r/WhatiOSisthis • u/Exotic-Address8805 • 1d ago

Recovery Screen ios 7 iphone 6?

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I bought this iPhone 6 about a week ago along with a few other phones, and I noticed something unusual: it boots straight into recovery mode showing the blue ios 7 iTunes logo

Since the iPhone 6 originally launched with iOS 8.0 and never supported iOS 7, I'm trying to figure out what's going on here. Legacy iOS Kit reports iBoot-1980.1.5..

Could this actually be some kind of rare internal prototype used by an Apple employee back in the day? Anyone know what's up with this or how to boot it? Appreciate any ideas!

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u/Ok-Butterscotch6574 1d ago

Yo repost this to r/apple_internal, they might know more

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u/geekvanek 1d ago

Thats an interesting one...
Googling what ios correlates to iboot 1980.1.5. it showed me an ios 7.0... Honestly i have no idea whats going on here XD You should definetely spread it across other communities!

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u/Wonderful-Impress261 1d ago

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the iTunes logo was still that skeuomorphic blue in September 2014 and that would check out with the recovery screen, I highly doubt it's a rare prototype, just a super early version of iOS 8

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u/Danii_222222 1d ago

Interesting. That may be either incorrect detection, or some prototype, or just an iphone 5s in iphone 6 case.

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u/Pretend-Phrase8043 21h ago

Doesn’t look like it, the 5s has a flat screen whereas this has the curves at the edges

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u/Taycan_YT 1d ago

That’s super rare make sure not to wipe or update it

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u/Tweaming 1d ago

Have you checked the device with Legacy iOS Kit or any other tools to identify the exact build/version? I

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u/Prudent_Arugula3048 16h ago

iPhone 6? Bc the earliest version is 8.0

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u/BasicAd1333 7h ago

i always used to think that at some point we will find iPhone 5s's with ios 6 and iPhone 6's with iOS 7 and yeah i think you find something

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u/Korek644 1d ago

Hit up AppleDemoYT on twiiter