UPDATED 15:23 EDT / OCTOBER 04 2011

NEWS

Jailbreak Utility for iPhone Redsn0w Ahead of the Game with iOS 5.0 GM for iPhone 4S, iPad, and iPod

It looks like just on the edge of unveiling the new iPhone, hackers across the Internet have already gotten on the ball and prepared a jailbreak for the device that allows tethering.

The jailbreak program is named Redsn0w (updated version 0.9.9b2) but it does require that the smartphone be tethered to a computer running the program on boot in order to access the jailbroken interface. The jailbreak affects the Gold Master build of iOS 5 which means it affects iPhone, iPad, and iPod devices running that version of the software.

The jailbreak has been confirmed by notorious iPhone hacker @MuscleNerd’s Twitter feed. “redsn0w http://is.gd/6eek4Y can already tether JB 5.0GM (select beta7 IPSW for now though, til update) http://is.gd/SXCEi4.”

It is available at several URLs being released at several different URLs (although the one in @MuscleNerd’s Twitter post is currently down due to excessive volume.)

Tutorials on how to jailbreak your iPhone 4S are already cropping up across the Internet. Good luck.


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