Help/Support Any way to recover disabled jailbroken iphone without updating?

i0s_tweak3r · October 26, 2018

My iphone 6+ on 11.1.2 Electra jailbreak has had keyboard issues for the longest time, and I've followed various tutorials online to help with it, all non-destructive simple things, nothing that would cause an issue using the device. Eventually problem always came back tho.

The issue was that it would enter keystrokes without me ever touching the keyboard, or if I typed one letter it would type 5 more. Really annoying, even the home button was affected. Anyways I woke up the other day to this:

Apparently on its own, it typed the password wrong a million times, and now it's locked. Is there anything I can do via SSH or with any other tool to unlock it without restoring? Unfortunately I don't have blobs for the device

I know the root password for use in Terminal, and normal LS password.

I'm not trying to break in to a stolen phone, I just don't want to lose a great test device. (I call it a great test device because if I make a tweak for iOS 11 but am not sure if I did it right, I'd rather brick this phone instead of my daily driver on 11.3.1) Also on the topic of tweaks there are none on there that have to do with the passcode / could have caused this.

Is it possible to install Cycript via SSH and APT and use that to unlock it? I'm pretty sure it has the TV OS beta profile installed as well to prevent automatic firmware updates.

Thanks in advance to anyone that can help.

Ted2 · October 26, 2018

@DiDA ?

i0s_tweak3r · October 26, 2018

3 hours ago, Ted2 said:

@DiDA ?

Worst case I could just try updating to iOS 12, and have it as a spare device for when a JB drops for it, but if possible I’d like to save the jailbreak.

Also, I found out why the keyboard seemed haunted today. Apparently cheap screen replacements can go bad over time and cause the “ghost typing”. The guy I bought it from must have bought it with a broken screen for dirt cheap, fixed it with a crappy replacement, then sold to me. That’s why it was fine at first and the problem got worse over time.

Ted2 · October 28, 2018

Is it still in jailbreak mode? Maybe running delectra through SSH will fix it for ya. Also, isn't there a tool like Cydia Eraser for electra? Maybe that's possible to run through terminal too

Laxus · October 28, 2018

The only option is fresh restore to highest firmware, sadly

You'll be happy with 6S performance on iOS 12, trust me

Updated October 28, 2018 by Laxus

MeSailesh7 · October 28, 2018

https://www.idownloadblog.com/2016/03/12/forgot-iphone-passcode/

Am I late for the rescue?

Zomboy HD · October 28, 2018

Dang I've never seen that before

i0s_tweak3r · October 30, 2018

On 10/28/2018 at 7:56 AM, MeSailesh7 said:

https://www.idownloadblog.com/2016/03/12/forgot-iphone-passcode/

Am I late for the rescue?

No i’ve Kept it charged and jailbroken. Will check that out tonight thank you.

MeSailesh7 · October 31, 2018

10 hours ago, i0s_tweak3r said:

No i’ve Kept it charged and jailbroken. Will check that out tonight thank you.

No problem, Can you let me know iF it works? haven’t tried it personally so just for future reference

i0s_tweak3r · October 31, 2018

21 hours ago, MeSailesh7 said:

No problem, Can you let me know iF it works? haven’t tried it personally so just for future reference

Yeah no problem. I just checked out the article it’s basically saying restoring is only option, which would mean losing the jailbreak. Not the end of the world if it comes to that. I’m holding on to some hope tho that if I can figure out how to SSH in to it, since it is jailbroken still, I can install Cycript on it and use coding as a way to possibly unlock it.

I just have to figure out the IP address, since as it is now the computer doesn’t recognize it/ it asks to trust it before using and I can’t trust it without opening it. I have a few guesses, (only have to figure out last few numbers) but am hoping I can get my landlord to find it on his network so I don’t have to guess a bunch of times.

Edited to add: not sure if it’s possible tho to get past the SEP. Going to try when I can and if not will use that article.

Updated October 31, 2018 by i0s_tweak3r