Thursday, 5 January 2012

Jailbreaking Your iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad [iOS 5.0.1]

The Always Up-to-Date Guide to Jailbreaking Your iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad [iOS 5.0.1]

Jailbreaking is a process that changes little by little with each iOS upgrade. Rather than always publishing new guides, we're simply going to keep this one up to date. If you want to jailbreak your iOS device, you've come to the right page.

VERY IMPORTANT NOTE: This jailbreak is only available for iPhones, iPads, and iPod touches that do not have an A5 chip. That means if you own an iPad 2 or iPhone 4S you cannot jailbreak at this time. Please do not attempt to use this jailbreak on your device as it will not work and could cause serious problems. A jailbreak for your device is underway and hopefully we'll see it soon. For now, those of you with older devices are good to go.



Current Untethered Version: iOS 5.0.1
For additional jailbreak options for older versions of iOS, please see the list at the bottom of this page. As this guide is updated, previous versions of the guide will be archived there as well.

Current Tethered Version: iOS 5.0.1
We do not recommend tethered jailbreaking, as it requires you to connect your iDevice to your computer to boot it every time. This is especially bad with new operating system releases, as they tend to freeze up a bit more. You probably don't want your device freezing up and becoming unusable while you're out and about, so you really should wait until an untethered jailbreak is available for iOS 5. That said, if you're jailbreaking for development purposes or carry a laptop with you everywhere, this post will show you can do it.
Not sure if you should jailbreak?

We love jailbreaking our iDevices, but it's not for everybody. If you're not sure, you should read both our reasons not to jailbreak and why jailbreaking is awesome.
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How to Jailbreak: The Step by Step Process

The video above will show you how the whole process works, both on your computer and your iOS device. The video depicts the jailbreak process for iOS 4.3.1 but it is identical to the process for iOS 4.3.3 (and 4.3.2, for that matter). Here are the individual steps:

1. Before getting started, make sure you are running iOS 5.0.1, as this jailbreak will only work on iOS 5.0.1 and not 5.0.0. If you're still running 5.0.0, update to 5.0.1. Also, be sure your iDevice does not run on an A5 chip. (This means iPad 2s and iPhone 4S'.) Any earlier device that can run iOS 5.0.1 should work just fine. (This means the iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 GSM, iPhone 4 CDMA, iPad 1, iPod touch 3G, and iPod touch 4G.)

2. Download redsn03 0.9.10b1 for Mac OS X or Windows.

3. Turn off your iDevice, connect it to your computer, and open up the redsn0w application.

4 .On the redsn0w application window you'll see a Jailbreak button. Click it. You'll be told you'll need to put your iDevice into DFU mode and to click the Next button when ready. When you are ready, go ahead and click it.

5.  Hold down the power button at the top of your iDevice for three (3) seconds. Next, continue holding down the power button but also hold down the home button for a total of 10 seconds. Finally, let go of the power button but continue holding down the home button for another 15 seconds, or until redsn0w changes screens and tells you it's exploiting your device for the jailbreak.

6.Once redsn0w has finished doing its business, it'll ask you what you want to do for this jailbreak. By default, only Cydia will be checked. Most of the other options are irrelevant, but you might want to check Enable multitouch gestures if you want additional multitouch gestures on your iPhone or iPod touch.

7.Wait a few minutes for the jailbreak to finish and for your iDevice to reboot. Once it has booted, you'll see the Cydia icon on your home screen (although it may not be on the first page, so look around). Open it up and you'll have access to a bunch of jailbreak hacks.

And you're done! Launch it and you're ready to go. Not sure what to do next? Check out our jailbreaking tag page for some ideas.

Jailbreaking Options for Older iOS Devices

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