Restore Service

Restore Service exposes com.apple.RestoreRemoteServices.restoreserviced through RestoreServiceClient. It handles recovery entry, reboot, preflight info, nonces, app parameters, and restore language calls.

Use It For

Enter recovery through restore services.
Reboot through restore services.
Read restore preflight information.
Read restore nonces and app parameters.

Feature Flag

Cargo.toml

[dependencies]
idevice = { version = "0.1.64", features = ["usbmuxd", "rsd", "restore_service"] }

Service Names

Path	Value
RSD	`com.apple.RestoreRemoteServices.restoreserviced`

Rust Example

src/main.rs

use idevice::{
    RsdService,
    restore_service::RestoreServiceClient,
};

let mut client = rsd_handshake
    .connect::<RestoreServiceClient<_>>(&mut rsd_provider)
    .await?;
let nonces = client.get_nonces().await?;
println!("{nonces:#?}");

CLI Equivalent

Terminal

idevice-tools restore_service recovery
idevice-tools restore_service reboot
idevice-tools restore_service nonces
idevice-tools restore_service preflight

Common Errors

Error	What to check
Service not found	The device/iOS version does not advertise this service on the selected transport.
Connection failed	Check pairing, trust state, and whether the selected provider can reach the device.
Permission error	The service requires a device state, entitlement, or developer setting that is not active.