libideviceactivation

A library to manage the activation process of Apple iOS devices.

Features

This project provides an interface to activate and deactivate iOS devices by talking to Apple's webservice alongside a command-line utility named ideviceactivation.

Some key features are:

Status: Implements complete activation and deactivation process
Compatibility: Supports legacy and latest activation webservice APIs
Utility: Provides ideviceactivation utility for command-line usage
Interactive: Requests user input if the activation process uses forms
Cross-Platform: Tested on Linux, macOS, Windows and Android platforms

Installation / Getting started

Debian / Ubuntu Linux

First install all required dependencies and build tools:

sudo apt-get install \
	build-essential \
	pkg-config \
	checkinstall \
	git \
	autoconf \
	automake \
	libtool-bin \
	libplist-dev \
	libimobiledevice-dev \
	libxml2-dev \
	libcurl4-openssl-dev \
	usbmuxd

Then clone the actual project repository:

git clone https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libideviceactivation.git
cd libideviceactivation

Now you can build and install it:

./autogen.sh
make
sudo make install

Usage

To query the activation status of a device use:

ideviceactivation status

To activate a device use:

ideviceactivation activate

Please consult the usage information or manual page for a full documentation of available command line options:

ideviceactivation --help
man ideviceactivation

Contributing

We welcome contributions from anyone and are grateful for every pull request!

If you'd like to contribute, please fork the master branch, change, commit and send a pull request for review. Once approved it can be merged into the main code base.

If you plan to contribute larger changes or a major refactoring, please create a ticket first to discuss the idea upfront to ensure less effort for everyone.

Please make sure your contribution adheres to:

Try to follow the code style of the project
Commit messages should describe the change well without being too short
Try to split larger changes into individual commits of a common domain
Use your real name and a valid email address for your commits

We are still working on the guidelines so bear with us!

License

This library is licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1, also included in the repository in the COPYING.LESSER file.

The ideviceactivation utility is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0, also included in the repository in the COPYING file.

Credits

Inspired by the activation utility from Joshua Hill aka p0sixninja: https://github.com/posixninja/ideviceactivate/

Apple, iPhone, iPad, iPod, iPod Touch, Apple TV, Apple Watch, Mac, iOS, iPadOS, tvOS, watchOS, and macOS are trademarks of Apple Inc.

This project is an independent software library and has not been authorized, sponsored, or otherwise approved by Apple Inc.

README Updated on: 2022-04-04

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