The release of untethered jailbreak iPhone 4s or for any other Apple device using IOS 5 would surely be an exciting news for Apple users. However, there is still no exact date as to when it will be released. Although a member of DEV team, a popular hacking group developing iphone tricks and hacks, had accidentally discovered a bug that might pave the way to the development of the much awaited untethered jailbreak for IOS 5, it is not expected to be done or made available anytime soon. However, Dev team is most certainly actively working on developing one.

In the meantime, iphone 4s and IOS 5 device users can make use of the tethered IOS 5 jailbreak until the untethered version has become available. Both types of jailbreak basically provide the same result but the main difference is that untethered jailbreak does not require the iphone or apple device to have a computer connection during boot.  With untethered jailbreak, the device can successfully do a normal boot without being tethered to a computer. This means that users will be able to enjoy full access to applications on their iphone 4s or IOS 5 devices without the need for a tethered computer connection unlike with a tethered jailbreak which require computer tethering to be able to run the jailbreak app installed.

Like when availing iphone 4s unlocked services, it is highly advised that you carefully look into the pros and cons of tethered and untethered jailbreak for IOS5 to help you make an informed choice.