redsn0w iOS 4.2.1 untethered Jailbreak released to beta testers

Posted by iPhone and iPad News and Reviews
Dec 26, 2010
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Redsn0w , the untethered jailbreak was released to “testers”. This is a BETA version and is real buggy. The testers will be able to find and correct any flaws that may occur. This is a statement from the Dev Team:

*This is a beta tester program. It’s not a general release! Things can go very wrong, so please don’t even consider testing if you have pictures or other media on your device that you haven’t backed up!

*For the same reason, please don’t participate if you rely on the ultrasn0w carrier unlock. Wait for the final version!

*Until we fix some sandbox issues with bluetooth, the bluetooth functionality is disabled.

*This very first beta1 is limited to iPhone4, iPad, and iPod touch 4G.

*Cydia must have your 4.2b3 SHSH blobs saved on file. (As we approach a general release, we’ll provide a way to let you use locally saved hashes too).

*You must already have the usbmuxd software installed and running on your Mac (this requirement will eventually go away too). The correct invocation of the relay is just as that page says: “./tcprelay.py -t 22:2222”. If the relay isn’t installed or running correctly by the time the redsn0w ramdisk has started, you’ll need to restore to stock FW again to try it again. Please test it beforehand to save yourself some time!

*Please leave all feedback in the comments below (we really need your feedback to help develop it into a stable release!)

Beware of any BETA releases, they are usually intended for the tech guru testing it, and pretty much trying to find bugs or flaws in the programming so it can be corrected before it is actually released to the public. If you just use your device as an everyday phone and DO NOT want to experience any type of problem with it, then I would suggest you hold off.