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IOS 8.1 bricked

Ciphersam

Ciphersam

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i jailbroke my iphone 6 running on ios 8.1. everything went well and i tried to delete everything including everything to reset the phone to stock and its now stuck on boot logo with a loading bar that doesn't load. i dont want to lose ios 8.1 can i restore ios 8.1? someone please help me i really dont want to upgrade to ios 9.3.2 and lose my jailbreak.
 
What do you mean by "i tried to delete everything including everything toresetthe phone to stock" ? You went to the Settings app, then General, Reset and Erase all content right ? If that's what you did then don't worry just hard reboot your device by pressing both the power and the home button for about 10 seconds until it reboot.

The reason it's stuck on the Apple logo is because you can't do the Erase all content on a jailbroken device. If you want to fully wipe your device you need to do it with iTunes but of course you will have to update to 9.3.2 and lose your jailbreak.

Or maybe you could try the Cydia Impactor tweak, though I'm not sure if it works with 8.1, maybe someone can confirm or not this info.
 
Just do what I told you before : hold both the power and home button for about 10 seconds until it reboot on iOS.
 
i've done that, hard rebooted, entered dfu mode, recovery mode, let the battery die out completely and then recharged, tried restoring using ios 8.1. nothing has worked its still on the boot logo with an unloading bar.
 
Ciphersam said:
i've done that, hard rebooted, entered dfu mode, recovery mode, let the battery die out completely and then recharged, tried restoring using ios 8.1. nothing has worked its still on the boot logo with an unloading bar.
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My bad I just searched on the web and it seems like your only solution is to restore through iTunes which will of course make you lose your jailbreak.

That's strange I remember I made the same mistake back in the iOS 6 days with my iPhone 3GS and I just hard rebooted the device with no problems at all. Maybe the jailbreak was different back then or maybe I could just be wrong.
 
Try downloading Semi-restore and see if it fixes your devices. Restores your phone to the same version while maintaining your jailbreak.
 
ielessar said:
Try downloading Semi-restore and see if it fixes your devices. Restores your phone to the same version while maintaining your jailbreak.
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You erased all content on a jailbroken phone! That it the one big no no things to do. Your only choice now is to do a DFU restore and say hello to iOS 9.3.2
 
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Will22 said:
You erased all content on a jailbroken phone! That it the one big no no things to do. Your only choice now is to do a DFU restore and say hello to iOS 9.3.2
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1- It's not me who did this. I'm not the OP.
2- Do you know what semi-restore does? It can restore your phone and keep it at the same iOS version. This may help OP.
 
ielessar said:
1- It's not me who did this. I'm not the OP.
2- Do you know what semi-restore does? It can restore your phone and keep it at the same iOS version. This may help OP.
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Yeah sorry I didn't mean to quote your post.

I know what semi-restore does but how do you think he could download it on a phone that is in a bootloop? If you use erase all content on a jailbroken phone there is only one option, a DFU restore to the latest iOS version.
 
Can we seriously stop using the term "brick" to refer to a bootlooping device any more.

It's very HARD to actually 'brick' an Apple device. Way back when jailbreaking involved plugging the phone into arcane electronic devices and messing with firmware you COULD brick your device - but 2007-2008 was a long time ago!
 
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