Can someone help me make sense of the new jailbreaking environment?

[theNEOone]

I currently have a jailbroken (but still locked to AT&T) iP4 4.0.1. I have a custom lock screen and some paid Cydia apps (iFile, 3G unresrictor, etc. etc.). I've downloaded redsn0w and have read the guide on how to walk through the jailbreak. I'm pretty sure my SHSH blobs are saved in Cydia (although I really have no freaking clue what this means....)

Is there a way for me to retain my customizations and Cydia apps while upgrading to 4.1 and jailbreaking? (I'll be sticking to AT&T so I don't need an unlock.)

Sorry for the noob question. Thanks!


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[Applejuiced]

Same question right above this thread. https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1044496/

 

[jpetticrew]

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My information on SHSH blobs was flawed. Disregard what I said about them.

You can purchase pkgbackup (I recommend it) from Cydia and it will backup all of your Cydia apps for you, so after you re-jailbreak all you have to do is reinstall pkgbackup and restore from that and all your apps will be back!

Good luck!

 

[maturola]

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SHSH blobs are only necessary if you want to unlock, so you don't have to worry about that. !

Just for the record, this statement is NOT true.

 

[jpetticrew]

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SHSH blobs are only necessary if you want to unlock, so you don't have to worry about that. !

Just for the record, this statement is NOT true.

Ok, they're only necessary if you want to preserve your baseband when updating or may want to downgrade. Which is normally a want when unlocking. Sorry for the generalization.

 

[tempusfugit]

Ok, they're only necessary if you want to preserve your baseband when updating or may want to downgrade. Which is normally a want when unlocking. Sorry for the generalization.

You are absolutely incorrect about this.

SHSH blobs are for a lot more than just baseband preservation. You can only use them to preserve baseband with an iPhone 4.

The main purpose of shsh blobs is being able to downgrade to any firmware you have an shsh blob for regardless if apple is signing that version at the time. End of story.

 

[maturola]

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Ok, they're only necessary if you want to preserve your baseband when updating or may want to downgrade. Which is normally a want when unlocking. Sorry for the generalization.

That is still NOT true (by far) there are many, many reasons to downgrade and use SHSH others than Unlocking

 

[Applejuiced]

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Ok, they're only necessary if you want to preserve your baseband when updating or may want to downgrade. Which is normally a want when unlocking. Sorry for the generalization.

Lol
Thats also false.

 

[jpetticrew]

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Ok, they're only necessary if you want to preserve your baseband when updating or may want to downgrade. Which is normally a want when unlocking. Sorry for the generalization.

You are absolutely incorrect about this.

SHSH blobs are for a lot more than just baseband preservation. You can only use them to preserve baseband with an iPhone 4.

The main purpose of shsh blobs is being able to downgrade to any firmware you have an shsh blob for regardless if apple is signing that version at the time. End of story.

Was I really absolutely incorrect? I was partially incorrect, I'll agree, but not about everything.

 

[tempusfugit]

Was I really absolutely incorrect? I was partially incorrect, I'll agree, but not about everything.

You are wrong.

SHSH blobs exist primarily so you will always be able to JAILBREAK.

You're telling someone that they're inconsequential because he doesn't need to unlock. You fail to inform him that he may need them for jailbreaking to begin with (especially come 4.2).

You told someone shsh blobs don't really matter. Therefore, you are wrong.

Talk about beating a dead horse, too. Proud much?

 

[Applejuiced]

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Was I really absolutely incorrect? I was partially incorrect, I'll agree, but not about everything.

I'll give you partial. You're getting there though

 

[theNEOone]

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My information on SHSH blobs was flawed. Disregard what I said about them.

You can purchase pkgbackup (I recommend it) from Cydia and it will backup all of your Cydia apps for you, so after you re-jailbreak all you have to do is reinstall pkgbackup and restore from that and all your apps will be back!

Good luck!

Thanks for the info - pkgbackup worked well, except that after restoring, all of my Jailbreak apps have a white icon. This also happened to my Cydia icon when I first applied the redsn0w jailbreak, but after logging into Cydia and "updating," the icon returned to normal.....

Any ideas???

Edit: Nevermind - respring fixed it.


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