If your iPhone has been bricked during the update to iOS 17.3 beta 2:
- Download the iOS 17.3 beta 1 IPSW on your Mac (https://updates.cdn-apple.com/2023WinterSeed/fullrestores/052-20038/3F493ABA-9230-4B7C-9C61-D85B3DC79504/iPhone16,2_17.3_21D5026f_Restore.ipsw)
- Plug iPhone into Mac
- Press volume up, then volume down, then press and hold the side button until the recovery mode screen shows up
- Use iMazing (preferred) or Finder to restore the IPSW (in Finder, hold down Option when clicking the restore button to select the IPSW)
- Your iPhone should be successfully restored without any data loss (see reply!)
@_inside I attempted this process prior to the post and clicking Update gave the same bricking symptom but clicking Restore worked but required restore from iCloud due to data being erased from the rewrite of the software.
@iBanks That's why I recommend using iMazing, because it allows you to restore without erasing the data first. Doesn't work 100% of the time, but in situations like this, it's really nice
@saagar Right, this was the first approach I made before any others started posting they ran into the same issue and the update option resulted in the same thing. Even a restore and iCloud restore resulted in the same. I had to setup as new and start fresh without iCloud restore.
@dlevi It’s Option + Click Update to select the ipsw on Mac. But again, the update option resulted in a boot loop. A restore and then restoring from iCloud Backup also resulted in a boot loop. A restore and setup as new worked fine, just has to reinstall all my apps manually. The issue that Rambo found was that if you had Back Tap enabled, it caused this crash so with that setting being enabled in the cloud backup continued to cause the issue.