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Not a chance. iOS installs are cryptographically bound to the hardware itself installed on. It’s not possible to get an iPhone to boot an iOS install without an

• 0l 2y ago
  Assuming it's implemented properly, that is. The whole reason Jailbreaks exist is due to bugs in Apple's implementations.
  • gjsman-1000 2y ago
    Almost certainly not affected; even if this new recovery mode had no signature verification at all, you would have to deal with Apple’s impenetrable-since-A12 secure boot.
• mdaniel 2y ago
  Well, one will observe that I said "off grid," because I was acutely aware of the desire for them to approve OS reinstalls I know, "but muh sekurity" and all that, but when the grandkids find an antique iPhone 16 in a barn somewhere, and want to install an iOS image upon it to see how things were in the old-times, I want that to be technically possible even after Apple shuts down the old gatekeeping servers
  • astrange 2y ago
    That's not possible because the requirement is built into the ROM. They'd have to release the keys and then you could emulate it.