Hi All,
I'm not new to jailbreaking (started w/ iP3G and iOS 3.x), and usually I'm methodical in researching each new exploit/JB to understand and use it properly. My current situation is perplexing me just a bit though...
(Unrelated Background Info)
Long story short, had hardware issues with my iPhone 5 (GSM) resulting in a warranty replacement through the Genius Bar. Had a really awesome employee who dug down to the bottom of the stack of replacement phones 'to see what they could do about keeping me below 7.1'. When the phone turned on and was activated I was delighted to find 7.0.4 listed under the software settings. Being the day after my birthday, I took this as a birthday present from the jailbreak gods
(Current Situation)
Since I wanted to make sure nothing happened to compromise (read: upgrade) the iOS version, I set my phone up as new in the store and used it for a couple of days but specifically never connected it to a computer.
Today I had the time to get around to the JB so I did the following:
Up to this point this was exactly as I was expecting and I waited for my phone to restart... which it did... once... twice... and then I realized my phone was now in a boot loop.
Currently my phone will not turn on, it will show the apple logo for a few seconds, the screen dims slightly (apple logo still visible) and then the phone goes black as it reboots... and this just repeats.
Things that need to be clarified:
QUESTIONS/THOUGHTS I HAVE
-Doubt if semirestore would be able to work on a phone that won't even boot
-Since I never actually had the iOS running, or opened cydia, I don't have openSSH or any other tools installed like MS to allow it to boot into safe mode
-Could this be indicative of my replacement phone (on 7.0.4 when I received it) had been OTA updated by Apple? (JB on an OTA update version of iOS can cause a boot loop right?)
I'm not new to jailbreaking (started w/ iP3G and iOS 3.x), and usually I'm methodical in researching each new exploit/JB to understand and use it properly. My current situation is perplexing me just a bit though...
(Unrelated Background Info)
Long story short, had hardware issues with my iPhone 5 (GSM) resulting in a warranty replacement through the Genius Bar. Had a really awesome employee who dug down to the bottom of the stack of replacement phones 'to see what they could do about keeping me below 7.1'. When the phone turned on and was activated I was delighted to find 7.0.4 listed under the software settings. Being the day after my birthday, I took this as a birthday present from the jailbreak gods
(Current Situation)
Since I wanted to make sure nothing happened to compromise (read: upgrade) the iOS version, I set my phone up as new in the store and used it for a couple of days but specifically never connected it to a computer.
Today I had the time to get around to the JB so I did the following:
- downloaded the latest evasi0n (MBP on 10.9.X)
- mounted the .dmg and opened up evasi0n
- connected my iPhone 5 (on 7.0.4 in case you didn't read above)
- evasi0n app showed 'iPhone 5 GSM on 7.0.4 ready to begin or whatever it says'
- clicked jailbreak
- Both process '1/2' and '2/2' ran, iPhone rebooted and evasi0n said to unlock the phone and click the evasi0n icon (so I did that)
- Phone rebooted and evasi0n gave the 'jailbreak complete' message and I clicked 'Exit'
Up to this point this was exactly as I was expecting and I waited for my phone to restart... which it did... once... twice... and then I realized my phone was now in a boot loop.
Currently my phone will not turn on, it will show the apple logo for a few seconds, the screen dims slightly (apple logo still visible) and then the phone goes black as it reboots... and this just repeats.
Things that need to be clarified:
- I never actually got the phone to fully reboot after evasi0n ran and completed
- Because of ^ I never clicked the cydia icon (so that first time 'preparing file system' process never happened
QUESTIONS/THOUGHTS I HAVE
-Doubt if semirestore would be able to work on a phone that won't even boot
-Since I never actually had the iOS running, or opened cydia, I don't have openSSH or any other tools installed like MS to allow it to boot into safe mode
-Could this be indicative of my replacement phone (on 7.0.4 when I received it) had been OTA updated by Apple? (JB on an OTA update version of iOS can cause a boot loop right?)
