iOS 5 Semi-Tethered Jailbreak Released, Here’s Your Full Guide!

While both the iPhone Dev Team and Chronic Dev Team are working on finding an untethered solution for iOS 5 jailbreak, the BigBoss has released an iOS 5 semi-tethered jailbreak. This word might be strange to you, that’s why we’re writing a deep walkthrough below.

What’s Semi-Tethered jailbreak

iOS 5 semi-tethered jailbreak is a kind of jailbreak which allows you to reboot your device without needing to a compute for “Just Tethered Boot” option in redsn0w. Yes, it’s similar to an untethered jailbreak but actually 99% of your jailbreak related apps and tweaks won’t work at all. The semi-tethered jailbreak is made as a protection for you if your device reboots while you’re on the road. It allows you to make the most of important functions but you won’t get back to fully functional state until using redsn0w again, when you get home.
For myself, my device sometimes stuck on Apple logo while I’m on the road because of the tethered jailbreak. That will help you a lot in case you’re facing like these problems.

What’s Tethered jailbreak

Tethered jailbreak means you’ll have to plug your iOS device into your compute everytime it’s rebooted and choose the just tethered boot option from redsn0w. In case you don’t have a computer near you (with redsn0w), your device will be stuck on Apple logo.

What’s Untethered jailbreak

That’s the jailbreak where you can reboot your device without having to worry about it not booting up again. Hackers are currently working to get untethered jailbreak on iOS 5.
Supported devices
You know, they’re still the same. No iPad 2 or iPhone 4S support.

• iPhone 4
• iPhone 3GS
• iPhone 3GS New Bootrom
• iPad 1
• iPod Touch 4G
• iPod Touch 3G

What functions can be done and can’t be using Semi-Tethered jailbreak 

Well, the BigBoss summed up almost everything important:

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”.

How to get Semi-Tethered jailbreak

Below is full guide to get it:
STEP 1: You must have iOS 5 installed, and tethered jailbreak.
STEP 2: Once jailbroken, open Cydia then tap on Manage > Sources.

STEP 3: Now tap on Edit from the upper right of the screen then add and write down the following repository:

http://thebigboss.org/semitether

STEP 4: Search for SemiTether, install it then reboot your device.

STEP 5: Since it’s still tethered, you’ll need to make just tethered boot from redsn0w.

STEP 6: Once done with the tethered boot, you’ll be able to reboot your device without being stuck on Apple logo.
We’ve tried the semi-tethered jailbreak for iOS 5 on iPhone 4 GSM and it’s working perfect. However, the SemiTether solution is in beta and you may face some problems.

(Source Cydiahelp)

iPhone 4S Siri Can Be Ported On Any iOS 5 Device Without Jailbreak

iPhone 4S Siri the artificial intelligent assistant is one of the biggest reason behind the latest massive success of Apple’s iPhone 4S sales, as Apple has announced that they have sold more than 4 million iPhone 4S devices within three days of availability of the device. Siri has already inspired many rival companies to come up with this type of features for their phones, and almost every second person impressed from its work who has tested the new Siri intelligent virtual assistant of iPhone 4S.
iPhone 4S Siri is currently limited only to the iPhone 4S hardware exclusive seems to be helping the sales of the device with older design but with hardware boost. After the announcement of Siri limitation to iPhone 4S hardware, we have seen many jailbreak hackers claimed to be working on it to port it on the other iOS devices running iOS 5, and currently we have seen many porting videos including iPhone 4 and iPad 2 which shows that its possible to port the Siri on iPhone 4 and iPad 2.

Here is the tweet from Jackoplane, the mastermind behind this hack,

This morning we come across to another hacker claimed who states that he successfully ported the Siri on iPhone 4 with having connection to Apple’s Siri service servers, which allows Siri to produce efficient work on iPhone 4S. Previously hackers also claimed that there work was stuck on making the connection with Apple’s server from iPhone 4 hardware and in this morning we come across to this claim on which hacker says that he finally made connection with servers from iPhone 4 hardware.

In addition to it, the developer hacker also announces that the Siri port on iPhone 4 does not requires the iPhone 4S jailbreak or any kind of hacking on the new device, all they have to copy some of the Apple’s stock iPSW file system files to iPhone 4 system to made his working on the A4 device hardware. The developer also announced that he got a way to make connection with Apple’s server which allows any iOS device running the new iOS 5 to run Siri on it and to facilitate you with the new personal assistant, take a look at the supported iOS devices:

• iPad 1
• iPad 2
• iPhone 4
• iPhone 3GS
• iPod touch 3G
• iPod touch 4G

For more info about ETA, we are not sure yet but we will let you let's you  up to date.

iPhone Dev Team Releases RedSn0w 0.9.9b7

After receiving feedback from jailbreakers on Reddit, the iPhone Dev Team has released an updated version of RedSn0w (version 0.9.9b7) which allows for a quicker jailbreak. By giving the option of no longer “stashing” applications by default during the RedSn0w run, the Dev Team has managed to reduce the time it takes to perform the jailbreak from 210 second to 80 seconds.

Although the time might be reduced at the time of the initial jailbreak, much of that time will be made up for the first time you launch Cydia, as Cydia will then want to stash the applications. The main feature provided here seems to be the option of whether you want RedSn0w to stash the applications or whether you want Cydia to, in the Preferences pane.

On a quick side note, the Windows version of RedSn0w 9.9.9b7 still does not support custom IPSWs.

You can read the official update notes posted by the Dev Team below:

Update #15: After some feedback on reddit, we’ve decided to make the initial jailbreak as quick as possible by no longer “stashing” the applications by default during the redsn0w run. This reduces the time to actually perform the jailbreak from 210 seconds to 80 seconds (60 percent!). However, you make up for much of that the first time you launch Cydia, which will then want to stash the applications. You can choose whether you want redsn0w or Cydia to stash in the Preferences pane.

You can download RedSn0w 0.9.9b7 by clicking the appropriate link below:

• redsn0w 0.9.9b7 for Mac
• redsn0w 0.9.9b7 for Windows

For those of you who are eagerly waiting for an untethered jailbreak to be released, you will have to continue to be patient.

Source: iPhone Dev Team

Siri on iPhone 4, 3GS, iPod Touch 4G, 3G, iPad 2, 1 Are Coming Soon (No Jailbreak Required)

We have something great for you from the tips box. Siri has been ported successfully on all devices running iOS 5 and a developer could get Siri connected to Apple’s server successfully on any device running iOS 5. Great news, right?


iPhone Developer known as Jackoplane announced today that he could get Siri connected to Apple’s servers and working on all devices running iOS 5. Jackoplane says that he’ll release Siri as soon as possible.
Moreover, the developer says that the iPhone 4S jailbreak is not needed to get Siri installed on older devices. He says that he’s already got the files. May be piracy?