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iPad Can a Jailbroken ios5 iPad be put back to Factory ios5? Always?

Turnpike

Turnpike

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I'm on the hunt for a nice Retina display Verizon 64GB iPad 3. They're hard to find, and when I do, they are often Jailbroken ios5.1.1 or something like that... is the jailbreaking the REASON that its still at ios5? Because ios5 is what it takes to jailbreak, and then they didn't update the system since?

Can I always count on a jailbroken ios5 device (iphone or ipad) to be able to be put back to factory Apple ios5?

I have no interest or knowlege about jailbroken devices, just a device that's still on ios5.


Thanks in advance!
 
Turnpike said:
I'm on the hunt for a nice Retina display Verizon 64GB iPad 3. They're hard to find, and when I do, they are often Jailbroken ios5.1.1 or something like that... is the jailbreaking the REASON that its still at ios5? Because ios5 is what it takes to jailbreak, and then they didn't update the system since?
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They may want to use windowed multitasking via the absolutely great Quasar, hence the stay with 5.1? (Quasar is, unfortunately, incompatible with everything iOS6/7.)
 
Turnpike said:
I'm on the hunt for a nice Retina display Verizon 64GB iPad 3. They're hard to find, and when I do, they are often Jailbroken ios5.1.1 or something like that... is the jailbreaking the REASON that its still at ios5? Because ios5 is what it takes to jailbreak, and then they didn't update the system since?

Can I always count on a jailbroken ios5 device (iphone or ipad) to be able to be put back to factory Apple ios5?

I have no interest or knowlege about jailbroken devices, just a device that's still on ios5.


Thanks in advance!
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If you restore/unjailbreak any iPad from the iPad 2 onwards, you will have no choice but to update to the latest version of iOS (iOS 7).

The only device that can do what you want is the original iPad, as the highest firmware compatible with that device is iOS 5.1.1.
 
Tyler23 said:
If you restore/unjailbreak any iPad from the iPad 2 onwards, you will have no choice but to update to the latest version of iOS (iOS 7).

The only device that can do what you want is the original iPad, as the highest firmware compatible with that device is iOS 5.1.1.
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Is this true? If I buy a ios5.1.1 device that's jailbroken, I can't make it back to Apple factory ios5 settings?
 
Turnpike said:
Is this true? If I buy a ios5.1.1 device that's jailbroken, I can't make it back to Apple factory ios5 settings?
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Nope. When you try to restore, it will restore to the most current version. All devices starting with the iPad 2 use the A5 chip. Those devices cannot be downgraded.
 
thadoggfather said:
A6 devices started on ios 6
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Just to be clear, because it's not a commonly known fact unless you bought one around that time... some iPad 3's with Retina were sold with iOS5 on them from factory- IOS6 came out a few weeks AFTER the iPad 3 did. There aren't a lot, but there are a few. Usually there's about 5 or so on Ebay at any one given time if you look for them (unjailbroken)... not common, but not super rare.

So if it came with ios5, was jailbroken AND NEVER UPDATED TO A NEWER VERSION, then I should be able to put it back at ios5 settings, right?
 
Turnpike said:
Just to be clear, because it's not a commonly known fact unless you bought one around that time... some iPad 3's with Retina were sold with iOS5 on them from factory- IOS6 came out a few weeks AFTER the iPad 3 did. There aren't a lot, but there are a few. Usually there's about 5 or so on Ebay at any one given time if you look for them (unjailbroken)... not common, but not super rare.

So if it came with ios5, was jailbroken AND NEVER UPDATED TO A NEWER VERSION, then I should be able to put it back at ios5 settings, right?
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They came out in March or April of 2012 I believe with iOS 5, I think iOS 6 came out in October of 2012. I had one, I think that's when it got Siri if I'm not mistaken.
 
Turnpike said:
Just to be clear, because it's not a commonly known fact unless you bought one around that time... some iPad 3's with Retina were sold with iOS5 on them from factory- IOS6 came out a few weeks AFTER the iPad 3 did. There aren't a lot, but there are a few. Usually there's about 5 or so on Ebay at any one given time if you look for them (unjailbroken)... not common, but not super rare.

So if it came with ios5, was jailbroken AND NEVER UPDATED TO A NEWER VERSION, then I should be able to put it back at ios5 settings, right?
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No, it needs to be a fresh clean restore using iTunes to utilize rerestoring. Not OTA or iOS placed from the factory

In addition, you would need SHSH blobs for 5.x (whichever version you're re-restoring to). There's no way to get them anymore so if the seller didn't already have them cached on cydia's server, you're out of luck
 
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