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Series of iOS jailbreaking tools

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greenpois0n Absinthe

greenpois0n is a name shared by a series of iOS jailbreaking tools developed by Chronic Dev Team (sometimes called the greenpois0n team[4]) that use exploits to remove software restrictions on iPhones, iPads, iPod Touches, and Apple TVs. Greenpois0n's initial release in October 2010 jailbroke iOS 4.1,[1] and its second version in February 2011 jailbroke iOS 4.2.1[6] as well as iOS 4.2.6 on CDMA iPhones.[7] The second generation of the tool, greenpois0n Absinthe, was developed with iPhone Dev Team members and jailbroke iOS 5.0.1 in January 2012 (providing the first jailbreak of the iPhone 4S),[4][8] and a second version jailbroke iOS 5.1.1 in May 2012 (providing the first jailbreak of the third generation iPad).[9]

Jailbreaking enables root access to the iOS operating system,[10] allowing the installation of applications and customizations that are unavailable through the official App Store for iOS.[11][12] Jailbreaking voids the device's warranty,[13] and Apple releases iOS updates to make jailbreaking more difficult.[14]

greenpois0n for iOS 3/4

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On October 12, 2010, Chronic Dev Team released Greenpois0n, a desktop-based tool for jailbreaking iOS 4.1 on iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPod Touch third and fourth generation, and iPhone OS 3.2.2 on the iPad 1.[1] During its development, Apple released the second generation Apple TV, and Greenpois0n's developers reported that it could jailbreak the Apple TV as well.[15][16] The developers announced plans to release it on October 10, but after news spread of another jailbreak developer, George Hotz, preparing to release a jailbreaking tool called limera1n that would perform a similar function with a different exploit,[17] the Greenpois0n developers delayed in order to integrate the limera1n exploit,[18] which supported more devices.[19] Using limera1n also meant that the original Greenpois0n exploit (SHAtter) could be saved for use in later jailbreaks.[20] Both SHAtter and limera1n are boot ROM exploits, which means they cannot be patched by iOS updates because bootROM code is embedded in iOS devices during manufacturing, and cannot be overwritten at any time.[1]

In February 2011, Chronic Dev Team released a new version of greenpois0n to jailbreak iOS 4.2.1[6] and to jailbreak iOS 4.2.6 on the iPhone 4 CDMA (Verizon),[7] with desktop-based tools for OS X, Microsoft Windows, and Linux.[21] It provides an "untethered" jailbreak, which means that the jailbroken device can be rebooted into a jailbroken state without computer assistance or user input.[21] It supports iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch,[22] and Apple TV.[23][24] Chronic Dev Team announced support for the newly released iPhone 4 CDMA before the devices were in stores.[25]

As of late 2011, Joshua Hill was described as a "head honcho" of Chronic-Dev Team,[26] and as a principal.[27] Other members, in addition to Hill,[28] in early 2012 included Cyril, and Nikias Bassen.[29]

Greenpois0n Absinthe for iOS 5

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Developers from Chronic Dev Team and iPhone Dev Team released greenpois0n Absinthe (known as just "Absinthe") in January 2012, a desktop-based tool (for OS X, Microsoft Windows, and Linux[30]) to jailbreak the iPhone 4S for the first time and the iPad 2 for the second time, on iOS 5.0.1 for both devices and also iOS 5.0 for iPhone 4S.[4][8] Absinthe provides an "untethered" jailbreak, which means that the patched device can be rebooted directly into a jailbroken state without computer assistance (or, as with a semi-untethered jailbreak, without requiring an application to be launched on the device following startup, in order to reactivate the jailbreak exploit).[14] It incorporated the untether exploit called Corona that pod2g had released in December for older iOS devices.[8] The Next Web said that the jailbreak took a long time to be released, and VentureBeat said Absinthe wasn't as easy to use as the earlier jailbreaking tool JailbreakMe.[31][32] According to iPhone Dev Team, approximately one million devices were newly jailbroken in the three days after Absinthe's release.[12][32] The developers called their joint effort the Jailbreak Dream Team,[30] which Apple credited in its document listing security patches in the subsequent version of iOS.[33]

In May 2012, developers from Chronic Dev Team and iPhone Dev Team released Absinthe 2.0 (for OS X, Windows, and Linux), which can jailbreak iOS 5.1.1 untethered on all iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch models that support iOS 5.1.1,[13] including jailbreaking the third generation iPad for the first time.[9] They announced it at the Hack In The Box security conference in Amsterdam at the end of a presentation about the earlier Absinthe jailbreak,[10][34] and it did not initially support a recently released model of iPad 2.[35][36] According to Chronic Dev Team, approximately one million devices were jailbroken over the weekend after its Friday release.[37] PC World noted that devices jailbroken with tools such as Absinthe 2.0 can be a security concern for companies that have "bring your own device" policies.[38]

1. ^ a b c d Foresman, Chris (October 12, 2010). "Jailbreak! Greenpois0n and limera1n offer new options for iOS 4". Infinite Loop. Ars Technica. Retrieved December 18, 2012.
2. ^ Gibbs, Samuel (February 18, 2011). "GreenPois0n jailbreak update RC6.1 fixes iBooks blockade". DownloadSquad. Switched. Archived from the original on April 21, 2012. Retrieved December 18, 2012.
3. ^ posixninja (November 11, 2010). "Greenpois0n Licence". Chronic Dev. Retrieved December 18, 2012.
4. ^ a b c d Noble, McKinley (January 20, 2012). "How to Jailbreak Your iPhone 4S and iPad 2 via Absinthe A5". Geek Tech. PCWorld. Archived from the original on September 23, 2012. Retrieved December 18, 2012.
5. ^ Bora, Kukil (May 30, 2012). "iOS 5.1.1 Untethered Jailbreak: Absinthe 2.0.4, Rocky Racoon v1.0-3 Released With Support For iPad 2,4". International Business Times. Retrieved December 18, 2012.
6. ^ a b Charlie Sorrel (February 4, 2011). "Untethered iOS 4.2.1 Jailbreak Live". Gadget Lab. Wired. Retrieved November 2, 2011.
7. ^ a b Blair Hanley Frank (February 7, 2011). "Verizon iPhone Now Available for Jailbreaking". Geek Tech. PCWorld. Retrieved November 2, 2011.
8. ^ a b c Mack, Eric (January 20, 2012). "Fly, be free! Jailbreak for iPhone 4S, iPad 2 released". Crave. CNet. Retrieved December 18, 2012.
9. ^ a b Adrian Kingsley-Hughes (May 26, 2012). "Untethered Jailbreak For Your iOS 5.1.1 iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch Is Here". Tech. Forbes. Retrieved June 1, 2012.
10. ^ a b Essers, Loek (May 25, 2012). "Untethered jailbreak for iOS 5.1.1 available for download". IDG News Service. ComputerWorld. Retrieved December 18, 2012.
11. ^ Titlow (January 20, 2012). "Now You Can Jailbreak Your iPhone 4S and iPad 2". ReadWriteWeb. Retrieved December 29, 2012.
12. ^ a b Paul, Ian (January 24, 2012). "New iOS Jailbreak Attracts Nearly 1 Million Users". Phones. PCWorld. Retrieved December 18, 2012.
13. ^ a b Albanesius, Chloe (May 25, 2012). "Absinthe 2.0 Untethered Jailbreak Released for iOS 5.1.1". PCMag. Retrieved December 18, 2012.
14. ^ a b Ludwig, Sean (January 20, 2012). "iPhone 4S and iPad 2 untethered jailbreaks are finally here". VentureBeat. Retrieved December 18, 2012.
15. ^ Fish, Elizabeth (September 29, 2010). "Apple TV Jailbreak Confirmed; Let the Hacking Begin". PCWorld. NetworkWorld. Archived from the original on April 30, 2013. Retrieved December 18, 2012.
16. ^ Sorrel, Charlie (October 20, 2010). "AppleTV Jailbroken, Ready for Apps". Gadget Lab. Wired. Retrieved December 18, 2012.
17. ^ Cox, John (October 9, 2010). "Second iOS jailbreak hack due Sunday". NetworkWorld. Retrieved December 18, 2012.
18. ^ Cox, John (October 10, 2010). "Zero iOS jailbreaks due Sunday". NetworkWorld. Retrieved December 18, 2012.
19. ^ David Murphy (October 9, 2010). "iPhone Hackers Square Off With Competing iOS 4 Jailbreaks". PCMag. Retrieved November 2, 2011.
20. ^ Bookwalter, J. R. (October 12, 2010). "Greenpois0n Jailbreak Tool Released, Mac Version Incoming". MacLife. Retrieved December 18, 2012.
21. ^ a b Mulroy, James (February 3, 2011). "Greenpois0n Lets You Jailbreak iOS 4.2.1". Geek Tech. PCWorld. Archived from the original on April 4, 2015. Retrieved December 18, 2012.
22. ^ Wattanajantra, Asavin (February 7, 2011). "An untethered Iphone jailbreak is out for Windows and Mac". The Inquirer. Archived from the original on February 9, 2011. Retrieved December 18, 2012.{{[cite web](/wiki/Template:Cite%5Fweb "Template:Cite web")}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
23. ^ Kennedy, Jason (February 14, 2011). "iOS Owned Again; Greenpois0n Now Jailbreaks Apple TV". Geek Tech. PCWorld. Retrieved December 18, 2012.[_permanent dead link_]
24. ^ Rose, Michael (February 12, 2011). "GreenPois0n jailbreak goes untethered for Apple TV". TUAW (The Unofficial Apple Weblog). Retrieved December 18, 2012.
25. ^ Myslewski, Rik (February 8, 2011). "Verizon iPhone 4 jailbroken – already". The Register. Retrieved December 18, 2012.
26. ^ "Chronic-Dev Team gets 10M crash reports in first week".
27. ^ "Principle devs talk untethered iOS 5 jailbreaking and more".
28. ^ Paul Rubens (8 March 2012). "Jailbreakers use Apple crash reports to 'free' iPhones". BBC. Retrieved 21 September 2019. Joshua Hill, a member of the Chronic Dev hacker team.
29. ^ "Will Hackers Pull A "One More Thing" and Release iOS 5.1.1 Jailbreak This Friday? [Jailbreak]". 22 May 2012.
30. ^ a b Chatterjee, Surojit (January 24, 2012). "Greenpois0n Absinthe A5 Untethered Jailbreak for Linux Users Released; Windows and Mac Version Updated to v0.3". Tech & Trend. International Business Times. Retrieved December 18, 2012.
31. ^ Panzarino, Matthew (January 20, 2012). "The untethered Absinthe jailbreak for iPhone 4S and iPad 2 is now available". TheNextWeb. Retrieved December 18, 2012.
32. ^ a b Hardawar, Devindra (January 23, 2012). "Absinthe jailbreak for iPhone 4S, iPad 2 saw 1M first day downloads". VentureBeat. Retrieved December 18, 2012.
33. ^ "About the security content of iOS 5.1 Software Update". Apple, Inc. May 31, 2012. Retrieved December 18, 2012.
34. ^ Bookwalter, J. R. (May 25, 2012). "Absinthe 2.0 Jailbreak Now Available for iOS 5.1.1 Devices". MacLife. Retrieved December 18, 2012.
35. ^ Webster, Andrew (May 25, 2012). "Absinthe 2.0 untethered jailbreak tool launches, supports iOS 5.1.1, new iPad". The Verge. Retrieved December 18, 2012.
36. ^ Honig, Zach (May 25, 2012). "Absinthe 2.0 hits the download wire, jailbreaks all iOS 5.1.1 devices but the 32nm iPad 2". Engadget. Retrieved December 18, 2012.
37. ^ Cooper, Daniel (May 28, 2012). "Absinthe 2.0 used to jailbreak nearly one million iOS devices in a single weekend". Engadget. Retrieved December 18, 2012.
38. ^ Bradley, Tony (May 25, 2012). "Absinthe 2.0 Jailbreak Is What's Wrong with iOS". PCWorld. Retrieved December 18, 2012.

• Greenpois0n code on GitHub
• Conference presentation by "Dream Team" members on technical details of Absinthe for iOS 5.0.1