How To: Save SHSH Blobs for iPad 3.2 with AutoSHSH

Since the iPad has been released, more and more iPad jailbreak demonstrations are surfacing the scnee. The latest one is by GeoHot who jailbroke the iPad with blackra1n and posted a screenshot of Cydia and blackra1n resting on the iPad home screen, which means that he has updated his blackra1n software to jailbreak iPad 3.2.
Before this, MuscleNerd of the iPhone Dev-Team demonstrated an iPad jailbreak with Spirit. Comex is the guy behind Spirit, an untethered userland jailbreak. Then cdevwill came up with Cydia running on the iPad.
Just looking at the pace at which iPad jailbreaks are being developed, a tool to jailbreak iPad 3.2 may surface the scene t any time now. It’s best to be prepared and save your SHSH for iPad 3.2 to secure your future jailbreak. We will use AutoSHSH to grab SHSH blobs for iPad 3.2.

Why grab SHSH?

For those of you who don’t know, Apple has introduce a new security for all its new devices named ECID “Exclusive Chip ID.” What this security does is prevent you from downgrading your iPad firmware to an older firmware once a new iPad firmware is out. You have to realize that jailbreaking a new firmware takes time, and you may be stuck with the new firmware for a long time if you don’t have the option to revert it back. You are able to downgrade iPad firmware and jailbreak it if only you’ve ECID SHSH saved for the older firmware. The current iPad firmware is 3.2. So we strongly recommend you save SHSH for the iPad 3.2 Follow the step by step instructions below to grab your iPad 3.2 SHSH blobs using AutoSHSH.

How to Grab SHSH Blobs for the iPad 3.2 with AutoSHSH

Step 1

Download AutoSHSH

Step 2

Put your iPad into Recovery Mode:

1. Press and hold the Home button and the Sleep/Wake button at the same time. (your device will turn OFF and then ON)
2. Continue holding the both buttons until your iTunes pops up a message telling you that it has detected an iPad in recovery mode. (Auto-SHSH will prompt you with the following menu so you have to make sure you are in recovery mode)

Step3

1. Run the downloaded AutoSHSH.
2. Hit the OK button. Then a message will popup asking if you have Java Runtime already installed on your PC. If you have Java Runtime installed on your PC, hit the YES button. Otherwise hit the NO button and it will take you to the Java Runtime Download link. Install Java Runtime, come back, hit the YES button.
3. On the next window, hit the big Grab my SHSH Blobs Automatically button.
4. It will ask you to locate the folder where youw ant to save iPad SHSH blobs, choose a folder, name your SHSH file and save it.

5. Make sure you have the iPad SHSH files where you saved them.
That’s it! You’ve now secured your iPad for future jailbreak. Keep that SHSH file at a safe place because you’ll need it whenever you need to downgrade iPad firmware to 3.2.
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