Fixing Youtube on a fake-activated iPhone

Step 1

Download this zip, and unzip it somewhere.

Step 2

Get your activated iPhone ready, and connect to it via SCP or SFTP or whatever you have that lets you access the file system.

Tip: iNdependence is a wonderful program for the Mac that can install SFTP in one click. I recommend this, and Transmit to connect to the SFTP on the iPhone (remember, user “root”, password “dottie”.)

Step 3

Navigate to /var/root/Library/Lockdown on the phone, and upload those three files you unzipped. Overwrite the stuff on the phone.

Tip: Paranoiacs always back up.

Step 4

Navigate to /var/root/Library/Lockdown/activation_records. See that long numbered plist file that looks like “88921140141031443517.plist” or something? The name varies, but you’ll see it. Open it up in your favourite text editor.

Step 5

Find this bit.

Illustration of the bit you need to select

Select what I have selected there.. the <data></data> bit under DeviceCertificate.

Step 6

Replace that bit with the following:

<data>
        LS0tLS1CRUdJTiBDRVJUSUZJQ0FURS0tLS0tCk1JSURQekNDQXFpZ0F3SUJBZ0lLQTRC
        UllCOVBRUms3NlRBTkJna3Foa2lHOXcwQkFRc0ZBREJhTVFzd0NRWUQKVlFRR0V3SlZV
        ekVUTUJFR0ExVUVDaE1LUVhCd2JHVWdTVzVqTGpFVk1CTUdBMVVFQ3hNTVFYQndiR1Vn
        YVZCbwpiMjVsTVI4d0hRWURWUVFERXhaQmNIQnNaU0JwVUdodmJtVWdSR1YyYVdObElF
        TkJNQjRYRFRBM01EY3dOekl6Ck1EZ3dNMW9YRFRFd01EY3dOekl6TURnd00xb3dnWWN4
        TVRBdkJnTlZCQU1US0RNNE5URmhOamRqT0dFM01ETTMKTnpjek9HWXhOVEJsTTJGaFlU
        WTJOV1U1TkRFNU5tUXpOekV4Q3pBSkJnTlZCQVlUQWxWVE1Rc3dDUVlEVlFRSQpFd0pE
        UVRFU01CQUdBMVVFQnhNSlEzVndaWEowYVc1dk1STXdFUVlEVlFRS0V3cEJjSEJzWlNC
        SmJtTXVNUTh3CkRRWURWUVFMRXdacFVHaHZibVV3Z1o4d0RRWUpLb1pJaHZjTkFRRUJC
        UUFEZ1kwQU1JR0pBb0dCQU9XTEIxejYKMEI0M0l3SVRudFFNS0JacW51YmkxSjR4cnJO
        SmtvWC9GUmtjS1NoemQwZnBTRXplNi9ZcTE2ZDVjaTg1dUt0agpUSnRHRFpjcTltaFlt
        TWc2anZUelB4b3g1Z09ib0h1NGFVeGNlZ2NHUDhtRFpUcjdPM21rZU1rV0RRVkd2Z3NL
        CkwwdWE0WGJZVXdiYnB6aFJTN041aWZERXJSWUt3UlljWXovVkFnTUJBQUdqZ2Qwd2dk
        b3dnWUlHQTFVZEl3UjcKTUhtQUZMTCtJU05FaHBWcWVkV0JKbzV6RU5pblRJNTBvVjZr
        WERCYU1Rc3dDUVlEVlFRR0V3SlZVekVUTUJFRwpBMVVFQ2hNS1FYQndiR1VnU1c1akxq
        RVZNQk1HQTFVRUN4TU1RWEJ3YkdVZ2FWQm9iMjVsTVI4d0hRWURWUVFECkV4WkJjSEJz
        WlNCcFVHaHZibVVnUkdWMmFXTmxJRU5CZ2dFQk1CMEdBMVVkRGdRV0JCVHBsVTJrZE5z
        eFpFbmEKTXFUSnVaVWdaQzM1WHpBTUJnTlZIUk1CQWY4RUFqQUFNQTRHQTFVZER3RUIv
        d1FFQXdJRm9EQVdCZ05WSFNVQgpBZjhFRERBS0JnZ3JCZ0VGQlFjREFUQU5CZ2txaGtp
        Rzl3MEJBUXNGQUFPQmdRQ3FjbVNyTnFnWldGdkZJYzluCkNwMktacUVRK0ozdTNLS2h4
        ZUwzR05KZ2twS3JQa3R3RC8rRGhIMlFDRUNtRUNMNTI0MHVLWGkvTzFlZjZZMkIKWjM4
        SVFuOHVoci9oYkRXUWFpV1o2OFhQWUEvTzRFZ3lKMHp6cmlzMks3UzBPSG9vTm1uZVow
        cEVMMElib2ZaOApKRjhHbjRaK0I2dHR6MEtQSDdJWTJ3LzRYZz09Ci0tLS0tRU5EIENF
        UlRJRklDQVRFLS0tLS0K
</data>

Save the file back onto the phone. Just make that modification to the phone’s file, upload it to the phone.

Step 7

Reboot the iPhone — you’re done, and can watch Chocolate Rain ten times a day.

By SuitCase (Email link), 3rd of September, 2007.