Semi-Restore is an application essential for those who have your device jailbreak made and do not want to lose it. Toupdated to the latest version with available Jailbreak (iOS 9.1), the application also now has support for the three major platforms: Windows, OS X and Linux. With this update anyone who has done Jailbreak and for some reason see the need to restore your device can now do so without fear to lose Cydia, and can continue to enjoy their favorite tweaks with a newly renovated terminal. We give details below.
Restore without losing the Jailbreak
Semi-Restore precisely serves this purpose: let your clean device, such as newly restored to an official version of iOS, but with the Jailbreak done. If you had your iPhone with iOS 9.1 and installed Cydia, you can use SemiRestore and will end with the same iOS 9.1 and installed Cydia, but without apps, tweaks or data, like out of factory. It is a very useful procedure for those who Jailbreak for any reason your terminal you need a restoration, because it is unstable, is slow, or has any other problem of software
Procedure
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The use of Semi-Restore is fairly simple, you just have to connect your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch to your computer, run the application that you can download from the official page of SemiRestore and press the button that appears in the window. The video that I put on these lines is quite old, but the procedure has not changed, so it is still valid. Once used the application, your iPhone or iPad will be like fresh out of the box, with the same version of iOS which had before the procedure and, most importantly, with Jailbreak fact and Cydia working.
Other alternatives
In addition to Semi-Restore we have another tool that allows you to restore your device keeping the same version of iOS installed, but also removing the Jailbreak. Not to modify the version of iOS that you had installed, if you later want to jailbreak, it is possible. His name is Cydia Impactor, and is installed and run from the device itself, without computers of medium, so it can be even more comfortable. We have a tutorial full of how it is used in this article.
