How to Reset iOS 10 Jailbreak to Original State Without Restoring (SemiRestore10-Lite)

Lots of people are enjoying the iOS 10 jailbreak by Luca Todesco. It’s great to have the jailbreak, but many also need to have some way of restoring their device while keeping their jailbreak. Normally, when you restore your device to factory settings it will be updated to the latest iOS version (which might not have a jailbreak). Cydia Eraser is a package on cydia that is usually able to get around this issue, but it has not yet been updated for iOS 10.

However, CoolStar, the creator of SemiRestore, has now pushed up update to his SemiRestore10-Lite package that will allow you to reset your devices jailbreak to its original state, while not having to update or restore it. This works by removing all jailbreak packages (tweaks, themes, apps etc) which are not installed by default with the jailbreak. This is useful if you have a problem with a tweak causing your device to crash, or just want a fresh start.

At the moment SemiRestore10-Lite is not a Cydia package, so it needs to be run using a command line. This may seem daunting at first, but it’s actually very easy to do. Simply follow the instructions below, and you will have what feels like a fresh jailbreak!

Requirements & Notes

• This will only work on iOS 10.0.1 to 10.2
• This will ONLY remove jailbreak data. No other data (such as contacts, photos, music etc) will be affected.
• This will remove all Cydia packages and their data from your device.

Download Links

• SemiRestore10-Lite

Written Guide

1. Open Cydia on your jailbroken iOS 10 device and tap on the ‘Search‘ tab at the bottom. Search for ‘Filza File Manager‘, and tap on the first package that appears. Tap the ‘Install‘ button in the top right, followed by the ‘Continue Queuing‘ button at the top.
2. Go back to the search menu and search for ‘MTerminal‘, and tap on the first package that appears. Tap the ‘Install‘ button in the top right, followed by the ‘Confirm‘ button in the top right. This will install both of the applications.
3. Once the applications have finished installing, go back to the springboard and make sure they are there.
4. Open this page in Safari on your device, and tap on the SemiRestore10-Lite download link above to download it. Once it loads, tap the Open in “Filza” button to download it.
5. Open the MTerminal application on your home screen. In the command line, and type the command below. suIt should then ask you to enter a password. For the password, simply type ‘alpine‘ (without the ‘). Tap the ‘return’ key to enter it.
6. Next, type each of the commands below one by one:
   

   cd Documents

   chmod +x SemiRestore10-Lite

   ./SemiRestore10-Lite

   This should only take a few seconds to complete.

7. Once the process has complete, do not close MTerminal. Type the command below to respring and complete the reset:
   

   killall SpringBoard

8. Once your device resprings, you should have a fresh jailbreak!

Video Guide

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