The differance between tethered and untethered

[philjory106]

Can anyone explain to me the difference between tethered and untethered i have an iphone 4s ios 5.1.1 and would like to know if jailbreaking would be any good for me, i am a 60 year old male not very up on technology but i do like looking through the apps although i cant afford as many as i would like to download onto my iphone. Also are there any foolproof instructions on how to jailbreak my iphone and would i loose my contact list

[Bulld0g]

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[fijiman]

An UnTethered state is what you always want in a jailbreak.....
Tethered state requires a computer to complete a reBoot of the iPhone..

Follow the first video on How to jailbreak

[oshea1987]

Tethered if u have this u can serch on cydia and download racoon 5.1.1 and it makes it UnTethered with out having to jailbreak it again but thats only if u areTethered on 5.1.1 as just done it there

[Wristpin]

Can anyone explain to me the difference between tethered and untethered i have an iphone 4s ios 5.1.1 and would like to know if jailbreaking would be any good for me, i am a 60 year old male not very up on technology but i do like looking through the apps although i cant afford as many as i would like to download onto my iphone. Also are there any foolproof instructions on how to jailbreak my iphone and would i loose my contact list

I've just started this myself and it seems complicated to me.
From what I understand:
Tethered means it has to be hooked to a computer as in a usb cable.
Untethered means it is unhooked from the computer.

[iphonic]

Tethered Jailbreak
Tethered jailbreaks are frustrating because they require a computer connection to boot a jailbroken iOS device. The concept of a tethered jailbreak has been around a long time, but essentially it means this: every time your iPhone or iPod touch reboots or the battery dies, you have to connect (tether) your iOS device back to your computer so that the hardware can boot with the aid of the jailbreak application.

Using and Booting a Tethered Jailbreak
In the most recent example with redsn0w and iOS 4.2.1, you have to do the following if the jailbroken iOS device is rebooted:

Connect the iOS hardware (iPod, iPad, iPhone) to your computer
Relaunch the same redsn0w application you used to jailbreak the device
Select the “Just boot tethered right now” option (shown in the screenshot above).
The jailbroken hardware will now boot with the aid of redsn0w
After the device has been booted you can then disconnect it from your computer and use it as usual, just remember that if the battery dies or you reboot the iPhone/iPod you will need to connect it again. These tethered jailbreaks work with both Mac OS X and Windows.

Untethered Jailbreak
An untethered jailbreak is the preferred jailbreak because it requires no connection to your computer except for the initial jailbreaking process. You can reboot your iPhone or iPod touch as much as you want without having to tether it to your computer to boot. If the battery dies on a device that has an untethered jailbreak, it’s no big deal you just charge it again and it will boot as usual. This is how most of the modern jailbreaks work for iOS 4.1 and prior, like greenpois0n, PwnageTool, limera1n, and sn0wbreeze.

Using and Booting an Untethered Jailbreak
There is nothing to it. Boot your iOS hardware as usual, an untethered jailbroken device behaves like any other iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad, you can reboot at will trouble-free.

[cat8910]

tethered is were the jailbreak stays as long as the iphone is on unthered is where you can turn your iphone on and off and still keep the jailbreak

[fijiman]

Anyone else want to have ago with their version of Tethered and Untethered...

[iphonic]

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