Jailbreak iOS 5.0.1 with Redsn0w 0.9.9b9

Dec 19, 2011 - 122 Comments

Jailbreak iOS 5.0.1 with Redsn0w 0.9.9b9

Update: An untethered version is now available, here is our guide: How to jailbreak iOS 5.0.1 untethered with redsn0w.

Redsn0w 0.9.9b9 isn’t the first jailbreak for iOS 5.0,1, but it’s certainly much easier to use thanks to native 5.0.1 support. This basically means you don’t have to point it at older firmware to perform the jailbreak, but it does still require a tether boot.

Requirements:

  • iOS 5.0.1 installed
  • iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPad 1, or iPod touch 3rd & 4th generations

If you already have iOS 5.01 installed you do not need to download any IPSW files.

Jailbreaking iOS 5.0.1 using Redsn0w 0.9.9b9

These instructions are the same for all compatible iOS devices and from running redsnow in Mac OS X or Windows:

  1. Download redsn0w 0.9.9b9d: Mac OS X or Windows
  2. Launch Redsn0w and click on “Jailbreak”
  3. Put the iOS device into DFU mode by holding down the power button for 3 seconds, then start holding the Home button as well for an additional 10 seconds, then release the Power button but continue to hold the Home button for another 15 seconds
  4. Wait while the jailbreak is installed, this will take a few minutes. When finished you will see a “Tethered Jailbreak” popup window reminding you of the tethered status and the iPhone screen will no longer display gibberish text
  5. Still in Redsn0w, click back to the first screen and click on the “Extras” button
  6. Click on “Just Boot” and put the device back into DFU mode again the same way as before, or follow on screen, then let the iOS device boot tethered

Your iOS device will now boot jailbroken and is free to use Cydia.

Remember that if the battery dies or if you reboot the device manually, you’ll need to perform the tethered boot with redsn0w assistance again. This is the difference between a tethered vs untethered jailbreak and why people prefer untether solutions, the untether is in the works for iOS 5 but not yet available to the public. We’ll keep you posted when we learn more.

Update: Links to redsn0w 0.9.9b9d have been updated.

Update 2: You can now untether existing iOS 5.0.1 jailbreaks with Corona

Update 3: Redsn0w 0.9.10b1 is an untethered jailbreak now available, here is how to use it

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Posted by: Matt Chan in iPad, iPhone

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  1. Chelsea says:

    I got this:
    Couldn’t download required ipsw!
    Please check your internet connection.
    If your internet is working you may need an updated. version of redsn0w

    Error with SHSH blobs!

    What do i do?? I have been looking online for hours, and to no avail. Any help is appreciated!

  2. Doni says:

    I have an Iphone 4 on iOS 5.0.1 and I have the 04.11.08 baseband. Doing this jailbreak, will it raise the iOS version? I don’t have the cydia installed too!

  3. dinho says:

    I come from françe now i’m on angola(afrc) my iphone 4s
    not netwk in phne same one help me, what rule can i fallow for unlock it cause it same time i see this problem

  4. AJ says:

    jailbreak 3g using redsnow latest version. When it finished it says iCould not activate cellular data network. I have T-mobile sim card. Any steps I missed>???

  5. Jessica says:

    Okay, so i`ve done every step, but when I click ” Just boot ” it freezes up & it`s been froze for awhile now. So I decided I would just restart my phone & try all over again, but my phone won`t even come on. What do I do ?!?

  6. CJ says:

    why does cydia stop working when i shut my ipod off?

  7. geoff1970 says:

    Hello. I am trying to jailbreak my iphone4 to install Siri. I downloaded redsnow 0.9.10b6 and was able to get cydia on my phone. I installed winterboard and now I can’t access cydia, winter board or safari. Any suggestions?

  8. kaity says:

    i jailbroke it fine then i went to just boot and it is stuck on waiting for ipodtouch 4g and nothing is happening it’s just a blank screen help please?

  9. need jailbreak says:

    mines get stuck on the “waiting to reboot” and my ipod boots back up but cydia not added on anywhere and it still says “waiting to reboot”

    • jack says:

      same! the ipod just turns on at the ‘waiting to reboot’ stage. someone just put step by step instuctions on how to sort it please?

  10. Techgnosis says:

    I followed all the instructions with my Ipod Touch 4g with iOS5, but after it got to the point of “identifying device” it froze, and now I can;t turn on the Ipod in any way. What can I do? HELP!!

  11. eross says:

    Now that ios 5.1 is out, and you cannot install 5.01 with iTunes, can you still upgrade to 5.01 using redsn0w installation (using “maually specify an ipsw”)?

  12. Cynthia says:

    When I follow the steps it says: Unrecognized build.
    Please check whether you have the latest version of redsn0w and whether this IOS version is supported yet.

    But I have the right redsn0w version and also the right IOS version.. Can someone tell me what to do???

  13. max says:

    mine says ‘no identifying data fetched

  14. joel says:

    i erased cydia but not what i installed from it how can i erase it

    • f0sakening says:

      lmao i deleted cydia after installing installous and iapfree, now i realised i wanted sbsettings and a few other tweaks but idk if using redsn0w to put cydia back is a bad idea or not. If you try it let me know, im on ios5.1 untethered/jailbroken/unlocked iPhone3GS.

  15. jashan dosanjh says:

    red snow is the best thing to jailbreak your ios 5.0.1 iphone 3gs,iphone4,iphone4s and on ipod 1g,2g,3g,4g. i was very afraid for jailbreaking at first i was faield to jailbreak and then second time i was sucessfull in jailbreaking and in installing cydia at some times cydia is not instaled properly for more informtion follow me on twitter @jashandosanjh and be my friend on face book jashandosanjh.1

  16. Hannah says:

    I have the iPhone 4 iOS 5.0.1, I made it to the “waiting for reboot” screen and my phone turned on when others didn’t during this step. Could someone help me out?

  17. AJ says:

    I was trying to jailbreak my ipod 4g ios 5.0.1 and i followed every instructions, when i do the hold the power button than power and home button for 10 sec and release the power button, like it doesnt finish the countdown and it goes to the the stage part and it says reebot and either my ipod goes to the itunes logo, or it just starts up normally, please help!!

  18. Peter says:

    Seems to have worked for me on the 3GS ,it was the only way to unlock the phone after I restored to factory settings .

  19. ryan says:

    I need help. Ok i jail broke the iPod touch. I followed the instructions. Then when i try to use cyida it always reboot. then when the iPod touch comes back on it fezzes and i have to rest it. I jail broke it 3 times in a row does the same thing over and over again. HELP PLEASE!!!!!

  20. Benne says:

    Hey, I have a 3gs 16g white, after 45week, and it still requires tethered boot after redsn0wing 9.10.3b and 5.0.1 ipsw. I still haven’t had an untethered jailbreak (used to use 4.3.4)… I really need to get rid of this computer anchor for my phone.

    any help cydia, dev team, anything?

  21. jad says:

    I have an iphone 4 factory unlocked i updated it to ios 5.01 but now it doesnt have service it cant read my sim card please help me.

  22. Kevin says:

    I have a 3GS and want to upgrade to iOS 5.0.1 but don’t want to lose the use of my Cedia “My WiFi” App which I use for tethering my other devices to the internet so so far I haven’t done it. If I jailbreak using the latest Redsn0w will I still be able to use that App and “My 3G” I also use?

    Thanks

  23. Brother Cadfael says:

    I have a 3GS with iOS 5.0.1, old bootrom, baseband 05.16.05 — can I jailbreak this, either tethered or untethered? The 05.16.05 baseband is not one of the 6 supported basebands listed on Redsn0w website.

    Thanks!

  24. sibiyan says:

    Is The Preparing JailBreak Data Ment To Take 20mins+

  25. Will Kit says:

    Everything was fine and working perfectly just that i’m having problems sync with itunes in JB status…i need to reboot it to semi-tethered to be able to sync it and boot it back to JB status with redsnow…Anyone know what is the problem?

  26. brianna says:

    i did the jailbreak and the just boot in tethered mode but wen my phone reboots it boots normally and i do not have cydia

  27. Sami says:

    hey i just got an ipad2 iOS 5.0.1 and i wanna download the cydia to it i tried jailbreaking it but the redsno tells me that the ipad2 isn’t supported ? could i know why ??!! i rlly need cydia pllsss help

  28. Leo says:

    Don and everyone..u must try and try..ive tried a bunch of times getting it..and finnaly it works…u must follow instructions to the tee on the screen…one split second u remove a home or power button and it wont work….goodluck

  29. Don says:

    Ok I have a Verizon iPhone 4 5.0.1 and I followed the steps and it took a long time making my build. Before it was done the phone automatically turned its self back on before it was done. Well I let it be to see if it was supposed to do that then the redsnow asked to download cydia and I did and now it’s waiting for reboot and my phone was already on and wouldn’t do anything. So without canceling I put the phone back into dfu mode and I’m still waiting and it won’t do a thing.

  30. mitchell says:

    when i do the jailbreak the it doesn’t work i followed all the stops and sometimes it says it doesn’t recognize my device email me how to fix it please :mitch.10.6@ Hotmail.co.ul

  31. Zak says:

    Hey Guys,

    I just performed the jailbreak, everything seems fine, Cydia is installed, able to do tethered boot however I am unable to add any repos to cydia!! Anyone got solution for that??

  32. soul says:

    eventhough i followed all the steps and stuff the program suddenly crashed and now i cant turn my ipod on help!!! pls

  33. cata says:

    Great! working perfect in my iPhone 3gs IOS 5.0.1.

  34. antoine says:

    after jailbreak i turn off my iphone when i power on cydia doesn’t work why but the icon is on the iphone

    • Will Kit says:

      Did you reboot after install Cydia? you need to go back to extras, point it choose IPSW5.0.1 & reboot it to JB status

  35. Mehta says:

    I am not able to unlock my iPhone 4 firmware 4.11.08, carrier etisalat urgently need help

  36. Trey Armbrecht says:

    Okay, for some reason this isn’t working out.. i clicked on install cydia and everything went well. then i went to the ‘just boot’ and the pineapple showed up, right after the pineapple showed up it takes me to a black srceen and the loading circle pops up and starts turning. i cant do anything from here, my iPhone just keeps vibrating every 5 to 10 seconds! WHAT DO I DOOOO!! PLEASE HELP MEE!

  37. Barry says:

    Oh well Whenever i need to restart my ipod, it just freeze on apple logo screen. and then i need reopen redsnow and put my ipod to DFU mode and select reboot option from Redsnow.

  38. Barry says:

    Amazing Man, Just Amazing, i was looking for jailbreaking my ios 5.0.1 from a long time i tried with showbreeze too, it never works. But this time it really works with redsnow, and Cydia is working perfectly on my ipod touch 4g. Thank you very much for your support. Thumbs up for it :).. MERRY CHRISTMAS to all. :)

  39. Barry says:

    Jailbreaking my ipod touch 4g having ios5.0.1 on it, let’s see what happened.

  40. frod says:

    jailbreak done, installed some cydia sources and reboot
    then when i tried to tethered it to my pc there’s an error

    “Couldnt download required IPSW!
    Please check your internet connection.

    If your internet is working, you may need an updated version of redsnow.

    Error with SHSH blobs!”

    a little help pls

    • Todd says:

      I get this same problem???

      jailbreak done, installed some cydia sources and reboot
      then when i tried to tethered it to my pc there’s an error

      “Couldnt download required IPSW!
      Please check your internet connection.

      If your internet is working, you may need an updated version of redsnow.

      Error with SHSH blobs!”

      a little help pls

  41. Anish says:

    i have a problem
    the deativate option is not working for my iPhone 4
    its on baseband 2.10.04
    (using redsn0w for mac)

    is there any procedure i need to follow for using “Deactivate”

  42. ganesh says:

    solved … after “boot the iPad tethered using Redsn0w”….now working…but when i turned off the ipad and the turned on …same result showing “apple logo”…….

    Help me

    • Idjits says:

      Do you understand what a tethered boot is? It means every time you reboot the device it has to be booted tethered. Read the instructions.

  43. paddy says:

    hi i have jaibroken the phone, howver i have gone to download an app and it says reboot so i have and now im stuck on the reboot screen with the apple logo on it?? help ite been like this for bout half hour now

  44. Ganesh says:

    i will check it…

  45. Ganesh says:

    Jailbreak’ed successfully ….but when i install any application from cydia source…..it saying “reboot” and after reboot,only apple logo is showing….i retored the ios5.0.1 again and jailbreak’ed…but same result when i install any app from cydia source… .it saying “reboot” and after reboot,only apple logo is showing

    Help me…one full night was gone for this….

  46. N1njd3th says:

    ibooks works perfect in this one thx so much you are awesome!!!!!

  47. Lauren says:

    its not working with mine.. it says that the build cannot be identified. i have tried everything!!! please please help!!!

  48. packit says:

    can’t install a thing from Cydia :( It says “Cannot Locate Package”…there are packages installed though. Usually I didn’t have to do any package installing. Anybody good at this?

  49. Paul says:

    Got a problem. I followed the steps to the T and reached the point with the famous pineapple everyone has been going on about. However, when I open Cydia, I am presented with the following error:

    UNABLE TO LOAD (The certificate for this server is invalid. You might be connecting to a server that is pretending to be “cydia.saurik.com” which could put your confidential information at risk.)

    Could this be an issue with the local wifi settings/proxy servers/ISPs, or is it more likely that there was an error in installing the jailbreak software? Has anyone else had this error and/or found a fix?

  50. sandeep says:

    How can I unlock my iPhone 3gs with 05.16.05 firmware and iOS 5.0.1?

  51. rm says:

    I’ve gotten the JB to work, but for some reason cydia doesnt seem to have any packages listed under any of the sources, nor is it able to find things like openssh, mywi, etc. Not 100% sure whats going on here.

  52. Cudi says:

    WOW THANKS MAN!
    Worked perfectly fine on my iPod touch 4G iOS 5.0.1!

    Make sure your iPod/iPhone is turned off when you enter DFU mode.
    If it doesn’t work, you just dont have the “magic touch”.

  53. emily says:

    I get as far as the reboot part and then it stops and oesnt do anything i have a verizon iphone4 5.0.1. can anyone help please????

    • Imagine says:

      see previous reply I can’t too, not sure why and I can’t see any reason but I’ve been looking around and no ones mention the provider. Not sure if I have to use the same IPSW file than AT&T. I’m clueless and you are not the only one who can’t JB Verizon iPhone 4

  54. Ilija says:

    This doesnt work with my iphone 4.
    When i open redsnow and click jailbreak it starts with identifying and stops there. Nothibg happens next.
    I didnt have this problem with redsnoe 099b7 version.
    Anyone had this problem?

    • Imagine says:

      Are you with Verizon or AT&T it seems with Verizon I can’t JB. I try on 2 different iPhone 4 with Verizon provider and at the reboot when we suppose to see the white screen it get stuck there but with my At&T no problem at all

    • Will Kit says:

      Try go to extras & manually point it to IPSW5.0.1 & boot it..

  55. Ken says:

    So i did everything following the steps, but when I boot the iPhone it only shows the little pineapple and it doesn’t load or anything.

    By the way I have a iPhone 3gs iOS 5.0.1.

    • Felipee says:

      i have an ipod touch 4G. it did the same thing i did everything and then it got stuck at the pineapple logo and then i rebooted it and now it just stays stuck in the apple logo and wont go past that..

      • joe says:

        ya I have an iPod touch 4g on 5.0.1 and I got the same problem with the pineapple and it’s been like that for 3 days!!! can anyone help?? plz!!

  56. ozzy says:

    it doesnt work for my ipod touch 4g 5.0.1, it just gets to the waiting for reboot screen and then my ipod just boots back to normal, what’s the problem

  57. Win says:

    Worked perfectly on my iPod 4G iOS 5.0.1 :D

  58. del says:

    guy i wish someone can help me out…
    i done my jailbreaking till the end but when i my jailbreaked iphone i still couldn’t receive any network…please someone help me as soon as possible….

  59. rpshan says:

    Hi Techies, I need your help guys.
    I tried using redsn0w_win_0.9.9b9d on my ipad 2 -5.0.1 after one time in DFU mode my ipad 2 does not power on. Dont know why.
    Please let me know how to fix guys. Thanks in adv!

    Cheer

  60. Matteww says:

    Please how can you unlock iphone 4 running 5.0.1 firmware to any uk network…mine is currently locked to 3 network…i just jailbroke mine now with your tutorial…thanks alot.

    Now need instruction on how to unlock to any network

  61. canons says:

    is this jb work for ios 5.0.1 ipad 1 wifi only?

  62. ahmad jafri says:

    hey plz ..let me know if there is any solution for ios 5.0(9A334) with bb 4.11.08

  63. Riot says:

    ive followed all the steps and after i do the “just boot” it starts doing its thing with the pineapple on the screen, iphone starts up but then everything looks the same as it was originally and i cant find cydia?

    • Nan says:

      Did you click the “Install Cydia” checkbox when jailbreaking with Redsn0w? Make sure that’s installed, then make sure after you have jailbroken with redsn0w, you then run redsn0w again for the tethered boot to enable Cydia.

  64. sudheer says:

    Will unlock works for 4.11.8

  65. Yomo says:

    Can it be unlock 4.11.8

  66. Non says:

    Not workin on iPod touch 4g windows version for me

  67. Sage Wysocki says:

    The link is down, please fix!

  68. Amos Abeey says:

    With the new redsn0w 0.9.9b9 do you think i can be able to jailbreak my ipad 2 on ios 5.0.1.More help needed pls as to know when precisely this will be happening.
    thanks

  69. SHAMAR says:

    Thanks SO MUCH! ALL CREDIT AND THANKS FOR YOUR HELP!

  70. […] available for your hardware. If you are determined to proceed on the cutting edge of jailbreaking, learn how to jailbreak iOS 5.0.1 with redsn0w 0.9.9b9, but as I stated before, the untethered option is not yet available. Most people are better served […]

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