PwnageTool Bundle to Jailbreak iOS 4.2.1 Gold Master on iPad with old Bootrom is released and available for download. The hacker has released patch for installing apps on your iPad after jailbreaking. PwnageTool helps to cook custom firmware .IPSW files which preserves the baseband so that device can be unlocked with the existing
Ultrasn0w version as currently unlock for the latest baseband are not available . Earlier msft.guy has released the PwnageTool Bundle for iPad on iOS 4.2 GM and iPhone 3GS running iOS 4.2 GM version.
To Jailbreak your iPad running on iOS 4.2.1 GM you need to first download iOS 4.2.1 GM from
here, iTunes 10.1
here, PwnageTool 4.1.2 and latest PwnageTool Bundle for iOS 4.2.1 GM from link
here. Save all the downloaded files in a folder on desktop. Now you just need to follow the instructions below to jailbreak your iPad.
How to Jailbreak iPad on iOS 4.2.1 GM with Pwnage Tool Bundle:
1.
Download iOS 4.2.1 GM for iPad and iTunes 10.1 for
Mac.
2.Download
PwnageTool 4.1.2 and place it on the desktop.
3.Download the latest version of PwnageTool Bundle for iOS 4.2.1 GM from msft.guy
here. Extract the downloaded bundle to your desktop.
4.Now, right click on the downloaded PwnageTool and click on ‘Show Package Contents” from the drop down menu.
5.Go to Contents/Resources/FirmwareBundles/ and paste iPad1,1_4.2.1_8C148.bundle file in this location and close this folder.
6.Now start this patched version of PwnageTool and select iPad as your device and you will now notice that PwnageTool will automatically detect iOS 4.2.1 GM firmware file.
7.Now you can follow steps from step 7 to step 11 from the
guide here for PwnageTool for iOS 4.2 beta.
Now your iPad should be jailbroken successfully. As we know Cydia is broken on iOS 4.2.1 GM but msft.guy has also released a patch to run Cydia. Use Cydia binary from
http://apt.telesphoreo.org/cydia/debs/cydia_1.0.3222-73_iphoneos-arm.deb, download this
Cydia.patch file and place it in the Cydia.app directory on your device (SSH) and carry out following steps in sequence from command prompt.
Steps to patch Cydia:
1.cd /Applications/Cydia.app/
2.mv Cydia_ Cydia.bak
3.bspatch Cydia.bak Cydia_ Cydia.patch
4.copy to /Applications/Cydia.app/Cydia_
5.chmod +x+s /Applications/Cydia.app/Cydia_
Cydia still crashes when trying to customize categories, but installing and updating packages seems to work OK.
iPad is now jailbroken on iOS4.2.1 GM with Cydia running so that you can install Cydia applications. iOS 4.2.1 final release is expected next week after final testing and soon after that we will get the unlock for the latest basebands and jailbreaks. To keep yourself updated just stay connected with us and join us on
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