Is apple still signing 5.01 then?

[Hungryghost]

Put my mind at rest folks! I have been waiting for this jailbreak a while; I'm stuck on 4.2.1. I didn't check the site this morning for the first time, and now I'm stuck in work another three hours.
So remind me, I need to download 5.01 and then hold shift while pressing restore in latest update of iTunes? Then jailbreak using latest redsnow?

 

[hinds90]

They're still signing it and you are correct.

 

[Hungryghost]

Aah thank you . Just realised all the times on this forum are US time. It's only been out a couple of hours then; cool.

 

[Hungryghost]

Also, what's the deal with iBooks and redsnow? Am I going to need to fix it? Its not really a problem as I have other ePub readers but just wondering

 

[Jmills87]

Yes of course 5.0.1 is being signed, it is the most current firmware. No need to do a shift restore unless you're restoring a custom firmware.

 

[hinds90]

It could be in my head but it seem that if you select your already downloaded ISPW by hitting shift restore the restore process is quicker.

 

[Jmills87]

It's in your head. All that hitting shift+restore does is let you select a firmware file if you've already downloaded it. It only seems like it's going faster because you're selecting a firmare file you've already downloaded as opposed to having iTunes download it for you. Either way, you still have to download the full IPSW.

 

[hinds90]

Oh okay I always thought if you selected a ISPW that you already downloaded you didn't have to download it from apple. Thanks for clearing that up

 

[Hungryghost]

Well I did shift and restore in the end just to save downloading it twice. It takes about half an hour on my connection and I waited long enough already!

 

[Jmills87]

You misunderstood what I meant If you download the IPSW beforehand and shift+restore it will not download twice. You just need to download it manually and restore manually or download an restore automatically through iTunes. I was just saying that either way you have to download the IPSW at some point and it takes the same amount of time either way.

 

[hinds90]

Yeah I understand now. If you don' mind me asking did you use to work for apple or something?

 

[Jmills87]

Naw, I applied to work there a while ago but they never called me back lol. I have been jailbreaking since 3.1.2 and I run my own blog about it so i have lots of experience