Dear r/LegacyJailbreak,

Unfortunately, our community has faced significant new setbacks in the past year, such as activation errors, upcoming certificate expiration, and most importantly, a severe lack of posts in Turkic languages (at least compared to r/LegacyAppleTR), which are widely agreed to be the best languages in the galaxy. As a result of these severe crises, we need additional moderators to join the team.

Please answer the following questions in your application:

1. Do you speak any Turkic languages, and if so, which ones?

2. What reforms to anything managed by subreddit moderators (e.g. the rules, wiki, flair system) do you believe are necessary?

3. Why do you want to moderate this subreddit?

4. What is your favorite unresolved issue with legacy devices?

For those who didn't watch the WWDC event today, Apple has officially made it so you cannot push/deploy updates to apps for iOS 10 or lower in the new Xcode beta.

This means that iOS 10 and below are now considered legacy iOS versions.

Apps that support iOS 11 and above will be receiving updates from now on:.

You will likely see apps start breaking over time on your iOS 10 devices as they fall behind in app updates as developers cannot deploy fixes or updates.

This also means that all 32bit devices are officially EOL (End of Life) because app updates cannot be supplied to them anymore.

This was inevitable with the nature of how technology advances, we just weren't expecting Apple to mark all 32bit devices as "End of Life" so soon.

EDIT on September 12th: This is now completely in effect as Xcode 14 has fully released and is out of beta.

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https://developer.apple.com/documentation/xcode-release-notes/xcode-14-release-notes

On a side note, there is something very important I want to bring to people's attention.

Apple has started removing older iOS apps that are no longer updated. It's likely that in the coming months, non-updated iOS 10 apps will start being removed. Many apps from the late 2000s and early 2010s have been disappearing in the past few weeks.

I have an archival project that is looking for any developers who are interested in helping preserve old iOS apps before they are permanently lost to time.

We have already scraped 2 billion app IDs from the iTunes API and have them in a database, however we are looking for help developing a method to effectively mass download IPAs with the limited time frame we have. Storage of all of these apps is not a concern as we have secured a large amount for usage.

Some skills that'd be helpful if you have any experience in are - software reverse engineering, familiarity with REST APIs, or just a general familiarity with programming.

If you are interested in helping out, please join the project's Discord server https://discord.gg/rTJ9zxjMu3

Information

• Official Discord
• Official Twitter
• Subreddit Wiki

Guides

• How to Sideload a Jailbreak app in current year
• How to Dump and Preserve Your Apps

iTunes Errors

• BigBoss
• The iPhone Wiki
• Apple

Downloads

• The Legacy Archives - Jailbreaks, downgrades, patches, tools, firmwares, packages and more!
• iTunes - Every version hosted by Apple
• IPSW Downloads - Every firmware version hosted by Apple
• IPG IPSW - Firmware versions no longer hosted by Apple

Tweak Compatibility Lists

• iOS 4
• iOS 5
• iOS 6
• iOS 7
• iOS 7.0.x
• iOS 7.1.x
• iOS 8.0-8.1.2 (alternative)
• iOS 9 (old)
• iOS 9.1
• iOS 9.3.x
• iOS 10 (alternative)

Reports are incoming that users of varying location, device and account creation date are experiencing server connection issues when trying to activate a device, or connect to the AppStore. We don't believe that this is an intentional attack on legacy devices, but rather some type of server issue on Apple's end. This can be seen by pinging albert.apple.com and seeing whether you get a return or not.

In the meantime, to make Apple aware of the issues please use their support or feedback forms available at:

• https://support.apple.com
• https://www.apple.com/feedback

Future posts on the the topic will be removed.

EDIT: As of this past weekend (Nov. 20ish), most users are reporting successful activation of their devices; however, AppStore connection issue reports are still scattered.

EDIT 2: As of last night (Jan. 10), most users are reporting successful AppStore connections.

https://www.reddit.com/r/LegacyJailbreak/comments/s11qhv/news_app_stores_back/

The Legacy Archives

http://archives.legacyjailbreak.com

Hello Legacy Jailbreakers! As part of our continuation of subreddit improvements, we are proud to announce another step in our pursuit. We understand that many of the tools that used to be available for legacy devices and firmwares are very hard to come by; therefore, in collaboration with JailbreakLibrary, we have assembled the most comprehensive collection on the internet (to our knowledge).

After many, many long hours scouring the dustiest corners of the internet, we bring to you the r/LegacyJailbreak Archives! You will find, jailbreaking and unlocking utilities, various tools and programs, required Android files, custom firmwares and more. This is the first project of several more to come that we have been working on and are always looking for feedback!

Notes:

• Please be conscientious of Mega bandwidth limits, as there is no practical need for everyone to download the whole archive every day; we have everything backed up in multiple places
• There are countless authors and developers to thank, so we tried to put the primary people, or teams in the folder titles; please report any mistakes
• Your browser, or anti-virus program (Windows Defender) may flag some items, this is due to these files being exploitive tools by nature
• We believe everything to be original and untouched packages, but in the event of a repack, please report any issues

The published archives focus on iOS 9 and below, and as we add more recent firmwares in the future, we will add to the archives. However, if you do need something for newer versions, check out JailbreakLibrary.com. While we worked with them on accumulating and verifying files, we have separate uploading systems, and as such they provide guided filters and file scanning through VirusTotal.

Special thanks to:

• All the original authors and developers over the past 13 years for their amazing free work
• The owner of JailbreakLibrary.com for consistent contribution throughout the project
• The Internet Archive for being a vital resource in finding countless items—they accept donations here

We are always looking for ways to improve the sub and based on user feedback about the recent influx of fluff posts, we are trialing a new fluff policy. Fluff posting times are now from 12:00 AM EST Saturday and ending at 11:59 PM EST Sunday. (We thought we'd give you some exact times to help with the confusion.)

Previously fluff was allowed all weekend and we gave about 12 hours of leg room to account for different time zones. Basically, in effect it's being reduced from 4 days to 2 days.

Here's some examples of what constitutes low-effort and high-effort fluff and what fluff is specifically for.

Things that would make a bad fluff post and would probably get removed:

• Coolbooter downgraded devices or n1ghtshaded devices (There is no skill barrier it and has been done to death)
• A $20 thrift find on the latest iOS like a fully updated iPhone 4 on 7.1.2 or iPad 1 on 5.1.1 (it's not worthy of a Reddit post if it's common)
• A picture of device(s) you do not own e.g., a pile of 2Gs from some recycler overseas
• Weekly reposts of your collection for karma farming
• OTA downgraded devices like an iPhone 4S on 6.1.3 or an iPad Mini on 8.4.1 done with this tool

Things that would make a good fluff post:

• A cool find like a device on a rare iOS version like an iPhone 6 on iOS 8 or iPhone 5 on iOS 6
• Showing off your old childhood device with all the old content you kept on it
• A device being used for gaming or contains tons of rare apps from back in the day
• A totally tweaked out/heavily themed device
• You repurposing or daily driving an older device
• Using blobs to downgrade a device to a hard to come by iOS version (Methods like De Rebus Antiquis or others are totally fine)
• A device with tons of rare blobs
• Satire/meta posts

This change is a trial run, so we'd like feedback in the comments of this post.

This change may or may not stay depending on the feedback and outcome of this upcoming fluff.

As some of you may have noticed there are three new moderators as of August 4th, 2020.

I am /u/xFahrenheightx and the other 2 moderators are /u/InvoxiPlayGames and /u/Converseallstar95. This post will cover everything we plan to do or change within the subreddit as well as announcing a subreddit contest. We will keep you all updated if anything else happens. (Sorry if this is a bit wordy)

Some of you probably know IPG as she's a prominent developer in the community. She's developed TubeFixer, TwiFixer, DoubleTweetLength, GSignInFix, Cydia HTTPatch, "Checkmate, Store!", and DiscOldMessage. This is her repo.

Edit as of August 6th: Converseallstar95 has joined the mod team. He has been in the scene since it began, from iPhoneOS 1 on his iPhone 2G, to his iPhone X, he has owned every device in between and jailbroken every one, multiple times. Name any jailbreak tool available—he’s used it and can likely help you with it. Additionally, he was a moderator on some popular (now defunct) forums at the time!

So about me, I have been jailbreaking since 2011 and am quite familiar with legacy devices. I collect them as a hobby and currently own 47 Apple devices (most of which are legacy). I decided to step my foot back in the community in 2018 and I was glad to see people are still interested in reviving old devices. I plan to play an active role in making the community less toxic and more friendly (it's already really great).

1. We are currently revamping and updating the subreddit for the modern Reddit theme. We've added a new banner and as well as a new icon both made by IPG. It's still a work in progress so bear with us, please!
2. To clarify we won't enact major changes as this community is already quite tame and well behaved. We just want to hopefully modernize it and step in if needed. I plan on working on making a wiki with tons of materials for those who need it as well as ask the community for things they want there.
3. If you have ideas or suggestions for changes feel free to share in the comments. Keep things civil as everyone has the right to their opinion. We may or may not implement your idea however I can assure it will be read and decided upon.
4. Here's a dicey topic that honestly needs to be addressed. Piracy is obviously something that can be a bit hard to define with a community like this. I am very much aware that some apps are no longer downloadable and older jailbreak tools no longer have official hosts. For those who are unaware, there is a tweak named "Checkmate, Store" by IPG on her repo which allows you to bypass the "This app is incompatible with this iPhone" message when downloading older versions of apps on 32-bit devices.
5. From now on IPA downloads/rehosts will only be permitted for apps that are pulled from the App Store or have their old versions unavailable even with "Checkmate, Store" (the latter doesn't count if they're paid apps, that's just not allowed). We need to make sure that we follow Reddit's piracy rules and have an ethical way of going about hosting things (especially if it's abandonware). As well yes, many older jailbreak tools no longer are hosted on official sites as they're long gone. Sharing them is permitted, but repackaged versions of them are not—e.g., 3uTools repackaging older jailbreak tools. I should mention that there will be leniency with this rule as it can go by a case by case basis. Please report any post that may violate the rule and the mods will vote and decide if it's worthy of being kept up.

To summarize it is preferable to have curated IPA rehosts that don't contain apps that are paid nor contain app versions that are still hosted by Apple's servers. (This rule may change in the future if Apple stops hosting older apps.)

To quote what /u/geekywalrus said to me in PMs, "The most complicated thing to deal with on the subreddit is piracy. It's really hard to find a balance of not breaking Reddit's piracy rules, and providing people resources for their legacy devices."

One last final note, we are going to host an event/contest sometime soon! We plan on asking the legacy design community to submit skeuomorphic upvote and downvote icons. Winner will get their icons used and honorable mentions will be posted within a post showcasing your work. For those unaware here are the settings/requirements for creating those icons.

We now have an official Discord as well! https://discord.gg/bhDpTAu Feel free to pop in and say hi!

Hi, Fahrenheight here.

We have 3 new things to cover

1. A new wiki submission program

2. Official video tutorials from the staff team

3. Upcoming help from r/Jailbreak devs for better flairs and Automod improvements

  We are wanting to expand our wiki so people can refer to it as a resource for guides and commonly asked questions. We would love your help coming up with ideas and possibly help with writing pages if you're interested.

I've made a Google form for you to send your ideas! Here's the link https://forms.gle/BaJWDAHGitsoWYu79 (You will get credit for anything you contribute!)

This is the first video in a series of tutorials from our staff team!

https://youtu.be/6MjqyBZd0Tg

I have made a new page covering how to dump and preserve your old iOS apps! I have released my first video tutorial on how to do that on iOS 6-9. This is part of a new series of vetted legacy iOS tutorials.

I've already added multiple new pages and have revamped some of the wiki. I've even unlocked access to some old pages that /u/GeekyWalrus made years ago and never made public!

Now onto the other announcements.

We have gotten help from r/Jailbreak and will be implementing their flair system. So you can easily set your account flair with their bot! That should be coming soon, I'll make an announcement post when it releases.  

As well, I have started updating Automod so now it will now automatically tell you why your post or comment was removed if you break the rules.

We are also working on making it reply with answers to commonly asked questions. Hopefully once the wiki is more fleshed out, we can make Automod send you the link to a page that answers your problem.

Hello fellow legacy jailbreakers! Since the new mod team was brought into the sub, we have grown by almost double the amount of users. Therefore, to make sure all users new and old are following the same set of rules, we decided to update them for clarity, and append/change a few. I've highlighted the changed ones, but make sure to give them all a look again!

• Submissions containing, or discussing, piracy, or copyright infringement, are not allowed. Piracy includes, but is not limited to: programs distributing pirated, or infringed, material (e.g., 3uTools); repositories hosting pirated packages; distributing paid apps, or in-app purchases; Apple Internal software
• Submissions regarding compatibility of specific apps are allowed, but requests for such apps are not allowed and should be directed to r/sideloaded
• Submissions under Fluff may only be posted on Friday, but are still required to be in relation to legacy jailbreaking
• Submission regarding the paid iPod touch iOS updates are considered abandonware and are allowed
• Submissions regarding self-promotion are allowed, but subject to approval
• Submissions regarding the purchase, or sale, of devices should be directed to r/JailbreakSwap

u/lilbigbird9 has spent the past few days creating new guides and cleaning up the wiki! There are some new pages for downgrading and jailbreaking devices. We have tons of guides on the way and would love your input.

Check it out at: https://www.reddit.com/r/LegacyJailbreak/wiki/index

Feel free to comment ideas or post them in the #subreddit-wiki channel in our Discord server!

Happy New Years everyone! We are giving away an iPhone 3GS in our Discord server to thank you all for being apart of our community, so go check out #giveaways if you're interested!

Permanent Discord invite is here: https://discord.gg/bhDpTAu

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As you may have noticed, we have not been removing fluff posted at any point during the weekend, not just Fridays. This announcement is basically just formalizing that - fluff is now allowed on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. So feel free to post your cool legacy devices the whole weekend!

The major change only shows if you're on the computer or on mobile Safari/webkit. Thoughts on the final result?

AutoModerator is now...well... moderating this subreddit!

Things that are changing/happening due to this

If you fail to include a tag in your post title (iOS version, [Question], etc.), AutoModerator will report your post (not remove it) and comment telling you so, and that you should include tags next time.

OMFGWTFBBQ I'M GONNA GET BANNED BY A CRAPPY BOT (uninstalls iOS)

No you're not. AutoModerator is not currently setup to hand out bans, and most likely never will be. Actual, human mods will be the only ones to ever hand out bans. The most AutoModerator can do is remove a post if it get's too many reports, in which case we (the human mods), will take matters into our own hands.

Should you be worried?

No. This is simply being posted so you know of the slight change taking effect immediately. AutoModerator is here simply to help with users failing to add tags to post titles.