FutureRestore GUI CoocooFroggy

A GUI wrapper for a hacked up wrapper for a full reimplementation of the restore of a firmware to a device, which allows manually specifying SEP and Baseband for restoring, written in Java with Swing.

README

FutureRestore GUI

A modern GUI for FutureRestore, with added features to make the process easier.

Installation

Download from releases. No Java installation required (it's bundled).

• Mac: Mount the DMG with a double click. Drag into the Applications folder. You may need to right-click and press "Open" your first launch.
• Windows: Double-click the Windows MSI to install the App. Launch it from the Start Menu or the Desktop shortcut.
• Linux:
  • On Debian based Linux systems, such as Ubuntu and Mint, double-click the .deb file to install it. Launch it from your application library.
  • On other Linux systems, download the Linux-Universal build, and run the run.sh script in terminal to launch the GUI.

Package managers

• Mac: brew install futurerestore-gui
• Windows: winget install futurerestore-gui

Features

• Fancy, user-friendly interface for selecting files for FutureRestore. No more huge commands such as:

/Users/CoocooFroggy/Downloads/futurerestore -d -t /Users/CoocooFroggy/Downloads/353561670934855681_iPhone69\,4_d200ap_18.2-31D37_27325c8258be46e69d9ee57fa9a8fbc28b873df434e5e702a8b27999551138ae.shsh2 --use-pwndfu --set-nonce=0x1111111111111111 --custom-latest 15.3.1 --latest-sep --latest-baseband /Users/CoocooFroggy/Downloads/iPhone69\,4\,iPhone20\,0_18.2_31D37_Restore.ipsw

• Only select BuildManifest once for both SEP and BB.
• Ensures you don't select incorrect files: The program will ensure you have a working FutureRestore build. You can only select .iPSW files for target firmware, .BBFW files for baseband, etc.
• Download FutureRestore will automatically fetch the latest FutureRestore for your operating system, extract it, and select it.
• Exit Recovery button to run futurerestore --exit-recovery
• Stop FutureRestore to kill the FutureRestore process. Button dynamically changes to "Stop FutureRestore (Unsafe)" while the process is running. Pop-up to confirm killing the process if it's currently running.
• Automatically launch with Dark or Light mode theme.
• Error parsing such as iBEC, APTicket – APNonce mismatch, unable to place device in recovery mode. Will show a pop-up with some help and a link on where to get help.
• Automatically retry FutureRestore only once if error received is "unable to place device in recovery mode."
• Inline GUI progress bar for downloading SEP, BB, Sending Filesystem, etc.
• Automatically saves all logs to /[Home]/FutureRestoreGUI/logs. Never worry about accidentally closing terminal, forgetting to paste your terminal to pastebin, etc.
• Current task text field to simply show what FutureRestore is doing.
• Log smart autoscroll when scrolled to the bottom.
• Optionally share logs automatically to help improve FutureRestore
• If you like terminal, you can use this to simply generate the command and copy it with a few clicks
• Automatic dark mode supported for macOS, Windows 10, and some Linux distros
• New FutureRestore features (with a supported FutureRestore build)
  • Pwndfu restore and onboard blobs
  • Set generator from blob
  • Custom firmware version for --latest
• Automatic GUI updates

Settings

• Share logs: Shares logs automatically to help develop FutureRestore.
• Preview command: Preview the final FutureRestore command. You can then choose to copy and/or run the command.
• GUI updates: Automatically checks for updates for this program on launch.
• FutureRestore Beta: The Download FutureRestore button will download the latest beta asset of FutureRestore.
• GUI themes: Choose between system theme, force light, or force dark theme.

Usage

See how to use FutureRestore.

1. Download FutureRestore automatically through the Download FutureRestore button, or manually from Cryptic & m1sta's fork.
2. Select your blob (SHSH2) file.
3. Select your target firmware (iPSW) file.
4. Choose your desired arguments. See this table for an explanation of arguments.
5. Baseband and SEP (choose 1 each):
   1. If the latest Baseband and/or SEP firmware is compatible with your target version, select Latest Baseband/Latest SEP.
   2. Otherwise, choose Manual Baseband/Manual SEP, and select your desired Baseband and SEP (BBFW and IM4P), along with a BuildManifest (.PList).
   3. If your device is Wi-Fi only (no cellular/calling ability), select No Baseband. If it does not have a Secure Enclave, select No SEP.
6. Start FutureRestore!

• You can take your device out of recovery mode with Exit Recovery, which will set auto-boot to true and reboot the phone.
• You may kill the FutureRestore process while it is running, but it is considered unsafe. It is strongly recommended to not press the Stop FutureRestore button while the button's text indicates that it is "unsafe," unless you know what you are doing.

Third-Party Assets

Download FutureRestore using the button included in the GUI, or manually from here. Download target iPSW from iPSW.me or iPSW.dev.

Troubleshooting

For FutureRestore related issues, send a message in #support in the official FutureRestore support server.

For GUI related issues, open an issue in the GitHub issues section.

Contributing

Cloning the repository:

git clone https://github.com/CoocooFroggy/FutureRestore-GUI.git

Building:

Build a .jar with gradle shadowjar. Requires Java 11 or later. Class Main, method main is the entry point of this program. Please do not touch Not an actual Number.

Package to a Windows .msi, Mac .app, or Linux .deb, .rpm, app-image with JPackage from Java 14 or later (continuous integration releases use Java 17).

Pull requests are welcome. For feature requests, please open an issue to discuss what improvements you would like to see.