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Unlike its direct competitor, [[Android emulators|Android]], there are practically no usable emulators, as the official iOS SDK (macOS-only) only allows for running your own projects, i.e., they run code generated for an x86 target rather than ARM code as used by iOS. Some simulators Similar to most of the Android emulators, some emulators (e.g., [[BlackThunder]]) make uses two-step approach, making use of the simulator in the iOS SDK to run a few chosen iOS apps that are recompiled for x86. Unlike previous emulation trails, BlackThunder first loads a highly trimmed Hackintosh image via VirtualBox, which loads Xcode and an iOS simulator into it, then runs decompiled iOS apps recompiled for the x86 architecture. Appetize.io and other tools that claim to emulate iOS on a web browser are in reality just the iOS simulator in XCode wrapped around a cloud stream to the web browser, and like the iOS XCode simulator, need the source code to run. More recently, touchHLE managed to get a few older iPhone OS apps running by recreating some of iOS’s standard libraries and emulating just the iPhone’s CPU, and nearly the same time, QEMU-iOS got released and can successfully emulate iPhone OS 1.0 on an iPod Touch 1st generation, albeit with bugs.

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:;macOS 11 and upQEMU-iOS:Since macOS 11 Big Sur:Previously unnamed and referred to as “devos50’s qemu fork”, Based on earlier work emulating the 17th major operating system of S5L8900 and the macOS line, the operating system for Mac computers has support for iOS and iPadOS applications for Apple Silicon-based MacsiPhone 11 in QEMU. However, some apps cannot be installed directly due to Apple DRM. This It can be bypassed using emulate an IPA file and PlayCover/Sideloady. ;[[touchHLE]]:A promising new endeavor that aims to run older iPod Touch 1G running iOS apps by reimplementing standard libraries instead of internal components1. Because of this [[High/Low_level_emulation|very high-level approach]]0, including iBoot, no dump of the operating system is required. Its initial target is iPhone OS 2.xkernel, with plans to support other 32-bit iOS versionsand the Springboard, mainly 3.x although it requires a modified NOR and 4NAND image.xSome features, such as well as the iPad. Development started in December 2022audio and Wi-Fi, are not emulated, and its initial 0.1.0 release came out in February 2023there are multiple crashes. [https://appdb.touchhle.org/ touchHLE supports About a handful of apps]year later, with most apps that do not crash the same user managed to run iPhone OS 2 on the start working absolutely perfectly. touchHLE supports running IPA files directly. A game controller an emulated iPod Touch 2G, however internet connectivity is required to control the accelerometer. touchHLE not figured out yet, and nobody has an yet ran a 3rd party app archive that currently only has two apps being touch via filesystem hacks as of now, as both networking and go USB (iTunes) are unemulated and it’s lite version, which are licensed to cannot be free to use with touchHLE. Unfortunately, touchHLE does not currently have a “canary” branch which gets all the additions of it’s multiple concurrent pull requestsinstalled regularly.

:; QEMU-iOSMAME:Previously unnamed and referred to as “devos50’s qemu fork”, Based on earlier work emulating the S5L8900 and the :Very basic iPhone 11 in QEMU2G support available [https://github.com/mamedev/mame/blob/master/src/mame/apple/iphone2g. It can emulate an iPod Touch 1G running cpp here] <small>(that cannot boot iOS 1.0, including iBoot, the kernel, and the Springboard, although it requires a modified NOR and NAND image. Some features, such as audio and Wi-Fi, are not emulated, and there are multiple crashes)</small>. About a year later, the same user managed '''Unlikely to run iPhone OS 2 on an emulated iPod Touch 2G, however internet connectivity is not figured out yet, and nobody has yet ran a 3rd party app via filesystem hacks as of now, as both networking and USB (iTunes) are unemulated and cannot ever be installed regularlycompleted.'''

:;CorelliumBlackThunder:A service made by the Israeli company of the same name :Closed-source, commercial iOS emulator that runs any modern can run a few commercial iOS apps. The official iOS devices, some Android devices, or bringSDK (macOS-only) only allows for running your-own IoT devices on either the cloud or a self-hosted serverprojects, i.e. Emulation is basically perfect, and they have hardware run code generated for an x86 target rather than ARM code as used by iOS 10.3 to the latest iOS versionHowever, with debugging features and security toolssome emulators, as well as IPA installinge.g. They also have iPhone 7 to BlackThunder, make use of the latest iPhone simulator in terms of hardware. The devices the iOS SDK to run on an ARM hypervisora few chosen iOS apps that are recompiled for x86. For individualsUnlike previous emulation trails, BlackThunder first loads a highly trimmed Hackintosh image via VirtualBox, which loads Xcode and an iOS simulator into it costs 3 USD per hour , then runs iOS apps that are decompiled and recompiled for most use excluding some cybersecurity tools. The site also prohibits users under 18 from using their service. '''The service is made for cybersecurity, not general use'''the x86 architecture.

;MAMEHypervisor:;Corellium:Very basic iPhone 2G support available [https://githubA service made by the Israeli company of the same name that runs any modern iOS devices, some Android devices, or bring-your-own IoT devices on either the cloud or a self-hosted server.com/mamedev/mame/blob/master/src/mame/apple/iphone2gCompatibility is basically perfect, and they have hardware iOS 10.cpp here3 to the latest iOS version, with debugging features and security tools, as well as IPA installing. They also have iPhone 7 to the latest iPhone in terms of hardware. [[Hypervisors#Type_1_hypervisors|The devices run on an ARM hypervisor called "CHARM"]]. '''Unlikely to ever be completedFor individuals, it costs 3 USD per hour''' for most use excluding some cybersecurity tools. The site also prohibits users under 18 from using their service.'''The service is made for cybersecurity, not general use'''.

;BlackThunderNative:The official iOS SDK (;macOS 11 and up::Since macOS 11 Big Sur, the 17th major operating system of the macOS-only) only allows line, the operating system for running your own projects, i.e. they run code generated Mac computers has support for an x86 target rather than ARM code as used by iOSand iPadOS applications for Apple Silicon-based Macs. However, some simulators, eapps cannot be installed directly due to Apple DRM. This can be bypassed using an IPA file and PlayCover/Sideloady.g[https://support. BlackThunder, make use of the simulator in the iOS SDK to run a few chosen iOS apps that are recompiled for x86apple. [[BlackThunder]] is a closedcom/guide/app-store/iphone-ipad-source, commercial iOS simulator that can run a few commercial iOS apps. Unlike previous emulation trails, BlackThunder first loads a highly trimmed Hackintosh image via VirtualBox, which loads Xcode and an iOS simulator into it, then runs iOS apps that are decompiled and recompiled for the x86 architecture-mac-apple-silicon-fird2c7092da/mac See this page].

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Many of the currently available '''"simulatorssolutions"''' only try recreating popular iOS apps (like browsers) in a PC application with no real emulation involved. Some notable [[Emulator scams|scams]] in such fashion are called '''iPadian''' or variations on the name, and are often '''malware'''. iPadian itself is not a real emulator and cannot actually emulate any iOS, iPadOS, or watchOS code and just use recreations that are limited in functionality and are not ports. “AIR iPhone” is also a simulator in Adobe Flash. Malware on Android also goes by the name “iEmu”, “Cider” and “Cycada”, based on the unfinished and unrelated unreleased projects of the same name, and is sometimes iOS launcher software that is possibly infected by malware. iOS emulators that aren't scams operate like XCode, where they cannot run non-development builds.

*[[Wikipedia:Comparison_of_mobile_operating_systems|Comparison of mobile operating systems]](Wikipedia)*Reddit: [https://www.reddit.com/r/LegacyJailbreak/ r/LegacyJailbreak](old devices) [https://www.reddit.com/r/LegacyJailbreak/ r/LegacyJailbreak] (new devices)