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Its very frustrating that I have a stack of iPhones that I can't do much with even if they are still perfectly good hardware. They are either updated to some ve
by asdff 4y ago
Its very frustrating that I have a stack of iPhones that I can't do much with even if they are still perfectly good hardware. They are either updated to some version where I can't jailbreak it and turn it into the worlds best raspberry pi, or I've forgotten my old passcode and its basically bricked as a result. If only I could run them as a small arm cluster or something useful like that.
- scarface74 4y agoWhich iPhones would that be? The 5s is still getting security updates and carriers are cutting off 3G compatibility which means nothing older than the 5 will work today anyway.
- asdff 4y agoI don't need 3g for my would be iphone cluster, wifi is sufficient. These would be a 5, a 5s, and the first SE, all in a nice stack because they share the same chassis. I would basically use this cluster of hardware how people currently use home servers, not as a phone anymore. It should be plenty of power to run plex, backup other devices, self host a website, among other things, since these are overpowered arm devices after all. I'm not sure how many cores it would be with this stack off the top of my head, but it would be a nice amount to play with for sure.
- layer8 4y ago> I've forgotten my old passcode and its basically bricked as a result. You can use recovery mode to reset them: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212787 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212787 Or if that doesn’t work, you can factory-reset them using DFU Restore (google for it). If you don’t have a Mac but a PC, you can use iMazing.