How to Jailbreak iOS 5.0.1 Untethered with RedSn0w - iPhone 4, 3GS, iPad, iPod Touch

How to Jailbreak iOS 5.0.1 Untethered with RedSn0w

RedSn0w 0.9.10b1 is now available to jailbreak iOS 5.0.1 untethered. In this guide you’ll learn how to untethered jailbreak iOS 5.0.1 firmware on iPhone 4, 3GS, iPod Touch 4G, 3G and iPad 1 with RedSn0w.

Hit the jump for Step-by-step instructions…


Supported Devices & Firmware

This untethered jailbreak works on the following devices and firmware:

  • iOS 5.0.1
  • iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS
  • iPod Touch 4G, iPod Touch 3G
  • iPad 1

Note:

If you’ve already updated to iOS 5.0.1 + tether jailbroken your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch, the only thing you need to get Untethered jailbreak is to install ‘Corona 5.0.1 untether’ from Cydia.

Corona is a Cydia package that contains the Pod2g’s untethered jailbreak which is developed by the Chronic Dev-team, the team behind Greenpois0n jailbreak.

Here’s how to: jailbreak iOS 5.0.1 Untethered using “Corona 5.0.1 Untether” jailbreak tweak.

If Corona 5.0.1 untether doesn’t work for you due to any reason or you’re not sure, you can always try RedSn0w steps below. Let’s jailbreak iOS 5.0.1 untethered with RedSn0w 0.9.10b1…

How to Jailbreak iOS 5.0.1 Untethered with RedSn0w

Downloads

Download iOS 5.0.1
Download RedSn0w 0.9.10b1

Step 1

First of all connect your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch and backup your personal data before restoring to iOS 5.0.1.


Attention iPhone Unlockers

UltraSn0w or Gevey SIM dependant iPhone users need to preserve their baseband before updating to iOS 5.0.1. You can do that by creating a custom firmware with RedSn0w. Here’s how to do it:

How to: create custom firmware with RedSn0w

*** iPhone unlock dependant users MUST always use custom firmware instead of Stock iOS firmware


Step 2

Connect your iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad to iTunes 10.5 or later, hold down the Shift (Windows) or Alt/Option (Mac) key and hit the restore button on iTunes and then browse select the downloaded iOS 5.0.1 IPSW file (Unlockers MUST use Custom Firmware).

Step 3

Once the restore process is completed;
Run RedSn0w;
Select Jailbreak;
Then check “Install Cydia” and hit the next button.

Step 4

Now make sure your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch is turned OFF and Plugged in to your computer. Hit Next.

Step 5

Now follow the on-screen instructions to enter your device in DFU mode.

  1. Hold Down The Power (Corner) button for 3 Seconds
  2. Without releasing the Power button, also hold down the Home (Bottom Center) button for 10 seconds
  3. Without releasing the Home button, release the Power button BUT KEEP holding the Home button for 15 seconds

As soon as your iDevice enters DFU Mode, RedSn0w will start jailbreaking it, which should be completed within few minutes. That’s it!

Enjoy iOS 5.0.1 untethered jailbreak on your iPhone, ipad or iPod Touch.

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76 comments… add one
abody December 28, 2011, 2:15 am

I used the this method and it worked and the baseband is 1.59.00
but ultrasn0w is not working
also i think baseband disappear after a while from turning on the dives

Abody December 28, 2011, 8:06 am

The problem is fixed but I don’t know whey
But I’m not complaining

dennisck December 28, 2011, 5:23 am

I lost the telco carrier connection after jailbreak. Anyone know what is the problem?

Romario December 28, 2011, 6:46 pm

If your iphone is SU ( Not Factory Unlocked ), You need to install ultraSn0w from Cydia to unlocked your carrier

Doba December 29, 2011, 5:04 pm

Reboot your phone after ultrasn0w installs as well.

tarin457 December 28, 2011, 5:34 am

why i can not install winterboard in my iphone 4 5.0.1
please help me.thanks

ololoo December 28, 2011, 6:27 am

after restoring and jailbreaking how do i activate my iphone 3gs.tried activating with redsnow but doesn’t seem to work any ideas?Pls Help!!

iPhoneHeat December 28, 2011, 3:25 pm

From RedSn0w… Jailbreak >> selecting Cydia (make sure “Deactivate” option is NOT selected) should hacktivate your iphone

ololoo December 28, 2011, 9:10 pm

Thanks it worked!….but i have installed ultrasnow but it doesnt unlock the phone i get no service,what is wrong?

iPhoneHeat December 29, 2011, 1:23 am

your baseband?

tomas January 2, 2012, 2:11 am

06.15.00

rebelhank007 December 28, 2011, 9:25 am

which basebands of iphone4 and 3gs does this untethered jailbrake support?

iPhoneHeat December 28, 2011, 3:22 pm

jailbreak and baseband are two unrelated things.. Unlock depends on baseband.

rebelhank007 December 28, 2011, 4:44 pm

k then after jailbreaking ,,
can i unlock my 3gs (using ultrasnow) and
iphone 4(using gevey sim) as usual?
or else ultrasnow works for both??

Kayilly December 28, 2011, 10:11 am

I downloaded the jailbreak for iOS 5.0.1 and now winterboard doesnt work and i cant download anything. Help please!

Kayilly December 28, 2011, 11:04 am

Cannot comply msg.

iPhoneHeat December 28, 2011, 3:23 pm

Cydia Repos are being hammered.. so be patient.. and make sure to check if Winterboard is compatible with 5.0.1

ihdarr December 28, 2011, 5:53 pm

how do we check it

youness December 28, 2011, 10:55 am

It seems like hackactivation(de-activate) not working,Im stuck again in activation(welcome)step.
I did jailbreak then deactivate….but it wont pass the welcome page…..any solution.

chkenwing January 25, 2012, 12:41 am

I’ve been getting the same problem.

I’ve tried all sorts, custom firmware, straight jailbreaking, doing the emergency call technique but nothing seems to work.

I’m on a 3GS with bb 6.15 running 5.0.1.

Bastige thing won’t budge!

snake December 28, 2011, 11:13 am

guys i tried it yesterday its working BUT it contains minor bugs would not make you comfortable

bugs like u will have problem and arranging ur icons ir move them in/out folders

Steve December 28, 2011, 11:32 am

I’m not sure why but every time I try to restore with a custom firmware, I get an error 1604. Does anyone know how to fix this?

jose January 18, 2012, 2:18 am

are you sure you are in DFU mode? use ultrasnow extra option “enter PWned dFU mode” previously to try to restore.

jose January 18, 2012, 2:19 am

I meant redsnow extra option.

john December 28, 2011, 12:27 pm

hi guys. please help. im still ios5 and i want to update. iphone wont show up on itunes,cant update it to 5.0.1 then i tried to reformat it thru itunes but bgot error 1611. what to do then?

jacob December 28, 2011, 4:31 pm

I succeed jailbreaking but when I enter the cydia it have some problem. “POSIX operation timed out” what should i do? plz help me!!

iPhoneHeat December 28, 2011, 5:00 pm

server over loaded…

jacob December 28, 2011, 6:27 pm

so how can i do? just waiting?

iBarf December 28, 2011, 10:58 pm

Yep. It fucking sucks, but obviously Cydia is not the AppStore backed up by a multimillionaire company, so we can only wait for it to work (Although Cydia is kinda slow most of the time anyway).

jacob December 29, 2011, 4:39 am

thanks man! 😀

Predictabl3 December 28, 2011, 4:59 pm

every things seems ok but is there any problem with cydia?
cos it takes a very long time to add a sources and it keeps faile sometimes. any 1 with this problem?

rebelhank007 December 28, 2011, 6:56 pm

i have successfully jailbroken 5.0.1 (from 4.3.3) for 3gs using redsnow but all my purchased apps are not geting sync’d
. It says failed to install.
what could be the problem??

Doba December 29, 2011, 5:11 pm

Purchased from Cydia or App Store?

Cisco December 28, 2011, 7:02 pm

Its no working propertly some app dont work! For example my wi my 3g safari download manager

SEKODENG December 28, 2011, 9:16 pm

Anybody has successfully jailbreak the iphone 4 and dont have any issues after that?

iemaster December 28, 2011, 11:05 pm

iBooks is not working after jailbreak. Have reinstalled it numerous times but always states there is an error and to reinstall ibooks or restore the iphone. Anyone else having this problem?

Romario December 31, 2011, 6:03 pm

Yes that’s right. iBooks problem in this JB .
So just delete it and install from cydia ( iBooks Fix IOS 5 )

misteryoso December 29, 2011, 12:13 am

for those who made this jailbreak, thanks a lot..

Monkey75 December 29, 2011, 12:59 am

Just updated from 4.2.1 to 5.0.1 and jailbroken but somethings not downloading keep getting size mismatch for items I had downloaded in the past. Anyone have any recommendations ? Any help much appreciated

shahrukh December 29, 2011, 2:39 pm

Can i update my iphone 4 Running ios 4.0 with bb 1.59.00
to ios 5.0.1 ? i depends on Ultrasnow Unlock ? please Asure me can i Can i Can i ?

Doba December 29, 2011, 5:09 pm

You can. Download 5.0.1 from the links here on the site. DL redsn0w and go to the Extras button on the program. Use custom firmware option. Update phone in iTunes using NO_BB firmware created by resn0w. Jailbreak with redsn0w and install ultrasn0w. Reboot and enjoy.

Shahrukh December 30, 2011, 10:31 am

Thanks

wydchr December 29, 2011, 6:57 pm

I created a custom firmware as I need preserve the baseband to unlock but after installing the custom firmware and then trying to jailbreak redsn0w produces this error dialogue: ‘The IPSW for the following build is needed: iPhone2,1_5.0.1_9A404 The required IPSW is either not public or not available right now. PLease provide it manually using “Extras->SelectIPSW”. Note: If you provide this IPSW once, it will be cached so you don’t need to provide it again.’
Redsn0w does not proceed after this message pops up, any help with this will be much appreciated. I have a iPhone 3GS by the way.

David.

chinatzu December 30, 2011, 5:19 am

hello i also have problem with ibooks, it crashes when i try to open it. Does anybody know a solution?

Romario December 31, 2011, 6:06 pm

Just delete it and install iBooks fix from Cydia

Badassbd December 31, 2011, 4:46 am

I have gone over the steps continuously and still cannot get my iPhone 4 Verizon into DFU mode. I get through the first and second countdowns but when I just hold the home button on the third countdown it gets down to 9 secs and then it goes through two steps and then stops at waiting to reboot. My phone reboots back to normal. Nothing else. I am trying this on a pc, have tried all 3 versions of redsnow, disabled security …help!

Badassbd December 31, 2011, 4:49 am

I have tried all of my USB ports as well.

Gugi December 31, 2011, 8:46 pm

My iphone wont go off its stays at that loading circle at the end

rishab155 January 2, 2012, 12:56 pm

if i create a 5.0.1 custom firmware for my iphone 3gs with baseband …and then restore it to the custom firmware ..and jailbreak using redsn0w …will it surely hacktivate my iphone ???
i rely on hacktivation …as i do not have an official SIM !

dingleberry221 January 2, 2012, 9:59 pm

my verizon iphone wont go into dfu mode and when im trying to jailbreak it says waiting for reboot, what should i do?

Dave January 8, 2012, 6:50 am

Tried to update my iPhone 4 and iPad 1 to 5.0.1 from 4.3.1. Ran the update/jailbreak (used redsnow) and it seems like the update went ok…

However, after it did the jailbreak when it goes to reboot the device, both my iPad and iPhone do the same thing. The apple logo appears, sits for about 1 min, then recycles and repeats. Can’t get either device to boot up and I have no idea why it’s doing that… anyone have an idea and/or suggestion? Thanks

kyoko January 8, 2012, 8:53 pm

Can I use RedSn0w to creat a custom IPSW for my 3GS-baseband 06.15.00? What does “If you’re creating a custom firmware for your iPhone 3GS, RedSn0w will warn you about iPad Baseband patch” mean?

kevin January 9, 2012, 12:50 pm

Mine is 3gs old bootroom version 4.1 baseband 6.15 I update to 5.01 and using rednow to unlock and jailbreak then ran into problem that it could not read the sim stay at searching ,any one have this problem and already have a solution, Please help

Thanks

Prasad January 10, 2012, 10:54 am

Hi,

I am trying to jailbreak my iphone 4 (factory unlock)on iOS 5.0.1 as instructions given here.but am getting error with redsn0w as follows….

This instruction at “0x77c47090” referenced memory at “0x00000000”. The memory could not be “written”.

and redsn0w gets terminated….please help.

qwer January 11, 2012, 7:48 am

is his working on iphone 4s?

Amrit143 January 22, 2012, 10:54 pm

After download that file when i run i click in jailbreak then push switch button then push switch n home button both then i remove seittch button n only push home button then some error msg come plz help me what canni do now ????

Unknown January 30, 2012, 8:44 pm

This hack works for iPod Touch 4G too right??

iPhoneHeat January 31, 2012, 12:16 am

yes.

Unknown January 31, 2012, 12:17 am

are there any bugs or things that i should be aware of before i jailbreak my ipod 4g??

Unknown February 1, 2012, 12:18 am

Uhmm so yes this hack worked, thankfully. But how to i get winterboard and installous???? please help!!!

Unknown January 31, 2012, 12:18 am

and whats all these comments about ultrasn0w??

shahrukh February 3, 2012, 2:13 pm

its so simple i done it successfully on my iphone 4 with bb 1.59.00 its working perfect thanks iphone heat now i m on ios 5.0.1

striker2000 February 5, 2012, 10:53 pm

Thanks man… It works for me even with my Gevey sim…..

JessickahLo February 8, 2012, 6:38 pm

I have sucessfully installed it and everything is working, but i have to reboot my phone so cydia will open how do we do it now?

murt February 14, 2012, 9:42 pm

i have lost my backup after jailbreaking my iphone4?!

any idea!?!

minnyulwin February 28, 2012, 9:50 pm

plz let me know iDevices related update news

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