You Can Now Jailbreak iOS 5.0.1 With Sn0wbreeze 2.8b11 [Windows]

Jailbreaker @iH8Sn0w has just updated his windows exclusive sn0wbreeze custom firmware creation tool to jailbreak iOS 5.0.1. The latest version is sn0wbreeze 2.8b11 which fully supports the latest build of iOS 5.0.1 (9A405). Like previous couple of releases, this one also fixes iBooks sandbox crashing and location services issues with re-addition of iPad baseband install option to iPhone 3GS. Once again, the jailbreak is tethered for all supported devices and requires iBooty to perform tethered boot.

Here are the release notes:

sn0wbreeze v2.8 [BETA 11]:
? Supports iOS 5.0 (9A334)/5.0.1 (9A405)
? Fixed iBooks sandbox crashing issues (as of 2.8b9).
? Fixed location services issues with iPhone 3GS users running the iPad baseband (as of 2.8b9).
? Re-added iPad baseband install option to iPhone 3GS.
? Tethered devices are booted via iBooty which is extracted to the Desktop after running sn0wbreeze.

Tethered?
? iPhone 3GS (old bootrom)…NO
? iPhone 3GS (new bootrom)..YES
? iPhone 4 (GSM)…………YES
? iPhone 4 (CDMA)………..YES
? iPod Touch 3G………….YES
? iPod Touch 4…………..YES
? iPad 1G……………….YES

iPhone 3GS iPad baseband (06.15.00) users:
– Re-flash the iPad baseband via sn0wbreeze if you restore(d) to a stock 5.0 firmware.

Here is the official download link to latest sn0wbreeze:

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