how to backup SHSH blobs
How to Backup iOS 6.1.3 Before Upgrading to iOS 9
SHSH blob is the key to downgrade or restore from iOS 10.2 to iOS 6.1.x without any issue in many cases. It also depends on devices like iPhone 5S, 4S or older iPhones even iPad and iPod Touch. All iOS iDevices have different behavior.
What is SHSH Blobs and Why it is so important?
SHSH blobs are the keys to restore or downgrade to your old firmware. You can’t go back without SHSH blobs. As a jailbreak user, you should always have a backup.
Actually, Cydia automatically save blobs to their server on every jailbroken iOS devices. SHSH blobs are used to downgrade, upgrade or restore iOS 6.1.x, 7.1.x or any newer firmware.
Anytime, you will have need to get SHSH blobs for your old or existing iOS firmware.
Have You Backup of SHSH Blobs?
As I said, Cydia automatically takes a backup of your current jailbroken iOS firmware which you can see in the above screenshot. Now, you have to make sure that if your Cydia has a backup or not. To do that launch it and check the top screen.
If it shows the current blobs, it means it successfully took a backup. Now, you have to store it on your local drive or cloud storage. But suppose, it doesn’t have a backup, then you need to manually get the blobs.
How to Save SHSH blobs Using Cydia Tweaks
There are many Cydia apps available to backup and save it. I have shared such tweaks on this blog, so, search it from the right sidebar area or read the below article to save the current iOS blobs.
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Top 3 Best Backup Tweaks: This article helps you to get free tweaks and apps that help you to save correct blobs without any issue. So, if you were looking for free stuff, here it is.
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How to Download Saved SHSH blobs
Its most important for you to download saved SHSH blobs to your local hard drive. I was mean PC hard drive not iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad storage. Yeah, you can use cloud storage. PKGBackup tweak has all the things which you will need to download it. It will backup current blobs and allow you to save those blobs as per your choice.
There are couple of PC applications also available that do the same job for you. Most of them are free. TinyUmbrella is one of them. You can use any of the tool, the purpose is just a backup.
Once you have backup blobs, you are done. Now, you can easily restore, upgrade or downgrade your iOS to latest, current or older iOS firmware version.
Conclusion
I personally have been using PKGBackup tweak that is wonderful and has all the things to backup whole device including contact, calender, photos, videos, music, blobs and everything. It simply gives us options to choose what to backup. You can get the backup, save it to cloud storage without having a computer or laptop at all.
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