Apple iPhone 6 (apple-iphone6)
 | |
| Manufacturer | Apple |
|---|---|
| Name | iPhone 6 |
| Codename | apple-iphone6 |
| Released | 2014 |
| Type | handset |
| Hardware | |
| Chipset | Apple A8 |
| CPU | 1.4 GHz dual core 64-bit ARMv8 |
| GPU | PowerVR GX6450 |
| Display | 750 x 1334 (IPS LCD, 4.7") |
| Storage | 16, 32, 64, 128 GB |
| Memory | 1 GB |
| Architecture | aarch64 |
| Software | |
| Original software | iOS |
| Original version | 8 |
| postmarketOS | |
| Category | testing |
| Pre-built images | no |
| Mainline | partial |
| Flashing | |
|---|---|
| USB Networking |
Works |
| Internal storage | |
| SD card | |
| Battery | |
| Screen |
Partial |
| Touchscreen |
Broken |
| Multimedia | |
| 3D Acceleration | |
| Audio | |
| Camera | |
| Camera Flash | |
| Connectivity | |
| WiFi | |
| Bluetooth | |
| GPS | |
| NFC | |
| Modem | |
| Calls | |
| SMS | |
| Mobile data | |
| Miscellaneous | |
| FDE | |
| USB OTG | |
| HDMI/DP | |
| Sensors | |
| Accelerometer | |
| Magnetometer | |
| Ambient Light | |
| Proximity | |
| Hall Effect | |
| Haptics | |
| Barometer | |
Contributors
Maintainer(s)
Users owning this device
- Alexander (Notes: Works!, battery sucks)
- AlinTriesPorting (Notes: Water damage, does not turn on (something on the board has gone bad), screen broken and no home button, iOS 12.4.8)
- Arthurlutz (Notes: doesn't turn on, possible hardware problem)
- Asutoshvariar (Notes: Fully working, grey, 64GB, 12.5.5, jailbroken using checkra1n)
- BlackEyedSquid (Notes: 16GB, old battery, iOS 12.5.x; 64GB, iOS 11)
- ByteXD23! (Notes: 16gb, rose variant, jailbroken, broken screen protector, literally an original battery from 1982💀)
- ByteXD23! (Notes: 64gb, space grey variant, can only be charged at unstable voltage(car charging port))
- Chmod-rwx (Notes: Dead battery and iCloud locked but boots)
- Choc
- Clygro (Notes: 16GB iOS 8.4, 64GB iOS 11.2.6, low battery capacity)
- Jja2000
- Kevinwidjaja21 (Notes: Jailbroken with checkra1n.)
- Map220v (Notes: Jailbroken)
- Ungeskriptet (Notes: Jailbroken)
Mainline
A mainline fork for this device is available here with further instructions here. Basic functionality (SSH and USB internet) with the "none" user interface has been achieved with a netbooted postmarketOS.
Flashing
You can't currently flash via pmbootstrap, but the kernel can be booted via konradybcio/PongoOS.
Follow this guide to get the starting pieces up and running. If you run into errors compiling pongoOS, remove -Werror from the Makefile's EMBEDDED_CC_FLAGS. Stop after obtaining the dtbpack.
Now, we're going to use pmbootstrap (install it if you haven't already).
Run pmbootstrap init to get ready. Use "apple" for the vendor name and "iphone6" for the device name.
When choosing a username and password, write them down. They will be important later.
Choose "none" for the user interface. Do not change the presented options. Device hostname doesn't matter, so select whatever you'd like.
Now, run
$ pmbootstrap install
$ pmbootstrap initfs hook_add netboot
$ pmbootstrap export
to retrieve the rootfs and initramfs.
Now, go back to the pongoOS directory and run:
# python3 scripts/load_linux.py -k {path to linux-apple}/arch/arm64/boot/Image.lzma -d {path to linux-apple}/dtbpack -r /tmp/postmarketOS-export/initramfs
If all goes well, you should now see the Waiting for netboot image screen.
To serve the image, run
$ pmbootstrap netboot serve
If you see a tty and a login screen, that means pmOS is working.
Now's when we use the username and password we set.
Do:
$ ssh {username}@172.16.42.1 # Enter the password when prompted
Connecting to the internet over USB is recommended.