Purchased iPhone 4

[Ebombina]

Hello all,

I'm very new to this forum and to anything that is technically affiliated with iPhone OS. I have no idea what it means or any of it's terminology so please bare with me. I purchases my iPhone 4 a few weeks ago and it comes with the 4.2.1. I heard to jailbreak it I would have to downgrade it to the last version. Is this true or is there an easier way to jailbreak it without changing versions? I would GREATLY appreciate it if someone would walk me through it!

Thanks in advance!

[Simon]

You wont be able to downgrade without having saved SHSH. You can jailbreak now on 4.2.1 but it will be a tethered jailbreak. You may want to wait for a untethered jailbreak to come out.

[Ebombina]

You wont be able to downgrade without having saved SHSH. You can jailbreak now on 4.2.1 but it will be a tethered jailbreak. You may want to wait for a untethered jailbreak to come out.

Not sure what a SHSH is but sounds too confusing and I'm not really the best candidate for confusing. Can you please tell me how I can tether jailbreak in the meantime?

Oh and what's the difference between jailbreak and tethered jailbreak?

Thanks!!!

[Simon]

This will help you understand what I am talking about Jailbreak Terms 101