Jailbreak the broken ipad

Recently my mum ipad2 crashed and seems like there were no cure for it. I spent 8 hours tyring to use the old RedSn0w and Tiny Umbrella and absinthe.

Phew finally after hours of research finally still restoring the apps and missing item at least it is working like a charm now.

The ipad2 wifi was updated to 5.1.1 and not 6.0 as it has not been exploited.
All you have to do is use this software
Redsn0w_win_0.9.15b2 (to restore the current firm ware! -Provided you saved the blob previously)
And
absinthe 2.0.2 (to easily jail break it)

Am not going to elaborate much but here are some tips .

notes:
To put into recovery mode 
(http://www.ipadforums.net/ipad-help/2987-how-put-your-ipad-into-recovery-mode.html)
Steps:
- Sitting next to your computer, take your iPad (which should NOT be connected to your PC) and hold down the sleep button (on the top of the iPad) and the home button (front of the iPad) at the same time
- After about 10-15 seconds, the unit will power off (do not do anything when the "slide to power off" screen appears, just keep holding the buttons)
- When the iPad turns back on, you will see the silver Apple appear on the screen. Continue holding down the home button but release the sleep button and immediatly plug the iPad into your computer running iTunes
- You should see a symbol appear on the iPad with a picture of a USB cable with an arrow pointing to the iTunes logo. iTunes will then say that it detected an iPad in recovery mode.

News on jailbreak
http://blog.iphone-dev.org/

Download the latest Firm ware(s)
http://www.iclarified.com/entry/index.php?enid=8500

Ipad Home button not working #iphone #ipad

Source http://stephenpickering.com/2011/03/16/what-to-do-when-your-ipads-home-button-stops-working/

So try this:

• Hold the iPad in front of you in landscape mode
• Push the button and keep it held while you gently rotate it to Portrait mode, then release.
• See if you get any response: 1 out of 2 times, 1 out of 3, etc.
• If that works, or even if it doesn’t, lay the iPad gently on a hard, smooth surface, so there is even resistance. (If its in a case, I’d recommend taking it out) Push the button, hold it in a second longer than normal, then gently release.
• This may be totally anecdotal but it “feels” like it started responding when, after I pushed, I kept it pushed for a second, and then gently released.