Unlock your device's full potential!
Sparserestore works on all versions iOS 17.0-17.7 and iOS 18.0-18.1 beta 4. There is partial support for iOS 17.7.1 and iOS 18.1 beta 5+.
This uses the sparserestore exploit to write to files outside of the intended restore location, like mobilegestalt.
Note: I am not responsible if your device bootloops. Please back up your data before using!
Requirements:
pymobiledevice3
Python 3.8 or newer
Windows:
Linux:
Note: It is highly recommended to use a virtual environment:
python3 -m venv .env # only needed once
# macOS/Linux: source .env/bin/activate
# Windows: .env/Scripts/activate.bat
pip3 install -r requirements.txt # only needed once
python3 main_app.py
Note: It may be either python
/pip
or python3
/pip3
depending on your path.
The CLI version can be ran with python3 cli_app.py
.
You need to get the mobilegestalt file that is specific to your device. To do that, follow these steps:
Shortcuts
app from the iOS app store.To compile mainwindow.ui
for Python, run the following command:
pyside6-uic qt/mainwindow.ui -o qt/ui_mainwindow.py
To compile the resources file for Python, run the following command:
pyside6-rcc qt/resources.qrc -o resources_rc.py
The application itself can be compiled by running compile.py
.