How to bypass iCloud Locked iPhone and iPad

Brandon the PC Guy
3 min readAug 9, 2020

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Well, Here is how we can turn this:

Activation Locked iPhone X Series

into this:

iOS 13

You are going to need the following:

Mac Users

Windows Users

Method (Mac):

  1. Make sure you have everything downloaded (Sliver and checkra1n should be in your Applications folder)
  2. Open checkra1n
  3. (iOS 13.6 and possibly 12.4.8 only) Go to options and check Allow Untested iOS Versions
  4. Jailbreak your device by following the steps shown on screen
  5. Open Terminal
  6. Type the following command: sudo chmod -R 755 /Applications/Sliver.app/Contents/Resources
  7. Then Open Sliver and choose Other Options and then Choose Bypass iOS 13.x.x or Bypass iOS 12.4.7 (If you have a device with 12.4.7 or 12.4.8)
  8. Click Relay Device Info. Then Click Make it Ra1n! (Make sure you are on the activation lock screen by this point)
  9. Once it has finished you should get a pop up saying that it was successful
  10. Back out from the Activation Lock screen and stay on the It will take a few minutes to activate your iPhone screen. Eventually you will be kicked out to the home screen.
  11. Enjoy your iPhone!

Method (Windows):

  1. Open Rufus (Make sure your USB Flash Drive is plugged in)
  2. Choose the button titled “SELECT”
  3. Select your bootra1n ISO file
  4. Then click Start and let the process finish
  5. Once its done, reboot your PC, When the screen goes black, spam the key that will bring you into the boot menu (F8, F12, etc)
  6. Select your USB
  7. Choose Bootra1n when in the boot menu, eventually it will open checkra1n automatically
  8. (iOS 13.6 and possibly 12.4.8 only) Go to options and check Allow Untested iOS Versions
  9. Jailbreak your device by following the steps shown on screen
  10. Reboot back into Windows and Extract the contents of the Sliver.zip to a folder anywhere titled “iCloud Bypass”
  11. Open the .exe file inside the folder
  12. Select Bypass iOS 12.4.7 (Also works on 12.4.8 and 13.6. Also, Make sure you are on the activation lock screen by this point)
  13. You will get a pop up saying it was successful.
  14. Back out from the Activation Lock screen and stay on the It will take a few minutes to activate your iPhone screen. Eventually you will be kicked out to the home screen.
  15. Enjoy!

Credits:

Apple Tech 752 — Sliver Tool for iCloud Bypass (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6a6XlCSXVetOSKjcpyA8CQ)

Checkra1n team — Checkra1n Jailbreak (checkra.in)

Foxlet — Bootra1n for Checkra1n Windows (https://github.com/foxlet)

After a reboot you will be brought back into the Activation Lock Screen. But there is a workaround that i will write about later.

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