How to jailbreak iPhone 4 running iOS 5.1.1 with Redsn0w on Mac OS X

Now that we have been introduced to the release of the iOS 5.1.1 firmaware, you might ask yourself if it would be safe to immediately update to it, and the answer is actually quite simple – not really. If you choose to update to it, the your experience might fail and we wouldn’t want to see that. So if you have not at this stage already updated to the iOS 5.1.1 firmware, then just hold your horses for a while and we will explain why. Although it is now possible to Jailbreak the iOS 5.1.1 firmware tethered with RedSn0w 0.9.10b8b on the iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS, we can not exactly claim the same for the Pod2G’s untethered iOS 5.1, whose exploit and implementation may not work on the iOS 5.1.1 firmware. That is why you should wait a little until taking the plunge.

But if it is now too late to even reconsider it, meaning that you have already updated, then we will as usually help you learn how to Jailbreak tethered your iPhone 4 or iPhone 3GS running the iOS 5.1.1 firmware with RedSn0w 0.9.10b8b for Mac OS X., and the steps are not that complicated to follow. We will now make a summary and guide you through this update thoroughly and all we ask for in return is your patience and diligence. Seems like a pretty good deal, doesn’t it?

Jailbreak iOS 5.1.1 iPhone 4

Step 1

We will take it nice and easy so what we need to start with is with the mandatory step to take in order to make this happen, and that is to Download the latest version of RedSnow that is available (at that time of your reading this article) for the Mac OS X operating system. You can not do anything else if you don’t have the latest version downloaded and as we have already mentioned, this is the starting point of the entire operation we are teaching you how to perform today.

Step 2

Now there is nothing else to do before we get it going with the start of our road in trying to do the jailbreaking for the Mac OS X system. We have removed the first barrier and we will proceed with the second important step in this direction, and this is the actual launching of the latest firmware version you have just downloaded, so you only need to simply double click on the RedSnow app and you will get there easily.

Step 3

For the third step, The RedSnow app should now be able to run and you will have to choose the  Jailbreaking option from the displayed welcoming notification. Don’t select the Extras one because it would be wrong. You need to click on the first option, Jailbreaking, and you will then be able to proceed to the next step. It is as easy as it sounds.

Step 4

We have now managed to have proceeded with a lot of the steps included in this process, so you are almost ready to go, but let’s complete the process 100%. Once you clicked the Jailbroken option, you will be given a few preparatory instructions to go through for entering DFU mode. We highly recommend you read through these instructions diligently and as soon as you make sure that everything is clear for you and you don’t need any extra clarification, you have to put your iPhone into DFU mode, and you also need to turn your device off by following the next steps:

• Just hold down the Power (corner) button for 5 seconds.
• Then without releasing the Power button, you need to also hold down the Home (bottom center) button along with the Power button. the duration of this action is of 10 full seconds.
• Without actually releasing the home button, you need to stop holding down the power button (the duration is up to 15 seconds).

  This is it for step 4.

Step 5

As soon as the process  has finished to prepare  your iPhone for the Jailbreak by RedSnow,  you will be asked on the screen to clearly specify the options to go along with your Jailbreak. You can now state with relief that you are close to the end if you click on Install Cydia, and this is a mandatory option (actually, so are the rest we have presented so far too). Once Install Cydia has been selected, you can make sure once again that any other option you want has been ticked as well, and you now also need to select the Next button. We are almost at the end of our exciting journey. Just a few more steps and we are getting there.

Step 6

So now that you have double checked if  you have specified your Jailbreak options you can click the next button and RedSn0w 0.9.10b8b will automatically starts its jailbreaking process. Bu there is something very important for you to do now, and that is to really sit back and relax. You need at this stage to really refrain yourself from bringing any interruption once that  RedSnow has started the jailbreaking process on your device. You are  not allowed to use your computer while this happens, or interrupt the process at all, otherwise it will fail to succeed and you do not actually want that. Just relax. Once the process ends, then your iOS device will automatically have to reboot into a non-jailbroken state. And this is when the tethered jailbreak state kicks in. If you want to boot your device, you need to make sure you make use of RedSnow in doing so. Sop please put your phone back in DFU mode and use RedSn0w 0.9.10b8b to boot it back into a functional and also Jailbroken state, as mentioned . This is a pretty basic and simple process so no issues in performing it whatsoever should arise.

Step 7

Ok, now that we are at the end we still have to tick a few more ideas. At all times when your iDevice shall lose power, in order to help it regain all its functions you need to plug it in your computer. Any time this might happen, I repeat. First of all, you have to relaunch RedSnow again and then you will see the Extras option and you need to select it, and then simply click the Just Boot program. Nice and easy, right? DFU mode need to be turned on now and this will help your device to boot into a jailbroken state, exactly what we were hoping for. This will have to be repeated every time your device loses power, but it’s not that hard at all as you can see and the advantage make this pale in comparison to them.

We’re done

Thanks for sticking with us up to the very end and congratulations for what you have managed to accomplish. We are looking forward to hearing from you how the jailbreaking on the iOS 5.1.1 firmware has worked for you and hopefully you have nothing but good news for us! Fingers crossed and have fun with it! See you in the next article!