Surely the news that we bring you today is one of those that must be celebrated in case you have a device with a jailbreak. This is the launch of the SemiRestore tool for iOS 8 and iOS 8.1. Currently, the next update from Apple, that is, iOS 8.1.1 blocks the jailbreak, so any error that forces you to restore the system could go through an almost mandatory update that would eliminate the jailbreak from your terminal. Precisely for this reason, SemiRestore for iOS 8 and iOS 8.1 it comes in the best of times.
For those of you who are new to the iPhone world, and especially in the jailbreak world, because if you don't have the unlocking on your phone, the SemiRestore utility makes no sense, I'll tell you how the application works. Actually, when we restore an iOS device, we delete all the data it has, we leave it as standard. But when carrying out the process, the terminal loses the jailbreak, and that is precisely what SemiRestore prevents. With it, you can restore everything to zero, everything, except the jailbreak.
The functionality had been released for the first time for iOS 6, and the truth is that since then it has gained a good legion of followers. In this case, the version for iOS 8 and iOS 8.1 is available for download and is compatible with most versions of Windows, as well as Linux. For the Mac OS X system it will still be necessary to wait, since it is in the development process. In any case, you can download it if you have the equipment from which to use it, or promptly check the progress made in others through this link of its official page.
What do you think about the news? Have you used previous versions of the tool SemiRestore to prevent your terminal from deleting the jailbreak when restoring?
It would be advisable to indicate that at this time Apple still signs iOS 8.1, so it is possible to restore to that version and apply a "clean" Jailbreak. Once you stop signing it, without a doubt, SemiRestore is the best option.
See if it comes out for OSX at last