Beehind: New downgrade tool for iOS on Windows without SHSH

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Downgrade iOS firmware is becoming a trending topic since the release of OdysseusOTA, which allows jailbroken users to downgrade their iPhone or iPad to older firmware without SHSH blobs. The downside of it though is the lack of supportive iOS versions and devices.

At the moment, OdysseusOTA and its second version only has support for iPhone 4s and iPad 2 and will only let you downgrade back to iOS 6.1.3. A new downgrade tool called Beehind is aiming to change that. This downgrade utility is currently in beta, this means there will be more features and more improvements in the future.

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Beehind is a tool developed for Windows, and it requires at least Windows Vista or higher. All iOS devices using 32bit CPUs are supported.

  • iPhone 4
  • iPhone 4S
  • iPhone 5
  • iPhone 5C
  • iPad 2
  • iPad 3
  • iPad 4
  • iPad Mini 1
  • iPod touch 4G
  • iPod touch 5G

Beehind Downgrade Features

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  1. Downgrade of ALL 32-bit based devices to ALL iOS versions with known decryption keys.
  2. Tethered Downgrade (without SHSH) of ALL A4 devices (exploitable with limera1n) to ALL iOS Versions + tethered boot utility
  3. Fully automated downgrades/restores without the use of iTunes. Beehind will do everything with just one click!
  4. (maybe) Repartition, Dual Boot and permanent Jailbreak in a different partition (Yes, theorically kloader can make this possible)

As mentioned earlier, Beehind is still in beta, which means there are some more works needed to be done in order for all features to be supported. If do you give this tool a try, be sure to let its developers know if you find any bugs or problems during the downgrade stages.

One thing I can ensure though is that Beehind is easier than OdysseusOTA in term of usability because all you have to do is connect your iOS device and click Build IPSW. Not to indicate that it will be compatible with more devices.

Here is a video showing you how to use Beehind to downgrade without SHSH blobs.

Quick Tip: Save your iOS SHSH Blobs

TSSChecker is a new tool released by developer tihmstar that allows you to save SHSH blobs of a beta version for your iPhone or iPad (iOS 10 as of writing this post).

What’s the point of saving blobs you asked? Well, if you have a jailbroken iOS device, having your SHSH blobs saved will give you the ability to downgrade back to the previous firmware just in case you accidentally upgrade to a newer iOS version which isn’t jailbreable yet.

How to Use TSSChecker

Before we begin, there are some materials you need to download.

  • TSS Checker (Mac OS X | Linux). Sorry Windows users.
  • iOS 10 beta

After that, see the instructions below.

  1. When your iOS 10 IPSW is done downloading, change its extension to .ZIP and unzip it.
  2. You should see a file called BuildManifest.plist
  3. Create a folder name TSS and drop both TSS Checker and the BuildManifest files in there
  4. Open Terminal and type in: cd (grab and drop your folder in step 3) then press return
  5. Copy and paste this: ./tsschecker -d device model -s -e device ECID# -m BuildManifest.plist
  6. Press return

Device model should look like example

##iPhone7,2 no space between the device or model number

Once you have done all of that, your SHSH blobs should be saved. Enjoy and be sure to follow @2Klasic on Twitter for sharing the original tutorial.

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  2. Had high hopes to finally downgrade my sluggish old ipad2 with iOS 9.1 to a previous iOS to get back the more responsive iPad I used to have.

    However, downgrading with this tool still needs a jailbroken device, so pretty useless for many of us stuck in a new iOS that either want to jailbreak or just want to revert to an older iOS.

    This tool seems to have so much potential if it could do it’s job on non-jailbroken devices, however it is probably only useful for a happy few, not for the majority whose reasons to downgrade will be to be able jailbreak.

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  6. Hi my friend! I want to say that this article is amazing, nice written and include almost all important infos. I’d like to see more posts like this.

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  7. First of all thank for your work, it will be better it beehind can support non-jailbroken devices. I have iPhone 4s running 9.2, I want to downgrade it to iOS 6.1.3.
    I hope this will be possible as soon as possible.

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  8. Is your software can work with icloud lock iphone 4s that has a ios 9.2?
    can it be possible to downgrade into ios 6.1.3?
    Thanks hope it works….

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    • No, even iOS 5 has icloud lock enabled in the activation menu (cuz iOS 5 came with iCloud). The only way to bypass an iCloud lock by downgrading is on the iPhone 4 getting back to iOS 4 and then update to the iOS version you want (if you have the tools or shsh).

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  10. Note that Beehind’s non-SHSH downgrade method won’t work for an iPad 2 version 2,4 (released in March 2012) because its decryption keys weren’t made public. If you have this model then you’re pretty much SOL unless you have the SHSH blobs, but who actually saved those? Seriously, 99.9% of Apple users wouldn’t have even *heard* of SHSH blobs until they already upgraded and then started desperately surfing for ways to downgrade again. 🙁

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  12. Can I downgrade my iPhone 5c on iOS 9.2.1 to iOS 7? Phone is not jailbroken yet. Also can I downgrade my iPod touch 4th gen from iOS 6.1.3 to iOS 4 or 5?

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  13. Is this tool able to downgrade my iPad 1 from IOS 5.0.1 to any IOS 4 version? I would prefer IOS 4.3.5 however. Thanks for the help

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  15. Can i downgrade from iOS 9? More important, i do not own an iPhone 4s or an iPad 2. However i have an iPod touch 5th gen. Can i downgrade my iPod to iOS 6.1.3 (which is the exact version i want)

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  17. My ipad 2 is slow on 9.3.2 and want to downgrade do i have to be jaikbroken im not jailbroken but need to downgrade i want to use my ipad again i havent used it because of its really slow on the latest version of ios9.3.2

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  19. can i downgrade my iphone 5 ios10 beta version to any ios6 version ive downloded “iPhone5,1_6.1.4_10B350_Restore.ipsw”

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  22. My iphone 4s is on ios 9.3.2 which can’t be jailbroken yet for 32bits.So is there any way to downgrade my iphone 4s wihout jailbreak?

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  27. i tried this several times on my iPad2,3 running ios 9.3 jailbroke. Installed OpenSSh, everything is good until i need to ‘Enter Pwnd DFU mode” then it jus stays and says “[info] Starting SSH over WiFi…it will take several seconds” and does nothing. ive left it like that several times from 5 minutes to an hour. But it doesnt even shut down.

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  28. i have triyed to jailbreak my 4s runing on the last ios 9.3.5 using “BEEHIND” tool i followed the steps given in the tuto, and it wase really interesting until the last step which is the restore .
    the window reported a warning “called ” unable to find Bbs ID mode”. and the procces of jailbreak stops.

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  29. i have triyed to jailbreak my 4s runing on the last ios 9.3.5 using “BEEHIND” tool i followed the steps given in the tuto, and it wase really interesting until the last step which is the restore .
    the window reported a warning “called ” unable to find Bbs ID mode”. and the procces of restorestops.

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  30. I’ve tried to downgrade iphone 4 from ios 7.1.2 TO IOS6.1.3 using 3uTools without SHSH but am stuck at jailbreaking and It shows me (Apple mobile device will connect to DFU mode automatically) and then it says (Operation time out click YES to view details click NO to exit) but its already in DFU mode so I’m stuck in DFU mode any ideas ? I really need your help !!!

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  32. Hi it seems ipad mini 1 is not supported by this…
    after i chose the proper firmware (iPad2,7_6.1.3_10B329_Restore), a window pops out saying this beta of beehind only supports these combos: downgrade to ios 6.1.3 for iphone 4 GSM, iphone 4s, ipad 2GSM, ipad 2 cdma, and ipad 2 wifi without shsh blobs.
    Saw ipad mini in your post, did i do something wrong? or is there any other way?
    Thanks!

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  33. Does this work with a jail broken iPad 2 on iOS 9.3.4????? Haven’t seen an answer for devices on firmware higher than iOS 8.3. Thanks!

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  34. I was planning on waiting for a yalu jb but v8 of the beta of yalu went from being 10.2.1 supported to 10.3 supported, should i still stay on 10.2.1? is there any way for me to downgrade to 10.2 at this moment?

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  36. When I’m in ideviseresotore mode the cmd window crashes in a short time and my iPad is not restored. i have tried many times but was always the same and no result. any advice?

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  38. Hello everyone, I’ve been looking for a downgrade to iOS 7.1.2 on my iPhone 4S. I’ve already downgraded it to iOS 6.1.3 which I loved but I can’t install WhatsApp and I really need it. I downgraded the 4S to 8.4.1 and feels better than iOS 9 but still feels laggy and battery life is not great. So my 2 questions are:

    1. Is there a way to do downgrade to 7.1.2?
    2. Or is there a way to install WhatsApp on iOS 6.1.3? I’ve already tried downloading it from AppCake and installing it with AppSync the app won’t even open. I tried changing the ProductVersion on the SystemVersion.plist to 7.1.2, even changed my date to 2016 and it just won’t open.

    Please let me know.. I do have an iPhone 6S but I just don’t like it like my beautiful 4S

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  40. Somebody plz tell me.
    Can I downgrade my 7+ to ios10.2 by using Beehind?I love 10.2 and I am now stuck@10.3.3.At 10.3.3,no jailbreak,no tweaks
    I don’t even like ios11,11 sucks a lot so i am staying at ios10.3.3.
    Plz somebody tell me that there’s one way to do my 7+ downgrading from 10.3.3 to 10.2 or 10.1 or 10.0Plz

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