Cydia Saving 5.0.1 SHSH blobs Preparing for Untethered Jailbreak

Submitted by Dan; December 27, 2011


Jay Freeman (aka Saurik) has recently caching SHSH blobs for 5.0.1 in preparation for the upcoming 5.0.1 untethered jailbreak. For who don't know, SHSH blobs is a Hash signature system (Signature HaSH blobs) made by Apple inc. to prevent software downgrades on iPhones, iPads and iPod touches meant for Jailbreaking. Apple will more than likely release an iOS update just after Chronic Dev Team releasing the iOS 5.0.1 untethered jailbreak. There will be many people who will hit the update button mistakenly, resulting in a lost iOS 5.0.1 untethered jailbreak. So, that's where the value of the saved 5.0.1 SHSH blobs that allows you to downgrade from the updated iOS version to the jailbreakable 5.0.1. Cydia should automatically save IOS 5.0.1 SHSH blobs for you so you don't have to do anything. Your device, however, must be in Cydia's database. Also note that iOS SHSH Blobs are unique files to each device, which means you can not use saved iOS SHSH blobs from any other device but your own.


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