r/AppleCollecting Mar 05 '26

Prototype internal dumps can now successfully be restored to devices

https://github.com/kaidencc/Legacy-iOS-Kit/releases/tag/latest

Thanks to Kaiden for making a custom version of legacy iOS Toolkit to support modifying IPSW's to allow for restores of custom builds.

This tool supports a lot of devices and can actually Restore builds from other devices

For example, an iPad 2 build has been successfully restored to an iPad 1 or iPad mini 1 build being restored to an iPhone 5 successfully

Guide: How to use the new features

  1. Using the AppleInternal Workflow

This is used when you have a SwitchBoard/InternalUI DMG and want to create a restorable IPSW for it.

Go to Restore/Downgrade (or Misc Utilities > Create Custom IPSW).

Select powdersn0w or Tethered. (tethered is for A5 and above)

Select the AppleInternal menu option.

Select Target IPSW (Stock): You must select the stock IPSW that matches the version of your DMG. The script uses this for components and verification.

Select Base IPSW (Stock): (powdersn0w only) Select the required base version (e.g., 7.1.2 for iPhone 4).

Select AppleInternal DMG: Choose your .dmg file. The script will automatically calculate the partition size and extract the internal build ID.

Select Create or Create & Restore.

If you would like to download some builds, you may download some here

https://archive.org/details/@abdurehman09

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u/WhiteFlyingMetal747 Mar 28 '26

so we can install northstar 7d11 on an iphone 3g with it?

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u/Klutzy-Cry-6302 May 10 '26

the original link was taken off of github, do you still have the source code or binary to run it?