Temp Solution to Hacktivate IOS 7

Cheikh Seck · September 2013

This tutorial will help you get your IOS 7 activated and you will keep all the media that was previously on the device. This has only been tested on the Iphone 4

First You will need a few pieces of software, this cool Java application (which does most of the work)
Link

PuTTy and TinyUmbrella

Before starting backup your iphone on to Itunes and put it into airplane mode.

Once the restore is complete you will see IOS 7 welcome screen

Power the iphone off and into DFU mode, and it is plugged in into the computer

Run the Java application just downloaded above and it will run a few codes of Magic

When its done you should see this

Right after that fire up PuTTy and put in localhost as hostname and the port the java application specified

Then you should a window that will prompt you for a username and password, which is root and alpine.

Right after that run mount.sh in the terminal, then type in the following commands

cd mnt1/Applications
rm -R Setup.app (not sure aout if Setup is spelled that way, if you type Set and hit tab it should autocomplete

Once there just simply delete Setup.app and hold the power and home button to reset the phone.

When you boot up you will see the iphone recovery screen, don't mind that just TinyUmbrella to get out of recovery mode

The iphone should boot up after a few and you will also be able to reboot your device and still use it.

*Since it isnt officially activated it may have limited compatibility around Itunes, but I will look into that later

*Update, Itunes works on Iphone 4!

Thanks for reading and follow me on twitter for more updates cdseck

HACKS408 · October 2013

anything for the Ipad mini?

Cheikh Seck · October 2013

Until I get my hands on one of those I can't say anything but Apple's OS isn't a big complex watson like computer, its a GUI based on FreeBsd I think, So understand that and take your pokes and peeks until you get it working

daveiant · October 2013

Hi, I run ssh_rd_rev04b.jar,and connect device in dfu. but its shown this error

Connect a device in DFU mode
MobileDevice event: DfuConnect, 33b1227, 4008930
DFU device 'UNSUPPORTED' connected
Ignoring unsupported device UNSUPPORTED
MobileDevice event: DfuDisconnect, 33b1227, 4008930
MobileDevice event: MuxConnect, 0, 0

my device is iphone4 rev.2

Cheikh Seck · October 2013

Is it a CDMA iphone or GSM

Cheikh Seck · October 2013

A quick update: if you get the session can't be started is because although the phone is working it is logically not activated yet, to get around it just hit Ok and resume, everything should work from there on

daveiant · October 2013

its gsm rev.2 iphone 4 8gb.

fr4 · October 2013

Hello,

How this could be done with an iphone 5?

regards

R3Lax1 · October 2013

Does it work with iOS 7.0.2?

Hop3 · October 2013

Oh, I thank You so much!!! I've been waiting for this since iOS7 release. That's a pity I saw your topic only today. But that works perfectly and it works on 7.0.2. I'm so glad!!! : )))

stan69b · October 2013

Hey Cheikh Shift, I followed the procedure but keep getting the itunes activation screen. I see you Updated the post saying it was now working but can't figure it out, any help would be appreciated. thanks

Octomammoth · October 2013

I get stuck right after mount.sh

This is what I get:

cd: mnt1/Applications: No such file or directory

Octomammoth · October 2013

Ok I finally got past the problem and deleted Setup.app (seems the issue was I had to type cd /mnt1/Applications instead of cd mnt1/Applications).

But now I have the "No Service" problem since without Setup.app the phone apparently will not recognize the carrier.

Any way around that please? Or is there a copy of Setup.app that I can download and replace?

R3Lax1 · October 2013

Can you do this without the sleep/wake button somehow? Mine's broken

R3Lax1 · October 2013

R3Lax1 said:
Can you do this without the sleep/wake button somehow? Mine's broken

Anyone?

Cheikh Seck · October 2013

try using somethign else to apply the force of the button, but you can't do it without it, DFU is accessed by hardware key combinantions

Cheikh Seck · October 2013

@Octomammoth this is only a temp solution so you can use your phone's features I'm not sure how to get the network working

Cheikh Seck · October 2013

@stan69b try powering the phone on and off and also update your itunes, the iphone icon should show up in the top right corner in itunes

carlozzekon · October 2013

Heyy!! First of all... i been searching and trying tons of stuff till i got to ur post! Youre a lifesaver!... I was able to get iphone 4 with ios 7 finally bypassing screen so the iphone can be usable... The only thing is that itunes still does not bypass he activation message, so i cant acces the information of my iphone on itunes, so i can restore the backup i made before updating to ios 7, so i can recovery all my notes, contacts, videos, etc... how can i bypass itunes as you did?

Cheikh Seck · October 2013

make sure you have the latest itunes and plug it in it should show up on the top right corner

spyder285 · October 2013

i cant get past mount sh stage it keep saying could not mount system volume; retry later or file a bug. any idea how to get past that?

stan69b · October 2013

i found a way to bypass the itunes activation screen by putin the iphone in airplane mode before pluging the phone to the computer. iTunes will state that you need to turn airplane mode off to activate but will let you use the iphone as you would with a normal activation.

stan69b · October 2013

maybe try following this video, but instead of ios 7 ipsw use ios 6. i never tried , i cannot guarantee it will work and with your power button problem, you might end up in a situation where you can not restore the iphone if anything goes wrong ... else, you can change your power button yourself, use ifixit tutorial , organise your screws during dismantle and you'll be alright. i use amazon for spare parts.

R3Lax1 said:
Can you do this without the sleep/wake button somehow? Mine's broken

davidbbb · October 2013

i have a problem with push notification. Have you got any solution with this? @Cheikh Shift

Cheikh Seck · October 2013

since 6.1.3 hacked firmware doesnt have the notifications, it has been a bug for a while

Cheikh Seck · October 2013

On the upside if you turn your phone off you don't need a commputer to boot it

domi809 · October 2013

Does it work on iphone 5 ios 7?

flatsk · October 2013

can you explain how to run the java app downloaded please . I can not see the .exe file/

SouhailCh · October 2013

Pleaaaaaaaase how did you get iTunes to work !! keeps saying my iphone's not activated !

SouhailCh · October 2013

stan69b Thank you sooooooo much Hahahahahahahah it workedddd itunes works !!!!!!!!!! ****

Branche Trepalkovski · October 2013

How to fix no service

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