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iOS 5.0.1 For iPhone, iPad, iPod touch can be jailbroken with Redsn0w

by Michael Grothaus (Nov 11th, 2011)

For the jailbreakers among you, you'll be happy to hear that iOS 5.0.1 for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch can indeed be jailbroken with Redsn0w. RedmondPie has tested and confirmed that Apple's latest version of iOS 5 can be tether-jailbreaked by using the latest version of Redsn0w. Redmond does ...

Redsn0w 0.9.8b7 jailbreak tutorials available

by Kelly Hodgkins (Sep 1st, 2011)

Good news for jailbreakers running iOS 5 Beta 7, latest version of Redsn0w will let you jailbreak your newly updated iOS device. While Redsn0w 0.9.8b7 was released for iOS beta 6, it does suport beta 7. This jailbreak works with any iOS device, except the iPad 2. There's a few points to keep ...

iOS 5 beta 5 gets a jailbreak

by Steven Sande (Aug 9th, 2011)

iOS 5 isn't set to actually ship until Fall, but that's not keeping the Redsn0w team from keeping up with Apple and releasing a jailbreak of iOS 5 beta 5. Redsn0w 0.9.8b9 is a tethered jailbreak that works on just about any iOS device except for the iPad 2. It's not likely that an untethered ...

redsn0w tethered jailbreak available for iOS 5 Beta 1

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jun 10th, 2011)

The iPhone dev released a new version of redsn0w that jailbreaks iOS 5 beta. The release is meant for developers to test their jailbroken apps with Apple's latest mobile operating system. The dev team warns people that this jailbreak will not bypass iOS 5 beta activation. You still need a ...

Untethered jailbreak for iOS 4.3.3 now available from iPhone dev team

by Kelly Hodgkins (May 6th, 2011)

Jailbreakers hesitant to update to iOS 4.3.3 can now do so without losing their ability to jailbreak. The iPhone dev team confirmed iOS 4.3.3 is still vulnerable to the untethered jailbreak exploit that @i0n1c created for 4.3.1. Released earlier this week, this version of iOS fixes the location ...

iPhone dev-team releases untethered redsn0w jailbreak for iOS 4.3.2, iPad 2 not included

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 19th, 2011)

The iPhone dev-team released an untethered jailbreak for iOS owners running Apple's latest 4.3.2 firmware. Good news for jailbreakers as Apple did not patch the hole discovered by @i0n1c. The code for this exploit was used in the untethered jailbreak for iOS 4.3.1 and was easily ported over to ...

iOS 4.3.1 jailbreak available, but not for iPad 2

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 4th, 2011)

The iPhone dev team released the latest version of its PwnageTool for iOS 4.3.1. Thanks to the work of Stefan Esser, both the PwnageTool and redsn0w now provide an untethered jailbreak for this latest version of iOS. This untethered jailbreak is compatible with all 4.3.1 devices except for the ...

Redsn0w jailbreak already live for iOS 4.2.1 on all devices

by Richard Gaywood (Nov 23rd, 2010)

As expected, that was fast. The current exploit used by jailbreaking tools greenpois0n, redsn0w and limera1n attacks the iOS device's boot rom, which is outside of the bits that Apple can change in software. As such, it cannot be addressed without issuing new hardware, meaning that, for the time ...

iOS 4.2.1 jailbroken, compatible Cydia store ready

by Dave Caolo (Nov 19th, 2010)

Redmond Pie reports today that iOS 4.2.1 has been successfully jailbroken, and that a compatible version of Cydia will be available as soon as 4.2.1 reaches the public. This build of iOS can be jailbroken with Redsn0w version 0.9.6b2, the same used with iOS 4.1. The current version of Cydia is ...

TUAW Hands On: 4.2 jailbreak

by Erica Sadun (Nov 5th, 2010)

powered by Fotopedia With nothing better to do (plus a few pending reviews that require a jailbreak), I decided to give the redsn0w 4.2 jailbreak a try. A 4.2 GM 2nd generation iPod touch was my test device. The jailbreak is not very hard to do: download a copy of the current 4.1 firmware (it's ...

Updating to iOS 4.2 early, with optional jailbreak

by Chris Rawson (Nov 4th, 2010)

iOS 4.2 hasn't even been publicly released yet, but the gold master candidate has already been jailbroken using Redsn0w. In fact, using instructions posted on Covering Web, it's been possible to jailbreak iOS 4.2's gold master since the moment it was released. The jailbreaking steps are relatively ...

Redsn0w Jailbreak for iOS 4.1 now available

by Matt Tinsley (Nov 3rd, 2010)

If you're a fan of jailbreaking your iOS device, here's some good news for you. The iphone Dev-Team has released the latest version of redsn0w (0.9.6b2), allowing you to jailbreak your iOS 4.1 device (iPhone 4 / 3GS, iPad, 3rd and 4th generation iPod touch and 2nd generation Apple TV) into the land ...

iPhone OS 4.0b1 jailbreak available -- for devs only

by Michael Grothaus (Apr 18th, 2010)

The fine folks behind redsn0w have released the second beta of a jailbroken iPhone OS 4 -- redsn0w 0.9.5b2. Right now the beta only works on the iPhone 3G and does not support carrier unlocking. The devs are quick to point out that in no way is this jailbreak targeted at the average end-user. ...

Preliminary tethered jailbreak now available for iPod touch 2G

by Christina Warren (Feb 1st, 2009)

About two weeks ago, the iPhone Dev Team started dropping hints about redsn0w, which is the project focused on jailbreaking the iPod touch 2G. Yesterday, the first unsupported tethered jailbreak, dubbed "Red Snow Lite" was released to the public. Before you attempt to jailbreak your shiny iPod touch ...

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