Why Tinyumbrella does not start: all possible causes and solving the problem.

Many Jailbreakers Will Be Familiar with the, Which Has Traditionally Been One of the Best Ways to Save Shsh Blobs for their Macs for Safekeeping. What Schsh Blobs Are, Their Function and How to Save Them Is Outside The Scope of this Article, (I Will Put Something Together Soon On This Saving These Blobs Is of Some Importance to Many Jailbreakers and That Tinyumbrella Has Been The Go-to Application for Doing So for a Long While.

Whilst The Application Was Updated As Recently As August by Its Creator Semaphore, Many Mac Users (MySelf Included) Have Noted That The New Version, 9.3.4, Gives An Error on Launch and Cannot Be USED AT ALL. This Guide Will Walk You Through the Fix to Get Your Umbrella Back Up Again On Mac, So You Can Carry On Wishfully Saving Those Blobs.

Upon Launching V9.3.4 of the Application It Momentarily Begins Loading, But Then ABORTS WITH THE FOLLOWING DIALOGUE:

However, Thanks To A Fix Put Together By Twitter User @ 2klasic , All Isn't Lost! Some Simple File Substitutions SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO GET THE PROGRAM WORKING AGAIN AND BELOW ARE INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE FIX. I Have Included Steps Covering Installation of The Program for Those Who Do Not Already Have It, Or Who Deleted IT After Realising It Would Not Launch. If you're Already Have It Installed You Can Skip to Step 5 of the Process.

Fixing the Application

1) Download Tinyumbrella 9.3.4 From Semaphore's Site. I Recommend The Version In The Sidebar Entitled "OSX Installer Bundled JRE" AS IT Simplies The Process for Those Who May Not Have the Java Runtime Environment Which The Program Requires.

2) Double-Click The Downloaded .dmg to Mount It, And thene Double-Click The Installer to Run It.

3) Go Through The Installer Screens, Select An Install Location, And Click "FINISH" When it is Completed.


4) Attempt to Launch Tinyumbrella from Your Applications Folder, And Note The Crash. This step Also Creates a Folder Which We Will Be Replacing Later, Which Is Not Otherwise There.

5) Download and Unzip "TU Fix.zip", Which Contains The Files Required for the Fix.

6) At this point We Need to make visible Some Files Which Are Hidden by Default, So Launch Terminal From / Applications / Utilities or Via Spotlight.

7) In Terminal, Issue The Following Command and Hit The "Enter" Key:

defaults Write Com.apple.Finder AppleShowallFiles -Boolean True; Killar Finder.

As You Can See From the Above Picture, After Issuing The Command Hidden Folders Have Become Visible, Including One Inside The Downloaded Folder.

8) With the "Tu fix" Folder Which You Unzipped Earlier Open, Open Another Finder Window Showing Your Home User Folder (The One Containing Your "Movies", "Pictures", "Documents", and SO ON).


9) Locate The Greyed-Out Folder Entitled ".tu" in your "User" Folder, Look Inside It for the ".cache" Folder, and Delete IT.

10) Copy the ".cache" folder from inside the downloaded "TU FIX" Folder, and Paste It Into The /users/username/.TU FOLDER, Which You Deleted The Original ".cache" Folder from in Step 9.

11) RETURN TO TERMINAL AND ISSUE THE FOLLOWING COMMAND TO RE-HIDE YOUR HIDDEN FOLDERS:

defaults Write Com.apple.Finder AppleShowallFiles -Boolean False; Killar Finder.

Note How The Hidden Folders Which We Edited Have Disappeared Again in The Above Screenshot After Issuing The Terminal Command.

12) Launch Tinyumbrella Again and You Should Be Right As Rain.

For Those Be Released for Their Devices Allowing Them to Downgrade to Firmware Versions of their Choosing, Keeping An Unbroken Chain of Blobs for All Ios Versions Is The Name of the Game. Because of this, Keeping Tools Like Tinyumbrella in a Working Condition Ready to Save Blobs Within the Signing Windows IS Essential.

Given The Relatively Minor Inconvenience Involved in Periodically Saving Your Blobs, It Sems Worth IT in Exchange for the Future Possibility of Running Whichever Firmware You Please On Your Device. I'll Be Writing Another Tutorial Soon On How to Use My Favoured Tool for Saving Blobs Called (ApproPriately) "SaveTheMblobs", But for Many Tinyumbllaware Is Just What They Need. If You're One Of Those People, This Guide Should Help You Get Back On Track.

Did this Method Work for You? Do You Still Bother to Save Your Blobs and What Tool Do You Use? Let Me Know Below.

Recently, the Notcom developer has released an updated version of the Tinyumbrella tool, and now we will tell you how to save the SHSH certificates that can be used to roll back the firmware.

If you are already a jailbreaker, and in morestally, you can not imagine your life without a hacked iPhone, iPad or iPod, you should know how important the saved SHSH certificates are. If you are just going to know all the advantages (and disadvantages) of the jailbreak, we will briefly tell. SHSH certificates are needed in order to be able to roll back (lower) firmware on an earlier version, which is supported by those or other tools for hacking.

A few years ago, Apple introduced a "comprehensive verification check", which made it impossible to roll back the firmware and now when trying to restore or update the device firmware, iTunes connects to the Apple server, refers to the special firmware code and the unique identifier of the chip of your device (ECID), and in response Gets a unique digital signature (), without which the device will not be able to boot. If this firmware is below the relevant, then Apple does not sign it and the update process is completed with an error.

To circumvent this restriction, the hackers came up with several ways to save SHSH serifics, which subsequently allow you to roll back to no longer relevant firmware. It was possible to save them at the entrance to Cydia (shop of hacked applications and tweaks) or using the tool. However, after Apple has released devices with new processors, it introduced a new test method, in which the keys were generated randomly each time the firmware is restored.

However, a few years later, the Notcom developer again found a way to save certificates not only for previous iPhone, iPad or iPod models, but also for 64-bit devices. Last weekend, he released the updated and, as the developer declares, fully rewritten from scratch version of Tinyumbrella, allowing SHSH certificates for any Apple mobile device, including for iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus and iPad Air 2.

The updated version of Tinyumbrella has a lot in common with previous versions of this tool, so if you used to have already used them, you will not have any special problems. Nevertheless, it has many changes and improvements, so we decided not to update our previous manual, and instead publish a new instruction in which we will tell how to save SHSH certificates for iPhone, iPad or iPod using the new Tinyumbrella.

How to install Tinyumbrella

Attention! To use Tinyumbrella, iTunes must be installed on your computer.

1. Start Tinyumbrella.
2. Connect the iPhone, iPad or iPod to a computer, after which Tinyumbrella must automatically recognize your device and start saving all available SHSH certificates for firmware, currently subscribed to Apple.

Where is the SHSH certificates?

SHSH certificates are stored here:

~ / .tu / .shsh

Why is only one file saved for my device?

Unlike previous versions of Tinyumbrella, a new version This tool saves SHSH certificates for one device in one file.

If currently on your device is installed one of the previous versions of iOS, Tinyumbrella will not be able to save SHSH certificates for this firmware. The fact is that Tinyumbrella allows you to save SHSH certificates only for those firmware that this moment Apple subscribes.

How to clean the story of Tinyumbrella?

By default, Tinyumbrella saves the history of all devices that were connected to the computer during its operation. It is very convenient, but if you want to clear the story for any devices, go to the following folder:

~ / .tu / .known_devices

Can I roll back the firmware right now?

Not yet. As mentioned earlier, at the moment the developer only tests the new version of Tinyumbrella, but perhaps already in the next version of this tool, it will add the ability to roll back the firmware on an earlier version.