Hacktivation

Hacktivation is the process of activating an iPhone without a valid SIM card inserted. This is especially useful for the old iPhones that require a SIM card in order to activate the device.

In Legacy iOS Kit, there are two methods for hacktivation. It is required for the device to be jailbroken and/or restored, depending on the method used.

Support

• Legacy iOS Kit can hacktivate iPhone 2G/3G/3GS/4 and iPad 1
• iOS versions 3.0 to 7.1.2 are supported.
• For the iPad 1, 3.2.x is not supported.
  • If you can, instead of hacktivation, remove the cellular card inside the device to turn the iPad into WiFi-only. It should then activate normally

Custom IPSW Method

This is the method that sn0wbreeze uses when hacktivating devices.

This method can be used by going to Restore/Downgrade, selecting your preferred iOS version, and enable both Jailbreak Option and Hacktivate Option.

This method of hacktivation is only available for iPhone 2G, 3G, and 3GS devices.

Jailbreak Method

This method requires the device to be jailbroken with OpenSSH installed, or restored with the Jailbreak Option enabled, which automatically installs OpenSSH.

This hacktivation method is available for all supported devices.

1. If the device is not yet jailbroken, start by jailbreaking it using the Jailbreak Device option from the main menu.
2. Once the jailbreak is complete and the device reboots back to normal mode, go to Useful Utilities -> Hacktivate Device.