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negativeone · 07-28-2017, 07:40 AM

Hi. I'm new here. Just did JB yesterday and also deciding how far to update. I've read a lot of these threads, but something here is confusing me...

My understanding was that the issue with the later firmwares is that they try to lock you out of doing a downgrade to a special factory image (ie, the one that is used for JB).

Are you guys saying that if you're already Jailbroken, with the rescue pack (JailBreak-1.14.N-FW-5.x-hotfix) installed, you can downgrade to any image? If so, is it using the standard update process? (Drop bin on USB mount root and trigger update from menu?)

edit: don't stop reading here. I was very confused and the next post explains everything.

07-28-2017, 07:40 AM	#13
negativeone Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2017 Device: PW3	Hi. I'm new here. Just did JB yesterday and also deciding how far to update. I've read a lot of these threads, but something here is confusing me... My understanding was that the issue with the later firmwares is that they try to lock you out of doing a downgrade to a special factory image (ie, the one that is used for JB). Are you guys saying that if you're already Jailbroken, with the rescue pack (JailBreak-1.14.N-FW-5.x-hotfix) installed, you can downgrade to any image? If so, is it using the standard update process? (Drop bin on USB mount root and trigger update from menu?) edit: don't stop reading here. I was very confused and the next post explains everything. Last edited by negativeone; 07-28-2017 at 08:56 AM.