It has to do with how Apple handles the SHSH blobs on the device. When the device is updated, the SHSH blobs are erased, which is one way Apple does it. They also stop signing old versions of iOS (they started to do this ~iPhone 3G because people downgraded the iPhone 2G. The Touch was later signed this way), so you are forced to install the latest version of iOS. It's a numbers game so they can brag, so developers drop old versions and force people who are waiting to upgrade to accept something they may not want.
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It has to do with how Apple handles the SHSH blobs on the device. When the device is updated, the SHSH blobs are erased, which is one way Apple does it. They also stop signing old versions of iOS (they started to do this ~iPhone 3G because people downgraded the iPhone 2G, the Touch was later signed this way). This is their way of forcing the iOS upgrade to be the only option on these devices. Apple treats it as a numbers game so they can brag, and so developers drop old versions sooner, again to to force people who are waiting to upgrade to accept something they may not want.
At least on previous versions of iOS that predate iOS 10, you could back up the SHSH blobs and downgrade the device anyway, if there wasn't a hardware level exploit to do it. I think they have been having trouble backing these blobs up since iOS8, and it's only going to get harder with iOS 11.
Back in the day, it was easy to backup the SHSH blobs and go against what Apple wanted. Now they have made it very hard to do.
It has to do with how Apple handles the SHSH blobs on the device. When the device is updated, the SHSH blobs are erased, which is one way Apple does it. They also stop signing old versions of iOS (they started to do this ~iPhone 3G because people downgraded the iPhone 2G. The Touch was later signed this way), so you are forced to install the latest version of iOS. It's a numbers game so they can brag, so developers drop old versions and force people who are waiting to upgrade to accept something they may not want.
At least on previous versions of iOS that predate iOS 10, you could back up the SHSH blobs and downgrade the device anyway, if there wasn't a hardware level exploit to do it. I think they have been having trouble backing these blobs up since iOS8, and it's only going to get harder with iOS 11.
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Back in the day, it was easy to back the SHSH blobs and go against what Apple wanted. Now they have made it very hard to do.
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Back in the day, it was easy to backup the SHSH blobs and go against what Apple wanted. Now they have made it very hard to do.
It has to do with how Apple handles the SHSH blobs on the device. When the device is updated, the SHSH blobs are erased, which is one way Apple does it. They also stop signing old versions of iOS (they started to do this ~iPhone 3G because people downgraded the iPhone 2G. The Touch was later signed this way.), so you are forced to install the latest version of iOS.
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It has to do with how Apple handles the SHSH blobs on the device. When the device is updated, the SHSH blobs are erased, which is one way Apple does it. They also stop signing old versions of iOS (they started to do this ~iPhone 3G because people downgraded the iPhone 2G. The Touch was later signed this way), so you are forced to install the latest version of iOS. It's a numbers game so they can brag, so developers drop old versions and force people who are waiting to upgrade to accept something they may not want.
At least on previous versions of iOS that predate iOS 10, you could back up the SHSH blobs and downgrade the device anyway, if there wasn't a hardware level exploit to do it. I think they have been having trouble backing these blobs up since iOS8, and it's only going to get harder with iOS 11.
Back in the day, it was easy to back the SHSH blobs and go against what Apple wanted. Now they have made it very hard to do.
It has to do with how Apple handles the SHSH blobs on the device. When the device is updated, the SHSH blobs are erased, which is one way Apple does it. They also stop signing old versions of iOS (they started to do this ~iPhone 3G because people downgraded the iPhone 2G. The Touch was later signed this way.), so you are forced to install the latest version of iOS.
At least on previous versions of iOS that predate iOS 10, you could back up the SHSH blobs and downgrade the device anyway, if there wasn't a hardware level exploit to do it. I think they have been having trouble backing these blobs up since iOS8, and it's only going to get harder with iOS 11.
Back in the day, it was easy to back the SHSH blobs and go against what Apple wanted. Now they have made it very hard to do.