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{{Short description|Open source version of Apple's bootloader}}

{{unreferenced|date=September 2011}}

{{Portal|Free and open-source software}}

'''OpeniBoot''' is an open source implementation of [[Apple Inc.|Apple]]'s closed source bootloader [[iBoot]]. It allows the [[Bootloader unlocking|booting of unsigned code]] on supported [[iDevicesiDevice|Apple Device]]s (such as Linux Kernelskernels). It also allows to download and install the [[Android (operating system)|Android operating system]] on [[iPhone]], [[iPad]] and [[iPod Touch]]. It can be controlled via OpeniBoot console (oibc), which can be connected to from a [[libusb]] enabled computer.

==Supported devices==

{{as of|2019}}, the following iDevices are fully supported by OpeniBoot:<ref>{{cite web|title=OpeniBoot-iDroid Project|url=http://www.idroidproject.org/wiki/OpeniBoot#Supported_Devices|accessdate=2 December 2012|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141024191153/http://www.idroidproject.org/wiki/OpeniBoot|archivedate=24 October 2014}}</ref>

{{as of|2011}} the following iDevices are supported by OpeniBoot:

* [[iPhone (1st generation)|iPhone]] - (iPhone1,1)

* [[iPhone 3G]] - (iPhone1,2)

* [[iPod Touch]] - 1st Generation (iPod1,1)

==ExternalPorting linksstatus==

{{as of|2012}}, these are the status of ports for various [[iDevice]]s.<ref>{{cite web|title=Status - iDroid Project|url=http://www.idroidproject.org/wiki/Status|accessdate=2 December 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120919201913/http://idroidproject.org/wiki/Status|archivedate=19 September 2012}}</ref>

*[http://www.idroidproject.org/wiki/OpeniBoot Official website]

*[[iPhone (1st generation)|iPhone]] - Fully supported

*[[iPhone 3G]] - Fully supported

*[[iPhone 3GS]] - Partially Supported

*[[iPhone 4|iPhone 4 (GSM)]] - Partially Supported

*[[iPhone 4|iPhone 4 (CDMA)]] - Partially Supported

*[[IPod Touch (original)]] - Fully Supported

*[[iPod Touch|iPod Touch 2G]] - Partially Supported

*[[iPod Touch|iPod Touch 3G]] - Not Supported, Waiting For Port

*[[iPod Touch|iPod Touch 4G]] - Partially Supported

*[[iPad (1st generation)|iPad]] - Partially Supported

== See also ==

[[Category:iPhone]]

* [[Linux on Apple devices]]

[[es:OpeniBoot]]

==References==

{{Reflist}}

{{Firmware and booting}}

[[Category:iPhoneIPhone]]

*[http://www.idroidproject.org/wiki/OpeniBoot OpeniBoot Official Website and Wiki.]

[[Category:Boot loaders]]