u/GucciJo20

I connected to WiFi from an old phone and it started the erase process from an old fmi request I forgot about. I didn’t want this and the device is stuck in a different loop than the one it does after iOS 12 ramdisk. In iTunes it says update to fix. After loading iOS 8 ramdisk It loads to wallpaper for a sec then starts the erase process but can’t finish it I think cause of old pangu jailbreak. I want to keep my data and can’t read/write /mnt2 Idk if it’s currently possible with the 5s. I can see all my data in ramdisk but can’t extract it. Would reinstalling the firmware fix this loop? Is there anything I can do to fix this loop and save data? If anyone can give me some suggestions I’d appreciate it cause I’m completely lost at this point. I had access to the phone and I’m back to square one 🥲

Hello everyone, I recently was able to get into my old disabled iPhone. I kinda messed up as the second I connected to WiFi from the phone it started a restore request that I did on iCloud a long time ago and forgot about. I have access to the iCloud, was able to trust the Mac, and know the password to the phone. After the restore process started I immediately put it in dfu mode cause I didn’t know what was going on. I don’t think it can restore, the same way I was never able to update the iOS and I think cause I had Cydia and tweaks installed. So now it’s sort of stuck in this restore boot loop. I learned how to mount ssh with legacy and tried to get the data from FileZilla but I can’t read/write mnt2. In the directory I can also see there was way more photos and other stuff than I wasn’t able to see in the phone for some reason. I saw a post about being able to extract the photos from lockscreen but I can’t even get it to stay there. When I boot iOS 8 ramdisk to get rid of loop it brings me to my home screen with the same wallpaper for a few seconds then starts the restore process again. In filezilla I can see all my data is right there but I’m not able to get it. Is there any possible way to get /mnt2 to read/write on iPhone 5s? Is it possible to cancel whatever restore process causes this? Im pretty lost at this point is there anyone out there who can help me