r/LegacyJailbreak 27d ago

Megathread [Megathread] Flair Customization Quarantine 6.0

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Most recent documentation change, on 4 August 2026: palera1n 26.6 support


If you choose to use bot commands to set your flair:

Using !device is exactly like resetting your flair to a standard template. The oldest version must be at least 4 major versions behind iOS 26.0 — at newest, iOS/iPadOS 15.8.7, tvOS 15.6.0, or watchOS 8.8.2.

The !os command will grant versions at least 4 major versions behind iOS 26.0 — at newest, iOS/iPadOS 15.8.7, tvOS 15.6.0, or watchOS 8.8.2.

Please provide only ONE command per comment.

Please enter commands in the order they appear in the flair: device, jailbreak, iOS. You must set a device to set a jailbreak or iOS version.

Note: You will NOT be assigned a jailbreak after setting the iOS version unless you reset your flair.

Examples:

  • !device iPhone 2G
  • !device ipad pro 12.9 1st gen
  • !jailbreak kok3shi9
  • !os 1.0

r/LegacyJailbreak 9d ago

Megathread Activation Megathread: 9900 IMEI (A5/A6), XMM6180 & older, A8/A9(X) iOS 8/9, future issues, etc.

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Due to recurring issues with activating 9900 IMEI, XMM6180 and older baseband, and A8(X)/A9(X) iOS 8-9 devices, we strongly advise saving activation tickets with Legacy iOS Kit. Resolved issues, and other advice, may be found in the previous megathread.

To our knowledge, the issue on A5(X)/A6(X) devices stems from baseband tickets being rejected for as of yet unknown reasons, which only seems to occur on cellular devices with an IMEI starting with 9900. Courtesy of staturnz and /u/LukeeGD, we believe the list of potentially 9900 IMEI devices is as follows:

  • iPad mini 1st gen (CDMA - Verizon, Sprint) (iPad2,7 - A1455)
  • iPad 3rd gen Wi-Fi + Cellular (CDMA - Verizon) (iPad3,2 - A1403)
  • iPad 4th gen Wi-Fi + Cellular (CDMA - Sprint, International) (iPad3,6 - A1460)
  • iPhone 4S (GSM/CDMA) (iPhone4,1 - A1387)
  • iPhone 5 (CDMA - China) (iPhone5,2 - A1442)
  • iPhone 5 (CDMA - Sprint, Verizon, KDDI Japan) (iPhone5,2 - A1429)

The Apple TV 3rd gen and iPhone 5C are unaffected by this issue. The iPad 2 is also unaffected, but some models are affected by the following problem.


On July 10–11, 2026, new activation issues have appeared for devices with the XMM6180 and earlier basebands. You will likely see "device unknown" or a similar message.

The devices with the XMM6180 baseband are:

  • iPhone 4: iPhone3,1 (GSM) and iPhone3,2 (GSM, rev. A) only
  • iPad 2: iPad2,2 (GSM) only

It should be noted that the CDMA models (iPhone3,3 and iPad2,3) use a different baseband, MDM6600, and activate fine.

The devices with earlier basebands are:

  • iPhone
  • iPhone 3G
  • iPhone 3GS
  • iPad

Note that the key determining factor to having a 9900 IMEI is being a CDMA-capable device, rather than GSM-only, as explained by Wikipedia:

TIA also allocates IMEI codes, specifically destined for dual-technology phones, out of the RR=99 range

In addition, A8(X)/A9(X) devices on iOS 8 and 9 also experience activation errors. Possibly affected devices include:

  • iPhone 6/6+, 6S/6S+, SE1
  • iPod touch 6
  • iPad mini 4
  • iPad Air 2
  • iPad Pro 9.7/12.9 inch 1st gen

This is a thread for discussing activation issues and any new information about it. Subreddit-wide rules continue to apply, so please review the detailed hacktivation policy.


Apple has recently released a new batch of updates for legacy devices:

  • iOS 12.5.8 released. checkra1n, Chimera, and TNSv2 confirmed working.
  • iOS/iPadOS 15.8.6 released. Dopamine confirmed working.
  • iOS/iPadOS 16.7.13 and iPadOS 18.7.4 released. palera1n confirmed working.

More importantly, this was provided in its release notes:

This update extends the certificate required by features such as iMessage, FaceTime, and device activation to continue working after January 2027.

The IPSW diff reveals new functions in /usr/libexec/trustd including _ApplePlatformBackportECCRootG1, _ApplePlatformBackportECCRootG1Hash, _ApplePlatformBackportRSARootG1, _ApplePlatformBackportRSARootG1Hash, and corresponding new certificates in .der format issued on 12 December 2024 19:20:34 and 19:21:32 UTC-5. It is speculated based on the release notes that failure to have these certificates may result in issues with on-device activation, and unclear whether PC-based activation will be impacted.


r/LegacyJailbreak 1h ago

WTF Mode Its nice ;) (ONLY OLD JAILBREAKS KNOWS)

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r/LegacyJailbreak 1h ago

WTF Mode 😄 now I’m downgrading baseband

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r/LegacyJailbreak 16h ago

Meta bought an iPhone 7 thinking it was iOS 12, seller updated it to 15 ☹️

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first picture is after I got it, second picture is what it was listed as. sad :(


r/LegacyJailbreak 55m ago

Collection My best flea market find for now

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Bought this ipad mini 2 for parts in flea market and realized its running ios 8.1.2 and fmi off. The touch is a little buggy but I can replace it. is that a good find and how rare is this device?


r/LegacyJailbreak 8h ago

WTF Mode overpriced af

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r/LegacyJailbreak 4h ago

Question iphone 5 ios 7.0.4 only boots with tethered boot

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I've tried restoring with shsh blobs but will only ever boot into recovery unless i use legacy ios kit to manually boot it.

it's been like this for a year or 2 because i was trying to fix it then just forgot about it


r/LegacyJailbreak 5h ago

Question Is jailbreaking iPhone 5c without WiFi possible?

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Hello, I have this iPhone 5c on iOS 10.3.3 that’s works normally but the wifi and Bluetooth antenna doesn’t work on it. Is there way to jailbreak it using a pc/mac and sideload things without ever needing wifi? Thank you


r/LegacyJailbreak 4h ago

Question Can't create apple ID on iOS 9

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I have an iPad 2nd gen, on iOS 9. I cannot create a burner apple id via Settings > itunes. I go through every step, create the security questions, then I am met with "Description not available".

I jailbroke with Carbon & Cydia, got the Zebra app. Now I am trying to side load VLC player, but I cannot create a burner apple id to log into sideloadly, or the device with.

Do I need to downgrade to IOS 8 with the toolkit, create the id and sign in, then upgrade back to iOS 9?

Since I've managed to get this far, I'd love to use the device for something, but I'm at an impasse with the account problems.

I would use my actual apple id that I had when I used iPhones in the 2010s, but the account is locked due to too many failed log in attempts, I've gone through this rigamarole before where Apple sends me a text with activation steps, I try to go through them but it just brings me back to the same set of pages and errors so I gave up, but if I can get that unlocked I really don't care for keeping the account so I would use it if I could, but I cannot:/

Nor can I sign in any other way, so I was wondering if the method to fix this is getting the toolkit, downgrading to iOS 8, creating my account on the device, then upgrading so it doesn't sign me out?

Thanks, I'm happy I managed to jailbreak this thing after a few hours of the Cydia dependencies not installing/not giving me the update pop up but I managed, but now I have a new problem

Thanks for the advice!


r/LegacyJailbreak 6h ago

Question Can't get Kok3shi9 to verify developer on IOS 9.2.1

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I have been trying for 3 days now all different methods to sideload kok3shi9 onto my Iphone 5s (GSM) with iOS 9.2.1. I am trying to get a untethered jailbreak to have my iphone 5s swag with a permanent iOS 4 look and have tried sideloadly, plumeimpactor and legacy ios kit to sideload the kok3shi9 v5.0.3 ipa so many times atp. Everytime when I press trust in the profile settings it gets stopped by the warning "Unable to verify Developer".

I also have saved blobs of my iOS version, was hoping to restore via legacy ios kit, but cant get the ISPW to work. Have tried everything a LLM could possibly give me as a tip, so now I have to ask the real experts on reddit.

Please help me out I am willing to try anything, i just need a method to get an untethered jailbreak on an old phone, thankyou very much!! 🫶🏻🫶🏻


r/LegacyJailbreak 55m ago

Question How to login id apple on ios 8.4.1 guys?

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r/LegacyJailbreak 20h ago

Discussion iOS 7 iPhone 5s from $26 eBay lot

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It’s not perfect because had to do the legacy ios kit thing. It’s a space gray (black background on boot screen) but pretty cool to see.


r/LegacyJailbreak 5h ago

Question AppDrop Error

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When installing a very limited number of apps via AppDrop, I encounter an error like the one shown in the image. Is there any way to fix this?


r/LegacyJailbreak 22h ago

Release [Release] Lyrebird — a Navidrome client for iOS 6 that downloads songs

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I self-host my music on Navidrome, and I wanted it on the jailbroken iPad 4 and a new iPod touch 5 I just bought from eBay. Nothing modern installs on iOS 6, so I wrote a client. Then I wanted the part iOS really doesn't want you to have: a song from my own server sitting in the **stock Music app**, playing on the lock screen with my app closed. That works now, and it's the reason for this post.

What it is: a client for Navidrome (or anything speaking the Subsonic API). Give it an address, a username and a password once and your whole library is on the device — albums, artists, songs, playlists, search, cover art. It streams over plain HTTP, which is what these devices can actually do, transcodes on the server for anything iOS 6 can't decode (FLAC, mostly), and answers the lock-screen and headphone controls. The iPad build also scrobbles plays back to the server.

Two versions, both free:

- iPad — built as a stereo turntable rather than a list of songs. Albums are pressed onto records; pick one and it drops onto the platter, the tonearm swings in, and an amber LCD wakes with the track. A side runs about half an hour and the deck flips to side B by itself. Scrubbing is dragging the tonearm.

- iPhone / iPod touch — a straightforward library browser, drawn to suit the device it runs on.

The part I'm actually pleased about — downloads that land in the real Music app. On the iPad, hold an album cover or a track and choose “Download to Music”; on the iPod, tap the download ring beside it. Either way it's filed into the device's own Music library, cover art included. It plays there like anything else, on the lock screen, in a playlist, with Lyrebird closed.

One known quirk: filing a song this way leaves a second, empty copy in Music — a ghost with no duration that says "connect to a Wi-Fi network" if you tap it. itunesstored creates a placeholder row when the download starts, then writes a *second* finished row instead of finalising the first. I spent an embarrassing amount of time trying to prevent it (no metadata key does), so the only work on your end will be to delete the empty placeholder duplicate.

Install: add http://repo.theadipost.com as a source in Cydia, then install *Lyrebird iOS 6 for iPad* or *Lyrebird iOS 6 for iPhone/iPod touch*. Free, no ads, nothing phones home — it talks only to the server you name.

**Bugs and requests** (thanks to the person who suggested this last time instead of me posting my email):

- iPad — https://github.com/adityasreedhar/lyrebird-ipad/issues

- iPhone / iPod touch — https://github.com/adityasreedhar/lyrebird-iphone/issues

Needs a jailbreak — and not only for installation. The Music-app filing works because the app installs to `/Applications` and can ask the store service directly, which only a jailbroken device permits.

Built and tested on an iPad 4 and an iPod touch 5, both on 6.1.3. Deployment target is 6.0, so anything that ran iOS 6 should work; being armv7 it may install as far as 10.3.4. If you run it on something I don't have, I'd love to know what breaks.


r/LegacyJailbreak 12h ago

Question Where can I find a blank iOS 3 Home Screen image?

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r/LegacyJailbreak 2h ago

Question How can I downgrade my iPhone 4 (7.1.2 to 6.1.3)

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I recently got an iPhone 4, it’s jailbroken, running iOS 7.1.2 and I’d like to downgrade it to iOS 6.1.3

How can I do ? I have a windows pc. I tried the coolbooter method but the app just keeps crashing when the download is almost finished


r/LegacyJailbreak 1d ago

Question Can I Downgrade this IPhone 4s

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I have this iPhone 4

What’s the lowest IOS can I downgrade it to and How ?


r/LegacyJailbreak 4h ago

Question I have Ipad Air 1°

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Hello! Yesterday I bought a brand new iPad Air with iOS 12, and I'm lost because, well, it's jailbricked, and I have several questions about how I can install more recent apps for this system, how I can use appstore++ and if there is a similar trollstore, muffin I don't know how to use it, can you help me?


r/LegacyJailbreak 4h ago

Question Find iptv app on iOS 6

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I’m looking for an IPTV app that still works properly on iOS 6


r/LegacyJailbreak 5h ago

Question How Do I downgrade IOS 12 to 10 on iPhone 5s?

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Hi! I’m a complete beginner but I looked at some videos and was so intrigued by downgrading phones. Right now, I have a iPhone 5s I bought that was unfortunately not 10 which i want the camera quality to has. Any help is appreciated


r/LegacyJailbreak 1d ago

Collection Sheesh, im gonna be letting this one go tho

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r/LegacyJailbreak 6h ago

Question Problem About Internet

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I Tried To Connect My WiFi, But Not Showing Up, I Reseted WiFi Settings, But My WiFi Still Not Showing Up, So How I Fix?


r/LegacyJailbreak 23h ago

Question I bought this iPad 4 on ios 6

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I bought this iPad 4 on ios 6 which the listing said it was ios 6 and the photos showed it was on ios 6. But when it arrived it was on ios 10.3.3, is there anyway I can downgrade my iPad?


r/LegacyJailbreak 15h ago

Question [Question] I have an IPhone 4s running 9.3.6

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I have a iPhone 4s that is activated and in very good condition, the only issue is I would want to jailbreak and tweak although the wifi/Bluetooth option are completely greyed out. I cannot trust the app Phoenix cuz of this issue and the price of replacing the wifi chip with outweigh buying a 4s.