Apple devices have traditionally always had an element of complexity when they crashed or went into recovery mode. We usually needed a computer and the chaos came with backups, restores, etc. This has become simpler over time and it seems that Apple wants to simplify it even further. It has been discovered that The iPhone 16 can restore iOS 18 if needed without the need for a Mac or PC.
Goodbye to cables: iPhone 16 can restore iOS 18 without Mac or PC
This mechanism may seem familiar to you since Apple implemented it in the Apple Watch with the arrival of watchOS 8.5 and iOS 15.4. This system allowed Restore Apple Watch via iPhone. This helped speed up the time and make the restored watch available as quickly as possible. It is also available on Apple TV with tvOS 17. And now it is iPhone 16 tour.
9to5mac colleagues discovered in the iOS 18 code that iPhone 16s can be restored by connecting to another iPhone or iPad without needing to connect to a Mac or PC. This is the RecoveryOS module that allows you to place the iPhone 16 that has entered recovery mode near an iPhone or iPad and Firmware recovery can be launched directly.
Apparently it will only be available for the iPhone 16 and iOS 18 since it seems that this new device integrates a new special recovery partition that manages this mechanism outside the main partition of iOS 18. The next step seems logical to be to increase the compatibility of this function with the rest of the devices and the rest of the devices. iOS firmware. Apple.
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