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Went to do this for extra iPhone X I have. Made me download an app, supply Apple ID credentials, and provide my system login/password to a dialog. I want to use

by leoh 6y ago

Went to do this for extra iPhone X I have. Made me download an app, supply Apple ID credentials, and provide my system login/password to a dialog. I want to use it, but I won't touch it without a VM and a six foot stick.

kccqzy 6y ago
Asking for your Apple ID credentials appears to be trying to automatically set up your Apple ID for sideloading, i.e. obtaining certificates etc. You should be able to do this step manually.
- ValentineC 6y ago
  Adding on: you can also create a new Apple ID, and provide those credentials just for sideloading.
Lammy 6y ago
You don't need unc0ver at all to jailbreak your phone! Everything older than and including the iPhone X has a hardware-level bootloader exploit known as "checkm8". You can use a jailbreak called "checkra1n" via that hardware-level exploit with just a USB/Lightning cable and any computer running macOS or Linux (Windows support Real Soon Now™): https://checkra.in/ https://checkra.in/ unc0ver is necessary for newer phones that need a software entry point to jailbreak. It should work just the same on your phone too, but the hardware exploit is way way easier and should automatically* work with any new iOS updates as they are released. [*] Any tweaks you have installed may of course be incompatible with a major OS update
- sp332 6y ago
  Doesn't checkm8 require re-jailbreaking on every boot?
  - Lammy 6y ago
    To stay jailbroken, yes. The phone will still boot fine by itself, however, just in the normal unjailbroken state. Same limitation as unc0ver except without the conveniently-portable app entry point. I prefer using the hardware entry point that doesn't depend on Apple's goodwill to let me sideload since I usually get at least a month or two of uptime anyway. My recent record has been 66 days, then I rebooted intentionally for something: https://i.imgur.com/l9tL9dw.png https://i.imgur.com/l9tL9dw.png

by leoh 6y ago

kccqzy 6y ago

Asking for your Apple ID credentials appears to be trying to automatically set up your Apple ID for sideloading, i.e. obtaining certificates etc. You should be able to do this step manually.

ValentineC 6y ago
Adding on: you can also create a new Apple ID, and provide those credentials just for sideloading.

Lammy 6y ago

You don't need unc0ver at all to jailbreak your phone! Everything older than and including the iPhone X has a hardware-level bootloader exploit known as "checkm8". You can use a jailbreak called "checkra1n" via that hardware-level exploit with just a USB/Lightning cable and any computer running macOS or Linux (Windows support Real Soon Now™): https://checkra.in/ https://checkra.in/ unc0ver is necessary for newer phones that need a software entry point to jailbreak. It should work just the same on your phone too, but the hardware exploit is way way easier and should automatically* work with any new iOS updates as they are released. [*] Any tweaks you have installed may of course be incompatible with a major OS update

sp332 6y ago
Doesn't checkm8 require re-jailbreaking on every boot?
- Lammy 6y ago
  To stay jailbroken, yes. The phone will still boot fine by itself, however, just in the normal unjailbroken state. Same limitation as unc0ver except without the conveniently-portable app entry point. I prefer using the hardware entry point that doesn't depend on Apple's goodwill to let me sideload since I usually get at least a month or two of uptime anyway. My recent record has been 66 days, then I rebooted intentionally for something: https://i.imgur.com/l9tL9dw.png https://i.imgur.com/l9tL9dw.png