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General TUTORIAL: This is how you can remove expiration from 7.1b2 to preserve JB in iOS 7.1!
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I would think that as long as the signing window is still open for the firmware version you want to restore to, you'd be fine. I'd start getting nervous when the public version of 7.1 is released because the signing window could only be an hour or so, who knows?
I'm under the impression the device can be restored and is not bricked.
It might have to be a dfu restore
is beta 2 no longer being signed now that its january 27th?
living life in the fast lane on these modified plist beta 2's
league of extraordinary beta 2 gentlemen, we are now that much more extraordinary.
living life in the fast lane on these modified plist beta 2's
league of extraordinary beta 2 gentlemen, we are now that much more extraordinary.
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Damnit, I thought I had til tomorrow to do this. My beta 2 expired midday today (26th), and I've spent the last several hours dealing with the aftermath.
First, I couldn't get past the activation page. Naturally, I tried to restore, but it wouldn't let me without turning off Find My iPhone, which I couldn't access. Finally figured out to put it in recovery mode.
Ended up resetting it to 7.0.4 but realized I couldn't restore from my last backup, which was on 7.1
Now I'm on 7.1.4, which I believe can't be jailbroken. At this point, I'm willing to go back to 7.0.4 and jailbreak.
Does anyone know how to restore from my latest backup (which was from 7.1) if I downgrade to 7.0.4?
First, I couldn't get past the activation page. Naturally, I tried to restore, but it wouldn't let me without turning off Find My iPhone, which I couldn't access. Finally figured out to put it in recovery mode.
Ended up resetting it to 7.0.4 but realized I couldn't restore from my last backup, which was on 7.1
Now I'm on 7.1.4, which I believe can't be jailbroken. At this point, I'm willing to go back to 7.0.4 and jailbreak.
Does anyone know how to restore from my latest backup (which was from 7.1) if I downgrade to 7.0.4?
AFAIK, you can't. Won't restore 7.1 backup to 7.0.4 fresh.
beta 3 is your only other option I suppose. But I wasn't a fan.
is beta 2 no longer being signed now that its january 27th?
living life in the fast lane on these modified plist beta 2's
league of extraordinary beta 2 gentlemen, we are now that much more extraordinary.
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True, i tried beta 3 for about 2 weeks and went back to beta 2 3 days ago. It's better in all aspects for me. I just hope i won't ***k up things...
Interesting thing to note is that b1 is still being signed - I tried that on an iPhone a couple of days ago. Since the restore process sets the date/time though and the b1 expiry has long passed it makes it irrelevant so Apple probably doesn't stop signing the betas until GM release because there is little point. Going to test this with a 7.0 beta too for curiosity.
So basically, now that b2 has expired the only possible beta firmware that can be restored is b3. Does anyone know off hand when that is due to expire?
So basically, now that b2 has expired the only possible beta firmware that can be restored is b3. Does anyone know off hand when that is due to expire?
Now here's a really interesting thing.
I just managed to trick my iPhone into doing a full restore of iOS 7.1 b2 and activate it (I'm assuming the beta has actually expired now?)
I'm going to test this again. Will report back here with exact steps but this may afford us a restore window...
OK, this has worked 100% for me. I have tested with iPhone 5 on b1 and b2 and can successfully restore, activate and jailbreak both (expired) firmware versions. Can't guarantee the reliability of this nor longevity because this was tested on just one device (iPhone 5) and that iPhone 5 was previously carrier locked but subsequently IMEI unlocked so there are a few variables there. I also use a Mac. Nevertheless, here goes:
1. Set date/time on iDevice to a date before beta expiry (I chose 6 January) and disable automatic time update
2. Plug iDevice into computer and back it up to computer in iTunes
3. Restore device in iTunes to expired beta firmware
4. Disconnect iPhone while rebooting after successful restore and disable automatic time update in Mac and set to date before expiry (I again chose 6 January)
5. Plug iDevice back into iTunes
6. At this stage I did get message about being on expired firmware on one occasion so just unplugged and reconnected device
7. The 'Congratulations your device is unlocked' screen is then displayed (so this may well just be anomaly for IMEI unlocked devices - I don't have any other spare devices I am willing to test other scenarios with).
8. Then have option to restore iPhone from backup - choose the backup you made in step 2 - this restores setting where date is set in the past and automatic update is disabled.
9. iPhone now successfully restored to expired firmware and activated
10. Jailbreak with evasi0n 7
11. Install iFile and mod the SystemVersion plist
12. Change date/time settings back to automatic update and there you have it.
(Can obviously also set Mac time to automatically update again as well)
Would be interested if someone else can please test this on a spare device that was perhaps factory unlocked (i.e. bought from Apple Store and not a carrier) and let me know if it works...
I just managed to trick my iPhone into doing a full restore of iOS 7.1 b2 and activate it (I'm assuming the beta has actually expired now?)
I'm going to test this again. Will report back here with exact steps but this may afford us a restore window...
OK, this has worked 100% for me. I have tested with iPhone 5 on b1 and b2 and can successfully restore, activate and jailbreak both (expired) firmware versions. Can't guarantee the reliability of this nor longevity because this was tested on just one device (iPhone 5) and that iPhone 5 was previously carrier locked but subsequently IMEI unlocked so there are a few variables there. I also use a Mac. Nevertheless, here goes:
1. Set date/time on iDevice to a date before beta expiry (I chose 6 January) and disable automatic time update
2. Plug iDevice into computer and back it up to computer in iTunes
3. Restore device in iTunes to expired beta firmware
4. Disconnect iPhone while rebooting after successful restore and disable automatic time update in Mac and set to date before expiry (I again chose 6 January)
5. Plug iDevice back into iTunes
6. At this stage I did get message about being on expired firmware on one occasion so just unplugged and reconnected device
7. The 'Congratulations your device is unlocked' screen is then displayed (so this may well just be anomaly for IMEI unlocked devices - I don't have any other spare devices I am willing to test other scenarios with).
8. Then have option to restore iPhone from backup - choose the backup you made in step 2 - this restores setting where date is set in the past and automatic update is disabled.
9. iPhone now successfully restored to expired firmware and activated
10. Jailbreak with evasi0n 7
11. Install iFile and mod the SystemVersion plist
12. Change date/time settings back to automatic update and there you have it.
(Can obviously also set Mac time to automatically update again as well)
Would be interested if someone else can please test this on a spare device that was perhaps factory unlocked (i.e. bought from Apple Store and not a carrier) and let me know if it works...
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Just restored beta 2 on an ancient CDMA iPhone 4 (currently not activated on any service) on Windows. Nice find!
Great info! My modded plist on b2 has been working fine so I'm happy about staying on b2.
PS i believe March 3rd was the b3 expiry.
Tried it on 7.0 b5 and didn't work - doesn't even begin restore (i.e. Apple has stopped signing 7.0 betas) so would assume this will also be true of iOS 6 betas.
Thing to test would be whether this still works once 7.1 GM is out...
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Should probably have added to my previous post so to be clear - the backup of iDevice that you make with wrong date/time set needs to be 7.1 because you obviously can't restore older backups to newer firmware.
So I would recommend making such a backup now and keeping it somewhere safe as a possible get out of jail free card if everything goes wrong and full restore is only option.
I tried doing this on my iphone 5 on a carrier and I don't think it will work, getting errors about expired software everywhere and my phone nor computer will allow me to restore from a backup nor activate the phone. I am tempted to just update to b3... Just so people know =P
interesting stuff, agreed - I would imagine they will stop signing 7.1betas with the release of 7.1gm, even with the backrolled time and date. Very interesting though.
I wonder why you and jonmiller are getting different results.
I won't dare try it because I'm happy with my current config and have no reason to restore
Thank you! This worked for me. My beta 2 expired yesterday, and I thought I was SOL. But thanks to you, I was able to restore back to what I had. I lost a couple weeks worth of data because that was my most recent backup, but its not a big deal. (Verizon iPhone 5)