Vieux
Vieux - A tool for 32/64 Bit iOS downgrades using OTA Blobs (by MatthewPierson)
iOS-OTA-Downgrader
A multi-purpose script to save blobs, restore, and jailbreak supported legacy iOS devices [Moved to: https://github.com/LukeZGD/Legacy-iOS-Kit] (by LukeZGD)
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| Vieux | iOS-OTA-Downgrader | |
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| 19 | 295 | |
| 789 | 612 | |
| - | - | |
| 0.0 | 8.4 | |
| about 1 year ago | about 1 year ago | |
| Python | Shell | |
| - | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Vieux
Posts with mentions or reviews of Vieux.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-01-14.
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[Question] Is it worth getting iPhone 5S just for jailbreak and fun with it?
(And just to tempt you further, here is a link for the tool I would have used to downgrade my 5s: https://github.com/MatthewPierson/Vieux) (hopefully you have a Mac, but there are other tools I think if you don't.)
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[HELP] Trying to downgrade iPhone 5S 12.5.6 with an OTA 10.3.3 blobs
This is not how you downgrade 5s to iOS 10. I used Vieux in the past to do so.
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Just bought myself an early Christmas present today, I'm so excited! upgrading to a 2022 6th gen Pro 12.9 256gb from a 2011 2nd gen 64gb (A1396). it's been a VERY long time coming 😂
Using a utility like Vieux. The iPad will need to be jailbroken and you'll need a Mac to run this script.
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[Question] Beta version that can install iPhone 5.
You can use 32bit OTA Downgrader or Vieux to downgrade to iOS 8.4.1
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iPad mini 2 both 2.01 and 2.1 get stuck on exploiting device and the iPad just stays in dfu mode. I’m using a hackintosh could that be why?
I had this problem too, you might need to try another utility called Vieux https://github.com/MatthewPierson/Vieux
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Anything special about iPhone 4s running iOS 6?
You can install iOS 6 on any iPhone 4S by using a special method. So these scalpers are taking iPhone 4S's, downgrading them to this older version, and selling them for a higher price as if they were rare.
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[Question] Is it possible to downgrade a 5s to some old version?
Downgrading to 10.3.3 is possible, here is one of many tools that can do it: https://github.com/MatthewPierson/Vieux
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[Question] Is it possible to downgrade an iPhone 4S 8GB from 9.3.6 to pre-7 versions?
no, you have to use this, https://github.com/LukeZGD/iOS-OTA-Downgrader or https://github.com/MatthewPierson/Vieux + 6.1.3/8.4.1 ipws file
- Downgrade iPhone 5s from ios 12.5.3 to ios 11 or lower.
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[question] How do I safely restore an unverified IPSW to a iPad 2?
You can try Vieux or iOS OTA downgrader. If you are not familiar with using terminal, here is step-by-step manual from guy, who did exactly the thing you want to do: manual.
iOS-OTA-Downgrader
Posts with mentions or reviews of iOS-OTA-Downgrader.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-03-22.
- [question] How do I check if my blobs are valid? I want to update to iOS 9 to see how it looks and then downgrade back to iOS 6 if I don't like it, I'm scared of not being able to downgrade back to iOS 6.1.2
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[Question] Old apps says disk is full but I have plenty of free space
For some reason I assumed you downgraded to iOS 8.4.1 already. You can do that with https://github.com/LukeZGD/iOS-OTA-Downgrader if you want
- Any way to downgrade iPhone 4s?[question]
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Dumping onboard shsh ipad mini[question]
https://github.com/LukeZGD/iOS-OTA-Downgrader can also dump onboard blobs
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[question] can’t downgrade iOS 9.3.5 to iOS 8.4.1
Use iOS-OTA-Downgrader if you are trying to use the plist method. here
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iPhone 5s iOS 12 to iOS 7
Is impossible to downgrade iOS 7 because the SEP is doesn't compatible, but you can iOS 10.3.3 with ota-downgrader https://github.com/LukeZGD/iOS-OTA-Downgrader
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iPad 3rd Generation on IOS 6.1.2, Any tweak recommendations?[fluff] [discussion]
Can't you? The docs say that A5X devices are supported.
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Futurerestore "could not get SEP path" error [question]
have you read the ota downgrader wiki? It has a nice and nifty tutorial inside for restoring with blobs https://github.com/LukeZGD/iOS-OTA-Downgrader/wiki
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[Question] I have an iPhone 4 on 7.0.2. I‘m trying to save onboard blobs using ios ota downgrader. ibec stuck at 63.7%. Any ideas or alternatives?
Please try again with this test branch (version should be 2023-03-07-000test): https://github.com/LukeZGD/iOS-OTA-Downgrader/archive/refs/heads/test.zip
- Is there any way I can revert this iPhone 4 CDMA back to iOS 6? (its jailbroken) [question]
What are some alternatives?
When comparing Vieux and iOS-OTA-Downgrader you can also consider the following projects:
LeetDown - a GUI macOS Downgrade Tool for A6 and A7 iDevices
n1ghtshade - A bootchain jailbreak/downgrade utility for 32 bit iOS devices.