Untethered Jailbreak Works With iPhone 4 Running iOS 5.0.1

Here's some more good news for jailbreakers, especially iPhone 4 users. pod2G has just confirmed that he has successfully performed an untethered jailbreak for iPhone 4 running on iOS 5.0.1.
Couple of days back pod2G who has been a member of the Chronic Dev team had demoed an untethered jailbreak for iOS 5 on an iPod touch but had hinted that it should work on iPhone 4.
However, few minutes back he has confirmed that he has managed to successfully perform an untethered jailbreak even on an iPhone 4 running on iOS 5.0.1:
Got an untethered iPhone 4 running iOS 5.0.1. Feel free to update.
Of course, if you want to SIM unlock, don't update using Apple's original FW nor update OTA.
As pod2G has mentioned, please do not update your iOS 5.0.1 if you rely on a software method to unlock your iPhone.
pod2g hasn't provided any ETA on when the tool to jailbreak iOS 5 or iOS 5.0.1 (untethered) will be released to the public. It remains to be seen if pod2G's untethered jailbreak will support iPad 2 and iPhone 4S.
As always, we'll let you know as soon as we have any further updates, so stay tuned here at iPhone Hacks or join our Facebook Fan page or follow us on Twitter or subscribe to our RSS feed.
[via @pod2G, Thanks a lot L.G. for the tip!]
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SemiTether Jailbreak Updated For Stability

The popular SemiTether jailbreak was updated to v0.9.1 this morning, and it’s quite the update.
Working with Saurik, the team was able to fully incorporate the new mobile substrate, which allowed them to get rid of the daemon patching and restarting.
Mobile substrate now does all of the heavy lifting when it comes to the SemiTether. There’s even an option to patch Safari to work in non-jailbreak mode now.
Perhaps most importantly, the new version of SemiTether will protect your iOS 5 Notification Center plugins…
Along with that much needed feature, the team also says that they are looking into patching Mail, and working with the developers of MyWi and AppSync.
Per BigBoss here are is the summary of changes:

1) Much more stable with new mobile substrate
2) Can patch safari so it works in the non-jailbreak reboot mode
3) App to monitor the status of your semitether and reapply. Check after Cydia installs.

The team states that this update will certainly address the “flakiness” of the previous versions of SemiTether, but to keep in mind that this is still a beta package, and a complete rewrite of mobile substrate.
If you haven’t seen the video that we created that shows how to SemiTether jailbreak your device, then check it out below:

Remember, the source for the SemiTether package is as follows: http://thebigboss.org/semitether
Have you used SemiTether? What do you think about it?
[BigBoss]
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How to Get Settings for iOS 5 Jailbreak Tweaks [Updated]

Update: Video and download pulled. Apparently this file is not officially approved by the developer, and it was stolen/illegal/unlicensed. I apologize for the inconvenience, but we don’t want to wrong the hard working members of the community. I hope you understand.
One of the main reasons that people have shied away from the iOS 5 jailbreak, besides the obvious tethered nature, is the lack of settings for their favorite tweaks. This makes their favorite tweaks severely maimed, or utterly useless.
The following tutorial shows how to update your PreferenceLoader which will in turn enable settings for tweaks on iOS 5. Keep in mind that an update PreferenceLoader should be coming anyway, with the release of iOS 5 on October 12th. For those who just can’t bare to wait any longer, this tutorial is for you…
Note: Your device must be jailbroken in order to do this. You can use SSH, but it’s easier to use a file utility like iPhone Explorer if you have it.
Step 1: Download PreferenceLoader.dylib
Step 2: Navigate to /Library/MobileSubstrate/DynamicLibraries on your iDevice
Step 3: Rename PreferenceLoader.dylib to PreferenceLoader.dylib.old
Step 4: Copy Downloaded PreferenceLoader.dylib (from step 1) into the /Library/MobileSubstrate/DynamicLibraries directory
Step 5: Respring, and check your Settings app. A good tweak to test with is CleanStatus. I’ve verified it works personally.
Generally only advanced users would want to do this, and you will know how to transfer files between your PC or your iDevice. You can also use iFile to copy the file over, or whatever other means of file transfer that you have.
Was this tutorial able to help you get your jailbreak tweak settings? Let us know how you fared in the comments below.
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