These are taken straight from Android SDK so it will save you time. The Fastboot.zip included here just provides exactly that, fastboot and adb tools you need and there are 3 different versions of it, Windows, Mac, and Linux so you can use it for all 3 different platforms in one download. But for rooting, you do not need to download the whole Android SDK, which can take up a lot of space on your hard disk and you just need fastboot and adb tools, which are less than 5MB.
Normally, fastboot and adb tools are included as part of Android SDK, which is a complete development tool for Android developers. iOS 6, 6.1 Untethered Jailbreak Evasi0n Updated To Version 1.If you need to root your Android smartphone or tablet, you will most likely need to use fastboot and adb tools(except Samsung devices which use ODIN).
UPDATE: Evasi0n Untethered Jailbreak Remains Unpatched In iOS 6.1.1 Beta 1 Jailbreakers Advised Not To Upgrade Slide to Unlock the device and the Cydia icon will be there on the device’s second Home screen. The logo will blink once or twice and then will stay on for a bit longer.Īfter that, you will be on the device’s Lock screen. Swipe over to the second Home screen to find the Cydia icon.įor Windows users, once you are done with Step 10, a large evasi0n logo will show up on the device screen. Once done, you will again get the white evasi0n screen with another set of messages including “Initializing offsets” “Finding offsets,” “Patching kernel,” “Cleaning up” and “Done! Continuing boot.”Īfter this, you will be on your Lock screen. You will also get some brief messages like “Setting up fstab and AFC2,” “Setting up Cydia,” “Setting up Cydia packages,” “Clearing SpringBoard Cache” and “Rebooting.”Īfter some blinker, the device will reboot one last time. Step 11: For Mac users, the device will display a large Evasi0n logo on a white background. The device might restart several times, so don’t panic. Step 10: After the jailbreak is finished, a “Done!” message will appear. During this stage, your device may reboot multiple times. Step 9: Now you will get some messages like injecting jb data, and Root Filesystem successfully remounted on the evasi0n tool. Tap the icon only once, and the screen will go back and return to the Home screen instantly. After you unlock the device, a new app icon named “Jailbreak” will appear on the Home screen. Step 8: Once done, a new screen will pop up asking you to unlock your device. So wait for evasi0n to complete its task. Step 7: A number of automatic steps will follow, including preparing jailbreak data, injecting jailbreak data, rebooting the device, uploading Cydia, and uploading the Cydia packages list. Step 6: Now, click on the Jailbreak button to start the process. After the device gets detected, the Jailbreak button will become active. Step 5: If connected properly, evasi0n will show a message that it has detected the device. Step 4: Connect the device to your computer via USB cable. To do this, go to Settings > General > Passcode Lock > and select Turn Passcode Off. Step 3: If you have set a passcode on your device, disable it.
Windows user should right click on the vasi0n.exe file and select “Run as administrator.” Click on “Yes” if a User Access Control window appears. Step 2: Mac users should double click on the evasi0n app to run it. Windows user can save it on their desktop. Step 1: Download evasi0n for your OS ( Windows / Mac / Linux) and extract the package.
Two video tutorials have also been added at the bottom for Mac and Windows users respectively.
Therefore, the users should follow the steps very carefully. It should be noted that while most of the steps for both the platforms are similar, there are a few instances where they differ.
The following tutorial is meant for Mac OS X and Windows users. In case you get an error on OS X 10.8 saying that evasi0n can't be opened, control-click (or right-click) the app and on the revealed context menu, choose “Open.” On the ensuing dialogue box, choose “Open” as well. If the process gets stuck somewhere, you can restart the program, reboot the device (by holding down Power and Home until it shuts down) and rerun the process. Avoid all iOS and iTunes related tasks until evasi0n is done with the jailbreak Disable the lock passcode of your iOS device before using evasi0n to avoid unwanted issues Backup your device using iTunes (or iCloud) before using evasi0n
A USB cable to connect the device to the computer An iOS device running iOS 6.0 through 6.1 (Check the version in Settings / General / About => Version)