idevicerestore VS libimobiledevice

Install idevicerestore Manually https://github.com/libimobiledevice/idevicerestore [Remove the (libimobiledevice-glue-dev \) line from the first command for it to work]

Open Source Implementation: https://github.com/libimobiledevice/idevicerestore

Get ahold of another pc(it doesn't have to be a mac), run your favourite distro on in, and then follow this instructions: https://github.com/libimobiledevice/idevicerestore .

If you have a PC that can run Linux, you might be able to use iDeviceRestore as a substitute for the helper Mac: https://github.com/libimobiledevice/idevicerestore

Like the other comment says yes for macOS, imo however in a completely stupid way because if you wipe your internal SSD you need another Mac (or idevicerestore) to restore the firmware, if your internal SSD ever breaks you are completely fcked because you can't replace it (only maybe on the Mac Studio) and apple only allows you to boot from that (and *after that a different drive)

I tried using idevicerestore to restore my iPhone X from the ios 16 beta to ios 15.6 using the ipsw file, the command ran fine with no errors but my phone is now stuck on a black screen with the apple logo(no spinner or progress bar).

Unfortunately the guide is taken down by the developer, so the closest I can find the remains of the guide is from this link: https://github.com/libimobiledevice/idevicerestore/issues/237

No smartphone these days gives you access at the mass storage level anymore (because it causes issues for concurrent access from the phone and computer, because there's often encryption etc.), so the underlying file system in this scenario is completely irrelevant and has no bearing on you being able to access the phone's data on Linux.

Android uses MTP or PTP (can't remember which) for that type of access, while iOS uses something proprietary, but there's a Linux implementation that worked reasonably well for me last time I had a Linux laptop: https://libimobiledevice.org/

It even supports WiFi, so you can have automatic backups every night while the phone is charging. Also the protocol has been reverse engineered, it’s possible to use a Linux server instead of having to use iTunes on windows or buying a Mac..

https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libimobiledevice/issues/...

Install libimobiledevice Manually https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libimobiledevice [Remove the (libimobiledevice-glue-dev \) line from the first command for it to work]

On Linux you can use libimobiledevice’s (1) idevicebackup2 to backup an iOS device.

1: https://libimobiledevice.org/

Maybe something like https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libimobiledevice? I'm not sure, I haven't tried to do this.

Where would one begin to look stack wise? Ive looked into some C libraries and https://libimobiledevice.org is the only clue I’ve got.

I already tried a non-jailbreak way of doing so by using libimobiledevice. Unfortunately, this library doesn't work via network, it can only shutdown devices with usb connection.

"libimobiledevice is a cross-platform software library that talks the protocols to interact with iOS devices." - libimobiledevice