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General Upcoming Semi-Restore Tool
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Next thing you'll be saying you don't need evasi0n or whatever
I hope that becomes true eventually.
Well, ua my batteey isnt the best. I need ro do an erase all setings soon too. I have thise bothersome 6.1.3 and 6.1.4 updates that keep sownloasing themselves...
About downgrades, i was told if i get any iphone 4 on ios 5.1.1 or 5.0.1, even ota updated, i can dump blobs and downgrade/restore to 5.1.1. Even @iH8Sn0w told me that even ota updates are ok to dump. Is this incorrect?
I'm not sure but to dump the blobs on an A4 device, don't you have to be on that version to dump the blobs? For example, if you're on 6.1.2, you can only dump the blobs for that firmware. You can't dump blobs for say, 5.1.1. Is this incorrect?
This is why I don't post often in the restore threads. I don't know the process well enough to feel comfortable speaking up. I would hate to give bad advice and someone loses their jailbreak.
Edit: You do know that you can prevent the iOS from downloading the firmware update file right?
Yes. So i want an iphone 4 on 5.1.1 so i can dump the blobs and always be anle to restore to 5.1.1.
Ok awesome. The way you worded it confused me. Good luck!
You could prolly find an i4 that the previous owner saved some/most/all so the blobs for it. That would be ideal!
If @ih8sn0w said that OTA updates are okay to dump and be used to restore to an unsigned version, I'd trust them
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According to dhlizard (in a thread/post a while back), it (dumping blobs) doesn't matter if the update is OTA or not because of the limera1n exploit
The OTA Ramdisk thing only affects re-restores
I think he ment something different. Downgrade is basically the same as a restore for A4 devices.
From the Dev-team blog:
2. You DO NOT QUALIFY for iOS5-to-iOS5 restores if you got to your current 5.x via an OTA update
the tickets saved by Cydia, redsn0w, and TinyUmbrella do not cover OTA update ramdisk images
even if they did, it’s the “wrong kind” of ramdisk (you’d need to start at that earlier pre-OTA FW)
If its an a4 device, it doesnt matter if its ota, or an itunes restore. Thats what @iH8Sn0w personally told me.
ok, every time i download semi restore, and i open it, it says ads corrupt. mac with lion 10.7.5. any suggestions? also, iPod touch 4g iOS 6.1.
You should definitely try their support. No better person to help you than the dev.
But you do realize this is an issue with your machine only right? I mean, the tool works, just not on your computer.
What's the probability of someone find out the culprit?
I would say, reinstall the OS. Clearly there's something wrong with it.
But you do realize this is an issue with your machine only right? I mean, the tool works, just not on your computer.
What's the probability of someone find out the culprit?
I would say, reinstall the OS. Clearly there's something wrong with it.
So, my mac is the problem? I just did a reinstall of lion a month ago... I dont want to have to do that again...
It's not your Mac. There is a problem on Lion and below. The developer said on Twitter that you should use Mountain Lion, the SSH version, or the version for windows until he has a chance to get access to Lion.
If you want to run the tool and don't have access to Mountain Lion or Windows then I guess that's your only option at the present time.
I believe that one of the options in ILEX RAT does pretty much the same thing as Semi-restore. You can download and run it from your phone.
ya, i knew about ilex, but this software is better because it fixes a non bootable state.
well this program failed for me. I try and use the windows version and get assertion failures. I then run the SSH version on iPad and it resets everything like it should except iPad shows 36gigs in use still. It seemed to delete my apps yet the storage still shows as if they haven't been removed.
I've gone through file system and cannot figure out what is taking up the space. There is no app or app data in the folders.
I've gone through file system and cannot figure out what is taking up the space. There is no app or app data in the folders.
well this program failed for me. I try and use the windows version and get assertion failures. I then run the SSH version on iPad and it resets everything like it should except iPad shows 36gigs in use still. It seemed to delete my apps yet the storage still shows as if they haven't been removed.
I've gone through file system and cannot figure out what is taking up the space. There is no app or app data in the folders.
Alternatively, you can run the command line using mobileterminal and view the file using ifile
If you're using mobileterminal, make sure to give yourself root access
The file should be in /root
!! Wow tyvm. I found out that the var/mobile folders were somehow copied (??) over to var/log/mobile, which weren't deleted from semi-restore.
Finally fixed!
Help guys, Semi-Restore Tool ruined my Jailbreak. Cydia and other apps still appear in the menu, but none of my tweaks work now, even after I've deleted and reinstalled them. What should I do? Should I try rejailbreaking it? Because when I wanted to do that I got a warning like this from evasi0n tool: "Your device is already jailbroken. Jailbreaking it again is NOT recommended."
What should I do? Should I try rejailbreaking it? Because when I wanted to do that I got a warning like this from evasi0n tool: "Your device is already jailbroken. Jailbreaking it again is NOT recommended." 
Does anyone know why the site is down? I've tried a couple times today and couldn't find any info...