Monday, January 22, 2024

How to load SSH Ramdisk for 64bit iOS devices with ra1ntool

 

ra1ntool is a utility application for macOS made to boot untrusted bootchain on an iOS device. It is only possible due to a bootrom exploit, and signature check patch, so loading patched bootchain files is not verified.

 

Requirements

  • macOS (Currently only intel based mac computer supported)

 

Supported iOS: 13-15

Supported devices: A7 - A11

 

Get the latest version of ra1ntool

 
 

Installing ra1ntool

To install ra1ntool on macOS double-click the downloaded .dmg file, it will open a new window has shown in the image below, then drag and drop ra1ntool.app into /Applications shortcut.

 



Once the transfer is done, double-click /Applications, find ra1ntool app and double-click again to open ra1ntool.

 


Optional: Close all opened finder windows, and eject the mounted .dmg


Loading the SSH Ramdisk

  • Make sure the computer is connected to the Internet.
  • Now start by connecting a device via USB cable and entering DFU Mode.
  • More about DFU Mode at theiphonewiki.com wiki

 

In the app click SSH Ramdisk button, ra1ntool does all the loading automatically after the button is clicked, it might take a minute for the device to boot. PS: OK message should be displayed on the verbose boot screen.

ra1ntool has been tested on macOS 10.15 Catalina for iPhone9,3 (A10)


Connecting via SSH

To connect to a iOS device booted with SSH Ramdisk simply use your favorite Terminal,

use port 2222 and password alpine for the connection.

 

 

ra1ntool is made possible thanks to:
 
credits:
all credits from SSH-Ramdisk Maker and Loader
@Ralph0045 /Kernel64Patcher
@tihmstar /partialZipBrowser /iBoot64Patcher /tsschecker
@0x7ff /gaster


 

 

 

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