Remember, I told you about a GUI version of FutureRestore was in the works? Its developer has just made it public and here’s how you can download it.
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What is Prometheus?
Prometheus is a new GUI version of the FutureRestore utility by Tihmstar. It is developed by hacker Jake James.
You can downgrade and upgrade your iOS devices with a more user-friendly interface. Needless to say, you will still require proper SHSH Blobs to go with it for a successful restore.
It works only with 64-bit iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch devices. Here’s how it looks like in action.
Does Prometheus work with Windows and Linux?
No, it only supports macOS only and is incompatible with Windows and Linux.
The main reason behind this is the incompatibility of FutureRestore with Windows. Since this is only a GUI and not a standalone tool, it inherits those properties from the base utility.
As you already know, the original FutureRestore tool is compatible with Linux but this one isn’t. However, it doesn’t mean that it is impossible.
The developer has already hinted that a Linux version is certainly possible. With that said, some other developer will have to work on the port since Jake doesn’t have enough experience with Linux utilities.
Here is the direct download link for this GUI utility. You also must follow the installation tutorial given below as the developer’s tutorial is only for advanced users.
Download Prometheus
- Github (official)
How to Install Prometheus
Step 1 Download Prometheus-master.zip file using the direct download link given above.
Step 2 Put the Prometheus.app file inside the Applications folder.
Step 3 Now navigate to Applications > Utilities and open Terminal.
Step 4 Enter the command given below.
chmod 777
Step 5 Drag the install.sh file into the Terminal window and press the enter/return key.
Step 6 Perform step 5 once again.
Step 7 The tool will now run. You will receive this error at the very beginning – “It is recommended to switch debug mode on”. Simply click OK and move on with the restore.
If you get errors while using install.sh, update your XCode to the latest version, that is, XCode 9 beta.
For updating FutureRestore, perform step 5 again. If you want to update Prometheus, simply download it from the link given above and then follow the installation tutorial.
Get Downgrading!
This is the perfect time to actually upgrade or downgrade your device if you haven’t already. This tool is surely a good start and hopefully will be ported to Windows soon.
The point is a Windows versions will benefit a lot of users, who otherwise will never be able to use it. If you want Windows compatibility, contact Tihmstar.
With Adam Dodenfeld’s exploits just around the corner, such a tool is certainly indispensable for all users who are currently on iOS 10.3.1 or below.
If you experience errors while installing this tool, just leave a comment below.
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I’m getting this on 10.12.6 MacOS.. I hope someone has an answer. I’ve done installed latest Ruby, and ‘brew update’. I ran install.sh twice (and more) and can get by without any errors but I’m still getting this:
Process: Prometheus [79166]
Path: /Volumes/VOLUME/*/Prometheus.app/Contents/MacOS/Prometheus
Identifier: com.iapps4u.Prometheus
Version: ???
Code Type: X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process: ??? [1]
Responsible: Prometheus [79166]
User ID: 502
Date/Time: 2018-08-09 21:32:32.413 -0700
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.12.6 (16G29)
Report Version: 12
Anonymous UUID: 4ACA491B-FA29-92D3-BC89-AD4925A2618B
Time Awake Since Boot: 460000 seconds
System Integrity Protection: enabled
Notes: Translocated Process
Crashed Thread: 0
Exception Type: EXC_CRASH (Code Signature Invalid)
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000000, 0x0000000000000000
Exception Note: EXC_CORPSE_NOTIFY
Termination Reason: Namespace CODESIGNING, Code 0x1
kernel messages:
VM Regions Near 0 (cr2):
–>
__TEXT 000000010f359000-000000010f363000 [ 40K] r-x/rwx SM=COW
Thread 0 Crashed:
0 ??? 0x00000001122a9000 _dyld_start + 0
Thread 0 crashed with X86 Thread State (64-bit):
rax: 0x0000000000000000 rbx: 0x0000000000000000 rcx: 0x0000000000000000 rdx: 0x0000000000000000
rdi: 0x0000000000000000 rsi: 0x0000000000000000 rbp: 0x0000000000000000 rsp: 0x00007fff508a6b18
r8: 0x0000000000000000 r9: 0x0000000000000000 r10: 0x0000000000000000 r11: 0x0000000000000000
r12: 0x0000000000000000 r13: 0x0000000000000000 r14: 0x0000000000000000 r15: 0x0000000000000000
rip: 0x00000001122a9000 rfl: 0x0000000000000200 cr2: 0x0000000000000000
Use the new version (download link)
Hello.
The following message is displayed, installation can not start. Please tell me the solution.
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Archive: futurerestore.zip
End-of-central-directory signature not found. Either this file is not
a zipfile, or it constitutes one disk of a multi-part archive. In the
latter case the central directory and zipfile comment will be found on
the last disk(s) of this archive.
unzip: cannot find zipfile directory in one of futurerestore.zip or
futurerestore.zip.zip, and cannot find futurerestore.zip.ZIP, period.
chmod: futurerestore_macos: No such file or directory
mv: rename futurerestore_macos to /usr/local/bin/futurerestore: No such file or directory
Cleaning up…
Done
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Why don’t you use the latest version of FutureRestore? This version is outdated.
Tried the steps, application didn’t launch. Stating that “Prometheus quit unexpectedly”. Any suggestions?
Hello, Ricco. Can you send me a screenshot? If this doesn’t work, you can always try the terminal version.
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/9053e91f33333d3467909ae38b08a0c369815ce88ef224caa8e05488e95a351b.png. This i what I get, I followed the instructions to a tee. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Going from iOS 10.3.2 to iOS 9.3.5.