How to update a jailbroken iPhone 4S? - 1
How do I update my phone if its jailbroken? It's an iPhone 4S. I don't really care if I loose the jailbreak I just want to update it and do it correctly and not loose all my apps and music and contacts that werent from the jailbreak
You need to restore the device to install a clean version of iOS and then re-jailbreak
You need to restore the device to install a clean version of iOS and then re-jailbreak (OTA updates simply do not work and using the update feature in iTunes can leave behind data that will eat away at your disk space).
It is actually good form to set the device in DFU mode (rather than just hitting restore in iTunes) and then let iTunes take it from there. Once the device is upgraded to 6.1.1 and jailbroken, you can then safely restore from your backup.
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