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Hi folks, I’m a tinkerer and like to hack old devices. Currently running postmarketOS on an old oneplus6. Now I want to try to repurpose my old ipad 3 with LTE.

For that purpose I have tried:

  • https://jailbreaks.app/legacy.html -> phoenix (Error: app could not be installed at this time)
  • windows VM (I’m on linux) with usb connect, I can see the ipad in device manager and open the harddrive but neither itunes nor sideloadly will connect to it. impactor also wont recognize the device
  • exchanging the cable for a different (newer) one, also no change
  • resetting the ipad to factory settings to free up space, no change
  • reinstalling itunes, icloud, sideloadly
  • restarting between each step

I’m kind of running out of ideas at this point. I generally have a debug device which I could try and use on the ipad but I struggle to find resources on lower level hardware hacking for the ipad. Let me know if you have any other ideas.

Have a good one!

  • SturgiesYrFase
    1·
    15 hours ago

    Apple should be broken up about this.

    Goddamn right!
    Not sure if you meant upset at the environmental costs, or being literally broken up into a bunch of smaller companies. I agree in both ways.
    They talk big about “doing their part” to bring down e-waste, but if you look at their actions… it’s clear that they’re doing at most the bare minimum.
    It’s performative.

    running a rooted android phone is far less problematic

    Google is changing that. There’s been difficulties with running a rooted android for ages now, mainly with certain apps (banking apps most frequently) either not running, or not running correctly, on a rooted phone/unlocked bootloader/running a custom ROM. Google is now putting through app checks so developers can tell if an app was installed via the Play Store or sideloaded.
    Here’s an article about it.

    Anyway, back to iDevices. I’d say it’s definitely worth it to keep trying on your iPad, if I have time and patience this weekend I’ll have a shot at jailbreaking mine again, and report back if I’m able to get it working and how.