Download and parse ipsw(s) from ipsw.me or theiphonewiki.com
$ brew install blacktop/tap/ipswDownload from releases
$ ipsw --help
Usage: ipsw [OPTIONS] COMMAND [arg...]
IPSW Downloader
Version: 18.09.7, BuildTime: 2018-10-06T19:57:00Z
Author:
blacktop - <https://github.com/blacktop>
Options:
--verbose, -V verbose output
--help, -h show help
--version, -v print the version
Commands:
generate crawl theiphonewiki.com and create JSON database
extract extract and decompress a kernelcache
download download and parse ipsw from the internet
help Shows a list of commands or help for one command
Run 'ipsw COMMAND --help' for more information on a command.$ ipsw download --device iPhone11,2 --build 16A366 --dec
• Getting IPSW build=16A366 device=iPhone11,2 signed=true version=12.0
3.4 GiB / 3.4 GiB [==========================================================| 00:00 ] 79.08 MiB/s
• verifying md5sum...
• Extracting Kernelcache from IPSW
• Parsing Compressed Kernelcache
• compressed size: 17842843, uncompressed: 35727352. unknown: 0x3f9543fd, unknown 1: 0x1
• Decompressing KernelcacheNotice that the kernelcache was extracted from the ipsw and decompressed 😈
$ file kernelcache.release.iphone11.decompressed
kernelcache.release.iphone11.decompressed: "Mach-O 64-bit executable arm64"$ ipsw download --iversion 12.0 --dec
? You are about to download 17 ipsw files. Continue? Yes
• Getting IPSW build=16A366 device=iPhone11,4 signed=true version=12.0
3.3 GiB / 3.3 GiB [==========================================================| 00:00 ] 59.03 MiB/s
• verifying md5sum...
• Extracting Kernelcache from IPSW
• Parsing Compressed Kernelcache
• compressed size: 17842843, uncompressed: 35727352. unknown: 0x3f9543fd, unknown 1: 0x1
• Decompressing Kernelcache
• Getting IPSW build=16A366 device=iPod7,1 signed=true version=12.0
734.7 MiB / 2.6 GiB [===============>------------------------------------------| 00:57 ] 44.84 MiB/s
...Extract kernelcache from a previously downloaded ipsw
$ ipsw extract iPhone11,2_12.0_16A366_Restore.ipsw- use https://github.com/gocolly/colly
- create offline copy of ipsw.me API
- download simultaniously to decrease total time (need to limit concurrent downloads and 17+ at a time could be bad)
Find a bug? Want more features? Find something missing in the documentation? Let me know! Please don't hesitate to file an issue
MIT Copyright (c) 2018 blacktop