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[ChaosShadow]

Hey everyone!

pod2g just tweeted not too long ago for everyone to update to 5.0.1 if you want the Untethered JB your A5 device (iP4S and iPad2)

https://twitter.com/pod2g/status/154298153078763521

[HeyGreggie]

Im hearing it'll just get taken away in a few weeks though after the update...

[BLiNK]

Originally Posted by HeyGreggie

Im hearing it'll just get taken away in a few weeks though after the update...

that's why you do not update. welcome to the life of jailbreaking. always waiting to update to the latest & greatest firmware

most think it's worth it...

[HeyGreggie]

whew. This is going to be a tough one. Regardless though... should I update to 5.0.1?
Im on 5.0 now..

[ChaosShadow]

Originally Posted by HeyGreggie

whew. This is going to be a tough one. Regardless though... should I update to 5.0.1?
Im on 5.0 now..

Yes, update to 5.0.1

Originally Posted by BLiNK

that's why you do not update. welcome to the life of jailbreaking. always waiting to update to the latest & greatest firmware

most think it's worth it...

LOL, this was the same in Android. If you rooted your phone and Google released a new version of Android... you NEVER took the OTA download

[BLiNK]

also, i would look into iFaith or TinyUmbrella and how you can save your SHSH blobs and create your own custom firmware so if you ever need to restore you can ALWAYS go back to iOS 5.0.1, even well after Apple stops signing it. otherwise you will have to restore to whatever OS Apple is currently signing which most likely will not be jailbroken at the time, Untethered anyways

[mgregg99]

The tougher decision is for those of us on 4.3.3 with our iPad 2. Updating to 5.0.1 and hoping for a jailbreak is too much of a risk for me. Worse case scenario is I'm stuck on 4.3.3 forever, but at least I'm happy. Giving that up for 5.0.1 and having to wait several more weeks or months isn't worth it for me. If and when a jailbreak is available for 5.x I'll be more inclined to upgrade if given the choice, but for now I'm staying put.

[ChaosShadow]

Originally Posted by BLiNK

also, i would look into iFaith or TinyUmbrella and how you can save your SHSH blobs and create your own custom firmware so if you ever need to restore you can ALWAYS go back to iOS 5.0.1, even well after Apple stops signing it. otherwise you will have to restore to whatever OS Apple is currently signing which most likely will not be jailbroken at the time, Untethered anyways

This is good to know. Thanks for sharing the knowledge

Originally Posted by mgregg99

The tougher decision is for those of us on 4.3.3 with our iPad 2. Updating to 5.0.1 and hoping for a jailbreak is too much of a risk for me. Worse case scenario is I'm stuck on 4.3.3 forever, but at least I'm happy. Giving that up for 5.0.1 and having to wait several more weeks or months isn't worth it for me. If and when a jailbreak is available for 5.x I'll be more inclined to upgrade if given the choice, but for now I'm staying put.

pod2g says that the JB should be released in about a week. I don't think Apple will be releasing 5.1 by then. I'd wait it out

[derk]

Originally Posted by BLiNK

that's why you do not update. welcome to the life of jailbreaking. always waiting to update to the latest & greatest firmware

most think it's worth it...

Ditto!

Everything would have been easier if pod2g stated that in the first place.


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[Joe McG]

I wouldn't update to 5.0.1. My battery life got worse on 5.0.1, even after several restores and setup as new. Just stay on ios 5.0