The libirecovery library allows communication with iBoot/iBSS of iOS devices via USB.
libirecovery is a cross-platform library which implements communication to
iBoot/iBSS found on Apple's iOS devices via USB. A command-line utility named
irecovery
is also provided.
This is a fork of an older version from former openjailbreak.org and is meant to be used with idevicerestore from the libimobiledevice project.
You need to have a working compiler (gcc/clang) and development environent available. This project uses autotools for the build process, allowing to have common build steps across different platforms. Only the prerequisites differ and they are described in this section.
libirecovery requires libimobiledevice-glue. Check the Building section of the README on how to build it. Note that some platforms might have it as a package.
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Install all required dependencies and build tools:
sudo apt-get install \ build-essential \ pkg-config \ checkinstall \ git \ autoconf \ automake \ libtool-bin \ libimobiledevice-glue-dev \ libreadline-dev \ libusb-1.0-0-dev
In case libimobiledevice-glue-dev is not available, you can manually build and install it. See note above.
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Make sure the Xcode command line tools are installed. Then, use either MacPorts or Homebrew to install
automake
,autoconf
,libtool
, etc.Using MacPorts:
sudo port install libtool autoconf automake pkgconfig
Using Homebrew:
brew install libtool autoconf automake pkg-config
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Using MSYS2 is the official way of compiling this project on Windows. Download the MSYS2 installer and follow the installation steps.
It is recommended to use the MSYS2 MinGW 64-bit shell. Run it and make sure the required dependencies are installed:
pacman -S base-devel \ git \ mingw-w64-x86_64-gcc \ make \ libtool \ autoconf \ automake-wrapper \ pkg-config
NOTE: You can use a different shell and different compiler according to your needs. Adapt the above command accordingly.
You can build the source code from a git checkout, or from a .tar.bz2
release tarball from Releases.
Before we can build it, the source tree has to be configured for building. The steps depend on where you got the source from.
Since libirecovery depends on other packages, you should set the pkg-config environment variable PKG_CONFIG_PATH
accordingly. Make sure to use a path with the same prefix as the dependencies. If they are installed in /usr/local
you would do
export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig
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From git
If you haven't done already, clone the actual project repository and change into the directory.
git clone https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libirecovery cd libirecovery
Configure the source tree for building:
./autogen.sh
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From release tarball (.tar.bz2)
When using an official release tarball (
libirecovery-x.y.z.tar.bz2
) the procedure is slightly different.Extract the tarball:
tar xjf libirecovery-x.y.z.tar.bz2 cd libirecovery-x.y.z
Configure the source tree for building:
./configure
Both ./configure
and ./autogen.sh
(which generates and calls configure
) accept a few options, for example --prefix
to allow
building for a different target folder. You can simply pass them like this:
./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr/local
or
./configure --prefix=/usr/local
Once the command is successful, the last few lines of output will look like this:
[...]
config.status: creating config.h
config.status: executing depfiles commands
config.status: executing libtool commands
Configuration for libirecovery 1.2.0:
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Install prefix: .........: /usr/local
USB backend: ............: IOKit
Now type 'make' to build libirecovery 1.2.0,
and then 'make install' for installation.
If you followed all the steps successfully, and autogen.sh
or configure
did not print any errors,
you are ready to build the project. This is simply done with
make
If no errors are emitted you are ready for installation. Depending on whether the current user has permissions to write to the destination directory or not, you would either run
make install
OR
sudo make install
If you are on Linux, you want to run sudo ldconfig
after installation to
make sure the installed libraries are made available.
First of all attach your device to your machine. Make sure your device is not
in normal mode. You can use the ideviceenterrecovery
application from
libimobiledevice
to let your device boot into recovery mode if you need it.
Then simply run:
irecovery --shell
This connects to your device and opens a simple shell to interact with the device.
For instance to make your device boot into normal mode again use:
setenv auto-boot true
saveenv
reboot
Please consult the usage information or manual page for a full documentation of available command line options:
irecovery --help
man irecovery
We welcome contributions from anyone and are grateful for every pull request!
If you'd like to contribute, please fork the master
branch, change, commit and
send a pull request for review. Once approved it can be merged into the main
code base.
If you plan to contribute larger changes or a major refactoring, please create a ticket first to discuss the idea upfront to ensure less effort for everyone.
Please make sure your contribution adheres to:
- Try to follow the code style of the project
- Commit messages should describe the change well without being too short
- Try to split larger changes into individual commits of a common domain
- Use your real name and a valid email address for your commits
- Homepage: https://libimobiledevice.org/
- Repository: https://git.libimobiledevice.org/libirecovery.git
- Repository (Mirror): https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libirecovery.git
- Issue Tracker: https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libirecovery/issues
- Mailing List: https://lists.libimobiledevice.org/mailman/listinfo/libimobiledevice-devel
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/libimobiledev
This project is licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1,
also included in the repository in the COPYING
file.
Apple, iPhone, iPad, iPod, iPod Touch, Apple TV, Apple Watch, Mac, iOS, iPadOS, tvOS, watchOS, and macOS are trademarks of Apple Inc.
This project is an independent software library and has not been authorized, sponsored, or otherwise approved by Apple Inc.
README Updated on: 2024-03-23