Last Chance to Restore for a Jailbreak on iOS 7.1.2

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Posted September 17, 2014 at 5:50am by iClarified

With the release of iOS 8 tomorrow, we wanted to remind our readers of important jailbreak and restoring information.

When iOS 8 is released tomorrow, Apple will stop signing iOS 7.1.2. Users will no longer be able to restore their device to iOS 7.1.2 through iTunes. If anything were to happen to your device, you could be forced to restore to iOS 8 and ultimately lose your jailbreak. There are some solutions like semi-restore and iLEX RAT that will be able to 'restore' your device, yet still preserve the jailbreak. Those tools should be used as a last resort, as some have reported mixed success.

If you want to keep your iOS 7.1.2 jailbreak, do not update to iOS 8 -- there currently is not public jailbreak available for iOS 8, and once you upgrade, you cannot downgrade back! If you were looking to restore your iOS 7.1.2 device soon and jailbreak it, we recommend that you do that before iOS 8 is released on Wednesday (tomorrow!).

If your device is on iOS 7.1.2 or lower, you can always just Pangu or evasi0n to jailbreak, but you cannot restore the device to anything other than iOS 8 (once iOS 8 is released).

Finally, we recommend everyone installs OpenSSH on their iOS 7 device if they are jailbroken. It could end up saving your jailbreak!

If you need instructions on how to jailbreak your device, check out our wizard here

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Last Chance to Restore for a Jailbreak on iOS 7.1.2

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da-md - September 20, 2014 at 5:41am

10:40pm pst. still signing 7.1.2 ipad mini

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Roger - September 18, 2014 at 4:04am

Still Signing firmware 7.1.2 just did a fresh restore. Ios8 is great but i prefer jailbreak. Just so many tweaks that make ios even greater than it is. I guess apple is still signing until maybe tomorrow.

Ravi - September 17, 2014 at 4:26pm

Good bye jailbreak keep in touch for new jailbreak

Kornmehl - September 17, 2014 at 2:02pm

Meh. Jailbreak. Such an old fashioned idea. iOS 8 is awesome.

thevmaxer - September 18, 2014 at 2:29am

Meh. IOS 8. Such an old fashioned idea. Jailbreak is awesome!

Tokm - September 17, 2014 at 1:36pm

How is it? Some time ago was an opinion they beta ios8 has been also jaibroakan. Is it possible ios8 jailbreak is available soon???

James - September 17, 2014 at 8:13pm

Not for a while because they will need to test on the new phones.

lux - September 17, 2014 at 12:50pm

what about iphone 4? it cannot run ios8, so will it be restorable to 7.1.2 even after they stop signing it for newer devices?

Kaz - September 17, 2014 at 9:57am

Can anyone help with error 3014 - I've checked my Hosts file and it doesnt contain any extra lines yet I still cant update?!?

Gt - September 17, 2014 at 8:23am

how to block auto download of ios8 on non-jailbroken iphone? It just auto downloads and occupies storage space

asho76 - September 17, 2014 at 7:25am

what if i do " reset and erase settings " and re-jailbreak afterwards will that keep my 7.1.2 without the need to restore or update ?

mrjames4 - September 17, 2014 at 8:02am

That will put your phone into a recovery loop or it will just hang at the upgrading screen. Jailbroken phones cannot be erase from the reset settings. DFU mode and restore from itunes. Don't trust me, TRY it yourself.

RR - September 17, 2014 at 7:24am

Yep it's over, restore says - This device isn't eligible for the requested build.

Bike1967br - September 17, 2014 at 12:28pm

Did you download the right firmware version for your device????

AoshiJP - September 18, 2014 at 1:32pm

Still signing. Restoring right now :-)