Over years of bike commuting, I have come across many things laying in the street. When they are phones, I frequently find the owners by popping their SIM into my phone or if their phone is unlocked I can communicate with the incoming text messages to find the owner. Sometimes it gets tricky, the device can be disabled and then MDM-locked. Ugh. I just want to help someone get their phone back! I recently came across this situation for an old iPad 5th gen that likely would otherwise end up as e-waste, but using these steps got me back into the device:<\/p>\n
If the main screen says the device is disabled and MDM-locked, try the following:<\/p>\n
Jailbreaks for the latest iOS are likely to change, this site may recommend what to use to jailbreak the latest iOS<\/a>. For the above-referenced iPad, iOS 16.7.10 could be jailbroken with palera1n and MDM-bypassed with MDMPatcher-Universal. Anyway, hopefully this helps you reconnect someone with their darn device, but it would be easier if people just put a label with contact information on the back of their device.<\/p>\n If the above MDMPatcher-Universal stops working, this project<\/a> may be another option if development resumes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Over years of bike commuting, I have come across many things laying in the street. When they are phones, I frequently find the owners by popping their SIM into my phone or if their phone is unlocked I can communicate … Continue reading