iPhone 11 Emulated on QEMU

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Post by homarp » Thu, Mar 03, 2022, 7:18 PM UTC

Re: iPhone 11 Emulated on QEMU

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Post by homarp » Thu, Mar 03, 2022, 7:19 PM UTC

from https://mobile.twitter.com/ntrung03/status/14992749382173818... iOS QEMU fork is just published. Some notable features: - iOS Restore - S8000 SecureROM emulation (always FORCE_DFU) - USB - SPRR/GXF emulation

Tutorial/status can be found in the wiki section, e.g. https://github.com/TrungNguyen1909/qemu-t8030/wiki/Bringing-...

It is still very far from a usable device: https://github.com/TrungNguyen1909/qemu-t8030/wiki/Project-s...

Re: iPhone 11 Emulated on QEMU

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Post by lucb1e » Thu, Mar 03, 2022, 9:05 PM UTC

With this, would it finally be possible to test iOS apps without having to first buy into the Apple ecosystem? Seems super helpful for developers, security testing, etc.

Re: iPhone 11 Emulated on QEMU

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Post by makach » Thu, Mar 03, 2022, 9:09 PM UTC

Ooohhh! This will be interesting from a reverse engineering perspective. Also, does that mean I can get iMessage on PC?

Re: iPhone 11 Emulated on QEMU

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Post by 0x0 » Thu, Mar 03, 2022, 9:14 PM UTC

makach wrote: post #4

Ooohhh! This will be interesting from a reverse engineering perspective. Also, does that mean I can get iMessage on PC?

I think you need a valid iPhone serial number to activate iMessage?

Re: iPhone 11 Emulated on QEMU

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Post by smithza » Thu, Mar 03, 2022, 9:15 PM UTC

makach wrote: post #4

Ooohhh! This will be interesting from a reverse engineering perspective. Also, does that mean I can get iMessage on PC?

Apple likes to validate hardware through serial numbers or other identifiers before connecting to apple services. I suspect this will be near impossible.

Re: iPhone 11 Emulated on QEMU

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Post by Nextgrid » Thu, Mar 03, 2022, 9:16 PM UTC

makach wrote: post #4

Ooohhh! This will be interesting from a reverse engineering perspective. Also, does that mean I can get iMessage on PC?

It's technically already possible by installing/virtualizing macOS and giving the SMC emulator a plausible serial number - it's tolerated by Apple for now, however they can trivially block this (both for Hackintosh as well as this iOS emulator) by requiring a real serial number.

Re: iPhone 11 Emulated on QEMU

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Post by Nextgrid » Thu, Mar 03, 2022, 9:16 PM UTC

smithza wrote: post #6

makach wrote: post #4

Ooohhh! This will be interesting from a reverse engineering perspective. Also, does that mean I can get iMessage on PC?

Apple likes to validate hardware through serial numbers or other identifiers before connecting to apple services. I suspect this will be near impossible.

This is currently possible with Hackintoshes, but only because Apple tolerates plausible-but-fake serial numbers that follow their usual format. They can trivially restrict this if they want to.

Re: iPhone 11 Emulated on QEMU

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Post by arilotter » Thu, Mar 03, 2022, 9:26 PM UTC

Nextgrid wrote: post #8

smithza wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Apple likes to validate hardware through serial numbers or other identifiers before connecting to apple services. I suspect this will be near impossible.

This is currently possible with Hackintoshes, but only because Apple tolerates plausible-but-fake serial numbers that follow their usual format. They can trivially restrict this if they want to.

Couldn't I go to the Apple store & copy down a real serial number?

Re: iPhone 11 Emulated on QEMU

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Post by sneak » Thu, Mar 03, 2022, 9:27 PM UTC

Is there documentation to hand on how to actually run iOS on this fork?

The readme of the repo is still just the normal qemu repo readme.