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An all-in-one tool to restore/downgrade, save SHSH blobs, and jailbreak legacy iOS devices
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Legacy iOS Kit
- (formerly iOS-OTA-Downgrader)
- An all-in-one tool to downgrade/restore, save SHSH blobs, and jailbreak legacy iOS devices
- Supported on Linux and macOS
- Read the "How to Use" wiki page for instructions
- Read the "Troubleshooting" wiki page for tips, frequent questions, and troubleshooting
Features
- Legacy iOS Kit supports all 32-bit iOS devices, and some A7/A8 64-bit devices
- Restore to signed OTA versions (iOS 8.4.1 and/or 6.1.3) on A5/A6 devices
- Restore some 32-bit devices to other iOS versions without blobs
- This includes downgrading iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 GSM and CDMA, iPod touch 2
- Restore with SHSH blobs on supported devices
- Restore to other iOS versions with iOS 7 blobs (powdersn0w)
- Jailbreak all 32-bit iOS devices on (almost) any iOS version
- Available on iOS versions 3.1.3 to 9.3.4
- Only unsupported versions are iOS 9.0.x and iPad 2 on 4.3.x
- Hacktivation for iPhone 2G, 3G, 3GS (activate without valid SIM card)
- Restore to iOS 10.3.3 (signed OTA version) on supported A7 devices
- Save onboard and Cydia SHSH blobs for 32-bit devices
- Enter pwned iBSS/kDFU mode for supported 32-bit devices
- Boot SSH Ramdisk for 32-bit devices
- Clear NVRAM for 32-bit devices
- Device activation using ideviceactivation (useful for iOS 4 and lower)
- The latest baseband will be flashed for A5/A6 devices with baseband
- Dumping and stitching baseband to IPSW (requires
--disable-bbupdate
)
Supported devices
- Identify your device here
- iPhone 5C and iPad mini 3 devices are NOT supported by OTA downgrades
- These devices still support restoring to other iOS versions with SHSH blobs, see below
- See the table below for OTA downgrading support:
Target Version | Supported Devices |
---|---|
iOS 10.3.3 | A7 devices: |
iPhone 5S | |
iPad Air 1 | |
iPad mini 2 (except iPad4,6) | |
iOS 8.4.1 | 32-bit devices: |
iPhone 4S | |
iPhone 5 | |
iPad 2, iPad 3, iPad 4 | |
iPad mini 1 | |
iPod touch 5 | |
iOS 6.1.3 | iPhone 4S |
iPad 2 (except iPad2,4) |
- Restoring with SHSH blobs, jailbreaking, and using SSH Ramdisks are supported on the following devices:
- Supports all 32-bit iOS devices
- iPhone 2G, 3G, 3GS, 4, 4S, 5, 5C
- iPad 1, 2, 3, 4, mini 1
- iPod touch 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
- Restoring with SHSH blobs is also supported on most A7/A8 devices:
- See SEP/BB Compatibility Chart for iOS versions that can be restored to
- iPhone 5S, 6, 6 Plus
- iPad Air 1, mini 2, mini 3
- iPod touch 6
- Restoring with powdersn0w is supported on the following devices:
- iPhone 4 GSM - targets iOS 4.3 to 7.1.1
- iPhone 4 CDMA - targets iOS 5.0 to 7.1.1
- iPhone 4S, 5, 5C, iPad 2 Rev A, iPad 4, iPod touch 5 - targets iOS 5.0 to 9.3.5
- Using powdersn0w requires iOS 7.1.x blobs for your device
- For iPhone 5 and 5C, both 7.0.x and 7.1.x blobs can be used
- For iPad 4, only 7.0.x blobs can be used
- Restoring to other unsigned versions without blobs is supported on the following devices:
- iPhone 3GS - targets iOS 3.1.3 to 5.1.1
- iPod touch 2 - targets iOS 3.1.3 to 4.1
Supported OS versions/distros
Supported architectures: x86_64, arm64, armhf
- Ubuntu 22.04 and newer, and Ubuntu-based distros like Linux Mint
- Arch Linux and Arch-based distros like EndeavourOS
- Fedora 37 and newer
- Debian 12 Bookworm and newer, Sid, and Debian-based distros
- openSUSE Tumbleweed
- Gentoo and Gentoo-based distros
- macOS 10.13 and newer (10.15 and newer recommended)
Tools and other stuff used
- curl
- bspatch
- powdersn0w_pub - dora2ios; LukeZGD fork
- ipwndfu - axi0mX, Linus Henze, synackuk; LukeZGD fork
- ipwnder_lite - dora2ios (used on macOS)
- iPwnder32 - dora2ios (old version with libusb used on Linux)
- gaster - 0x7ff
- daibutsuCFW - dora2ios; LukeZGD fork
- daibutsu - dora/kok3shidoll, Clarity
- libimobiledevice - libimobiledevice
- libirecovery - libimobiledevice
- libideviceactivation - libimobiledevice
- tsschecker - tihmstar; 1Conan fork v413
- futurerestore - tihmstar;
- LukeZGD fork used on Linux for restoring 32-bit devices
- LukeeGD fork used on Linux for restoring A7/A8 devices
- iBoot32Patcher - dora2ios fork
- idevicerestore - libimobiledevice; LukeZGD fork
- idevicererestore from daibutsuCFW (used on custom IPSW restores for A5/A6 devices)
- kloader from Odysseus
- kloader from axi0mX (used on iOS 4/5 only)
- kloader for iOS 5
- kloader_hgsp from nyan_satan (used on h3lix only)
- jq
- partialZipBrowser
- zenity; macOS build
- 32-bit bundles from OdysseusOTA, OdysseusOTA2, alitek12, gjest (modified bundles for daibutsuCFW)
- A7 patches from MatthewPierson
- iPad 2 iOS 4.3.x bundles from selfisht, Ralph0045
- sshpass
- Bootstrap tar from SpiritNET
- Cydia HTTPatch for 3.1.3 downgrades/jailbreaks
- Pangu
- p0sixspwn
- unthredeh4il
- evasi0n
- g1lbertJB
- UntetherHomeDepot
- greenpois0n
- Some patches from PwnageTool, sn0wbreeze, redsn0w
- SSH Ramdisk tars from SSH-Ramdisk-Maker-and-Loader and msftguy's ssh-rd