Earlier in the week, iOS hacker pod2G revealed demoed an untethered jailbreak for iOS 5 on third generation iPod touch. He then confirmed that the untethered jailbreak also works on iPhone 4 running iOS 5.0.1.
Untethered Jailbreak Works With iPhone 4 Running iOS 5.0.1
Here’s some more good news for jailbreakers, especially iPhone 4 users. pod2G has just confirmed that he has successfully performed an untethered jailbreak for iPhone 4 running on iOS 5.0.1.
iOS 5 Untethered Jailbreak Demoed [Video]; Will Work With iOS 5.0.1
Chronic Dev team has been one of the teams working on an untethered jailbreak for iOS 5.
However, few days back they revealed things were not looking too good as Apple may have fixed most of the exploits that they had discovered in iOS 5 beta.
How To Jailbreak iPad 1 Running iOS 5.0.1 Using Redsn0w [Updated]
Apple released iOS 5.0.1 few weeks back, which includes fixes for bugs that was affecting battery life.
Dev team has advised iOS device users to hold off upgrading to iOS 5.0.1 until the flow for downgrading to iOS 5 is developed.
Chronic Dev Team: Update On iOS 5 Jailbreak; Release C-Reporter Dev To Discover New iOS Vulnerabilities
Chronic Dev Team has just published a blog post titled “Weapons of Mass Exploitation” in which they’ve given an update on the untethered jailbreak for iOS 5 and also released a tool called C-Dev Reporter, which will enable iOS device users to send device crash reports to Chronic Dev team that could be helpful in finding new vulnerability in iOS.
Tiny Umbrella Updated To Support iOS 5.0.1
A new version of TinyUmbrella, the tool that allows you to take backups of SHSH blobs (ECID SHSH) to let you downgrade to older iOS versions has been released to include support for iOS 5.0.1.
Apple had released iOS 5.0.1 last week to fix some of the bugs that was affecting iPhone’s battery life.
Apple Pulls Fake Jailbreak App From App Store [Updated]
It looks like someone managed to briefly sneak in an app in the App Store, which claimed to jailbreak all iOS devices including iPhone 4S and iPad 2 and worked with all iOS firmwares from iOS 3.0 to iOS 5. Apple has pulled the app.
The fake app was called “Jailbreak” and was available on the App Store for $9.99.
Sn0wbreeze 2.8 Beta 11 To Jailbreak iOS 5.0.1 For iPhone, iPad & iPod Touch Released
iH8sn0w has also released Sn0wbreeze 2.8 beta 11 to jailbreak iOS 5.0.1 for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch that was just released by Apple.
Sn0wbreeze is considered the unofficial PwnageTool for Windows. It allows users to create custom iOS 5.0.1 firmware file that is pre-jailbroken, which can be used to upgrade their iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch to iOS 5.0.1.
Chronic Dev Team: Bug Found In iOS 5 That Could Bring Untethered Jailbreak
There is finally some good news for users who want an untethered jailbreak for iOS 5.
iPhone hacker pod2g of the Chronic Dev Team has just announced that he has discovered a bug in iOS 5 that could help in developing an untethered jailbreak for iOS 5.
Sn0wbreeze 2.8 Beta 10 To Jailbreak iOS 5.0.1 Beta 2 For iPhone, iPad & iPod Touch Released
iH8sn0w has also released Sn0wbreeze 2.8 beta 10 to jailbreak iOS 5.0.1 beta 2 for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch that was seeded to developers of iOS developer program.
Redsn0w 0.9.9b8 that was released to jailbreak iOS 5.0.1 beta also works with iOS 5.0.1 beta 2, all you need to do is point it to iOS 5.0.1 beta 1 firmware file.