The popular iPhone Dev Team jailbreak tool, Redsn0w has been updated. The newest version doesn’t release any new features but there are some important mentions for for those of you running a tethered jailbreak on iOS 5. Currently, the new version supports both Mac and Windows. You can download the respective versions below:

 

For those of you who are wondering what’s  new, here is what the iPhone Dev Team had to say regarding version 0.9.9b6 on their blog:

Update #14: We’ve released version 0.9.9b6 of redsn0w, with both a functional fix and cosmetic fix for iOS5 jailbreakers. For iPhone3GS owners with the 06.15 baseband, this redsn0w eliminates the network crash you saw when using Location Services in iOS5 (in fact, you don’t even need to disable Location Services anymore during the initial setup). The cosmetic fix is to the visual countdown you see when going into DFU mode. 

It’s okay to re-run this redsn0w over an existing device jailbroken at iOS5. Just choose “Jailbreak” again and de-select Cydia (in other words, all the checkboxes will be unchecked). If you are lucky enough to have an old-bootrom iPhone3GS, please pre-select the IPSW first (redsn0w can’t yet auto-detect the FW version of your old-bootrom 3GS if it’s already been jailbroken).

There are basically two fixes. One of an aesthetic fix and the other is a functionality fix. Previously any countdowns that were a part of RedSn0w (every time you have to enter DFU mode) were not correct, the timer was too slow – this issue has been fixed.

The functionality update has to do specifically with iPhone 3GS users who are jailbreak with RedSn0w 0.9.9b4 – b5 with the 06.15 baseband (the iPad baseband). When using location services in iOS 5 with the 06.15 baseband, some users were reported a network crash. The Dev Team is apologetic and has rolled out this new update to help fix the problem. You can simply plug in your iPhone 3GS and rejailbreak it with this version of RedSn0w right over the jailbreak that you already have. (Don’t worry, you won’t lose anything).  Remember, the old-bootrom iPhone 3GS will still have an untethered jailbreak on iOS 5. Be aware that if you do have the old bootrom, RedSn0w can’t auto-detect that, and you will need to specify it manually.

For those of you waiting for the untethered jailbreak, it should be coming in the near future so just be patient. If you have any questions regarding RedSn0w 0.9.9b6, let us know in the comments below!