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General evasi0n 1.4 Out

I updated my iPhone5, yet am debating my iTouch. I can't imagine it needs to update with iTunes(?) as the latest seems to be more for the iPhone.

Am I correct, or is this faulty logic?
 
headcase said:
+1 The horror stories of those who restore Cydia tweaks from backups never ceases on these forums, and if you really want a stable phone long-term, you're still best to manually reinstall your tweaks one at a time from Cydia. Besides, like with any computing device, installing a new OS is always a great opportunity to "clean out the cobwebs" from previous junk you might have tried.
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I agree.

And it's really easy to type up a list and keep it on your computer.

Then just search cydia, add each package to queue, install all packages in the queue and you're all set.

It's a lot faster than most make it out to seem ...
 
Go to packages and take screenshots.
Save to a photo roll/iPhoto and you're all set.

Nothing to memorize.
(I do the same with stock and iTunes apps too.)
 
anyone have any issues with this jailbreak hanging?

it feels like it is installing slower than the previous one...

it seems like it has been sitting on less than 1/4 of progress for awhile....
 
I can stomach reinstalling my JB tweaks. What I can't stomach is the restoring the previous backup from iTunes. My harddisk is running dangerously low on disk space and iTunes needs at least 15GB of free space to unzip the backup.
 
What about a free tweak to do backups called DebianSaverLaunchDaemon? Is it the same as pkgbackup?
 
mmm

ok hey
running 6.1.1 and seems too work..batterylife is good and no major errors running it so one wonder should i even update too 6.1.2 if all that update fix is exchange bug???
or is there any other bugfixes in this last update?if i dont even use exchange should i bother updating too 6.1.2 or??
what do you guys do and why?

thanks
 
mickehed said:
ok hey
running 6.1.1 and seems too work..batterylife is good and no major errors running it so one wonder should i even update too 6.1.2 if all that update fix is exchange bug???
or is there any other bugfixes in this last update?if i dont even use exchange should i bother updating too 6.1.2 or??
what do you guys do and why?

thanks
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was thinking the same, i don't use microsft exchange and I am having no other issues with 6.1.1. Is the update worth doing?
 
Is iPhone 5 even supported with the jb for 6.1.2?
Well I guess it is because everyone is confirming it but what was the fuss about before when only the 4S was able for jb on 6.1.1?
Sorry, I'm away on a limited dataplan.
 
xchampx13 said:
For this small update pkgbackup works fine though
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I thought restoring from PKGBackup would be much more convenient rather than restoring from iCloud or iTunes. yet you still have to run either the iCloud/iTunes Backup before restoring from PKGBackup.

I've had issues before from restoring from backup after a JB as it carried previous bugs from the last firmware. My question is...is it even safe or smart to restore from a backup that was saved from a previous firmware at all?

FYI: for those still rambling about battery issues...the fix for 6.1.2 are for those that were using Exchange as their mail account. so if you were using Exchange back in 6.1.1 and lower then Exchange was looping continuously that it caused a drain in your battery but if you weren't using Exchange then you'll be just fine. there's really no sense in going to 6.1.2(like i did). it's a shame because i thought they could've atleast fixed the passcode bug? that's part of the reason why i updated. Now my iPhone 5 is restored from a previous backup and i have a feeling something's going to come up that'll cost me to restore again and hopefully that won't happen when a new firmware is out again.
 
I updated, and rejailbroke using 1.4. Here are my findings:

Battery life was amazing discharging from 100-->99%. It took over an hour of standby and 59 minutes of usage, which is on par with 6.0.1 (best battery life i've had).

However, after down to 99%, it drained pretty fast on par with 6.1 JB. I've noticed that after JB, that first 100-99 drain takes a long time, and after that it drains quicker (or reads that it drains quicker).

No other noticeable changes thus far.
 
Does anyone know if I will lose my game saves when updating to 6.1.2 and re-JBing? I have game saves for a GBA emulator that I would like to save with the upgrade to 6.1.2. I do use Exchange for work, so would need to upgrade either way.

Thanks!
 
did anyone update to 6.1.2 without doing a full restore?

Ive done updates while jailbroken on previous firmwares like iOS 4 and iOS 5 with no issues to re jailbreak and all my sources and apps were still there
 
iMrNiceGuy0023 said:
did anyone update to 6.1.2 without doing a full restore?

Ive done updates while jailbroken on previous firmwares like iOS 4 and iOS 5 with no issues to re jailbreak and all my sources and apps were still there
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There is no reason NOT to restore your phone and rejailbreaking on the latest iOS, per the directions that developers and long-time users keep outlining... unless you don't care how stable your phone is afterwards. ;-)

Bottom line is when you jailbreak, you're changing the file structure of your iOS, and to use Apple's OTA updater on a non-stock iOS is not recommended.
 
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