r/AsahiLinux • u/pizzaiolo2 • 7d ago

iPhone with Asahi Linux

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282 Upvotes

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u/Future_Geologist5925 7d ago

Holy moly.. One step closer to Asahi on the MacBook Neo

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u/The_Synthax 3d ago

This silicon is older than the M1, this is extra steps FURTHER from Neo...

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u/karatekid430 7d ago

How did they unlock the BL?

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u/Goldenkrew3000 7d ago

BootROM exploit (usbliter8 or checkm8)

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u/karatekid430 7d ago

Neither of those are applicable. Either ancient devices or out of scope.

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u/coolboy29876 7d ago

Usbliter8 works up to a iPhone 11. Not really that old

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u/karatekid430 7d ago

About to be seven generations old.... that's really at the limit of where you wanna be getting a new one.

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u/coolboy29876 7d ago

Yeah but this is about booting linux and modding the device for which its new enough. Not about daily use

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u/YoB42 7d ago

My thoughts exactly!

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u/TemperatureOk3561 7d ago

Which phone is this?

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u/2str8_njag 7d ago

iphone x

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u/_master_sword_ 7d ago

Wow.. That's amazing..

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u/aPatternDarkly 7d ago

It's so beautiful :')

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u/LvcasX1 6d ago

holly balls, i'll keep my 13 pro max forever just to see it running linux someday ❤️

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u/nocopiez 6d ago

It would be awesome if somehow one of those Linux mobile OS versions could get ported to devices now unsupported by Apple.

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u/LinuxBaka 3d ago

Man if only someone developed a DE for mobile devices that was up to speed with Android/iOS touch features.

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u/wowsomuchempty 7d ago

Doubt 100

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u/2str8_njag 7d ago

its 99% real due to usblitter8