Apple Stops Signing iOS 8.4, Downgrades and Restores No Longer Possible

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Posted August 23, 2015 at 12:57am by iClarified

Apple has stopped signing iOS 8.4, making restores and downgrades to the firmware no longer possible.

If you want to stay on iOS 8.4 take care that you do not accidentally update to iOS 8.4.1 because you won't be able to get back to iOS 8.4. If you do update you will not be able to jailbreak your device. Pangu Team just demonstrated a jailbreak of iOS 8.4.1 but it's likely that won't be released in anticipation of iOS 9.

You may want to save the SHSH Blobs off your device if you haven't already.

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Apple Stops Signing iOS 8.4, Downgrades and Restores No Longer Possible

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smate333 - August 23, 2015 at 7:15pm

I really don't care for this new look. can we still get the old look?

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gamerscul9870 - August 23, 2015 at 8:11pm

Then stay jailbroken then.

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Kornmehl - August 23, 2015 at 10:12pm

I assume that you are talking about the look of the website. I agree; I definitely preferred the previous look.

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Seth_1977 - August 24, 2015 at 12:05am

What new look?

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Simon Sez - August 23, 2015 at 1:44pm

Word is out that Hillary was using a jailbroken phone; that's how they caught her.

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Stephen Jobs - August 23, 2015 at 5:28pm

Nope! They caught her using the back-door that W asked Apple to install in iOS back when he was president. None of the hackers have ever found the back door as it is well hidden.

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Business Man - August 23, 2015 at 10:19am

Do you people still jailbreak? I suppose its just teens that do it as no money making business man has time for all that crap anymore.

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Techno - August 23, 2015 at 5:21pm

Some continues to JB to allow themselves to determine if the App they want to buy is worth 19.99. Test it before you buy it. Most business man travels and having a JB IPad allows me to watch any movies and sports anywhere. That s what a real business man sounds like!

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Kornmehl - August 23, 2015 at 10:11pm

Nice to occasionally see someone own up to being a pirate. Honesty on this site can be so refreshing.

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Mas22 - August 23, 2015 at 9:39am

Apple, a little more transparency please...

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Sky - August 23, 2015 at 1:50am

It's more like Jailbreakers are planning their releases around apples updates

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curtixman - August 23, 2015 at 1:04am

Is it just me or is it pretty clear that Apple is planning the release, signing and not signing of its firmware around jailbreaks now? Is Apple supporting jailbreaking now? Certainly not officially but sure seems that way.

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Kornmehl - August 23, 2015 at 1:24am

Nope. It's just you.

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stevenlacross - August 23, 2015 at 2:07am

Yeah, Apple has always given about a week or two or over laps between the newest firmware and the second to newest firmware

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