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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?