Ramrod

ramrod is an iOS command line utility that is involved in firmware update and restore procedure of iOS devices at least since iOS 6.

There is not much known about its functionality or usage except that it is mentioned in ~/Library/Logs/iPhone Updater Logs (on OSX) or [Username folder]\Application Data\Apple Computer\iTunes\iPhone Updater Logs (on Windows) in case of some unsuccessful restores / updates.

0: RamrodErrorDomain/3ec: update_baseband: failed to perform next stage

1: BBUpdater/10

unable to convert ramrod error 1004

end of device restore output
2013-01-16 01:05:19.000 iTunes[1073:12e2b]: AMRAuthInstallDeletePersonalizedBundle

2013-01-16 01:05:19.000 iTunes[1073:12e2b]: : Restore failed (result = -1)

2013-01-16 01:05:19.000 iTunes[1073:12f07]: iTunes: Restore error 4294967295