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LukeZGD edited this page Nov 7, 2023 · 51 revisions

Welcome to the Legacy iOS Kit wiki.

Supported devices

  • Identify your device here
  • iPhone 5C and iPad mini 3 devices are NOT supported by OTA downgrades
    • These devices still support restoring to other iOS versions with SHSH blobs, see below
  • See the table below for OTA downgrading support:
Target Version Supported Devices
iOS 10.3.3 A7 devices:
iPhone 5S
iPad Air 1
iPad mini 2 (except iPad4,6)
iOS 8.4.1 32-bit devices:
iPhone 4S
iPhone 5
iPad 2, iPad 3, iPad 4
iPad mini 1
iPod touch 5
iOS 6.1.3 iPhone 4S
iPad 2 (except iPad2,4)
  • Restoring with SHSH blobs, jailbreaking, and using SSH Ramdisks are supported on the following devices:
    • Supports all 32-bit iOS devices
    • iPhone 2G, 3G, 3GS, 4, 4S, 5, 5C
    • iPad 1, 2, 3, 4, mini 1
    • iPod touch 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
  • Restoring with SHSH blobs is also supported on most A7/A8 devices:
    • See SEP/BB Compatibility Chart for iOS versions that can be restored to
    • iPhone 5S, 6, 6 Plus
    • iPad Air 1, mini 2, mini 3
    • iPod touch 6
  • Restoring with powdersn0w is supported on the following devices:
    • iPhone 4 GSM - targets iOS 4.3 to 7.1.1
    • iPhone 4 CDMA - targets iOS 5.0 to 7.1.1
    • iPhone 4S, 5, 5C, iPad 2 Rev A, iPad 4, iPod touch 5 - targets iOS 5.0 to 9.3.5
    • iPad 1, iPod touch 3 - targets iOS 4.3 to 5.1
    • Using powdersn0w requires iOS 7.1.x blobs for your device
      • For iPhone 5 and 5C, both 7.0.x and 7.1.x blobs can be used
      • For iPad 4, only 7.0.x blobs can be used
      • For iPad 1 and iPod touch 3, 5.1.1 blobs are used instead
  • Restoring to other unsigned versions without blobs is supported on the following devices:
    • iPhone 3GS - targets iOS 3.1.3 to 5.1.1
    • iPod touch 2 - targets iOS 3.1.3 to 4.1

Supported OS versions/distros

Supported architectures: x86_64, arm64, armhf