Monday, May 18, 2015

update/restore iphone 5 using linux (kali)

How to update/restore iPhone 5 using Linux OS.

Requirements:

Linux OS ( in my case Kali)
libimobiledevice

 libimobiledevice is a cross-platform software library that talks the protocols to support iPhone®, iPod Touch®, iPad® and Apple TV® devices. It is released under GPL.

More information can be found at http://www.libimobiledevice.org.

To make use of the above-mentioned library, git-clone or download the source of all the files in the repository located at http://cgit.libimobiledevice.org/ , and build it from source.


syntax for restoring.

    idevicerestore -e yourIPSW.ipsw

where yourIPSW.ipsw is the latest firmware for the appropriate iDevice.

full credits to the above-mentioned site and the authors/creators of the library.

below is the video of the update/restore process.





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