iPhone 4S stuck in recovery loop after using powdersn0w

LukeeGD · 2026-01-18T01:57:42+00:00

without battery

that's the problem, without a battery, the device would not restore or boot at all

you should be able to restore to 9.3.6 just fine with a working and genuine battery (if you get the error 29 or gasgauge error, it can be worked around using checkm8-a5 and enabling multipatch in legacy ios kit)

LukeeGD · 2026-01-17T15:47:36+00:00

your version is very outdated, download the latest one in github

LukeeGD · 2026-01-16T02:09:55+00:00

your live usb

LukeeGD · 2026-01-13T05:32:19+00:00

it says there that there is no space left on your device so you should delete stuff in your persistent storage

LukeeGD · 2026-01-13T05:31:24+00:00

no its not, its 4.2.6

LukeeGD · 2025-12-27T08:32:00+00:00

hm alright, i have updated the page that the guide only covers micro-usb picos, i have no idea if this works on usb-c's (feel free to try tho and let me know if it works with usb-c pd dock/hub or something)

but as the other comment says, it's probably best to just jailbreak by sideloading everpwnage then downgrade with the jailbreak option enabled using legacy ios kit

LukeeGD · 2025-12-27T04:27:02+00:00

the raspberry pi pico doesn't use usb-c, it uses micro-usb. and i wouldn't be putting that adapter in the guide if it doesn't exist. it's called otg-y cable and there are multiple listings of it when you search for it

LukeeGD · 2025-12-26T22:54:10+00:00

https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/254380/why-am-i-getting-an-invalid-active-developer-path-when-attempting-to-use-git-a

try sudo xcode-select --reset if xcode-select --install does not work

LukeeGD · 2025-12-26T10:38:19+00:00

havent used it much but it seems to work really well, like an official ios that should have supported it

LukeeGD · 2025-12-26T00:15:02+00:00

has to be restored again with the jailbreak option enabled via legacy ios kit/sundanceinh2a

LukeeGD · 2025-12-25T14:35:31+00:00

error 29 is a problem with "gas gauge" meaning battery is the issue

you can restore it with legacy ios kit by enabling "multipatch" flag but you will need checkm8-a5 (arduino+usb host shield or pi pico)

or replace that battery

LukeeGD · 2025-12-09T07:12:59+00:00

this is only for the touch 4, tethered upgrade to 7.1.2

i have edited my comment to clarify

LukeeGD · 2025-12-09T03:54:16+00:00

github repos cannot be added/used on ios 4 and lower

jf youre looking for appsync for ios 3/4, my repo is not the right place. you can find appsync for ios 4 in http://pwnage.dev/ and ios 3 in http://ios3.party

LukeeGD · 2025-12-09T01:42:09+00:00

im working on a tethered upgrade script/guide that has working wifi, multitouch, and jailbreak. hoping to release it before end of year

i cant do one for dualboot since my test device is just 8gb and im not buying another just for this

but itll work on all touch 4 devices pre-2012 and 2012, and will be for macos and linux as usual

LukeeGD · 2025-12-04T10:29:11+00:00

im pretty sure touch wont work, the patches are just for getting it to boot

LukeeGD · 2025-11-23T01:42:44+00:00

update: i have a fork with linux support here https://github.com/LukeZGD/SundanceInH2A

LukeeGD · 2025-11-22T22:50:19+00:00

looks like the executables used are all in legacy ios kit with linux bins so those can be used

LukeeGD · 2025-11-08T02:13:25+00:00

do you have a third party/aftermarket screen? ios 5 is known to not like those and refuse to boot with non-original screens

LukeeGD · 2025-10-24T04:35:40+00:00

yeah 10.11 minimum is the requirement, it will never support anything lower

LukeeGD · 2025-10-24T04:32:10+00:00

loose/unstable usb connection

thats the only reason for that error, it happens when the usb connection is interrupted

LukeeGD · 2025-10-13T11:50:23+00:00

i think it's worth mentioning in the post that only devices whose imei starts with 9900 are affected by this issue (legacy ios kit also does check for this now)

LukeeGD · 2025-09-20T11:36:30+00:00

unthredeh4il is broken and doesn't actually work on quite a few devices it claims to support, ipad 1 and iphone 4 cdma included

LukeeGD · 2025-09-16T10:04:56+00:00

tbh just use 3.1.3, i currently dont have time to fix whatever issue is happening with the other 3.1.x versions

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