrong after jailbreaking. It's always reccommended to backup in regular time distances. Also if you are securing your iDevice with a password remove it so there won't be any conflicts with the jailbreak.

Let's get startet
1. Connect your iDevice to your PC / Mac

2. Open Pangu (Windows: Open as administrator)

3. Set date to 2.June on your iDevice

4. Click on the jailbreak button on Pangu

5. Open the "Pangu App" on your iDevice

6. Wait for the jailbreak to be finished

7. Reboot your iDevice and you're succesfully jailbroken (you can now set your date back)

Changelog

1.2.0
- Fix boot loop bug for some iPhone4/4s
- Fix sandbox log issue
- afc2 is included now
- Add patch for task_for_pid.
- Add notification if jailbreak fail

1.1.0
- Add English support
- Optimize the file size
- Fix the boot loop bug
- Using new info leak bug instead of @i0n1c's
- Add online self verification

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iOS 7 - 7.0.x Jailbreak - evasi0n7

Supported iDevices

• iPod Touch 5

• iPad 2

• iPad 3

• iPad 4

• iPad AIR

• iPad Mini

• iPhone 4

• iPhone 4s

• iPhone 5g

• iPhone 5c

• iPhone 5s

Requirements
iTunes and the jailbreak tool evasi0n7

What is evasi0n7 ?
Evasi0n7 is the latest jailbreak from the famous hacker group evad3rs. As in their previous jailbreak they did an awesome job and invented the easiest jailbreak since ever. Within evasi0n7 they managed to use the exploits for creating the highly requested iOS 7 jailbreak. They released it randomly without any release date because they had to beat geohot because they wanted the "credit." It's more likely that if geohot released they wouldn't get their million dollars. They didn't even tell saurik that it was being released, nor did they include saurik's iOS 7 version of Cydia. The jailbreak installs an unofficial build of Cydia that works with iOS 7.
Evasi0n did not include an official version of Cydia and installed a third party app store called Taig for Chinese users. In response to Freeman's statement, the evad3rs development team announced the removal of the Taig app store from the jailbreak and apologized for the issues caused by its inclusion.
The evasi0n jailbreak specifically breaches modern security features such as address space layout randomization for kernel space and a version of launchd with a hard-coded list of exclusive services, which serve device stability as well as vendor lock-in on iOS - where Evasi0n reads fixed data vectors to locate the random address of the kernel space and utilizes the /etc/launchd.conf file which launchd processes regardless of the list of exclusive services.
All in all, evasion7 is the best freeware to Jailbreak any iPhone, iPad or iPod including iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPhone 5c, iPhone 5S, iPod touch, iPad 2, iPad 3, iPad mini which running iOS 7.0 to 7.0.6. Evasion7 is fully untethered jailbreak. Currently Evasion7 is available for Windows and MAC operating systems. Linux version will be available soon.

Where can I download it ?
Evasi0n7 is a free tool and just available to download at the official page of the evad3rs team. (downloads and links at the bottom of the thread)
Please do not download it from anywhere else except you are 100% sure it's a safe hosting website to avoid malware and fake offers.

Before jailbreaking with evasi0n7
Make sure you've made a backup with iTunes as shown in the guide above to avoid losing all your data if anything turns wrong after jailbreaking. It's always reccommended to backup in regular time distances. Also if you are securing your iDevice with a password remove it so there won't be any conflicts with the jailbreak.

Let's get started
1. Connect your iDevice to your PC / Mac

2. Open evasi0n7 (Windows: Open as administrator)

3. Click on the jailbreak button on evasi0n7

4. Open the "evasi0n App" on your iDevice

5. Wait for the jailbreak to be finished (it may reboots a few times)

6. Reboot your iDevice and you're succesfully jailbroken

Changelog

1.0.7
- fix problem where bundled repository package information could not be refreshed/updated by Cydia
- updated bundled Cydia package lists
1.0.6
- support for iOS 7.0.6
1.0.5
- support for iOS 7.0.5
1.0.4
- security fix: kernel payload now restores sysent table
- security fix: code fix for bootstrap Cydia tar files verification
1.0.3
- updated bundled Cydia, now double checking hfs modifications (for the iPad Mini Retina Cellular reboot loop issue)
- support for iOS 7.1beta3
1.0.2
- fix for the iPad 2 wifi reboot loop
1.0.1
- TaiG is not bundled and not installed anymore with evasi0n7 in chinese language operating systems

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iOS 6.1.3 - 6.1.x Jailbreak - p0sixspwn

Supported iDevices

• iPod Touch 4

• iPhone 3Gs

• iPhone 4

Requirements
The iOS 6.0 Firmware of your iDevice, iTunes and the jailbreak tools redsn0w and p0sixspwn tool/package

What is p0sixspwn ?
There are two ways to jailbreak your idevice with p0sixspwn

If you’re currently using an iPhone 3GS or a 4th generation iPod touch running iOS 6.1.x, it’s highly recommended that you update to iOS 6.1.6, and benefit from Apple’s SSL fix. The good news is that you can then use p0sixspwn to enjoy the same untethered jailbreak that was available for iOS 6.1.3 through iOS 6.1.5.P0sixpwn is actually also a tweak downloadable in the cydia store from iH8sn0w, Squiffy and winocm. As you could only semi-jailbreak your iDevice meaning tethered with redsn0w, p0sixspwn actually allows you to complete the jailbreak within downloading the p0sixpwn tweak from cydia. Your device is now completely jailbroken and doesn't has to be rebooted with redsn0w again.
The second method is with the p0sixspwn tool which basically works like evasi0n. Originally released exclusively for the Mac, p0sixspwn makes jailbreaking possible for those who wish to remain on older firmware, or for those who can’t upgrade for whatever reason. P0sixspwn is now also available for Windows.

Where can I download it ?
As I mentioned before p0sixspwn is available through the cydia store on saurik's repository.
If you want to jailbreak with p0sixpwn the easy method you can download it on the official website of iH8sn0w and winocm. Please do not download it from anywhere else except you are 100% sure it's a safe hosting website to avoid malware and fake offers.

Before jailbreaking with p0sixpwn
Make sure you've made a backup with iTunes as shown in the guide above to avoid losing all your data if anything turns wrong after jailbreaking. It's always reccommended to backup in regular time distances. Also if you are securing your iDevice with a password remove it so there won't be any conflicts with the jailbreak.

Let's get started
Manual jailbreak installation :

1. Connect your iDevice to your PC / Mac

2. Open redsn0w (Windows: Open as administrator)

3. Click on "select IPSW"

4. Choose the iOS 6.0 firmware for your iDevice you downloaded before

5. Go back to the start page

6. Click "Jailbreak"

7. Put your iDevice in DFU mode

8. Do steps 1 - 4 again and klick on "Just boot"

9. Install the p0sixspwn package from cydia store

Automatic installation via p0sixspwn tool :

1. Connect your idevice to your PC / Mac

2. Open p0sixspwn (Windows: Open as administrator)

3. Click the jailbreak button on p0sixspwn

4. Wait for the jailbreak to be finished

5. Reboot your iDevice and you're succesfully jailbroken

Changelog

1.0.1
- Resolves issues with iPod touch 5G not being detected
1.0.2
- Resolves issues with LTE/data
1.0.3
- Initial release for Windows
1.0.4
- Added README and time adjustments for slow PC's
1.0.5
- Fixes some issues
- Support for Mac OS X Snow Leopard
1.0.7
- Fixes Cydia sometimes not showing up
1.0.8
- Supports iOS 6.1.6
- Fixes iTunes 11.1+ crashes

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iOS 6 - 6.1.2 Jailbreak - evasi0n

Supported iDevices

• iPod Touch 4g

• iPod Touch 5g

• iPad 2

• iPad 3

• iPad 4

• iPhone 3Gs

• iPhone 4

• iPhone 4s

• iPhone 5

Requirements
iTunes and the jailbreak tool evasi0n

What is evasi0n ?
Evasi0n is an untethered jailbreak, and it works on every iOS device capable of running iOS 6, with the exception of the Apple TVs. That means that you can now jailbreak the iPhone 5, the iPad mini, the iPad 4, the iPad 4, iPad 3, the iPhone 4S, and various other iOS devices with evasi0n. The user interface of evasi0n looks quite simple and intuitive like the Absinthe jailbreak and evad3rs dev team have indicated it should take about 5 minutes to jailbreak your iOS device.
Team Evad3rs was established earlier this year, combines some of the jailbreak community’s most talented developers: Nikias Bassen (Pimskeks), Planetbeing (David Wang), France-based Pod2g (Cyril) and Los Angeles-based MuscleNerd; all known for producing reliable jailbreaks in the past. This team was assembled in order to develop a reliable untethered jailbreak for iOS 6 for post-A5 devices, including the iPhone 5, the iPad mini and the latest-generation iPad. This has now been achieved with the just-released userland jailbreak tool, known as Evasi0n.
If you are already using a tethered jailbreak on iOS 6.1, then you can just wait for the Cydia package to come online that allows you to convert your tethered jailbreak into an untethered jailbreak. In most cases, however, you need to use the evasi0n jailbreak tool. Evasi0n is available for Windows, Mac and Linux.

Where can I download it ?
Evasi0n7 is a free tool and just available to download at the official page of the evad3rs team. (downloads and links at the bottom of the thread)
Please do not download it from anywhere else except you are 100% sure it's a safe hosting website to avoid malware and fake offers.

Before jailbreaking with evasi0n
Make sure you've made a backup with iTunes as shown in the guide above to avoid losing all your data if anything turns wrong after jailbreaking. It's always reccommended to backup in regular time distances. Also if you are securing your iDevice with a password remove it so there won't be any conflicts with the jailbreak.

Let's get started
1. Connect your iDevice to your PC / Mac

2. Open evasi0n7 (Windows: Open as administrator)

3. Click on the jailbreak button on evasi0n

4. Open the "evasi0n App" on your iDevice

5. Wait for the jailbreak to be finished (it may reboots a few times)

6. Reboot your iDevice and you're succesfully jailbroken

Changelog

1.5.3
- Fix bugs with the Windows version
1.5.2
- Added French translation
- Added Chinese translation
- Added German translation
- Updated bundled Cydia with localization fixes
- Updated included Cydia package list
1.5.1
- Updated included Cydia package list
1.5
- Improved boot-up time
- Updated included Cydia package list
1.4
- Support for 6.1.2
1.3
- Support for 6.1.1 on the iPhone 4s
1.2
- Disable OTA updates
- Correct timezone issue in evasi0n binary if client fails to correct it
1.1
- prevent Weather app from appearing on iPads
- mitigated the long reboot issue
- fix issue with not working after connecting multiple iOS devices
- fix blinking of the jailbreak instructions on OS X
- codesigned Mac app

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iOS 5.1.1 Jailbreak - Absinthe 2.0

Supported iDevices

• iPod 3g

• iPod 4g

• iPad 1

• iPad 2

• iPad 3

• iPhone 3Gs

• iPhone 4

• iPhone 4s

Requirements
iTunes and the jailbreak tool Absinthe

What is Absinthe 2.0 ?
Absinthe is the worlds first jailbreak tool to make jailbreaking really easy. Within 5 minutes you can actually jailbreak your iDevice on iOS 5.1.1. Absinthe is compatible with most recent iOS devices running iOS 5.1.1, including the new iPad (iPad 3), the iPhone 4S, the iPad 2, the iPhone 4, iPod touch 4th generation, iPhone 3GS, etc. A Mac, Windows, and Linux version are now available.
With work on the iOS 5.1.1 jailbreak being finished and satisfactorily tested, the team involved have included the files and exploits in a new version of the Chronic Dev Team’s Absinthe tool that was introduced to us as a jailbreak solution for iOS 5.0.1. One of the main benefits of the tool is the extreme simplicity of the interface, with user guidance being provided all the way through and only involving a few clicks to get the job done.
As confirmed by iPhone Dev Team leader MuscleNerd, the 5.1.1 jailbreak will also be available through the use of the tried and tested Redsn0w tool as well as an updated version of the command line interface cinject binary. We already know that a large number of users prefer the familiar interface that the Redsn0w tool offers, but for those who aren’t stuck on familiarity and want to go down the route of using Absinthe for its rather cool and edgy sounding name as well as the simple and intuitive interface, then it is officially available to download now!

Where can I download it ?
Absinthe 2.0 is a free tool and just available to download at the official page of the Greenpois0n team. (downloads and links at the bottom of the thread)
Please do not download it from anywhere else except you are 100% sure it's a safe hosting website to avoid malware and fake offers.

Before jailbreaking with Absinthe
Make sure you've made a backup with iTunes as shown in the guide above to avoid losing all your data if anything turns wrong after jailbreaking. It's always reccommended to backup in regular time distances. Also if you are securing your iDevice with a password remove it so there won't be any conflicts with the jailbreak.

Let's get started
1. Connect your iDevice to your PC / Mac

2. Open Absinthe 2.0 (Windows: Open as administrator)

3. Click on the jailbreak button on Absnithe 2.0

4. Wait for the jailbreak to be finished (it may reboots a few times)

5. Reboot your iDevice and you're succesfully jailbroken

Changelog

2.0.4
- Added iPad2,4 support.
- Added lockdown error -5 workaround

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Downloads

Pangu

evasi0n7

p0sixspwn

evasi0n

Absinthe 2.0

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I hope you enjoyed the guide and found the right jailbreak for you. Happy jailbreaking !