General 6.1.2 Out and is SAFE

hakr100 said:

Done? You have to reinstall all your Cydia apps, don't you? I mean, they don't magically reappear.

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Of course I have to reinstall them. They aren't supposed to 'magically' reappear, because the means to get them has disappeared!

I haven't done much to my phone, and frankly, don't need to at this time. My only concerns are OpenSSH/OpenSSL, and MyWi.

After that, I'm good; YMMV.

BL.

I am now JB on 6.1.2 thank you applejuiced

Having just restored my device after a bad tweak a couple of days ago, I don't want to go through all of it again. Shall just let it rest for a week or two before doing it.

Dwalls90 said:

Oh, and you know this how?



I can't edit the title

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Why can't you edit the title? Go advanced, no?

johndallas999 said:

iPhone 5S is coming soon, you sure you want a 1/2 year old 5?

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I'm fine with it. I figure if I'm always waiting I'll never get anything. The 4 and the 4S were so similar (for what I use a phone for: no gaming, etc.), that I figure I would have been happy with either one.

The 6 is what I'd want probably, and I'm sure if I got the 5S in September or October or whenever it comes out, I'd be pissed when the 6 came out 6 months after that!

I figure this way I'll just resell and pony up the extra $200 or whatever if I REALLY want a new iPhone. I'm shocked at how well they hold up their value! Just sold my Galaxy Nexus for a measly $175, and that was with throwing in an extra battery and charger.






Oh, and back on topic:

Edit: Never mind. I see a little bit of reading goes a long way, lol

nepalisherpa said:

If you are already jailbroken then you cannot simply update. You have to restore to the latest OS and jailbreak again.

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When you say "restore to the latest OS," I'm not sure what you mean. The screen shot below shows, in the upper box, two choices: Update and Restore Phone.

Are you saying that Restore Phone automatically restores the phone to the way it was when you got it from Apple except with the very latest version of IOS?

If that is the case, would not the next step after Restore Phone to be to go to the bottom box in the screen shot and select Restore Backup?

Then, I presume, you could jailbreak the phone again with the latest Evisi0n, and then either reinstall your jailbreak apps or restore your apps via PKGbackup?

I would not say it is completely safe. Rebooting after jailbreaking is sending some of us into a boot loop. I would stay away until evaders team comments or fixes the issue.

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1542798/

hakr100 said:

When you say "restore to the latest OS," I'm not sure what you mean. The screen shot below shows, in the upper box, two choices: Update and Restore Phone.

Are you saying that Restore Phone automatically restores the phone to the way it was when you got it from Apple except with the very latest version of IOS?

If that is the case, would not the next step after Restore Phone to be to go to the bottom box in the screen shot and select Restore Backup?

Then, I presume, you could jailbreak the phone again with the latest Evisi0n, and then either reinstall your jailbreak apps or restore your apps via PKGbackup?

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Using your screenshots, here are the steps:
1. Connect your phone to iTunes.
2. Click "Back Up Now"
3. When #2 is done, click "Restore iPhone..."
4. When #3 is done, click "Restore from backup..."
5. When #4 is done, run evasi0n and jailbreak

I'm on 6.1.1 on my iPhone 5 and I'm considering updating to 6.1.2 just for the sake of being up to date. I don't think I will because I can't be bothered to setup everything and I don't think I'm affected by the exchange bug and that seems to be the only thing they changed according to this http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1639

Edit: I mean 6.1.

3bs said:

I'm on 6.1.1 on my iPhone 5

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I disbelieve this statement.

3bs said:

I'm on 6.1.1 on my iPhone 5 and I'm considering updating to 6.1.2 just for the sake of being up to date. I don't think I will because I can't be bothered to setup everything and I don't think I'm affected by the exchange bug and that seems to be the only thing they changed according to this http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1639

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I'm going to wait a week and see if there are "adjustments" made to the JB. Some folks are having problems with the IOS update and the JB, and I am sure if I went ahead now, I'd be among them.

Qaanol said:

I disbelieve this statement.

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Sorry I meant 6.1.

hakr100 said:

I'm going to wait a week and see if there are "adjustments" made to the JB. Some folks are having problems with the IOS update and the JB, and I am sure if I went ahead now, I'd be among them.

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Yeah I guess it's always best to wait for more people to be guinea pigs Are you having any issues with Exchange anyway?

No problems with Exchange that I've noticed, and no excessive battery usage, either.

hakr100 said:

No problems with Exchange that I've noticed, and no excessive battery usage, either.

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Yeah same here. If I have some free time I'll update just so that I can get a clean start now that I'm settled down and not installing/testing any new apps/tweaks.

Woot! Easy upgrade due to PkgBackup.

No more Exchange drain and a bonus: 3GB of Other gone! And this having done a Restore, not setup as New phone.

Dwalls90 said:

Oh, and you know this how?

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Are you asking me how I know another version of iPhone is coming? Well, I'm not sure how you wouldn't know that.

hi there, i have read all 3 pages but still confused. i have ip5 and running 6.1 i dont use exchange and probably dont have the bug on screen lock. now, i want to update to 6.1.2 if i do this i assume i will loose all of the packages i have already installed correct? if i loose all packages what happens with the following intelliscreenx, auxo, ifile, killbackground,mywi 6,sbsettings do i need to install them again? if i use open backup prior to upgrading my ios to 6.1.2, will the previos be saved?

I am new to this scene.

Any help and or comments will be appreciated.

thanks

dhlizard said:

Yes, you cannot be forced to update
Once you jailbreak, install SoftwareUpdateKiller from Cydia

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someone might have told you already but evasi0n installs software update killer

golo said:

hi there, i have read all 3 pages but still confused. i have ip5 and running 6.1 i dont use exchange and probably dont have the bug on screen lock. now, i want to update to 6.1.2 if i do this i assume i will loose all of the packages i have already installed correct? if i loose all packages what happens with the following intelliscreenx, auxo, ifile, killbackground,mywi 6,sbsettings do i need to install them again? if i use open backup prior to upgrading my ios to 6.1.2, will the previos be saved?

I am new to this scene.

Any help and or comments will be appreciated.

thanks

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You can back up your Cydia apps with PkgBackup (in cydia of course)

Here is a tutorial for you. I am going to do the same tonight and upgrade to 6.1.2.... might as well have the latest update as long as its jailbreak friendly