Incorrectly edited master.password, now stuck in boot loop, iPhone 6, jailbroken iOS 8.x. What should I do?

[froylavin]

Incorrectly edited master.passwd, now stuck in boot loop, iphone 6, jailbroken ios 8.x

Hi!
I have an iphone 6 ios 8.x (i think 8.1.2).
This morning i wanted to ssh but forgot my root password.
Came across a link showing how to edit master.passwd but i edited the entire "root:" line and instead of replacing with "root:/smx7MYTQIi2M:0:0::0:0:System Administrator:/var/root:/bin/sh" i replaced with "root:/smx7MYTQIi2M"

And now my phone is stuck in a bootloop. Is there anything i can do to fix this without having to update the ios and lose everything?

Thanks!

 

[Bigeric23]

Re: Incorrectly edited master.passwd, now stuck in boot loop, iphone 6, jailbroken ios 8.x

Hopefully someone will has some advice for you soon, but this is why I don't mess with jailbreaking my devices. :concern:

 

[kch50428]

Re: Incorrectly edited master.passwd, now stuck in boot loop, iphone 6, jailbroken ios 8.x

Unfortunately, restoring the iOS is likely your only option... get it into DFU mode and connect to iTunes.