Apple seeded iOS 5 GM for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch to developers today now we have word coming in from the jailbreak camp. It turns out that you can jailbreak iOS 5 GM tethered using redsn0w 0.9.9b2, which was originally released to jailbreak iOS 5 beta 7.
MuscleNerd of the iPhone Dev Team just revealed via Twitter that the previously released redsn0w 0.9.9b2 can jailbreak iOS 5 GM tethered on iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. This redsn0w version was released to jailbreak iOS 5 beta 7. At the moment, no new redsn0w update has been released for iOS 5 GM jailbreak, as redsn0w 0.9.9b2 seems to work just fine.
How To Jailbreak iOS 5 GM Tethered:
Step 1: Download Redsn0w 0.9.9b2 for Windows and Mac
Step 2: Download iOS 5 beta 7 IPSW for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch
Step 3: Launch Redsn0w 0.9.9b2
Normally redsn0w 0.9.9b2 jailbreak without needing ISPW, since beta firmware isn't available to the public, you will have to provide the ISPW to redsn0w, which in this case is going to be iOS 5 beta 7 ipsw.
Step 4: Click on Extras followed by Select IPSW.
Step 5: Select the IPSW from where you downloaded it and then click OK. Redsn0w will display the following confirmation
Step 6: Click on OK and then on Back to go main screen. Here, click on Jailbreak and redsn0w 0.9.9b2 will begin its work
Click on Install Cydia
After you click Next, make sure that your device is both powered OFF and plugged IN. Now follow the onscreen instructions to put your device in to DFU mode.
- Hold Power button for three seconds
- Hold Power + Home button for 10 seconds
- Release Power button, keep holding Home button until redsn0w starts working again
After that, redsn0w will automatically jailbreak iOS GM tethered on your iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. Once that is done, you need to boot your device tethered. Since it would already be connected to the device, simply go to Extras from the main screen and click on Just Boot.
Follow onscreen instructions to put your device in DFU mode again. Once you have done that, redsn0w will automatically boot your device tethered.
This is all you need to jailbreak iOS 5 GM tethered. Do keep in mind that this does not work on the iPad 2. If you face any issues during the procedure, leave a comment down below and we will help you out.