I have been trying for a few days to Update my Jailbroken(redsn0w) iPhone 4(Verizon) 4.2.8 to a higher Jailbroken iOS no matter which iTunes version I try, how I edit my host file, using sn0wBreeze(doesn't work because of host issues), using redsn0w, or anything else I try wont work. I was considering restoring my iOS back to OEM, but I'm unsure if I will be able to upgrade the iOS and jailbreak it again, because I ran into this issue when I initially tried to jailbreak it. Anyone have any suggestions
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iPhone Update Jailbreak iPhone 4 4.2.8 to Jailbroken 6.1
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You'll need valid shsh's to upgrade to 6.x
If you don't have those your are SOL.
4.2.8???? About 3 years late in the upgrade race....
Only option is iOS 7 at the moment, but no JB out, that will take a bit of time, most probably nov/dec.
Thank you for the info so here the big question I guess should I upgrade to 7 and then just wait for a jailbreak or stay on 4.2.8 and wait till the jailbreak to come out. I got my cousins old iPhone for free and that's the version she had on it so I rolled with it
Nope. Apple is only signing 7.x at this moment, so you may not be getting anything 6.x for a long while, if not ever.
BL.
Even with the downgrade from 7.x to 6.x
http://www.redsn0w.us/2013/06/how-to-downgrade-ios-7-to-ios-6-video.html
http://www.redsn0w.us/2013/06/how-to-downgrade-ios-7-to-ios-6-video.html
That was when iOS 6 was still being signed. That post is from the early iOS 7 beta days
With your device, it is possible to downgrade but you need complete SHSH blobs
That article is from June 2013, back when iOS 7 was still in beta and hence iOS 6.1.3 the latest official iOS version which was still signed by Apple.
Besides, so far there hasn't been an untethered jailbreak for 6.1.3/4, so the whole article is useless actually. There are plenty of sites with such headlines though, just to catch Google hits.