* fix: prefer project venv Python for patchers
* add: VM backup, restore, and switch support
Named backups via rsync --sparse for efficient sparse disk handling.
- vm_backup.sh: save current VM as a named backup to vm.backups/
- vm_restore.sh: restore a named backup into vm/
- vm_switch.sh: save current + restore target in one step
- Makefile targets: vm_backup, vm_restore, vm_switch, vm_list
- Documentation added to all READMEs (EN, ZH, KO, JA)
Closes#204
Made-with: Cursor
Run SwiftFormat on firmware patcher
Remove legacy Python firmware patchers
Fix compare pipeline pyimg4 PATH handling
Restore Python patchers and prefer fresh restore
Update BinaryBuffer.swift
Avoid double scanning in patcher apply
Prefer Python TXM site before fallback
Retarget TXM trustcache finder for 26.1
Remove legacy Python firmware patchers
Fail fast on nested virtualization hosts
Return nonzero on fatal boot startup
Add amfidont helper for signed boot binary
Stage AMFI boot args for next host reboot
Add host preflight for boot entitlements
Fail fast when boot entitlements are unavailable
Switch firmware patch targets to Swift CLI
Record real Swift firmware parity results
Verify Swift firmware pipeline end-to-end parity
Fix Swift firmware pipeline JB dry-run
* fix: build
* fix: remove [trusted=yes] from Havoc apt source
The inline [trusted=yes] option can cause issues with Sileo's
source parser. The apt-get calls already use AllowUnauthenticated
flags, making it redundant.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
* fix: main actor crash in VPhoneControl + IPA extraction failures
VPhoneControl: pending request handlers are @MainActor-isolated closures
but were called from DispatchQueue.global() in the read loop and timeout
handler, causing dispatch_assert_queue_fail crashes. Wrap all
pending.handler() calls in DispatchQueue.main.async.
unarchive: the recent ARCHIVE_EXTRACT_SECURE_* hardening (ef02d50) broke
IPA extraction on iOS because:
- SECURE_NOABSOLUTEPATHS: we set absolute output paths on entries
- SECURE_SYMLINKS: iOS system paths (/var, /tmp) are symlinks
- archive_write_header failures were silently swallowed due to if/else if
structure, making extraction report success with no files extracted
Fix by keeping only SECURE_NODOTDOT, resolving symlinks in extraction
path, fixing header error handling, removing unnecessary ACL/FFLAGS
flags, and surfacing libarchive errors in the install response.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
* remove dropbear SSH daemon from guest
Drop all dropbear setup: LaunchDaemon plist injection, host key
generation, daemon deployment, and SSH availability messages.
Guest communication is handled by vphoned over vsock.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
* feat: liblaunch compat stub + automatic JB first-boot setup
liblaunch_compat.dylib: stub exporting _launch_active_user_switch
(missing from PCC VM's libSystem.B.dylib) so procursus binaries
like launchctl can load. Deployed to /cores/, loaded via
DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES in LaunchDaemon environment and JB profile.
vphone_jb_setup.sh: first-boot script replacing the SSH-based
cfw_install_jb_post.sh. Runs as a LaunchDaemon on first normal
boot and performs all JB finalization: /var/jb symlink,
prep_bootstrap, markers, Sileo, apt setup, TrollStore Lite.
Idempotent with done marker. Logs to /var/log/vphone_jb_setup.log.
Removes the cfw_install_jb_finalize make target and the entire
SSH/iproxy/sshpass-based post-boot flow from setup_machine.sh.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
* chore: update AGENTS.md firmware table, gitignore build artifacts
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
* fix: launchctl wrapper uses absolute path + timeout to prevent hangs
- Use absolute path to launchctl.real instead of relative dirname,
fixing "not found" when called via /var/jb/bin/launchctl symlink
- Add 5s timeout so launchctl doesn't hang when launchd is
unresponsive on PCC VMs — always exits 0 for dpkg postinst compat
- Symlink /var/jb/bin/launchctl -> /var/jb/usr/bin/launchctl so both
paths work (openssh postinst uses the /bin/ path)
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
* fix: replace liblaunch_compat dylib stub with iosbinpack64 launchctl symlink
Procursus launchctl crashes on PCC VMs due to missing
_launch_active_user_switch symbol. Rather than a custom dylib stub,
simply symlink iosbinpack64's launchctl into /var/jb — it talks to
launchd fine and always exits 0, which is all dpkg scripts need.
- Remove liblaunch_compat.c, its build target, signing, and deployment
- Remove DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES from setup script and plist
- Replace launchctl wrapper with symlinks to /iosbinpack64/bin/launchctl
- Both /var/jb/usr/bin/launchctl and /var/jb/bin/launchctl are covered
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Add git-lfs to brew deps and document git lfs install/pull steps
in both English and Chinese READMEs
- Fix continuation line alignment in make help (off by one)
- Add missing blank line before VM management section
Add jailbreak extension patchers and targets:
- kernel_jb.py: 22 dynamic kernel patches (trustcache, execve cs_flags,
sandbox ops, task/VM, kcall10 syscall hook, ~160 total modifications)
- txm_jb.py: 13 TXM patches (CS validation, get-task-allow, debugger
entitlement, dev mode bypass)
- iboot_jb.py: iBSS nonce generation skip
- cfw.py: launchd jetsam patch, dylib injection commands
- fw_patch_jb.py: orchestrator running base + JB extension patches
- cfw_install_jb.sh: JB install phases (launchd jetsam fix, procursus
bootstrap + Sileo deployment)
3 kernel patches still WIP (nvram_verify_permission, thid_should_crash,
hook_cred_label_update_execve) — strategies documented in
researchs/kernel_jb_remaining_patches.md.
All base (non-JB) code paths verified unaffected — kernel.py produces
identical 25 patches, cfw.py base commands unchanged.
Add Linux venv setup script; tweak Makefile help
Add scripts/setup_venv_linux.sh to create a Python virtualenv on Debian/Ubuntu (or dnf-based) systems, install system packages and Python requirements, and verify core imports (capstone, keystone, pyimg4). Also update Makefile help text to mark the fw_patch_jb target as WIP. This simplifies local development setup on Linux and clarifies that the JB extension patches are a work in progress.
Update AGENTS.md: mark cfw_install_jb.sh as complete
Update README.md
Add Simplified Chinese README and link
Add README_zh-Hans.md containing a full Simplified Chinese translation of the project README and update README.md to include a link/badge to the new Chinese README. This makes the documentation accessible to zh-Hans readers.
Introduce a new vphone virtual iPhone project:
- Add VPhoneObjC (.m/.h) providing Objective-C wrappers around private Virtualization.framework APIs (PV=3 hardware model creation, bootloader ROM setting, NVRAM helpers, PL011 serial port, SEP coprocessor, debug/panic devices, and production-mode toggle).
- Add Swift CLI and VM implementation (VPhoneCLI.swift, VPhoneVM.swift, VPhoneHardwareModel.swift) to configure and boot a PV=3 VM, capture serial console, start in DFU, and manage SEP/storage. Includes validation and minimal device config (graphics, storage, networking).
- Add helper scripts (build_and_sign.sh, boot.sh, boot_dfu.sh) to build, codesign with entitlements, and launch the VM.
- Add vphone.entitlements enabling the required private virtualization entitlements.
Notes: this targets macOS 15+ and requires appropriate entitlements and disabled SIP/AMFI to use private virtualization APIs.
Create .gitignore
Update README.md
Update README.md
Update README.md
README: add demo image and fix formatting
Add demo.png and embed it in the README; clean up markdown and code snippet formatting, remove stray backticks/bold markers, normalize list bullets, fix a resource path (vrevm), tidy whitespace/trailing chars, and add an Acknowledgements section. These changes improve readability and correctness of the setup instructions.
Create LICENSE
Create README.md
Add Package.swift; use interactive serial console
Add a Swift Package manifest for vphone-cli (macOS v14) with targets VPhoneObjC and vphone-cli, dependency on swift-argument-parser, and necessary linker/swift settings. Modify VPhoneVM to remove the intermediate Pipe-based serial capture: attach the PL011 serial port directly to FileHandle.standardInput/standardOutput for an interactive console, remove the readabilityHandler-based console capture and related plumbing, and update log/print messages accordingly.
Add CFW installer and patching tools
Add scripts and input archive to install a custom firmware (CFW) on vphone via an SSH ramdisk. Includes:
- Scripts/install_cfw.sh: zsh installer that extracts Cryptex DMGs from a restore, mounts device filesystems, copies Cryptexes, installs GPU driver and iosbinpack64, patches system binaries, injects LaunchDaemons and configures persistent SSH/VNC. Idempotent, caches decrypted DMGs and signs patched binaries with provided tools.
- Scripts/patch_cfw.py: Python tool using capstone/keystone to locate and patch binaries (seputil, launchd_cache_loader, mobileactivationd), parse BuildManifest for Cryptex paths, and inject daemon plists.
- Scripts/cfw_input.tar.zst: bundled input resources (Cryptexs, daemons, signing cert, and helper tools).
The installer requires ipsw, aea, python3 with capstone/keystone-engine and is designed to be safe to re-run. Intended to automate CFW deployment and runtime patches on the target device.
Add ramdisk build and deployment scripts
Add Scripts/build_ramdisk.py to build a signed SSH ramdisk for vphone600 from a patched restore set: it extracts firmware components, patches iBEC boot-args, repacks/signs IM4P/IMG4 artifacts (iBSS, iBEC, TXM, kernel, DeviceTree, SEP, trustcache, ramdisk) using an IM4M from an SHSH blob. Include a prepackaged ramdisk_input.tar.zst with tooling/resources and a helper Scripts/ramdisk_send.sh to load the generated IMG4 files to a device via irecovery in the correct order. The Python script expects firmware patched by patch_firmware.py and requires keystone-engine, capstone, pyimg4, and the pyimg4 CLI; usage and temp/output directories are documented at the top of the script.
Add firmware prepare and patch scripts
Add two tools for building and modifying a hybrid restore image for vphone600:
Scripts/prepare_firmware.sh
- Bash helper to download an iPhone IPSW and a cloudOS IPSW, extract them, merge cloudOS boot components into the iPhone restore directory, and generate hybrid BuildManifest.plist and Restore.plist tailored for vresearch101/vphone600 use-cases.
- Produces a ready Restore directory. Usage: ./prepare_firmware.sh [iphone_ipsw_url] [cloudos_url]
Scripts/patch_firmware.py
- Python tool that runs after prepare_firmware.sh to patch boot-chain components (AVPBooter, iBSS, iBEC, LLB, TXM, kernelcache).
- Auto-detects IM4P vs raw payloads, supports recompressing/repacking IM4P (preserving PAYP metadata when required), and applies a variety of binary patches (image4 callback bypass, serial labels, boot-args injection, trustcache/ DGST bypasses, many kernelcache fixes).
- Implements assembler/disassembler helpers (keystone/capstone) and multiple heuristics for locating patch sites.
- Usage: python3 patch_firmware.py [vm_directory]
- Dependencies: keystone-engine, capstone, pyimg4 (pip install keystone-engine capstone pyimg4)
These scripts automate preparing a hybrid restore and applying the required boot-chain patches for research devices.
Update demo.png
Create boot_sweet.sh
Add multi-touch support and VM window
Enable multi-touch input and a GUI VM window: add ObjC helpers to configure a _VZUSBTouchScreenConfiguration, create _VZTouch objects via KVC (workaround for init crash), build _VZMultiTouchEvent instances, and send/get multi-touch devices. Expose these APIs in the VPhoneObjC header and invoke VPhoneConfigureMultiTouch from VPhoneVM before VM start. Add a VPhoneVMWindow implementing a touch-enabled VZVirtualMachineView that maps mouse/right-click/drag events to multi-touch phases (with edge detection for swipe aim) and a window controller to show the VM. Also update the CLI to present the window in GUI mode.
