How to Jailbreak iPad 3.2 Using Spirit

By on May 6, 2010 in Posted In: iPhone

The Spirit jailbreak tool is simply awesome. It’s fast, super easy and offers untethered jailbreak for all iPhones. On top of that, it even brings the first jailbreak solution to the iPad.

For those who are new to jailbreaking, you probably wonder why you need to jailbreak. As you may know, the App Store is tightly controlled by Apple and only approved iPad apps can make into the app store. For instance, an innovative app that intends to bring dashboard to iPad was rejected by Apple. However, this rejected apps is now available on jailbroken iPad. By jailbreaking your iPad, it brings endless possibilities to this magical device and allows you to install these third party applications through cydia.

To jailbreak your iPad, you can simply follow the below procedures. It is assumed that you are running iPhone OS 3.2 on your iPad and iTunes 9.1 on your computer.

Procedures to Jailbreak iPad

Before you kick off the jailbreak process, remember to sync your iPad with iTunes to backup all your data.

1. Download Spirit jailbreak tool from here (Windows / Mac) and extract the zip file

2. Click the Spirit icon to launch the application

3. Once the Spirit tool is launched, plug into your iPad via USB and the tool detects your current OS version. To kick off the jailbreak process, simply click the “Jailbreak” button.

4. That’s it. Your iPad will be rebooted and automatically goes through the Spirit jailbreak process.

Spirit Jailbreak iPad in Progress #1Spirit Jailbreak iPad in Progress #2

5. Don’t touch the iPad or disconnect the USB. Just wait. Once completed, your iPad is jailbroken with cydia installed.

Please note that cydia on iPad is still in beta. It may crush intermittently. Also, some packages in Cydia are still not compatible with iPad yet and may screw up your system that requires you to restore. If you are scared about that, I suggest you to hold off the jailbreak and wait until cydia for iPad comes out-of-beta.

If you have jailbroken your iPad, remember to leave us comment and share your experience. Also, do help to update the iPad jailbreak compatibility list in Google Doc.

Disclaimer: Please note that Jailbreaking may void your warranty. Use at your own risk.

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3 Responses to How to Jailbreak iPad 3.2 Using Spirit

  1. Kit Weathers July 6, 2010 at 4:29 am #

    I followed your directions, but after loading the BTMouse, my iPAD crashed… How do I get it to re-boot?

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