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Re: GNU Guix on iPad2 (A1395)
From: |
Jacob Hrbek |
Subject: |
Re: GNU Guix on iPad2 (A1395) |
Date: |
Mon, 26 Sep 2022 08:04:38 +0000 |
It seems to be guix specific as the usbmuxd seems to work fine on other
distros, but has issues on NixOS and Guix thus why asking here
-- Jacob "Kreyren" Hrbek
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------- Original Message -------
On Sunday, September 25th, 2022 at 11:11 PM, Csepp <raingloom@riseup.net> wrote:
> Jacob Hrbek kreyren@rixotstudio.cz writes:
>
> > Context: I have this iPad 2 that I got as a gift from a friend who was
> > upgrading on the newer version to try
> > to get me to like Apple. I hate it and it was in my storage unused for many
> > years so now I am trying to get
> > GNU Guix on it with GNOME.
> >
> > To achieve this I merged the required packages in guix
> > (https://issues.guix.gnu.org/57902 and
> > https://issues.guix.gnu.org/57871) and thanks to the jailbreaking community
> > i can use Checkm8 exploit
> > (https://github.com/axi0mX/ipwndfu) to get full write access to the device
> > and unlock the bootloader to
> > boot unsigned OS and linux-libre seems to have all required drivers to run
> > on the device, see the current
> > progress in https://git.dotya.ml/kreyren/kreyren/issues/30
> >
> > The issue is that i can't get libusbmuxd (the daemon used to communicate
> > with iDevices from Linux) to
> > work on GNU Guix likely due to a configuration error in guix to perform the
> > exploit and install guix, can
> > someone help?
> > https://github.com/libimobiledevice/ideviceinstaller/issues/147
> >
> > Any relevant info on how to get iPad 2 or other iDevices to work with GNU
> > Guix also appreciated.
> >
> > -- Jacob "Kreyren" Hrbek
>
>
> Not a real answer, but have you tried contacting projects like
> postmarketOS? They have much more experience with this sort of thing
> and might be able to help with configuration issues.