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Before Apple releases the official iOS 5, the hacker team already do jailbreak on the beta version of iOS 5
Then, after Apple released iOS 5, the jailbreak team (hacker and also developer) started to make Untethered Jailbreak for it.
But, after a month, they made a release of redsn0w that jailbreak tethered
Collection of redsn0w
iOS 5.0.1 Untethered Jailbreak with Redsn0w and Corona
The dev team has released a new version of Redsn0w 0.9.9b8.
The new version allows to jailbreak iOS 5.0.1, released by Apple yesterday, tethered on iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. Plaease remember this jailbreak doesn’t work on iPhone 4S or iPad 2.
This jailbreak is a tethered one which means you`ll have to connect your device to the PC every time you reboot.
Here`s a full guide to how to jailbreak iOS 5.0.1 on iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPod Touch 4G, 3G:
Step 1: Download the latest version of iTunes (10.5) for Windows or Mac from Here.
Step 2: Connect your iOS device to your PC or Mac
Step 3: Update to software version 5.0.1 Beta; download links of which can be legally found on iOS Dev Center only.
Step 4: Grab the latest version of Redsn0w , depending on your operating system, for
Windows or
Mac.
Step 5: Start Redsn0w. Click on “Extras”, and then click on “Select IPSW” option to manually select the final public version of iOS 5 (NOT iOS 5.0.1) for your device. Download links for iOS 5 can be found
Here.
Step 6: Now go back, and click on "Jailbreak", and opt to "Install Cydia". You will then be led through a sequence to place your device into DFU mode. Once your device has achieved DFU mode, Redsn0w will apply the jailbreak.
Booting Tethered:
Step 7: Once the Cydia installation is complete, you will need to boot the device into a tethered state in order for the jailbreak to work – something you will indeed be required to do every time you reboot. Enter DFU mode, and in "Extras", select "Just Boot".
We `re still awaiting an untethered jailbreak for iOS 5.
