My mate just got his 1st iphone.

[chunky]

There will always be someone here to help. The whole process of learning about jail breaking is trial and error. That's why sometimes we run into issues as one tweak conflicts with another.

There is lots of tutorials on the net, you tube videos and constant threads on here and other forums.

In the end it's only dumb not to ask a question.

Sometimes some more experienced users forget they were once novices ,and asked noob questions.

Take care.

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[f4780y]

I will ahow him how to use cydia and winterboard etc to modify things he wants to pimp his up by adding lityle tweaks , nothing more and i value your help , i have no idea why you would say no more help?

That's good to hear. My point was why do it for him? The best way to learn all about jailbreaking is by doing it. Guide him, help him, show him how easy the jailbreak is. Get him to join the forum and see what it's all about. In my experience, you learn so much more that way, and get so much more out of enhancing your iPhone in the long run. Then maybe one day soon he'll teach you some stuff he's discovered

And just to clarify, I wasn't saying I wouldn't help any more I was trying to convey that if your mates reasons for jailbreaking his phone were not legitimate - i.e. not enhancing and pimping his phone, then we don't support that kind of thing here. Far too many folks just jailbreak mates devices to let them pirate apps. It's great to hear you are not carrying on that despicable tradition!

[jockmcd]

I am encouraging him to read up on it and hopefully he will join this forum , it is by far the best way, like you say you will learn so much by doing this, he had a really really old nokia he is not computer minded but is you g 28 year old guy so i think he will pick it up eventually given time , i will be asking him to join here bud no doubt and mqny thanks again much appreciato ! ;-)

[jockmcd]

Heres something I just noticed the below comes from the the absinthejailbreak page.

*Be aware, as things stand you cannot install 5.1.1 on your iPhone 4S, 4, 3GS IF Apple have closed the signing window on 5.1.1*

can i just back up his phone and restore to 5.1.1 on itunes like i done with my iphone4 or does the above mean i cannot restore his 5.1.1 on itunes anymore ?

Basically i would back his phone up and then i wouldve pressed restore on itunes same as i did for mine but the above makes me a little more cautious , or should i be ok to carry on as per i done mine ?

Cheers ;-)

[f4780y]

Heres something I just noticed the below comes from the the absinthejailbreak page.

*Be aware, as things stand you cannot install 5.1.1 on your iPhone 4S, 4, 3GS IF Apple have closed the signing window on 5.1.1*

can i just back up his phone and restore to 5.1.1 on itunes like i done with my iphone4 or does the above mean i cannot restore his 5.1.1 on itunes anymore ?

Basically i would back his phone up and then i wouldve pressed restore on itunes same as i did for mine but the above makes me a little more cautious , or should i be ok to carry on as per i done mine ?

Cheers ;-)

The singing window for 5.1.1 will remain open until IOS6 is released publicly in September (best estimate), or until they release another minor release of IOS 5, i.e. 5.1.2 (unlikely), so don't worry about that mate. You can just use Absinthe as normal, no need to restore it if 5.1.1 is on there.

[waldoe]

The singing window for 5.1.1 will remain open until IOS6 is released publicly in September (best estimate), or until they release another minor release of IOS 5, i.e. 5.1.2 (unlikely), so don't worry about that mate. You can just use Absinthe as normal!

Do you think it might me good idea to save shsh for future downgrade options?

[f4780y]

Do you think it might me good idea to save shsh for future downgrade options?

First time he runs Cydia, the process will be kicked off. TU can come later

[Harkol34]

I jailbroke every device i have and i never had a problem with them at all

[jockmcd]

Yeah his phone is running 5.1.1 from factory settings , so you say i dont need to restore to 5.1.1 i thought i wouldve had to do this otherwise the programs/apps he has installed already may conflict after jailbreak ? I think it would be better to restore would it not or do i really not have to i.e will there be no probs with previously installed apps after jb ?

[Jmills87]

It's always best to jailbreak a freshly restored phone with no content or settings, but it is not necessary.