Looks like iOS 5.1 is right around the corner... I got a 4S 2 days ago. I want to JB. But I am thinking of waiting until 5.1 is set free.
Is there an advantage to doing it now?
Is there an advantage to doing it now?
at minimum i would save your 5.0.1 SHSH Blobs. that way you can always go back to 5.0.1 anytime you wish. look into iFaith or TinyUmbrella
This is false. Though saving your SHSH blobs is a good idea there currently is no way to downgrade nor restore to 5.0.1 on A5 devices once Apple quits signing them.
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How have you come to this conclusion?? Are you running 5.1?
Recently, there was a strong suggestion from a couple of the guys who developed the untethered 5.0.1 jailbreak to download a certain app from the App Store before it disappeared or was upgraded. Their advice was to download it and copy the .ipa file someplace safe. I'm not sure what the rules are here regarding this, so I won't mention it by name, but the app is still available and is free.
In any case, it might be inferred that this app has some kind of repeatable crash that could be exploited in a future firmware and allow jailbreak code to be injected. If this is the case, the next firmware might be jailbroken quickly, but be dependent on installing this app.
Better safe than sorry, right?
I kind of got the impression that they wouldn't ADMIT to it being a possible exploit. It's still looks to me like a "no comment" situation, which almost always makes me think that there's more to the story.
There's no reason NOT to do it, though...
There is no telling whether we will have a JB for 5.1. Apple has been cracking down for years now and no one knows if the future JB will be untethered like it is for 5.0.1.
Having to wait maybe months before a JB is even available, if even possible
THESE reasons right here are what is compelling me to go stock and stay that way
always having to wait to update is getting old, tbh. this has to drive anyone crazy who actually depends on jailbreaking
What's the harm in waiting to update the OS? I suppose if they offered something really great in these intermediate updates that would be one thing but most of the time it's small things, at least AFAIC. iOS6 isn't going to show up until the next device which I'd find hard to imagine will show up before October. That's a whole lotta JB login' over the next 7-8 months ;-) The minor software instabilities are what make me frustrated with JB'ing. Until iOS 5 I had virtually none of that and it may just be the apps I've installed that cause the problems, which is probably the case. But, unless 5.1 offers something really compelling then I am fine waiting months (or never) to update. When iOS 6 comes out, I can consider that on it's own merit and decide on both the new device and the OS at the same time.