In this article you will find some very useful step by step information about how to save SHSH Blobs with TinyUmbrella for Windows users. For those of you who don’t already know SHSH Blobs represents the unique digital signature that Apple assigns to each iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch.
The reason you need to save SHSHs is that the Apple server only allows you to restore only to the specific firmware of the iDevice that they sign. This process lasts only for a limited period of time, after that Apple stops delivering the SHSHs for the firmware and you no longer get access to restore that firmware ever again. How does this work? Well every time you connect your iDevice to iTunes and choose to update or restore the iOS the SHSH ECID print is sent to Apple servers for authentication and after the authentication is confirmed than iTunes proceeds with the update / restore.
However every time you update your iOS version, the previous SHSH digital signature is erased as it was associated with the earlier iOS version. So if you don’t save SHSH Blobs before you make the update it’s very difficult to make a restore to an older iOS version. Here comes TinyUmbrella for Windows,
a little and very useful app, and helps you save SHSH Blobs easily.Follow the simple instructions below in order to save SHSH Blobs with TinyTumbrella for Windows:
Step 1: Download TinyUmbrella for Windows.
Step 2: If you don’t have Java installed you can free download it from Here.
Step 3: Go to Start > Programs > Accessories right click on Notepad, click “Run as administrator” and hit “Yes”
Step 4: Go to My Computer > C: > Windows > System32 > drivers > etc and open the “hosts” file. You need to select first to Show hidden files by pressing F10 and navigate to Tools > Folder Options > View
Step 5: Look for “gs.apple.com” line and if found remove it. Save and Exit.
Step 6: Run TinyUmbrella.exe file.
Step 7: Connect your iDevice to your computer though the USB cable.
Step 8: Now just Select Save SHSH from the right upper corner and TinyUmbrella will do its magic. You can pre-define the destination directory folder from “Advanced”.
Step 9: You will be prompted with “SHSH Saved” when the process is complete. Congratulations you successfully learned how to save SHSH Blobs with TinyUmbrella for Windows.
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