Help/Support Is updating from iOS 7.1 to 9.3.5 possible?

[DrifterDan 530]

Hi guys. So I have an old iPad 2 that's been running on jailbroken iOS 7.1. It was running well until I decided to update two (2) Cydia packages today: iCleaner and one other package I had no memory of. As soon I resprung, Springboard messes up the icons like it places them much further apart than normal, the passcode entry screen is glitched graphically, Settings app can't be opened, and system apps like Photos shrink down to iPhone size (I have RetinaPad). And after I exit a folder, the docked apps disappear. I've tried respringing, Safe Mode, hard restarts, removing packages that had to do with Springboard customization... nothing seems to work. So i've resulted to restoring and updating to 9.3.5.

So the question is; is updating from iOS 7.1 to 9.3.5 possible? Because I've heard that 9.3.5 got unsigned October last year.

[crost 84]

Off the net but its a risk

Edited September 25, 2017 by crost

[Zahir 226,166]

3 minutes ago, DrifterDan said:

What if I hit reset to factory settings? Will that restore my iPad without updating?

Yep, it will just clean up your settings / (content)

[C H U C K Y 1,227]

nope but it will be better to update your iOS now to iOS11 (should have done it before when 10.3.2 or 10.3.3 was the latest iOS  ) then stay on it. gives you more chance to be jailbroken than that iOS 7.1  

[DrifterDan 530]

2 minutes ago, C H U C K Y said:

nope but it will be better to update your iOS now to iOS11 (should have done it before when 10.3.2 or 10.3.3 was the latest iOS  ) then stay on it. gives you more chance to be jailbroken than that iOS 7.1  

My iPad is an iPad 2. It doesn't run iOS 10.

 

Read the opening post first pls.

8 minutes ago, ZahirSher said:

Yep, it will just clean up your settings / (content)

Will the jailbreak be gone? I'm aiming for that

[C H U C K Y 1,227]

Just now, DrifterDan said:

My iPad is an iPad 2. It doesn't run iOS 10.

 

Read the opening post first pls.

ohhh..

 

nah im too lazy today  hahaha

[iDavie 1,783]

The iPad is jailbroken so i would not recommend that you "Reset" "Erase all content and settings" this could "Possibly" force you in to a "BootLoop", this will ultimately force you to update to the latest iOS for you're device.

You may Possibly have no Jailbreak avalible after !!

Running the "Reset" "Erase all content and settings" option from settings/general is very risky as the iOS firmware will attempt to rebuild it's self, it rebuild's it's self from the information stored on your iPhone. You're information is stored entirely in the iPhone’s flash memory. This includes the iOS operating system.

The iOS operating system was intact and untouched when YOU installed, but when you Jailbroke the device you changed things and the intact untouched iOS operating system has been changed and is no longer the same as it should be, the device can no longer read the iOS operating system correctly and can crash causing a "BootLoop".

The risk is completely down to you but i would advise you not to take it, especially if you wish to keep the Jailbreak.

Never "Reset" or "Erase all content and settings" on a Jailbroken device.

You're iPad can update to 9.3.5, it is as high as it can go, good new is there is a JB available for you're device.

Edited September 25, 2017 by iDavie

[Fadexz 5,243]

Or you could possibly restore to the same version using something like Cydia Eraser or something along those lines (If it exists for iOS 7).

But if you want the best update to iOS 9.3.5 and use the 32-Bit jailbreak. You won't be disappointed.