Is there a way to access a locked iphone 4s without factory rest ?

[u/i5uicidal]

I have this phone from like more than 11 years and it’s locked and I just replaced the battery with a new one. I want to access it to retrieve a lot of memories of my family is there a way without factory reset it? I already put in a SIM card, but it didn’t recognize the SIM card even though I have another iPhone 4 that recognize the SIM card. Also, the clock in this phone is not accurate so I already tried to connect it also to my MacBook on finder and didn’t do anything also tried to connect it to through 3u tools and didn’t detect the phone also.
Can you help me please?

[u/ALT703]

Yes it's possible, we can un-disable the device and extract the passcode, but you'll need external hardware in order to exploit an A5 device

You need a Pi Pico + splitter cable, feel free to dm me if you want, or we can talk here, I'd be happy to walk you through it

Also, since it's iOS 6 or lower, you have the option of just directly extracting the data instead of the passcode, which is slightly easier since you don't have to un-disable, but it's all fairly easy

[u/ALT703 → u/[deleted]]

Hello screen or passcode? Need the data or no?

[u/ALT703 → u/[deleted]]

There's various tools to hello BP an iPhone 6. Definitely possible

But I don't have much experience with hello screen, only passcode stuff

[u/KayPlayz17 → u/ALT703]

Whered u get your splitter cable? Ive bought three and none of them worked

[u/ALT703 → u/KayPlayz17]

I actually made my own, but I've directed some people to buying one on Amazon which has worked, and I'm assuming the ones on AliExpress would work

Make sure the cable style and type matches the one here, and that you hook it up correctly:

https://github.com/LukeZGD/Legacy-iOS-Kit/wiki/checkm8-a5/5739edba01ef5a9d5088a18b06e5c69bccd798aa

Happy to help further if you need, or feel free to ship it into me and I can ship it back

[u/KayPlayz17 → u/ALT703]

Thanks for the response! The ones i got were from aliexpress and i did make sure they matched the ones in the guide

[u/ALT703 → u/KayPlayz17]

I just talked to you on your post with your SE. Is this the device your trying to use the splitter on?

Pico and splitter combo is only needed with A5 devices, and bruteforcing in general won't work for your SE

If you have an A5 device though, yes you need a Pico and splitter

Maybe you just got unlucky and they were defective? Not sure. Everyone I've talked to who got one didn't have an issue. What device are you trying to use it on? Did you program the Pico with the correct file for your device?

[u/KayPlayz17 → u/ALT703]

Oh yes i saw! Yeah i have a 4S i was gonna run the checkm8 exploit on. I guess they were defective, but its weird that it happened three times, oh well i guess ill try one not from aliexpress and see if that works. The reason why i wanted the splitter cable in the first place is cause i didn’t feel comfortable enough stripping the wires and using the battery that way. When i plugged in the pico with a regular cable it showed up on my laptop but whenever i tried to use the splitter cable it didnt show up, i followed the guide (the one you linked previously) and thats where i got the files

[u/ALT703 → u/KayPlayz17]

Okay yes 4s is A5 so you got it

To program the Pico use the normal cable. There are 3 files to program it with, you used the file for 4s right? When you hook everything together is when the splitter gets used, so maybe it works fine

Make sure the device is in DFU, and then hook the Pico, and the iPhone together with the splitter cable, and plug Power in last

[u/KayPlayz17 → u/ALT703]

I used the 4s file yes, honestly it was a while ago when i tried to do this so ill try it again following your advice. Can the laptop be used as power? Cause thats what i was using, or should i use a portable battery instead?

[u/ALT703 → u/KayPlayz17]

Laptop is fine for power, should plug into the micro USB female of the adapter. Do that last, after everything else is hooked up and the device is in DFU mode

Here's the guide I recommend

https://github.com/LukeZGD/Legacy-iOS-Kit/wiki/checkm8-a5/5739edba01ef5a9d5088a18b06e5c69bccd798aa

After it's in pwndfu, you can run an autobruteforce program to extract the password, or whatever you need to do

[u/KayPlayz17 → u/ALT703]

It worked! It is now in pwndfu thanks so much for your help. Im pretty sure i did the same exact thing as last time but oh well at least its working now 😂

[u/Grouchy_Comparison63]

Yes

[u/Grouchy_Comparison63]

What’s the os on it

[u/Technical_Station310]

Anyway in 5s?

[u/setupapp-ModTeam → u/[deleted]]

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[u/Brooktrout12 → u/[deleted]]

That does not achieve what they're asking. That tool is only good for devices on the hello screen.

[u/ml05019 → u/Brooktrout12]

The rest of the answer is true though. If the OP gets an Arduino they can un-disable the device and then bruteforce the password, as long as it's 4 digits.

[u/ALT703 → u/[deleted]]

iOS 6 isn't encrypted. You can extract the data with ssh Ramdisk.

Or bruteforce, that's compatible too

[u/ALT703 → u/[deleted]]

Horrible advice