Merely an hour ago, Apple released iOS 5 firmware for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. Since iOS 5 firmware final version is similar to iOS 5 GM, it can be jailbroken tethered using redsn0w 0.9.9b4.
Since iOS5 final==GM, http://is.gd/6eek4Y is already the tethered JB (point it at the iOS5 IPSW til we embed the public URLs in it)
This tutorial will teach you how to jailbreak iOS 5 firmware final on iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. Simply follow the procedures as mentioned, just point redsn0w to the iOS 5 final IPSW, which you can download from here.
Devices compatible with this jailbreak:
- iPhone 4
- iPhone 3GS
- iPad 1
- iPod touch 3G
- iPod touch 4G
Warning:
Those people who rely on software unlock please hold off upgrading to iOS 5 till the iPhone Dev Team applies iOS 5 compatibility upgrade to ultrasn0w. That should happen today.
NOTE: If you jailbreak your device on iOS 5 firmware, keep in mind that you will not receive any future updates via OTA until you restore back to stock iOS 5 firmware.