Jailbreak Apple iOS 5 Beta 3 via Redsn0w 0.9.8b2
Apple recently launched the Beta 3 version of Apple iOS 5 and like the previous too this one can also be Jailbreakable.
Warning: Almost every beta software is clumsy, it is vulnerable and has few bugs as well, also not many apps are supported on iOS 5 Beta 3 therefore if you are doubtful about installing Beta 3 on your iOS device, please don’t do it.
Supported Devices
- iPod touch 3G
- iPod touch 4G
- iPad 1
- iPhone 3GS
- iPhone 4 (GSM)
- iPhone 4 (CDMA)
Currently only these devices are jailbreakable using Redsn0w 0.9.8b2, if your device is not listed above, please don’t proceed because it won’t be of any use. For iPad 2 users, you guys would have to wait to experience iOS 5 Beta 3 on your device.
The Tutorial
1) Download Redsn0w 0.9.8b2 by clicking on [this] link if you are on a Mac and [this] link if you are on a PC.
2) Make sure you have iOS beta 1 firmware file on your computer, download it from Apple Developer Portal by clicking on [this] link.
3) Launch Redsn0w 0.9.8b2, you would be requested to navigate to the firmware file, select it and then click Next.
4) Once you click on the next button, you would see a patching kernel message on the display screen which means that Redsn0w has recognized your device’s firmware.
5) Now Redsn0w would ask you to select an operation which you would like it to perform, choose Install Cydia, if you need to do a tethered boot on your device, you can do that too from this menu. As of now, just choose Install Cydia.
6) Redsn0w would guide you in putting your device into DFU mode (check out alternative by clicking on [this] link).
7) Once you are in DFU mode, let Redsn0w do it’s job. Congratulations, you have successfully jail broken your iOS device to iOS 5 Beta 3 using Redsn0w 0.9.8b2. ![]()
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