[Tutorial] Updating an A12 device to 14.3 with futurerestore on Windows

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  • futurerestore

    Discontinued A hacked up idevicerestore wrapper, which allows specifying SEP and Baseband for restoring [Moved to: https://github.com/m1stadev/futurerestore] (by marijuanARM)

  • (Huge thanks to marijuanARM and Cryptiiiic for updating futurerestore and to Opa334 for his great work on the futurerestore static build & compiling script for windows, which made this possible.)

  • futurerestore

    Discontinued A hacked up idevicerestore wrapper, which allows specifying SEP and Baseband for restoring (by opa334)

  • Gather all necessary files in a folder on the Desktop. Files you will need include: futurerestore[dot]exe, a valid 14.3 blob, the specific iOS 14.3 ipsw for your device model, and the specific iOS 14.4 ipsw for your device model

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  • libirecovery

    Library and utility to talk to iBoot/iBSS via USB on Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux

  • IMPORTANT NOTE: if FR exits before the restore begins, your device may get stuck in recovery mode. FR's built in "--exit-recovery" option doesn't work, so in order to get out, you have to use "irecovery -n"

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