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I want to restore my device without using the iTunes GUI (or Xcode), but I can't get idevicerestore to work on OS X.

This is a compromise - a simple command-line client for the restore functionality in Apple's MobileDevice framework.

To activate the device after restoring, ideviceactivate does work on OS X; here are some binaries if you want: http://a.qoid.us/ideviceactivate-etc.tar.bz2

Note: If you're in DFU mode and uploading iBSS fails (e.g. because it's a PwnageTool ipsw but you didn't enter pwned DFU mode with redsn0w or PwnageTool first), this tool will get into an infinite loop with a lot of text scrolling down the screen.

On the other hand, it will sometimes take a few seconds with no visible progress, so be patient.

Note 2: This likes to crash TinyUmbrella for some reason.