Apple iPhone 7/7+ (apple-iphone7)
A mainline fork for this device is available here with further instructions here. Still needs to be tested and ported to postmarketOS.
These two devices can boot Android (via Project Sandcastle) so a postmarketOS port could be possible once flash storage drivers are added.
 The iPhone 7, Booting PostmarketOS | |
| Manufacturer | Apple |
|---|---|
| Name |
iPhone 7/ 7 plus |
| Codename | apple-iphone7 |
| Released | 2016 |
| Type | handset |
| Hardware | |
| Chipset | Apple A10 Fusion |
| CPU | 2.34GHz quad-core 64-bit |
| GPU | Custom PowerVR GT7600 Plus (6 core) |
| Display | 1334×750 (326 ppi) (iPhone 7) 1920x1080 (401 ppi) (iPhone 7+) |
| Storage | 32, 128, 256 GB |
| Memory | 2 GB (iPhone 7) 3 GB (iPhone 7+) |
| Architecture | aarch64 |
| Software | |
| Original software | iOS |
| Original version | 10.0.1 |
| postmarketOS | |
| Category | testing |
| Pre-built images | no |
| Mainline | no |
| postmarketOS kernel | 5.4.12 |
| Flashing |
Partial |
|---|---|
| USB Networking | |
| Internal storage | |
| SD card | |
| Battery | |
| Screen |
Works |
| Touchscreen | |
| Multimedia | |
| 3D Acceleration | |
| Audio | |
| Camera | |
| Camera Flash | |
| Connectivity | |
| WiFi | |
| Bluetooth | |
| GPS | |
| NFC | |
| Modem | |
| Calls | |
| SMS | |
| Mobile data | |
| Miscellaneous | |
| FDE | |
| USB OTG |
Partial |
| HDMI/DP | |
| Sensors | |
| Accelerometer | |
| Magnetometer | |
| Ambient Light | |
| Proximity | |
| Hall Effect | |
| Haptics | |
| Barometer | |
Contributors
Users owning this device
- Aslantis (Notes: ios 13)
- BlackEyedSquid (Notes: 32GB, display cable ripped)
- Dolphinana (Notes: iOS 15 :( waiting for checkra1n to become libre)
- Lost-Entrepreneur439 (Notes: Working, cracked screen, jailbroken with palera1n.)
- Meowking (Notes: Backup device, Touch sometimes doesn't work, ios15.7.3)
- Owen
- Thekingkerellos (Notes: Tethered downgraded to ios 10.3 and its nice)
- Ungeskriptet (Notes: 1x Broken microphone, 1x No battery)
How to enter flash mode
No proper flash mode, but kernel can be booted via checkra1n/PongoOS.
First you have to enter DFU mode.
- Power off your phone and connect it to your computer via USB
- Hold down Volume Down + Power for 8 seconds
- Release Power and keep holding Volume Down for another 10 seconds
The screen should stay blank if everything went good.
To enter PongoOS, from where we can load the Linux kernel, run following command on the host machine:
$ ./checkra1n -cpE
PongoOS will start booting and printing messages on the screen.
Installation
There is a manual method described in this blog post.
After this pull request is merged, one could possibly boot the kernel by just running
$ pmbootstrap flasher boot
See also
- Project Sandcastle provides the basic Linux port to Apple silicon
- pmaports!2289 Initial merge request
- Device package
- Kernel package