Tag: Icloud

Unlocking iPhones with CheckM8

In the ever-evolving or iPhone, bypassing iCloud Activation Lock has become a pressing concern for many iPhone users. One tool that has gained significant attention is CheckM8, which leverages a hardware exploit to unlock devices from the 5S to the iPhone X. This guide will delve into what CheckM8 is, how it works, and its…
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What’s new at Phonlab July 2021

New lessons added to the Phonlab Smartphone Tech Course this month. Phonlab is focusing on CheckRa1n jailbreak and all of the amazing things you can do with this exploit on your iPhone 5S through iPhone X devices. CheckM8 is super powerful and can not be patched which makes it the ultimate tool for hacking. CheckRa1n…
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Phonlab February 2021 update

New lessons added to the Smartphone Tech Course. Samsung Files and Partitions. Updated Lessons in the course. Welcome to Phonlab Smartphone Tech Course. Introduction to adb or Android Debug Bridge. How to Flash Samsung Devices with Odin. How to get iPhone or iPad into DFU Mode. How to enter recovery mode on a iPhone. How…
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Understanding Phone Unlocking

In mobile repair the term unlock can mean many different things, when I started doing unlocks in 2008 the term unlocking meant that your phone was locked to a specific carrier. These days an unlock could mean you need an IMEI repair or an FRP Google lock removal.  In this article I am going to…
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MY RIGHT TO REPAIR

MY RIGHT TO REPAIR VS APPLE In early December of 2019 I received an email from Rob link over at Repair.org which turned into a meeting with Kevin O’reilly and Nathan Proctor from U.S. PIRG these organizations advocate for our right to repair. After those meetings it was clear that this was much bigger than…
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The Right to Unlock

The right to repair movement has been around for sometime and is basically a movement that is promoting legislation designed to protect our right to repair the smartphones that we purchase without being forced to pay high repair fees by the OEM or being forced to upgrade prematurely. At Phonlab I have been working on…
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