iOS 5 GM.

once you have itunes 10.5 beta 7 (beta 9 is osx only) you need to obtain a copy of the ios5 restore file make sure its the .ipsw file. Google is your friend its out there.

once its downloaded open itunes and plug in your phone.
Select your iphone on the left pane.
press and hold shift while you click on the restore button. this will bring up a window to select .ipsw file you downloaded.
iTunes will now walk you through the rest.

If your not comfortable doing this or have never done anything like this in the past i strongly suggest that you wait until Wednesday.
 
ITunes beta 7 is the one for windows, beta 9 is for Mac and I'm not sure if there is a way to convert .dmg into .exe file, the possibility to get not compatible error is high.
 
You won't get a error from beta 7 for windows. It still allows you to load the iOS 5 ipsw. In order to get that iOS 5 seed you have to convert that .dmg to the ipsw using transmac which is a free download and has a 15 day trial but you don't actually need to register for that single usage.
This is how I prepped my device for ios5
 
Yeah, that's what I was saying, iTunes beta 7 for windows. As for the iOS 5 GM which I downloaded and found out that it came on .dmg instead of .ipsw I used powerISO to open the iOS 5 GM .dmg file and then drag out to my desktop the ios 5 GM .ipsw file which was inside the it.
 
I have GM running on my phone and ehhh I feel like it still neeRAB some tweaks for example my Facebook app doesn't work anymore but hopefully with the official release there will be an update but other then that I haven't noticed any issues. I love it haven't noticed a change in battery life as I thought it would be better with the update. But the whole twitter integration is AMAZING! I love it. And I hope that it continues to get better in the future. RIP Mr. Jobs your legend continues
 
Nice. I feel the same way. I would like to see more out of ios 5. I wish we could FaceTime over 3G (it isn't a bandwidth issue because it's no different from me using Skype) I would also want the ability to at least download apps more than 20rab. I don't even know why they added this "use cellular data for purchases"
 
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