How to Jailbreak Your iPad 1 Using RedSn0w (Windows) [5.0]

These are instructions on how to jailbreak your iPad 1 on the iOS 5.0 firmware using RedSn0w for Windows. The Mac version of this tutorial is here. This jailbreak is tethered which means you will need to connect your device to the computer each time you reboot. Finally, it may be prudent to save your SHSH Blobs by following this tutorial before continuing. Step One Create a folder on your desktop called Pwnage Download RedSn0w 0.9.9b6 from here and place it in the Pwnage folder. Likewise, download the 5.0 firmware from here and place it in the Pwnage folder. (Note: you do not need to download the 5.0 firmware if you are already on iOS 5.0) Extract the RedSn0w zip file by double clicking it. Step Two: (Skip this step if you're on iOS 5 already) Connect your iPad to the computer and launch iTunes. Select your iPad from the list of devices on the left. Now hold down Shift and click the Restore button. Restore is preferred as it won't create any wasted space on your iPad. Navigate to the Pwnage folder on your desktop and select the 5.0 firmware ipsw. Click the Choose button to continue. iTunes will now update your iPad to the new firmware. Step Three Launch the redsn0w application from the redsn0w folder we extracted earlier. **Windows 7 users may want to try running the redsn0w executable mode as an administrator in Windows Vista compatibility. You can do this by right clicking the executable and selecting Properties from the contextual menu. Step Four Once RedSn0w opens click the Jailbreak button Step Five Plug your iPad into the computer and make sure its OFF then click the Next button Step Six RedSn0w will now guide you through the steps to get into DFU mode. You can find more help with DFU modehere Hold down both the Home button and the Power button for 10 seconds. Release the Power button and continue holding the Home button until RedSn0w detects the device. Step Seven Your iPad will now reboot Step Eight RedSn0w will prepare the jailbreak data. Step Nine Select Cydia from the list of options and click Next. Step Ten Your iPad will now be rebooted again and RedSn0w will begin uploading the new RAM Disk and Kernel. Step Eleven Once this is complete you will be notified that RedSn0w is done. When your iPad finishes rebooting (5 minutes or so) it will be jailbroken with Cydia on the SpringBoard. BOOT TETHERED Once you have jailbroken you will need to rerun redsn0w to boot tethered. Step One From the main RedSn0w menu click the Extras button. Step Two Select Just boot from the Extras menu to just boot tethered. *As usual a big thanks to the iPhone Dev-Team and Geohot for their hard work and contribution to the iPhone community.