Oh gotcha, thank you. What do you recommend I do? Couldn't I downgrade to iOS 5 if I wanted a untethered jailbrake? Or should I go ahead and jailbreak it tethered? I keep throwing those 2 words around I don't really understand what they mean exactly. Tethered and untethered.
Could you be so kind and explain to me what they mean and the pros and cons please
Thank you much
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tethered jailbreak is when you would have to boot it up using a computer in order to use it. This is required if you do a reboot, power off, etc, anything that completely stops the iPhone. Putting it to sleep/standby doesn't count, neither does respringing. An
untethered jailbreak is when you can turn your on, off, leave it off for ages, throw it around, drown it (just kidding) and you can still boot it and use it. With an untethered jailbreak, you won't need to jumpstart the kernel to run like you would on a tethered jailbreak.
That's really the only difference. That aside, they both work accomplish the same thing, which is turning off certain security protocols so that the user can interact with the system files. There is no difference in Cydia or Cydia app/tweak performances, just whether or not you have to boot it using a computer.
You might also come across the term
semi-tethered jailbreak. This is basically the in-between of a tethered and an untethered. The difference between a semi-tethered and a tethered, is that you can boot your iPhone or iDevice to the springboard, but you are limited in actions. A tethered jailbreak, when booted without a computer, will show the "Connect to iTunes" logo as if it's in recovery, so you never reach the springboard. An untethered gives you full capabilities in interacting with your iPhone without the need of a computer.
As for downgrading to iOS 5, the only untethered jailbreaks for iOS 5 are 5.0.1 and 5.1.1. To find out whether or not you can downgrade to one of those iOS, you can connect your device to your computer, download and run TinyUmbrella, and click on "Save SHSH" or "Save All SHSH" on the top right of the window. Then in the center of the window, there is a white box with 3 tabs, and by default, you should be on the "General" tab. Let the loading bar on the bottom of the window finish, and you will see a list of items assuming they are saved on Cydia. Those items are the SHSH blobs for whichever device is labeled. If you see 5.0.1 or 5.1.1, then you can downgrade to the one that you see.
