The untethered green pois0n jailbreak is finally here!
The much-awaited jailbreak for the iPhone4 and iPad has made its debut to gladden the hearts of hardened metrophiles. But as much as we would like to give the glad news that the green pois0n jailbreak developed by the Chronic Dev Team will work for the iPad2, it just isn’t so. So far, the tech gurus behind the green pois0n jailbreak have succeeded only in jailbreaking the 4.2.1 update for the iPhone 4 and iPad, not iPad2.
The good news is, the green pois0n jailbreak for the 4.2.1 does support an “untethered” jailbreak, as opposed to the iPhoneDev Team initial offering “Redsn0w” which only provided a tethered jailbreak. Gobbledygook, did you say?
What’s so great about the “untethered” green pois0n jailbreak?
Well, it’s not really a complicated concept, as much as it sounds like it. The way it was explained is that a “tethered” jailbreak means you should never let your iPhone run out of batteries, because it will shut down. If you turn it on, it will reboot, and your jailbreak will be gone. You will then have to reinstall the green pois0n jailbreak all over again. In effect, you are “tethered” or chained to the computer where you have your jailbreak software.
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Bothersome, but not the end of the world.
But the Chronic Dev Team put paid to that problem by releasing the green pois0n jailbreak for both Windows and Mac, which allows you to “untether” your iPhone, iPad and even the Apple TV 2G. So even if your notorious battery hog of a gadget shuts down on you, you will not have to reinstall the green pois0n jailbreak when you reboot. Hooray! You can download the green pois0n jailbreak RC6.1 for Mac and Windows here. For other jailbreak software that you may prefer, visit BestJailbreakSoftware.
Restrictions when using the green pois0n jailbreak
Note, as always, that using even the untethered green pois0n jailbreak will not unlock a locked phone. If you want to use another carrier network other the one you’re tied to, you’ll need to get unlocking software. In general, you do need to use the green pois0n jailbreak first before you can unlock your iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 or iPad, but you don’t always need to unlock your phone after you jailbreak. But take note of this please! If you want to unlock your iPhone4, do not upgrade to 4.2.1 iOS yet, as this will upgrade the baseband, for which there is no unlock in sight. Sorry, folks, those are the breaks! If you don’t care about unlocking your iPhone but only jailbreaking it, however, then the green pois0n jailbreak will work fine for you, hopefully.
Kaye Navarro is a freelance writer with a healthy dose of curiosity. She prides herself on thorough research, which makes her articles accurate and useful. Kaye contributes to many websites, including BestJailbreakSoftware.
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