Experience in Bypassing iPad Activation Lock for Apple Tablet Activation

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In the process of unlocking the iPad’s activation lock and bypassing the iPad activation verification, I encountered issues with an already jailbroken iPad on iOS 12, leading to activation failure as well as unlocking the power-on screen lock password.

After a three-day journey: I encountered an old iPad Air that had not been used for a long time and had forgotten the password. After multiple attempts, it got locked. According to customer service and online resources, I learned that it could be resolved via flashing, jailbreaking, and unlocking. Here are the specific steps:

Next, I plan to turn it into an electronic album.

Significance

Unlocking the iPad’s activation lock, bypassing the iPad’s activation verification, and addressing issues with an already jailbroken iPad on iOS 12 resulting in activation failure, as well as unlocking the power-on screen lock password.

Tool Downloads

  1. Download from the cloud Tai Chi Activation Tool V7.8.dmg
    If the 123 cloud address is unavailable, you can contact me (though the tool alone won’t be of use).
  2. Consider purchasing from a buyer, activation tool registration, corresponding to the iPad’s ECID.
    I have to mention my own attempted tool iFRPFile All In One v2.8.6, which caused my Windows virtual machine some trouble. I couldn’t meet its requirements, installing iTunes and a specific version of .NET Framework, all to no avail. I’m quite disappointed.

Implementation Process

My iPad Air A1474 has already been successfully jailbroken, using the software as shown in the screenshot (upper-right corner)
The old information of the iPad Air is captured in the screenshot in the lower-left corner.
That’s a screenshot; the i4 assistant tool is in Windows.

Currently, it’s activation failure

The iPad is already connected to this MAC Apple computer via USB, as indicated in the upper right corner: Normal mode

Can you help me activate it? (I tried the activation tool but was unsuccessful). Thank you

If you need to transfer files, can you use wx?

I successfully jailbroke it before. Do you need to access the source code of this tool? Please wait a moment. You want to jailbreak it
Wait a moment, I’ll jailbreak it again; it’ll be quick, just a little longer. Yesterday, that’s how I successfully jailbroke it.

I just can’t activate it; stuck on the ‘Hello’ activation step, for my own iPad, and I have an iCloud account.

Expert: Modified some underlying data
Me: - I don’t understand. I bought it in 2015, it sat unused for a long time. I forgot the lock screen password, and recently I wanted to take it out for my child to play with. After multiple failed attempts, it ended up like this (forced to jailbreak and then unlock). Currently stuck at the ‘activation’ step. (I have tried various methods, and it’s not successful, don’t know where the problem is, also have Windows tools) Please help me activate it.
Previously, I could use it normally, but it was sitting in a drawer collecting dust (purchased in 2015). It had been tampered with, which I didn’t know before. Now I can’t reach the merchant anymore :( What should I do? Activation

……(remote assistance in progress)……

It’s done! You’re amazing!!!
Question: Do I need to register the ECID somewhere?
Answer: Confirm the delivery on Idle Fish.
Question: Alright, no problem, could you answer my other question?
Answer: This is the activation tool registration
Understood! In the future, how do I download apps, use other markets? Such as
Built-in software
Do I need to use my original iCloud account?
Answer: Try logging into the id store.
Disconnected remotely

Question: Thanks, how do I install the Synology photo app?
Log in failed, unable to verify
How can I install the Synology photo app?

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How does the id store work?? I don't understand

Electronic Album iPad

Electronic Album Hardware

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Testing the power-on password; 
    Failed attempts 
        Flashing 
            Flashing failed 
        Successful Flashing on Mac
        Sign in, unable to activate the iPad because it cannot connect to the activation server

Successful jailbreak (Checkra1n tool)
Next step: Bypass activation icloudbypass? (Ultimately failed)

Fix Error code -31, -20 Checkra1n
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1J6CXgPAT0&t=309s

[Windows] One click Bypass iCloud IOS 13.3 - 13.5 fix hang on logo, fix iTunes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPFZ3GIaVHA&list=PLOdANL4wTocRWdhMLhiLWqSwuFul70Q6W&index=10          
(Ultimately failed)

NAS Enable Services for iPad to Access Photos, Audio, and Video

After the successful jailbreak and bypass, the next step was to install Synology’s APP to access photos, music, and videos in the NAS. I found that the latest version of the Synology Photos APP required a higher IOS version, while my iPad Air only had IOS 12. Other lower versions that could be installed: DS Photo and Moments, did not match the Synology 918 software. A tricky situation; I could only rely on the latest live knowledge, such as nPlayer, which could access the NAS using common protocols: Web dav, SMB, AFP, FTP, SFTP, and more, Previously, I ended up enabling NAS’s SFTP, which is only used for playback within the local area network, and it still required blocking the iPad’s internet access.

Closing iPad’s External Network Access, Restricting External Network

You may add a rule in iptables
Option 2: Use the Internet Time Control, set the client’s time to disable internet access
http://192.168.6.1/cgi-bin/luci/admin/services/mia
In fact, enabling Internet access control for the iPad has caused it not to be able to connect to the local area network’s NAS server, an embarrassing situation.
Option 3: add a rule in the firewall rules
Want to set the iPad to drop external network packets, but now all local to the external network data is being dropped, causing all devices to lose internet access
Solution: Execute this command in the terminal:
iptables -L OUTPUT
There is a rule to drop all data packets inside, use -F below to delete
iptables -F
Restart OpenWrt, ineffective
Question: Is this iptables -F effective in real-time? Or do services need to be restarted?
Option 4: The Firewall UI interfaces submit changes to backend files
Found a solution: /etc/config/firewall
After modification, it must be enforced in this way: /etc/init.d/firewall reload
Successfully resolved
The inspiration came from searching: which file does the OpenWrt firewall configuration page modify

How to shut down iPad’s external network access?

Firewall - Custom Rules
This custom rule allows you to execute any iptables command that does not belong to the firewall framework. These commands are executed immediately after the default rules run when the firewall is restarted.

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1. iptables -I FORWARD  -m mac --mac-source C8:F6:50:B7:@@:@@ -j DROP
2. After modification, it must be enforced in this way: /etc/init.d/firewall reload

If you want to temporarily enable internet access, you just need to enter another command:

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iptables -D FORWARD  -m mac --mac-source C8:F6:50:B7:@@:@@ -j DROP

How to Watch IPTV Live Broadcasts on iPad

  1. Use Cloud Stream IPTV Player on the iPad or ISO devices, downloaded from the Apple Store
  2. Add a local area network multicast program list, or a multicast-to-unicast HTTP program list.
    1. This is an M3U file URL address, you can first place the M3U file in a location on the NAS or OP that is accessible via HTTP
    2. Then input the local area network M3U address and name (fill in as desired) into the Cloud Stream IPTV Player, such as the address of the uploaded local m3u: http://192.168.6.116:8200/unicom-LOCAL.m3u
    3. For specific ways to obtain a local area network multicast program list, see: Capturing CCTV and Mobile TV IPTV Multicast Data - Playing Multicast IPTV Data Sources
  3. After successfully adding, you can click on the corresponding TV channel program to watch (much better than nPlayer)