evil0ctal

Jul 21, 2026, 1:09 AM

This is a 12.9-inch iPad Pro from 2015, powered by Apple’s A9X chip. After sitting unopened for over 11 years, I finally opened it up, replaced the original battery, and successfully booted into its factory-installed iOS 9.1. Unfortunately, Apple shut down the iOS 9 activation servers in 2025, which means a brand-new iPad like this can no longer be activated normally. So here’s how I brought it back to life. First, I used SSHRD Script to create a ramdisk and back up the original onboard SHSH2 blobs. Next, I updated the iPad to iOS 16.7, the latest firmware still signed by Apple for this device. After that, I used Turdus Merula to force a downgrade to iOS 10.3.3, which Apple still allows to be activated. Once activated, I backed up all of the activation records. Then I restored the device back to its original iOS 9.1 using the saved SHSH2 blobs. Finally, I booted into a ramdisk again, restored the activation files, and everything worked perfectly. Huge thanks to the developers behind checkm8, Blackbird, SSHRD Script, and Turdus Merula. Without their incredible work, projects like this simply wouldn’t be possible. Now I have a fully functional iPad Pro running its original iOS 9.1. It can even run 32-bit IPA files on a 64-bit device, which has become incredibly rare today. If you own any legacy iOS devices, I highly recommend backing up both your SHSH blobs and activation records while they’re still usable. You never know when an activation server might disappear, and having those backups could be the difference between preserving a piece of iOS history and ending up with an activation-locked device. #ios #jailbreak #apple #ios9