It didn’t take long for iPhone Dev Team to jailbreak iOS 5 final release. Unfortunately this is a tethered jailbreak you will have to connect your iPhone, iPod or iPad to your computer when the device reboots due to low battery or other factors. No worries, I’m sure iPhone Dev Team is working on iOS to release its untethered jailbreak version. Now, first of all I have to remind you all iOS device holders that this redsn0w jailbreak works on iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 CDMA & GSM, iPod touch 3rd & 4th gen, and iPad 1 which means that redsn0w can be runned on devices with A4 processors. If you have iPhone 4S or iPad 2, devices with A5 processors, this ios 5 jailbreak wor’t work, so don’t waste your time trying to install iOS 5 jailbreak on these Apple devices and wait until holy iPhone Dev Team solves the puzzle of A5 processors. Woah, let’s jailbreak iOS 5 now !.
Download redsn0w 0.9.9b4
Here you can also find direct download links of redsn0w 0.9.9b4 for Mac (v 0.9.9b5 here) or for Windows. FYI, this thing will help us jailbreak ios 5, if you haven’t heard about it before.
Jailbreak iOS 5
- Open redsn0w and click “Jailbreak” button
- Connect the device that you want to jailbreak, and switch it off
- Now enter DFU Mode, if you don’t know how to enter DFU Mode heres a quick guide: hold down sleep button and home button simultaneously for 10 seconds and then release power button but keep holding on home button for 15-20 seconds till you get a notification from redsn0w. It will say that the device is about to enter the DFU Mode.
- If you have older version of redsn0w then point iOS 5 IPSW file to redsn0w
- If you have newer version of redsn0w then it will download and jailbreak ios 5 automatically
- Click “Install Cydia” and continue jailbreaking your Apple device with ios 5
Now boot your device to get Cydia to load. After your device is booted, open redsn0w again and select iOS 5 IPSW file previously downloaded under “Extras” tab. As a final step, go back to “Extras” menu, select “Just Boot” option and complete ios 5 jailbreak with on screen instructions. When your iOS 5 device reboots, it is jailbroken!
Thanks Matt from OsxDaily for this great info! I have already jailbroken my iPhone 4 with iOS 5, so I can guarantee that it works. If you have any questions, you can ask them by leaving comments below. Stay tuned for more updates!
