Jailbreak Advice
 

I read over at Redmond Pie that a tetherless Jailbreak for iOS 5.0.1 is coming this weekend. My jailbroken iPhone is still at 4.3.3. Do I want to grab the iOS5.0.1 upgrade before Apple maliciously pushes 5.0.2? I have a copy of the ISPW for 5.0.1, but am assuming that it isn't like retrograde.

I know if you had upgraded to 5.0 and saved the SHSH blob, you were ok. I'm not sure about 5.0.1?This might help:
1. http://thefirmwareumbrella.blogspot.com/p/faq.html.
2. Also try iclarified.com.

Amazing how words change meaning over time.

Not too long ago it would be crazy to ask about jailbreaking in a public forum!

5.1 began seeding to developers a while ago, so it's pretty much guaranteed there won't be a 5.0.2.

Waiting for tethered jailbreak for for 4s..

Are all Apple upgrades malicious, or is it just the ones that coincide with random stuff going on in the hacking community? My guess is that Apple product managers are timing their releases to provide new features, fix old bugs, etc. and any jailbreaking plans that they foil are coincidental.

A malicious upgrade (in my mind) is one that is released very closely to a jailbreak under circumstances where you can reasonably infer that the prime purpose was to patch that jailbreak. I'm sure it will fix something else as well, they always do, but if the upgrade fixes a timezone change for a city of 800 in the Southwestern Outback and patches the jailbreak, I think it qualifies as a "malicious upgrade." I think people need to remember to disable their OTA upgrades.

Yes, some are CLEARLY released simply to defeat a jailbreak.

I wouldn't necessarily call it "malicious" though because a jailbreak entails security vulnerability. So Apple releases it as a security patch, with some "bug fixes" or new "features" for show.

Basically, use TinyUmbrella to save your SHSH blobs, and you should be safe. I'm not sure what you mean by "grab the upgrade" if you already have the IPSW. If you mean update to 5.0.1, that's up to you, but you'll lose your jailbreak and you have no idea whether the jailbreak will really be released this weekend. Personally I've just saved my blobs and will wait.

The jailbreak is out

http://blog.iphone-dev.org/

Non A5 devices only....too bad. We wait!:eek:

Any ideas on when the Jailbreak for the 4S will be out? This is the longest I have ever waited for one.

You are going to be waiting a very very very long time

What makes you say that?

For those of us waiting patiently for the JB to come out, please note the following:

http://www.idownloadblog.com/2012/01...le+Feedfetcher

http://www.idownloadblog.com/2012/01...le+Feedfetcher

No word re 'when', but it will eventually come. Belated Happy New Year :p