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10-12-2011 04:21 PM #1iPF Novice
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10-12-2011 04:23 PM #2Super Moderator
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I can assure you it does not. I only ever update by the "manual" method and have never had a problem, including IOS5 today on multiple devices.
Maybe it was an incomplete download?15" MacBookPro with Retina Display 16GB 3.4GHz i7 256GB | iPad4 WiFi 32GB 6.1.2 (evasi0n) | iPad3 4G 64GB 6.1.2 (evasi0n) | iPad2 3G 64GB 5.1.1 (redsn0w) | iPad1 3G 64GB 4.3.3 (jbme) |
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10-12-2011 04:25 PM #3iPF Novice
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Then what do you think is the problem? They are the exact same file. IPad2,1_5.0_9A334_Restore.ipsw
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10-12-2011 04:28 PM #4Super Moderator
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File names are pretty meaningless. What is the exact file size and hash signature (MD5)? I guarantee they are different.
It wil just be a truncated download. Always happens on a major IOS release. All the bandwidth in the world can't cope with millions of iDevices users trying to download 700MB+ files at once...
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10-12-2011 04:31 PM #5iPF Novice
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Well maybe it was incomplete or something, but I have almost never ever encountered an incomplete download with the downloading software saying that it was completed. Maybe once in the past 10 years. and I download stuff everyday, literally.
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I agree. I'm in the same boat. But a major IOS release tends to re-write the rules
The "manual" method is selecting a firmware is a failsafe provided by Apple in iTunes. It is not a work-around or other "fudge" of the system. So there is no way Apple would "hobble" it or otherwise disable it. It exists specifically so that you can always install a version of IOS by providing a valid firmware file.
As I say, I use it exclusively and always have, including 4 times today!Last edited by f4780y; 10-12-2011 at 04:35 PM.
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iPhone5 32GB 6.1.2 (evasi0n) | iPhone4S 64GB 5.1.1 (absinthe) | iPhone4 32GB 4.3.3 (jbme) | iPhone3G 16GB 3.1.3 (jbme) | iPod Classic 6G 160GB (stock) | AppleTV 2G 5.0.2 (seas0npass)
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