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iPhone Apple Is Beta-Testing A Fix For Evasi0n Jailbreak
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Unlikely, nothing on the horizon.
With the ability to force mobile substrate off, thankfully there is little reason to need to downgrade or even restore. You really have to manually screw up your device in order to restore.
Can I save a blob on my jailbroken iPad 3 and then later down the line, if I purchase an iPad 5 or iPad mini or whatever, would I be able to use that same iPad 3 blob on my new iPad in order to get it out of the latest iOS and down to a jailbreakable one?
I think they got something up their sleeves since they were telling everyone to grab their blobs and not update using the OTA method.
Just by using itunes instead so I think we will see something down the road.
No.
SHSH blobs are unique to each device.
If we could use someone elses blobs we wouldnt be sitting there saving them for each device we have. We would just use one set of blobs to downgrade millions of other devices. Sadly doesnt work that way.
You don't like knowing your phone has a flaw?
That's the reason why jailbreaks are created. Because of a security vulnerability.
That's the reason why jailbreaks are created. Because of a security vulnerability.
The bug only worked for simple 4 digit passwords. Use a alphabetic password and you'll be safe. Even a short one, like my password is "ss".
The jailbreak is the fix not this crap.
If apple would let you do what you want with your own phone there wouldn't be a need for jailbreak.
There's no good reason to not let people customize their phones.
If apple would let you do what you want with your own phone there wouldn't be a need for jailbreak.
There's no good reason to not let people customize their phones.
Apple plugs the jailbreak holes because they are security risks. Just like they will fix the lock screen exploits.
If you really want the features you are adding or changing thru the jailbreak, you need to request these directly from Apple.
Believe it or not they read and evaluate every request that comes thru their website request system.
I got the impression that the blobs created via the OTA method differed. So simply in this case, if you were ever to try to restore to a firmware,
It the simple fact that everything that lets a jailbreak work is a security flaw - something that someone being malicious could potentially use to hack your phone.
let me guess, they should of left the PDF exploit in too so it was easier to jailbreak?
Uhm... I thought you couldn't save blobs on IOS 6+ any longer. I've tried while I was on IOS 6.1 and IOS 6.1.2 but I just can't seem to save them although I have them on cydia... I also thought that even if you have blobs saved you couldn't restore to the firmware of which the blobs refer to... Am I completely wrong?
John
John
Close.
Its not the blob created that is different.
Is the firmware image on the device that is different when created with an OTA update. That's why you cant rerestore using your blobs if you got to your current firmware using an OTA update.
Redsnow will give you an OTA/restore APticket mismatch error and even though you have your blobs available you cannot use them.
Then you're stuck with only options to either staying where you are or updating to the latest firmware version.
Sounds like what I was meaning to say.
The image the OTA updates creates is different, so therefore the blobs keyed to it would be different, than the downloaded/full install image you use to restore when restoring to a no longer signed version of iOS
Yea this has been my assumption too ever since they made that statement. Only time will tell if they can create and release a public tool, but I agree with you. I think they have something up their sleeves.
