Untethered iOS 5 jailbreak is out now, but A5 remains unbroken

Do you have an iOS 5.0.1 product (iPhone 3GS, iPad, iPhone 4, or 3rd/4th generation iPod) that you’re dying to jailbreak? Well, thanks to pod2g, a new method has just been released by both the iPhone Dev Team and the Chronic Dev Team that breaks iOS 5 free, so you can now use an “untethered” jailbreak on your device. The difference is up until now jailbreaking iOS 5 required your iPhone, iPad, or iPod to be connected, via USB, to your PC every time you rebooted.

The jailbreak community has been hard at work at this, and this is the first untethered jailbreak to be released since iOS 5 debuted back in October.

Jailbreaking your device allows you to install Cydia — an application that indexes applications, customizations, and system enhancements for iOS that are not allowed into Apple’s walled garden. Everything from tethering your mobile broadband to your PC to completely changing the way the application icons and layout looks is possible through Cydia.

However, it’s important to remember that jailbreaking also puts some limitations on your Apple device.

For one, you might not be able to receive firmware or iOS updates from Apple — or you’ll get the updates but lose your jailbreak when they land. You are voiding the warranty of your device by jailbreaking as well, meaning if something goes wrong Apple will not assist you in any way. Speaking of that, the applications that you can purchase and download via Cydia are at-your-own risk applications, with no oversight from anyone. Malware or worse may be bundled, and while most application developers likely just want to unlock functionality they feel Apple is lacking, you can never be sure.

Jailbreaking also forces you to run factory restores often, as updates come out. That means re-syncing your media, apps and photos to your device, which can be a tedious process to run often.

It’s a decision that can only be made by you as the owner of the device. The popularity of the Chronic Dev Team and the iPhone Dev Team and their continued work for the jailbreaking community shows that many users feel that it’s worth the risk and inconvenience, though.

What about you? If you routinely jailbreak your device, let us know in the comments, as well as your impressions of the iOS 5 untethered jailbreak.

Please note, as the device list above indicates, this jailbreak does not work with A5-powered devices, like the iPhone 4S or the iPad 2.

Source is
http://www.extremetech.com/mobile/110647-untethered-ios-5-jailbreak

Redsn0w iOS 5 Tethered Jailbreak Released

We gave you the details this past weekend that there was an iOS 5 jailbreak in the works from Pod2g (Chronic Dev-team) and MuscleNerd from (iPhone Dev-team). Well, low and behold, today the group has released Redsn0w 0.9.9b9b, adding native support for iOS 5.0.1 but still unable to crack the iPhone 4s and iPad 2. Pod2g blogged how “The untether fails right now because I’m having processor cache issues.”

This jailbreak will allow most devices to manually load IPSWs. If you have an iPhone 3GS and old bootrooms you can create IPSW files without blobs. However, this jailbreak is still tethered.

There are also some reports of lost functionality with the jailbreak, like loss of the ability to download over-the-air operating system updates from Apple is an obvious, and some new problems with the Skype app for iOS. Mobile Support Forum has a thread going with more details and download links to the files.

Source is
http://www.mobilemag.com/2011/12/19/redsn0w-ios-5-tethered-jailbreak-released-still-no-support-for-iphone-4s-or-ipad-2/

iOS 5 Untethered Jailbreak: Why Pod2g is Delaying Its Release?

The untethered jailbreak for iOS 5, which the Apple users have been waiting for, is finally ready. But the question is - how long should people wait to run it on their Apple devices?

Pod2g, the Chronic Dev-team member who posted a video of the program on YouTube last Saturday, is still testing the program on different Apple gadgets to make sure the program runs smoothly in all the devices running on iOS 5 and its updated version iOS 5.0.1.

According to a post on his new blog, Pod2g has already tested the jailbreak on iPod 3G, iPhone 4, iPod 3 and iPod 1. The French hacker will go on testing the program on iPod 4G, iPad 1 and iPhone 3GS in the next few days. After working on these devices, he will turn to iPad 2 and recently released iPhone 4S.

As iPad 2 and iPhone 4S are running on Apple's latest processor A5, it is very hard for the hackers to find a jailbreak for iPad 2 and iPhone 4S as they could not find a bootrom-level exploit in A5 processor.

The bootrom-level exploit is a low level exploit which can only be patched by revising the hardware. No update in the operating system can patch the low level exploits.

After finding the untethered jailbreak last Saturday, Pod2g posted on his blog that he is going to work on iPad 2 and iPhone 4S after working on non-A5 devices. But the hacker may not release the present jailbreak until he finds one for A5 devices.

"Next, I'll return to the research for iPad 2 and iPhone 4S. I don't know if I gonna release first for other devices or not. I've to think about it. Feel free to give your opinion. I'll update the blog when I have news," he posted.

Fans have different opinion about his decision. Some of them are not ready to wait for even a day and some are patient enough so that it won't give any opportunity to Apple to find solution to the upcoming jailbreak.

"Release the jailbreak for all devices at once? No way man. There are some people who need untethered just right now. They can't wait for example when untethered for iPhone 4S will release...cause it needs a lot of work and time," a fan commented on Pod2g's blog post.

"Release it all at the same time. Don't want Apple to patch it before 4S owners can get a chance to upgrade," another fan commented.

However, the majority wants the hacker to release the jailbreak as soon as possible so that they can enjoy the numerous exciting applications which Apple can't give them.

Source is
http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/266325/20111213/ios-5-untethered-jailbreak-pod2g-delaying-release.htm 

The Chronic Dev Team Has Already Received 10 Million Crash Reports From Jailbreak Fans

Recently, Joshua Hill, a member of Chronic Dev Team announced that they had receive above 10 million crash reports from jailbreak fans via the Chronic-Dev Crash Reporter in Twitter.

Few weeks ago, Chronic Dev Team has made a crash reporter Mac and Windows program available, which sends users’ iOS crash reports to the jailbreak team rather than to Apple. This allows the team to examine countless crash reports in search of potential exploits, which could be used to create an untethered jailbreak solution for iOS 5 (something that is not currently available).

Since the launch of the Chronic-Dev Crash Reporter, a massive 10 million crash reports have been submitted to the team.

Besides announcing the figure via Twitter, Joshua Hill also noted that the Chronic Dev Team is using MapReduce (the same technology used by Google) to run tests in mere seconds that otherwise would take days to complete. He also noted that @pod2g’s exploit (which could untether iOS 5) is indeed legitimate, but is simply being “kept highly guarded until the right time.”

Hopefully, the Chronic Dev Team will have an untethered jailbreak solution available soon. To help them out, download the Chronic-Dev Crash Reporter and send your iOS crash reports to the team.

In the meantime, you can jailbreak iOS 5 using a semi-tethered solution. It’s not ideal, but at least it works.

Jailbroken iOS 5 devices get Siri0us, tap into Nuance's dictation servers

Sure, it's leaps and bounds away from all the parlor tricks that Siri is able to perform, but now, jailbroken iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS and iPod Touch devices -- that have been upgraded to iOS 5 -- may access the dictation portion of Siri's prowess. Thanks to Siri0us, the free app available through Cydia, users will gain the option to speak messages and search queries rather than type them, which could be a huge time saver -- unless there's a series of mistakes, anyway. Rather than accessing Apple's own system, the app works by tapping into Nuance's Dragon Go servers for speech recognition. Rather subversive, don't you think? If you'd like to get in on the fun (before Nuance breaks up the party), just check the video following the break.

How to help jailbreak future iOS updates

Despite the overwhelming success of Apple's "walled garden" approach to the iPhone,iPad, and iPod Touch, many users still wish to part ways with the benefits of control in favor of the unbridled technology (good and bad) available when jailbreaking iOS. If you are one of those users, you can actually become an integral part of the jailbreaking community.

Jailbreaking your iOS device largely depends on finding exploits in the iOS code that hackers can use to take control of the operating system and install applications and functions not approved by Apple. Those exploits can be found a number of different ways, one of which is by analyzing crash reports.
And that's where you come in.

Normally when your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch crashes, the report it generates is sent to Apple anonymously so that a fix can be worked out for the next iOS update. Those crashes can contain the information on exploits that hackers need to overwrite iOS. The battle that the jailbreak community, specifically the Chronic-Dev Team, is attempting to fight now is for who gets those reports.

The Chronic-Dev Team has an easy way for users to help support the jailbreak community.

The Chronic-Dev Crash Reporter is available for Mac and Windows on the idownloadblog.com Downloads page (most of the way down the page, under Other Tools). The app is free and once launched will search your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch for any crash reports you may have and send them to the Chronic-Dev Team to be analyzed.


Obviously, more reports equals quicker results. So, if you support the work that the jailbreaking community does, this app is a good way to help it (and by extension, you) out.

Source is
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-19512_7-57332482-233/how-to-help-jailbreak-future-ios-updates/

Acidra1n Beta 1 is Another Tool For Tethered JailBreak On iOS 5.0 or iOS 5.0.1

Beside Redsn0w and Sn0wbreeze, another tool has come into existence from a Unix hacker called Acidra1n. This tool is not  different from those which are present at the moment. Instead, it is yet another alternative for people who want to tether JailBreak their iDevice on iOS 5.0/iOS 5.0.1. Till now, iPad 2 is not supported because it uses the A5 chip where Geohot’s bootrom exploit fails. Only solution for iPhone 4S or iPad 2 is a userland based JailBreak.

It is expected that Acidra1n has great future in terms of the functionality and we will be able to see it growing really soon. Unfortunately, the tool is supported for Mac OS X Lion only. Hopefully, it would work on Mac OS X Snow Leopard as well. Interestingly, hacking community is on full swing today. At first, we saw a crash reporter tool from Chonic DevTeam and then iPhone 4S unlock news from MuscleNerd. And now, another JailBreak tool from an another rising hacker.

You can download Acidra1n from here. If you are desperately in need of an iOS 5 untethered JailBreak, you can checkout the semi-tethered JailBreak which is actually useful at the time of urgency, that is, when you don’t have a Mac/PC around to boot tethered. Options such as JailBreak, Tethered boot, Pwned DFU and exit recovery have been included. We are hoping for an option to make custom firmware and support for other platform in near future.

Source is
http://iphonehelp.in/2011/11/27/acidra1n-bera-1-tethered-jailbreak-ios-5-0/

SemiTether Jailbreak Update with Much More Stable

SemiTether Jailbreak welcome the new update again just after a few days when the first version released, the current new version 0.9.1. According to the developers behind SemiTether Jailbreak – a team which leading by Saurik said they were raised the new version of Mobile Substrate’s stability in 0.9.1.

I believe that most of the jailbreakers is familiar to Mobile Substrate, because this application is essential to ios after the jailbreak process. In other words, if Mobile Substrate cannot run properly on a jailbroken device, then some tools or add-ons from Cydia platform will also be unavailable.

When the first version of SemiTether Jailbrak released, the development team had said, as a contingencies application, it can allow the tethered jailbreak iOS 5 devices to make calls, text messaging and other basic phone functions when it meet a sudden crash situation. But the Safari, Mail and other functions cannot be used until re-connected to the computer and boot to restart.

According to reports, the new version of SemiTether Jailbreak will at least keep Notification after reboot without computer. And developers are also striving for the Mail restoration.

The summary of main features updated by BigBoss:

1) Much more stable with new mobile substrate
2) Can patch safari so it works in the non-jailbreak reboot mode
3) App to monitor the status of your semitether and reapply. Check after Cydia installs.

If you have not installed SemiTether Jailbreak, you can add them in Cydia source with http://thebigboss.org/semitether

Author: Bruno+

SemiTether for iOS 5 relieves some of the tethered jailbreak pain

Folks have been jailbreaking iOS 5 for almost as long as Apple’s latest mobile operating system has been available. There’s just one catch: the only tools available provide a tethered jailbreak. That means you need to connect your mobile device to a computer and run redsn0w or ultrasn0w every time you reboot — otherwise you won’t be able to get past the boot logo and your device will be unusable until you do perform a tethered boot with a computer.

Fortunately iOS 5 is pretty stable and most people don’t have to completely shut down their devices very often. Tapping the power button to turn off the display doesn’t count. What we’re talking about is performing a complete reboot by holding the power button until a slider shows up allowing you to shut down the device.

Still, if you have a jailbroken iPhone and need to reboot it when you’re not near a computer… you might find yourself with an unusable phone until you get back to your home or office.

But there’s a tool that can help. It’s called SemiTether, and it’s currently in beta. You can download it from the Cydia Store for jailbroken iOS apps by adding http://thebigboss.org/semitether to your list of sources.

SemiTether lets you reboot a device that’s been jailbroken using a tethered message without getting stuck at the boot logo. Once you reboot you won’t have access to all of your device’s functions: You won’t be able to run jailbroken apps, the web browser won’t work, the Mail app doesn’t work, and some other apps may not function.

But you should be able to make calls or send text messages and use some built-in apps and that may be enough to tide you over until you can perform your next tethered boot.

While hackers search for a way to perform an untethered jailbreak on iOS 5, SemiTether is probably the next best thing.

SemiTether does not work with the iPhone 4S or iPad 2 — because there’s currently no way to jailbreak either device if its running iOS 5.

Source is
http://mobiputing.com/2011/10/semitether-for-ios-5-relieves-some-of-the-tethered-jailbreak-pain/

Yes! Jailbreak iOS 5 for iPhone 4, 3GS, and iPad

The jailbreak for iOS 5, on your iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, or iPad seems ready for prime-time. Now that the bleeding-edge crew have shaken out the bugs, you should prepare to free yourself from Apple's totalitarian walled garden of parody-free, sexless, family friendliness.

[Attention, experienced jailbreakers: This article describes the latest tethered JB in terms that the average user might grok. It also includes a list of my top tips to make a jailbreak go smoothly. But, y'know, feel free to vent your frustrations in the comments below -- I've a thick skin...]

First things first: understand the difference between a "jailbreak" and an "unlock". A jailbreak allows you to install apps from places other than Apple's App Store. An unlock allows you to use a different cellular carrier than the one blessed by your phone, and usually requires you to jailbreak the phone first. Both are perfectly legal, and jailbreaking does not encourage software piracy -- no matter what Apple PR may appear to imply.

Second: understand the difference between a "tethered" and an "untethered" jailbreak. A if a jailbreak is said to be tethered, it means that the jailbreak is undone if you reboot the phone -- in other words, you must connect your phone to your PC or Mac to properly boot it. An untethered jailbreak is the gold standard, because you don't need to muck about with any of that nonsense.

At the time of writing, the jailbreak available for iOS 5 is tethered. If you don't understand the implications of that, then go back and read the previous paragraph!

You'll need to use a jailbreaking tool to tweak the version of iOS on your phone. You'll want the latest version of Redsn0w (0.9.9b6, at time of writing). Some Windows users have also reported success with the Sn0wbreeze tool. You'll also want iTunes version 10.5 and have already downloaded a copy of the iOS 5 install image (the IPSW file).

All the links for these and their detailed instructions are below, but first, here are some top tips, learned from bitter experience. Ignore them at your peril:

• Before doing anything, back up your iPhone in iTunes.
• Make sure you stop iTunes from automatically updating itself -- A long-term fear is that Apple may introduce anti-jailbreaking code into a future iTunes update, stop that software from auto-updating.
• Make sure you stop iTunes from automatically updating  your iPhone -- iOS updates will almost always undo a jailbreak and you may find that new updates aren't jailbreakable (at least, for a few days or weeks).
• Plug your iPhone directly into a USB socket on your Mac or PC's case -- do not use a USB hub.
• Unplug as many other other USB devices as you possibly can.
• Use a genuine Apple USB cable, or a 3rd party cable that you know to be of good quality -- some cheapo cables can appear to work fine for regular syncing and charging, but fail in subtle ways when jailbreaking.
• Be patient -- some of the steps involved in jailbreaking an iPhone take longer than you might think. If it appears to have hung, it probably hasn't. Set aside plenty of time to do the jailbreak; the last thing you want to do is interrupt it mid-process.

As ever, take care; read and understand all the caveats, both here and in the linked articles -- lest you create an expensive brick. Neither I, nor Computerworld are responsible for anything you choose to do with your iDevice -- only you are.

Taimur Asad and his colleagues are doing a consistently good job of explaining all the steps you need to take to jailbreak. Here's their guide to jailbreaking iOS 5. If for some reason you prefer to use Sn0wbreeze, here's the guide for that.

Now what? Once you're jailbroken, you should see an app called Cydia. Open that and the world of open iOS apps is yours.

Source is
http://blogs.computerworld.com/19125/yes_jailbreak_ios_5_for_iphone_4_3gs_and_ipad?ub

What's Up With The Untethered iOS 5 Jailbreak?

Following the release of iOS 5 yesterday, many of you have emailed us about how you can jailbreak iOS 5, and take advantage of some of the great new things it allows you to do, especially with the Notification Center.

As we told you this morning, the only jailbreak currently available is a tethered jailbreak, which works with every device besides the iPad 2 and iPhone 4S (here is how to try it out). It will allow you to hack your device, and add tons of little apps and tweaks, through Cydia, that Apple would never have allowed. But you’ll need to plug it into your computer every time you reboot the device.

So, what about the untethered jailbreak? Well, from what we’re hearing iOS hackers and jailbreakers have already found a way to make an untethered iOS 5 jailbreak, they’ve also hinted at it a few times in the past. They have even found many exploits that have a good chance of allowing them to jailbreak the iPhone 4S.

So when will it be available? We weren’t able to get anyone to give us a solid date. The public version of iOS 5 was only released yesterday, so in any case, it will take a few days to test out the tools, even if they are ready. As far as the iPhone 4S goes, the last few iDevices Apple released were jailbroken in less than 24 hours, so we feel confident about this one as well.

Again, however, there will be a delay between the moment the device gets jailbroken on video, and when you’ll have a tool available on your computer that lets you do it yourself. In either case, we’ll be keeping you posted on any release or progress that we hear about.

Source is
http://appadvice.com/appnn/2011/10/whats-up-with-the-untethered-ios-5-jailbreak

How to Jailbreak iOS 5 for iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPad, and iPod touch

If you are one of the lucky people that currently has iOS 5 installed on your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch, you might be thinking about jailbreaking your device. If that sounds about right, you’ve come to the right place.

For those that don’t know, jailbreaking frees your iPhone from limitations put on it by Apple and by the device’s carrier be it AT&T, Sprint or Verizon. While  it has been made legal, jailbreaking will void your warranty so keep that in mind before you take the plunge.
 
For those of you that are still interested in jailbreaking iOS 5, read on.
Before we get started, keep a couple of things in mind. One, the jailbreak that you’ll be using, Redsn0w 0.9.9b5, is a tethered jailbreak. That means that you will have to connect your device to a computer that is running the jailbreak ever single time you want to power it up. It’s a hassle but until an untethered jailbreak arrives, you’re stuck with this method.

And two, this is not available for the iPad 2 or the iPhone 4S. This is for iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPad, and iPod touch users only. No timetable for a jailbreak for either of those devices.

So, if you own a supported device that’s running iOS 5, here is how to jailbreak it:

1. Install iTunes 10.5.
2. Connect Your iDevice to your computer and back up your files.
3. Download the correct version of iOS 5. You can  update through iTunes.
4. Download Redsn0w 0.9.9b5 for Windows or for Mac.
5. Open that file, select ‘Jailbreak’ then ‘Install Cydia’. It’ll take you to DFU mode and Redsn0w will jailbreak your device.
6. Once Cydia is installed, you’ll want to be in DFU mode and in there should be an option for ‘Extras’. It looks like this image you see here.
7. Pick ‘Just Boot’.

You can also use the video below for guidance as well.

Source is
http://www.gottabemobile.com/2011/10/12/how-to-jailbreak-ios-5-for-iphone-4-iphone-3gs-ipad-and-ipod-touch/