The final version of the iOS 5 firmware for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch has been available for quite some time now and it can be jailbroken using Redsn0w (for Mac OS X and Windows) or with Sn0wbreeze (exclusive for Windows only) iPhone / iPad jailbreak tools. But the catch; both jailbreak tools offers tethered jailbreak method only, in which you have to tether (connect) your jailbroken iOS device into a computer to get a tethered jailbreak. And since the release of the new Apple’s mobile operating system, the entire jailbreaking community is eagerly waiting for the untethered jailbreak solution. Though there still no untethered jailbreak solution available, iPhone hacker BigBoss has conceptualized and released a new jailbreak app called SemiTether which allows you to reboot your jailbroken iOS device that runs on iOS 5 tethered jailbreak without the need to connect it to the computer. However, as expected, BigBoss’s solution has some limitations.SemiTether jailbreak app is still in beta version and it can be downloaded from Cydia Store under BigBoss repo. The only downside of the SemiTether app is you won’t be able to use the entire functionality of the device since all your jailbreak apps, tweaks, web browser, Mail app, and some other App Store apps will not work. But you will be able to make calls or send text messages and use some built-in apps. So, to get a full tethered jailbroken device, you will still need to tethered boot your iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch on your Mac or PC and run Redsn0w.
1) Can use phone, sms (text messages).
2) Can use every other stock app on iphone.
3) Cannot use mobile safari.
4) Can use other appstore web browsers such as atomic web browser.
5) Cannot use mail app. You could install a gmail app from appstore or such instead.
6) You cannot use any jailbreak tweak, app, cydia until you boot tethered.
7) While in the semitether booted state, you should not add a jailbreak ios5 notification such as sbsettings to notifications during this state or your device will be stuck in a respring loop until you get home to “boot tethered”.
While the iPhone Dev Team as well as other iOS hacking team were still figuring out how to get untethered jailbreak for iOS 5, SemiTether is probably the next best thing.
SemiTether is available in Cydia under BigBoss repository. Of course, you must have a jailbroken iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch in order to access Cydia App Store. You can jailbreak your iPad, iPhone, or iPod Touch using Sn0wbreeze or Redsn0w on iOS 5. Then once jailbroken, just simply install Cydia app and reboot your iOS device. The step by step guide on how to jailbreak iOS 5 is posted on below links:
Steps to Untethered Jailbreak iOS 5 on iPad using Sn0wbreeze or Redsn0w:
Tethered Jailbreak iPad on iOS 5 Using Redsn0w 0.9.9b5
Tethered Jailbreak iPad on iOS 5 Using Sn0wbreeze 2.8b8
You should note that SemiTether does not work with the iPhone 4S or iPad 2 — because there’s currently no way to jailbreak solution for both new iOS device that runs on iOS 5 firmware.
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