iOS 5 beta 5 gets redsn0w tethered jailbreak

A while back we mentioned that non-developer devices that were running on iOS 5 would be disabled by Apple due to them not having the proper authorization. While we can’t confirm that there have been many cases of devices being disabled due to unauthorized use of iOS 5, if you are such a user, it appears that the jailbreak for iOS 5 beta 5 has already been released.

Jailbreaking tool redsn0w has ben updated to version 0.9.8b5  and will support the iPod touch third gen, iPod touch fourth gen, iPad 1, iPhone 3GS and the GSM version of the iPhone 4. At the moment it appears the jailbreak is only for tethered devices which isn’t that really a big of a deal.

If you’re a developer and you would like to jailbreak your iOS 5 beta 5 device to tweak it and to check for bugs, redsn0w 0.9.8b5 is available for download here with the Mac version available here.