iPhone Should I be signed in on iCloud before removing Jailbreak

[Vukmon]

Hello guys,

I`ve bought iP4S yesterday. It is jailbroken and iCloud is not locked. My plan is to restore iP to factory condition iOS withot any data/apps from previous owner.

From all tutorials I`ve seen on net, my steps will be:

- Connect phone to PC
- Turn on iTunes and hold Shift button on keyboard and in same time press Restore button on iTunes
- In that moment I should see Open window where I need to import ipsw file that I downloaded (I downloaded 7.1.2 ipsw from getios).
- When phone gets restarted I will be asked to set phone as new

I`ve picked this method because I saw in comments people are claiming iTunes can get some errors during process and it is safest way to import ipsw file. Be aware that I have slow net connection, it takes me about 1hr to download ipsw file.

Now I am wondering should I sign in into iCloud before this (I am currently signed-in), or any kind of process when restoring iPhone from Jailbreak

Thank you for reading, I hope I will get some answers soon

 

[dlmart2]

It doesn't matter as long as the previous owner is not signed in. But you can't have Find my Phone turned on.

 

[Vukmon]

Thank you very much I`ve already signed in iCloud and on Store and activated FMI

I will keep it signed-in

 

[ivandr]

You can't restore a 4S to 7.1.2, Apple is no longer signing that version of iOS. You can either restore to either 8.1 (I'm really surprised this is still being signed as of 11/18 9:23am EST... 12+ hours after releasing 8.1.1) or restore to 8.1.1 (which cannot be jailbroken).

If you want to STAY on 7.1.2 (I'm assuming that's what iOS you're currently on because you mentioned it in your post) you can use SemiRestore to wipe off all user data and put the phone back to stock setup.

 

[Vukmon]

I want to upgrade to latest iOS version, but I dont know which one is safest road to take. I see a lot of bricked phones that were in process of getting rid of Jailbreak

 

[Syndicate0017]

Should I be signed in on iCloud before removing Jailbreak

I want to upgrade to latest iOS version, but I dont know which one is safest road to take. I see a lot of bricked phones that were in process of getting rid of Jailbreak

I have never seen or heard of someone brick a phone by trying to remove a jailbreak. My understanding is that bricking an iDevice is nearly impossible since about the 3GS (I can't say for certain because I haven't been with iOS as long as some here). Put it in DFU mode, connect to iTunes, restore. Voila.