How to Fix “Error Establishing a Database Connection” for Absinthe on iPhone 4S and iPad 2

Posted on January 20, 2012 by thescragster Absinthe, iPad2, iPhone 4S 27 Comments

How to Fix “Error Establishing a Database Connection” for Absinthe on iPhone 4S and iPad 2

Some users have been reporting an issue when launching the Absinthe app installed on their device saying it returns an

error establishing a database connection

For users having this issue, iOS hacker PlanetBeing (who was involved with creating Absinthe) outlined a simple fix for this problem. Apparently, all you need to do is go to Settings > Network > VPN > ON.

The VPN connection will most likely give an error and your iPhone 4S or iPad 2 should reboot shortly after. Once it’s rebooted, try launching the Absinthe webclip again.

Feel free to give us some feedback, did this work for you?

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Emman40

i am getting an error message when I attempt a the VPN connection, but my phone is not rebooting after the error message. I manually rebooted and attempted to open Absinthe, but it is still not working.
- Mazzi
  
  me too….same problem
  - Speedy
    
    Me too, Not Working at all
Osxecuter

same issue with mine
- Sadasd
  
  the worst jailbreak i have done ever. still no luck even after trying a lot of fixes. I clicked ok but ipad 2 not restarting
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Tmwilliams44

mine is not rebooting
Boba

The same problem here, just error… no rebooting!
Khulet12

Same here no rebooting
http://twitter.com/techswreck Muzammil Saleh

it does not reboot after the error message. Any ideas. please help
Hello

i get the error message and the nothing happens(ipad2)
kevinnoo

Working for me…

1) Restore iPhone/iPad (backup data)
2) Wait iTunes restore… and configure as “New iPad” (dont restore backup)
3) Open Absinthe in your Mac/Pc and click Jailbreak
4) When it tells you “Almost done…”, unlock the screen and go to Setting->Turn VPN ON
5) In my case… I get error “VPN Connection An error ocu…”
6) Click OK
7) After 10 seconds iPad restarts
8) Finally Absinthe icon disappear and now Cydia apears!
NOTE: In my case I don’t have to open Absinthe on iPad… when I turn on VPN and get the error, my iPad restarts automatically and then Cydia icon appear!!! Then in iTunes I restore my old backUp with my data I hope this works for you
- E30power
  
  Thats working for me
- FGR
  
  Great response. Worked for me!
- http://www.youtube.com/wiipwnage786 Ahsan Aftab
  
  Amazing man, thank you so much! It worked out perfectly, you’re the best!
- Timspare
  
  Had the issues mentioned before with being stuck at the Absinthe screen and this fixed it for me too!
  
  Thanks!
Gorby

no reboot
Yuhoe

make sure your passcode lock is off before you start the whole process
http://twitter.com/robnfw Rob Thomas™

hey, at first my iPad 2 wouldnt allow the Cydia icon to replace the Abinthe application and that VPN ‘trick’ didnt work either…. so i deleted the Absinthe icon and re did the jailbreak and now works perfectly = )
http://twitter.com/robnfw Rob Thomas™

PS – only rebooted iPhone 4S NOT my iPad 2 and still works perfectly
Nielskool

oke, first it didn’t work i used the absinth gui(windows), tryed to switch VPN…no reboot.
then used CLI…. won’t install certificate.
reboot ipad 2 manually
retry installing VPN certificate… worked
try next command… saw alot of texting scrolling by
did cinject.exe -w
try switching VPN on…. error but no restart….:(

Tryed it a few times, again and again and again until finally it worked. finally I was able to let the Ipad 2 restart after switching the VPN on…so for those who are not able to get a roboot of your ipad… just keep trying…again and again. Make sure you get a reinstall of your certificate atleast once with the CLI.
try different pauses between switching the VPN on and “cinject.exe -w”
Nielskool

Also when you are not able to reinstall certificate you can try to reset/restore network configurations
Roman

My Iphone didn’t reboot as well.
The problem was I used a lock, just clear absinth-app on Iphone, remove the number-lock for a while, and restart your absinth program on computer. Worked for me…
Stbrnrd

when the VPN is turned on, it prompts for a new configuration to be entered, and if that is cancelled…it turns VPN back to off. that in itself makes it an issue.
- JaeM1llz
  
  You’re not supposed to keep VPN turned on. You just turn it on and then quickly load Absinthe and then you will get a VPN error and the device will reboot.
Salihovic Senad

My VPN did not work it would not connect. I tried everything and still no work until I did this to fix it.
I am not sure if it will work for everybody, it worked for me, this is what i did.

After installing Abstine, I got it on my screen,
then i went to to turn on VPN and it did not work.

I left it alone for 10 min

then I plugged in my iPhone 4s again, and installed Absinthe again and went through the process again.
This time it jail broke it and i didn’t even have to turn on the VPN it , just jail broke it.

i have the iPhone 4s 5.0.1(9A405) then 1.0.13 with Simple Mobile – Unlocked with Gevey Ultra S Sim