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A9X / iOS 14.5: Detected corrupted kerninfo

Open mystrain opened this issue 3 years ago • 136 comments

Tell us about your setup:

  1. What iDevice are you using?

Ipad Pro 1st gen

  1. On what version of iOS is it?

iOS 14.5

  1. What version of checkra1n are you using?

0.12.3

  1. What is your host system (OS version? Hackintosh? VM? etc.)?

Mac Os Catalina 10.15.7

  1. How are you connecting to the device (USB-A? USB-C? Apple/3rd party cable? Through a USB hub?)?

LIGHTNING TO USB A

What are the steps to reproduce the issue?

  1. when attempting to jailbreak error 20 shows up midway even with checkra1n in safe mode

on iPad error states: Found old-style rdsk! Detected corrupted kerninfo! Enabling usb done! pongoOS

2.RESTORED iPad and setup as new with same issue

  1. attempted other versions of checkra1n all crash midway other than latest version ...

What do you expect, and what is happening instead? jailbreak should complete

Did you see a popup on the device stating it entered "Safe Mode" due to an error?

yes and it did with same issue

Does the issue also occur if you tick "Safe Mode" in the checkra1n options?

Yes

issue still happens when safe mode is ticked!

Any other info, error logs, screenshots, ...?

Checkra1n:

error 20

on iPad error states:

Found old-style rdsk! Detected corrupted kerninfo! Enabling usb done! pongoOS

It appears a few people I know with the iPad Pro first gen have the same issue. Please checkra1n update your app and website to help!

I have updated the iOS just to get the new jailbreak, as the website states, it will work with my device and it doesn’t. So now I have lost my jailbreak. Please help!

mystrain avatar Apr 30 '21 17:04 mystrain

I have a suspicion as to what it could be... here's a debug build of Pongo:

Pongo.zip

Could you please unzip that, then run checkra1n on the command line with -k path/to/PongoConsolidated.bin?
That should print a bunch of hex values on the screen, please take a photo of those.

Siguza avatar May 01 '21 23:05 Siguza

I have a suspicion as to what it could be... here's a debug build of Pongo:

Pongo.zip

Could you please unzip that, then run checkra1n on the command line with -k path/to/PongoConsolidated.bin? That should print a bunch of hex values on the screen, please take a photo of those.

hi there

I've received the PongoConsolidated.bin file. When I try to unzip that file it states it's unsupported format. Unsure how to run checkra1n on a command line. can you help in explaining the process please?

mystrain avatar May 02 '21 01:05 mystrain

Open Terminal, Drag the checkra1n app into the window (that should auto-paste its path), then append /Contents/MacOS/checkra1n and make sure there is no space between the part you dragged in and the one you appended.
Then hit space, type -k, hit space again, then drag PongoConsolidated.bin into the window and hit enter.
The GUI should pop up at that point.

Siguza avatar May 02 '21 02:05 Siguza

@Siguza I tried to load the modified Pongo, and here's the result (iPadOS 14.4.2):

IMG_0851

DrJapan avatar May 02 '21 02:05 DrJapan

/Contents/MacOS/checkra1n

thank you,

this is what i get when following your instructions.

IMG_1503

mystrain avatar May 02 '21 02:05 mystrain

Hi here, Same device, same release, same results ! It worked last week with ios 14.4.2 and checkra1n 0.12.2 I updated to ios 14.5 and 0.12.3 with current issues I then came back to 14.4.2 but still getting the issues mentioned in this thread with both 0.12.2 and 0.12.3...

jujjja avatar May 02 '21 07:05 jujjja

I completely wiped my HighSierra iMac, and I was able to get 14.4.2 working with checkra1n 12.2.

DrJapan avatar May 02 '21 08:05 DrJapan

I completely wiped my HighSierra iMac, and I was able to get 14.4.2 working with checkra1n 12.2.

Great! Strange to see that the issue is coming from macos😕 Furthermore, I'm having this issue with Ubuntu as well.

jujjja avatar May 02 '21 09:05 jujjja

@Siguza is this the output from your command when trying to load the modified Pongo?

checkra1n.zip

DrJapan avatar May 02 '21 09:05 DrJapan

Ok, I messed up the previous build. Try again with this one:

Pongo.zip

Siguza avatar May 02 '21 11:05 Siguza

Ok, I messed up the previous build. Try again with this one:

Pongo.zip

So follow the same instructions as before and send you a snapshot?

mystrain avatar May 02 '21 11:05 mystrain

Yes, please.

Siguza avatar May 02 '21 11:05 Siguza

Yes, please.

Thank you,

this is what I get

IMG_1506

mystrain avatar May 02 '21 11:05 mystrain

Having exactly the same issue

dmatora avatar May 03 '21 01:05 dmatora

Ok, I messed up the previous build. Try again with this one:

Pongo.zip

IMG_9376

BorisYeltsin avatar May 03 '21 10:05 BorisYeltsin

Ok, I messed up the previous build. Try again with this one:

Pongo.zip

Any updates?

mystrain avatar May 03 '21 13:05 mystrain

Hi, Having exactly the same issue

koulak-frissons avatar May 03 '21 13:05 koulak-frissons

20210503_175020 same here also...

jujjja avatar May 03 '21 16:05 jujjja

same thing here on 12.9" A9X as well, I'm running Big Sur (Thunderbolt to USB A Adapter>USBA-LIghtning) but also have a Catalina Mac ("Good ol'" straight USBA) and am willing to test.

Weird because I seem to recall seeing that 14.5 was preventing jailbreak from working at all via the checkra1n exploit(s), then I saw specific support for the new 0.12.3 beta and just like a robot, went and upgraded from 14.3. I hope this isn't permanent, but I dunno, seeing nothing but 00000000s where someone expected a bunch of hex readouts is never going to fill me with confidence haha

CellRichards avatar May 03 '21 16:05 CellRichards

Thanks for bringing this up people. The more people sharing this issue the more the developers can see and help.

mystrain avatar May 03 '21 17:05 mystrain

Thanks for bringing this up people. The more people sharing this issue the more the developers can see and help.

I guess any of us using ipad pro a9x has the issue, or is there somebody with the same device able to jailbreak??

jujjja avatar May 03 '21 19:05 jujjja

Marking this as accepted.
I'm pretty sure the issue is that the A9X iBoot overwrites a part of our payload on 14.5. That would also explain the 0% success rate.

Siguza avatar May 03 '21 20:05 Siguza

Marking this as accepted. I'm pretty sure the issue is that the A9X iBoot overwrites a part of our payload on 14.5. That would also explain the 0% success rate.

Great to see that you seem to understand the issue ! :D Would that mean that you already know how to fix it? I would be happy to help if you don't have an a9x close to you !

jujjja avatar May 03 '21 20:05 jujjja

Same here!

DrJapan avatar May 03 '21 21:05 DrJapan

Same issue here, IPad Pro 1st gen. tried everything.

mooneyalan4 avatar May 03 '21 21:05 mooneyalan4

Marking this as accepted. I'm pretty sure the issue is that the A9X iBoot overwrites a part of our payload on 14.5. That would also explain the 0% success rate.

Does this mean we will have an update soon?

mystrain avatar May 04 '21 02:05 mystrain

Experimental build. Please try this:

checkra1n.app.tar.gz

Siguza avatar May 04 '21 03:05 Siguza

Experimental build. Please try this:

checkra1n.app.tar.gz

1st gen iPad 12.9" user here. Unfortunately, it didn't work. It went right from DFU mode to a normal boot with no sign anything was actually injected.

jetblackrx89 avatar May 04 '21 03:05 jetblackrx89

Experimental build. Please try this:

checkra1n.app.tar.gz

Hi Siguza

didn’t work for me either. After I follow the guide to DFU, within seconds my iPad starts up as normal without installing anything.

mystrain avatar May 04 '21 03:05 mystrain

I confirm, it reboots normally after DFU without going to usual jailbreak state. No ssh root possible

jujjja avatar May 04 '21 05:05 jujjja