HT201394: Loss of cellular service or ability to use Touch ID after updating to iOS 8.0.1 on iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus

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mdavidyoung
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Q: There is no ipsw file for restoring an iOS8 phone in the download from this site.  What am I missing?

There is no ipsw file for restoring an iOS8 phone in the download from this site.  What am I missing?

iPhone 6, iOS 8

Posted on Sep 25, 2014 4:53 AM

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mdavidyoung

Q: There is no ipsw file for restoring an iOS8 phone in the download from this site.  What am I missing?

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  • by sbailey4,Helpful

    sbailey4 sbailey4 Sep 25, 2014 5:31 AM in response to mdavidyoung
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    Sep 25, 2014 5:31 AM in response to mdavidyoung

    If you are using IE as your browser it will be a zip file. Either download it and unzip it to find the IPSW contained inside or use Firefox or Chrome as your browser to download it.

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    mdavidyoung mdavidyoung Sep 25, 2014 5:32 AM in response to sbailey4
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    Sep 25, 2014 5:32 AM in response to sbailey4

    Apparently IE does change the compressed zip file extension to .zip  The zip file must be renamed to .ipsw   File browser was also hiding file extensions so the whole process was more difficult than a simple download.

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    sbailey4 sbailey4 Sep 25, 2014 5:37 AM in response to mdavidyoung
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    Sep 25, 2014 5:37 AM in response to mdavidyoung

    Yeah they assume everyone is using a MAC/Safari to download.  Not sure why IE wants to do that as Chrome or Firefox works correctly. They need to make a note to that regard in the KB article.  I have unzipped the file in the past and just extracted the ispw inside. Never renamed it though so good tip.