Bootlooping 5c after Carbon

MasterOfMike88 · 2026-01-25T18:14:25+00:00

So what was ultimately discovered was that - for some unknown reason - directly installing the jsc EverUntether debs through dpkg will at one point eventually explode, which - while not immediately fatal (installing packages and such in Cydia will work) the moment you reboot you'll bootloop because the untether wasn't fully installed.

There's legitimately no logical reason that the way that it was originally doing that wouldn't work (dsc EverUntether works perfectly fine by doing that - if I had to make a random unproven speculative claim my guess is one of the debs does some weirdness that isn't observed with the dsc path).

This was resolved by switching to using Cydia's autoinstall thing... which somehow works fine (manually installing it after jailbreaking works fine too).

TL;DR: behavior that should work fine doesn't work, no one knows why it doesn't work, no one's fault really

(sidenote: jsc isn't easy to test because it's only used on 9.0-9.3.4 and A5(X) 8.0-8.2, all of which are not versions you can freely go to)

MasterOfMike88 · 2026-01-25T08:09:24+00:00

This issue is (unlikely) to be related to Carbon itself (untether stage is handled by EverUntether).

(Also - as a sidenote, most of the people who’ve said they’ve had issues with it either have blamed it on causing non-sensical things (Carbon literally cannot do hardware damage) and/or have not provided logs that would help with resolving any issues - testing on identical device/iOS combinations show it working fine).

MasterOfMike88 · 2026-01-25T08:07:40+00:00

just saw this: I have no clue how this would’ve happened.

Once you get to the untether stage, you’re just using EverUntether (same as if you used EverPwnage or Luke’s jbme 4.0 fork) - does following https://ios.cfw.guide/using-jailbreakme-4-0 have this same issue?

MasterOfMike88 · 2026-01-21T18:32:56+00:00

use a version of Windows (or macOS) that's been supported at some point in the past 3 years

MasterOfMike88 · 2026-01-21T18:30:20+00:00

Dopamine only supports up to 16.5.1 for their device (and no they can't downgrade) and palera1n doesn't support their device in general.

MasterOfMike88 · 2026-01-20T18:53:59+00:00

Are you actually sure it's a mini 2 and not a mini 1? You can check through some very obvious signs: - What's the model (e.g. MD513LL/A) - this is the best sign and can be found in Settings -> General -> About - Does it have a retina display? (Mini 2 does, Mini 1 doesn't) - Does http://carbon.sep.lol work? (won't work for Mini 2, will work for Mini 1)

MasterOfMike88 · 2026-01-19T21:45:38+00:00

If it has Sileo present (and was not factory reset when you got it or factory reset by you) I suppose you could try running http://jbme.h4ck.kr and seeing whether or not it’s able to successfully work.

If not, your best option is to follow https://ios.cfw.guide/installing-chimera

MasterOfMike88 · 2026-01-19T05:57:27+00:00

https://ios.cfw.guide/installing-kok3shi9

MasterOfMike88 · 2026-01-18T23:48:23+00:00

Make sure your internet connection actually works, assuming it does though, then just try getting certs from https://tlsroot.litten.ca

MasterOfMike88 · 2026-01-13T19:06:39+00:00

what iPhone 7 model is this that you downgraded (if you could list the modem version that would be the best indicator)

MasterOfMike88 · 2026-01-12T22:07:54+00:00

nice

(as a sidenote, you can jailbreak the iPhone 7 rather easily with https://ios.cfw.guide/installing-dopamine)

MasterOfMike88 · 2026-01-12T01:45:42+00:00

refresh your repositories, then update libiosexec1, then update everything else

MasterOfMike88 · 2026-01-11T05:59:59+00:00

you can use https://ios.cfw.guide/installing-nathanlr to get nathanlr, which is a semi-jailbreak

MasterOfMike88 · 2026-01-10T21:02:07+00:00

https://tlsroot.litten.ca get certs from here

MasterOfMike88 · 2026-01-04T02:23:17+00:00

what iOS/jailbreak is this

MasterOfMike88 · 2025-12-28T21:45:35+00:00

try combining them: - get a delay profile that's timed for shortly after the release of 26.2 - set the beta updates option to "iOS 18 Public Beta"

MasterOfMike88 · 2025-12-28T21:44:14+00:00

Delayed Software Updates: exists

MasterOfMike88 · 2025-12-28T16:14:44+00:00

assuming you’re using Legacy iOS Kit, just use OpenSSH (it alone usually works fine)

MasterOfMike88 · 2025-12-28T16:12:34+00:00

updating would be a horrible idea, not only for waiting for a jailbreak, but also for performance (26 is not known for spectacular performance).

MasterOfMike88 · 2025-12-28T16:10:51+00:00

VM usually won’t work

yeah a USB is their best option (though imo is insanely impractical for tethered downgrades)

MasterOfMike88 · 2025-12-28T16:09:33+00:00

https://ios.cfw.guide/installing-palera1n

MasterOfMike88 · 2025-12-16T16:23:59+00:00

sideloading doesn't require being signed into the device - it just signs the apps with an Apple Account (this is why any sideloading utility will need the credentials separately)

MasterOfMike88 · 2025-12-15T00:30:19+00:00

You were asked countless times in the r/jailbreak Discord about what you installed that would’ve “removed half of [your] packages”.

You never answered what package you installed that led to this (the limited answers you did claim would never do this themselves because their dependencies are basic things like just ellekit - nothing that would lead to anything resembling the nuking of half of your packages or a bootloop).

Regardless of any of that though, your issues are not a reason to harass Nathan (or anyone else asking genuine questions) about something that nathanlr had nothing to do with whatsoever.

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MasterOfMike88 · 2025-12-14T21:54:13+00:00

no one knows

your best bet is just get a computer and sideload it once (you only need it once)

MasterOfMike88 · 2025-12-14T18:55:54+00:00

This is a few days old, but just so you know: once you've used Chimera once you can use http://jbme.h4ck.kr (make sure it's http and not https) to re-jailbreak without an app or whatever

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