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| − | '''IPSW''' ('''iP'''od<sup>1</sup> '''S'''oft'''W'''are or '''iP'''hone '''S'''oft'''W'''are) |
+ | '''IPSW''' ('''iP'''od<sup>1</sup> '''S'''oft'''W'''are or '''iP'''hone '''S'''oft'''W'''are) files have the Magic Number 504B0304 (PK\003\004) and thus are [[wikipedia:ZIP (file format)|ZIP]] archives. They can be modified with typical zip/unzip tools (i.e. change extension to .zip and double click). IPSWs are used to deliver the [[Apple TV]]/[[iPad]]/[[iPad mini]]/[[iPhone]]/[[iPod touch]] [[firmware]] to the end-user. |
<sup>1</sup>IPSW files have been used since the very first iPod, though they have [http://www.freemyipod.org/wiki/Firmware a different format than] iOS-based devices. |
<sup>1</sup>IPSW files have been used since the very first iPod, though they have [http://www.freemyipod.org/wiki/Firmware a different format than] iOS-based devices. |
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* [[Disk Image Formats|Filesystem Ramdisk]] (the largest [[Apple Disk Image|.dmg]] file) |
* [[Disk Image Formats|Filesystem Ramdisk]] (the largest [[Apple Disk Image|.dmg]] file) |
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* [[Device Tree]] |
* [[Device Tree]] |
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| − | * [[Kernelcache|kernelcache.release.XXXXXXX file]] (application processor specific i.e [[S5L8900]], [[S5L8920]], [[S5L8720]], [[S5L8922]], [[S5L8930]] |
+ | * [[Kernelcache|kernelcache.release.XXXXXXX file]] (application processor specific i.e [[S5L8900]], [[S5L8920]], [[S5L8720]], [[S5L8922]], [[S5L8930]] etc) |
* BuildManifest.plist (first appeared in firmware 3.0?) |
* BuildManifest.plist (first appeared in firmware 3.0?) |
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* Restore.plist file |
* Restore.plist file |
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Revision as of 21:27, 27 January 2014
IPSW (iPod1 SoftWare or iPhone SoftWare) files have the Magic Number 504B0304 (PK\003\004) and thus are ZIP archives. They can be modified with typical zip/unzip tools (i.e. change extension to .zip and double click). IPSWs are used to deliver the Apple TV/iPad/iPad mini/iPhone/iPod touch firmware to the end-user.
1IPSW files have been used since the very first iPod, though they have a different format than iOS-based devices.
IPSW Contents
- Restore Ramdisk
- Update Ramdisk (Some firmwares don't contain this because of various reasons- Error 3002 means you are trying to update with an IPSW that is missing this)
- Filesystem Ramdisk (the largest .dmg file)
- Device Tree
- kernelcache.release.XXXXXXX file (application processor specific i.e S5L8900, S5L8920, S5L8720, S5L8922, S5L8930 etc)
- BuildManifest.plist (first appeared in firmware 3.0?)
- Restore.plist file
- Firmware\
- all_flash\
- \dfu (Folder)
- iBEC.XXXXX.DFU (hardware specific i.e. M68ap, N82ap, etc.)
- iBSS.XXXXX.DFU (hardware specific i.e. M68ap, N82ap, etc.)
- WTF.XXXXX.DFU (hardware specific i.e. M68ap, N82ap, N45ap, N72ap - currently not present in firmwares for the iPhone 3GS and later, because it is mostly used to patch issues with the DFU mode that was burned into the bootrom)
- ICE3_XX.XX.XX_BOOT_02.06.Release.bbfw (Contains the baseband and the bootloader. X stands for a number. This is the baseband version. 02.06 is the bootloader. Only in the iPhone 4 firmware.)
Example
This is a ls -alR of an extracted iPhone 3GS 3.0 Firmware IPSW.
total 608400 drwx------@ 11 m staff 374 17 Jun 07:11 . drwxrwxrwx 5 m staff 170 18 Jul 07:34 .. -rw-r--r--@ 1 m admin 281214976 22 Mai 17:10 018-5302-002.dmg -rw-r--r--@ 1 m admin 12769604 22 Mai 16:59 018-5304-002.dmg -rw-r--r--@ 1 m admin 12777796 22 Mai 16:59 018-5306-002.dmg -rw-r--r-- 1 m admin 21097 22 Mai 17:29 BuildManifest.plist drwxr-xr-x@ 5 m staff 170 17 Jun 07:11 Firmware -rw-r--r-- 1 m admin 1763 22 Mai 17:10 Restore.plist -rw-r--r--@ 1 m staff 4695492 22 Mai 14:32 kernelcache.release.s5l8920x ./Firmware: total 16 drwxr-xr-x@ 5 m staff 170 17 Jun 07:11 . drwx------@ 11 m staff 374 17 Jun 07:11 .. drwxr-xr-x@ 4 m staff 136 18 Jun 02:10 all_flash drwxr-xr-x@ 4 m staff 136 22 Mai 13:39 dfu ./Firmware/all_flash: total 16 drwxr-xr-x@ 4 m staff 136 18 Jun 02:10 . drwxr-xr-x@ 5 m staff 170 17 Jun 07:11 .. drwxr-xr-x@ 16 m staff 544 22 Mai 13:43 all_flash.n88ap.production ./Firmware/all_flash/all_flash.n88ap.production: total 1320 drwxr-xr-x@ 16 m staff 544 22 Mai 13:43 . drwxr-xr-x@ 4 m staff 136 18 Jun 02:10 .. -rw-r--r--@ 1 m staff 44996 22 Mai 13:08 DeviceTree.n88ap.img3 -rw-r--r--@ 1 m staff 67908 22 Mai 13:12 LLB.n88ap.RELEASE.img3 -rw-r--r--@ 1 m staff 9604 22 Mai 13:15 applelogo.s5l8920x.img3 -rw-r--r--@ 1 m staff 19716 22 Mai 13:15 batterycharging0.s5l8920x.img3 -rw-r--r--@ 1 m staff 24900 22 Mai 13:16 batterycharging1.s5l8920x.img3 -rw-r--r--@ 1 m staff 76100 22 Mai 13:16 batteryfull.s5l8920x.img3 -rw-r--r--@ 1 m staff 56772 22 Mai 13:16 batterylow0.s5l8920x.img3 -rw-r--r--@ 1 m staff 65348 22 Mai 13:17 batterylow1.s5l8920x.img3 -rw-r--r--@ 1 m staff 20356 22 Mai 13:17 glyphcharging.s5l8920x.img3 -rw-r--r--@ 1 m staff 19332 22 Mai 13:18 glyphplugin.s5l8920x.img3 -rw-r--r--@ 1 m staff 178500 22 Mai 13:21 iBoot.n88ap.RELEASE.img3 -rw-r--r--@ 1 m staff 341 22 Mai 13:43 manifest -rw-r--r--@ 1 m staff 20484 22 Mai 13:24 needservice.s5l8920x.img3 -rw-r--r--@ 1 m staff 47876 22 Mai 13:24 recoverymode.s5l8920x.img3 ./Firmware/dfu: total 416 drwxr-xr-x@ 4 m staff 136 22 Mai 13:39 . drwxr-xr-x@ 5 m staff 170 17 Jun 07:11 .. -rw-r--r--@ 1 m staff 104772 22 Mai 13:30 iBEC.n88ap.RELEASE.dfu -rw-r--r--@ 1 m staff 104772 22 Mai 13:36 iBSS.n88ap.RELEASE.dfu
