This New Mac OS X App Makes The Job of Looking For iOS Firmwares to Download, a Thing of The Past

With the growing number of iOS devices and their firmwares, it can be hard to know exactly what firmware file to download, and where to get it. A new Mac tool makes it very easy to find and download the firmware file you need.

The tool is called F1rmware by iOS developer Bradley Friedman of iOS development team Hashbang Productions.

As shown above, the user interface is extremely easy to follow. Just select your iOS device, and then select the firmware for that device that you want to download for it. The list of iOS devices that you can choose from include:

◦   iPhone 3GS

◦   iPhone 4 (CDMA)

◦   iPhone 4 (GSM)

◦   iPhone 4S

◦   iPhone 5 (CDMA)

◦   iPhone 5 (GSM)

◦   iPad 2 (Wi-Fi)

◦   iPad 2 (CDMA)

◦   iPad 2 (GSM)

◦   iPad 3 (Wi-Fi)

◦   iPad 3 (CDMA)

◦   iPad 3 (GSM)

◦   iPad 4 (Wi-Fi)

◦   iPad 4 (CDMA)

◦   iPad 4 (GSM)

◦   iPad Mini (Wi-Fi)

◦   iPad Mini (CDMA)

◦   iPad Mini (GSM)

◦   iPod touch 4

◦   iPod touch 5

The list of iOS firmwares that you can download with F1rmware include:

◦   5.0

◦   5.0.1

◦   5.1

◦   5.1.1

◦   6.0

◦   6.0.1

◦   6.0.2

◦   6.1

◦   6.1.1

◦   6.1.2

Clicking on the download button opens your default Web browser to a link for the iOS firmware file that you can download. F1rmware is currently only available for Mac OS X, and can be downloaded for free from this link. The tool can be handy, and should prove useful if you need to download firmware in a hurry. [ModMyi]

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