NonUI builds

See also: Beta Firmware

This (will be) a documented list of known factory firmwares, used by Apple workers in California to do engineering tests on prototype devices and also by factory workers on production ones during manufacturing. Factory firmwares are based on production iOS ones, but adapted for internal engineering tests, development and debugging.

They are also known as "NonUI (No User Interface)" builds, probably because most applications are command line ones. The SpringBoard replacement, named SwitchBoard, allow launching a GUI of some of those applications. Unlike production iOS firmwares, factory ones have the following differences :

• Contain DEVELOPMENT Fused bootloaders in \Firmware\dfu\ and \Firmware\all_flash\all_flash.[board codename].factoryfa\.
• Contain DEVELOPMENT Fused kernel cache with more symbols, and with individual kexts in /System/Library/Extensions
• Contain Skankwerk (gear) logo image file in \Firmware\all_flash\all_flash.[board codename].factoryfa\.
• Have the /AppleInternal folder, which the hierarchy inside get priority over hierarchy in /.
• No SpringBoard, requires the use of daemons to launch SwitchBoard.app as a multi-app launcher instead.
• /usr and subfolders contain many UNIX command line utilities.
• SSH daemon is pre-installed - as dropbear
• Boot loader passes arguments to kernel (unlike RELEASE boot loaders as of iOS 5.0) which makes it easy to disable AMFI
• It has some Private Frameworks in /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks for internal GUI apps and command line utilities.
• Most internal applications require the use of SkankKit to produce special layers such as text on the framebuffer.

Unlike regular iOS Firmwares, factory ones are distributed in "restore bundles". Those are unzipped IPSW files which can be restored on devices using an internal restore software such as PurpleRestore. Release and factory firmwares "restore bundles" have the same packaging structure (bootloaders, kernel, restore ramdisk, update ramdisk and root filesystem).

SwitchBoard logo on 6.x and below

SwitchBoard logo on 7.x and up

Some interesting facts about factory firmwares

• Design: Apple seems to use the same GUI design from the production firmware to the factory one.

Production iOS 1.x to 6.x skeuomorphism design is also present on 1.x to 6.x factory firmwares, but seems really more excessive than production ones. For example, the "skankwerk" boot logo represents a real gear and many GUI icons are realistic or simply photos of real life things (especially in Operator). For newer versions, production iOS 7.x to 9.x flat design is mostly used in 7.x to 9.x factory firmwares. For example, the new "skankwerk" boot logo is likely a flat, simple white gear. Some newer internal applications like Earthbound also use a "flat" design.

• Other: The "skank" word is used to name multiple elements of factory firmwares. For example, there is "skankphone", "skankbattery" (the green battery shown in SwitchBoard), "skankwerk" logo, "skankkit" framework, "purpleskank" (used by BurnIn) and probably some other. The "skank" word seems to be a reference to "Skunkworks" projects, which are secrecy projects that are usually innovative. Read more about "Skunkworks" on Wikipedia.

iPhone

Version	Build	Codename	Baseband	Comments
1.0	1A420	Alpine	03.06.01_G[1]	Originally available here, but was soon taken down.
	4A57		04.02.13_G	-
1.1.2	3B48		04.02.13_G	-
1.1.3	4A102a	Alpine	04.04.05_G	-

iPhone 3G

Version	Build	Codename	Baseband	Comments
4.0	8A2130h	ApexNanshan	?	-
	8A2180g	ApexNanshan	05.12.01	-

iPhone 3GS

Version	Build	Codename	Baseband	Comments
3.1b	7C108b	Sierra?	?	-
	7C144	Northstar?	?	-
4.0	8A2130h	ApexNanshan	?	-
	8A2180g	ApexNanshan	05.12.01	-
5.1	9B3145a	HoodooYabuli	?	-
	9B3176b	HoodooYabuli	?	-
	9B3176n	HoodooYabuli	05.16.05	-
6.0	10A316	Sundance?	05.16.06	-

iPhone 4

Version	Build	Codename	Baseband	Comments
4.0	8A133	Apex?	01.32.01	-
	8A2062a	Apex?	?	-
	8A2130h	ApexNanshan	?	-
	8A2180g	ApexNanshan	01.42.01	-
5.1	9B3145a	HoodooYabuli	?	-
	9B3176b	HoodooYabuli	?	-
	9B3176n	HoodooYabuli	04.12.01	-
6.0	10A316	Sundance?	04.12.02	-

iPhone 4S

Version	Build	Codename	Baseband	Comments
5.1	9B3145a	HoodooYabuli	?	-
	9B3176b	HoodooYabuli	?	-
	9B3176n	HoodooYabuli	1.0.10	-
6.0	10A23941a	SundanceNanshan	2.0.0.2	-

iPhone 5

Version	Build	Codename	Baseband	Comments
6.0	10A23110z	Sundance?	?	-
	10A23941s	Sundance?	?	-
	10A316	Sundance?	1.7.00	-

iPhone 5s

Version	Build	Codename	Baseband	Comments
7.0	11A24580o	InnsbruckNanshan	1.00.05	-
	11A24581c	InnsbruckNanshan	?	-
	11A93840f	Innsbruck?	?	Originally found on a Macrumors post.

iPhone 6

Version	Build	Codename	Baseband	Comments
8.0	12A22121a	Okemo?	?	-
	12A93311h	Okemo?	1.00.01	-
	12A93650o	OkemoAni	1.00.05	This build is pretty obscure, but it is in the wild.
	12A93651a	OkemoAni	1.00.05	-
	12A93651b	OkemoAni	1.00.05	-

iPhone 6s

Version	Build	Codename	Baseband	Comments
9.0	13A93051l	Monarch?	0.37.08	-
	13A93420d	Monarch?	?	-
	13A93420m	Monarch?	1.00.05	-

iPhone 7

Version	Build	Codename	Baseband	Comments
10.0	14A92340t	Whitetail?	?	-
	14A93012r	WhitetailAni	?	-
	14A93013a	WhitetailAni	?	-

iPhone 8

Version	Build	Codename	Baseband	Comments
11.0	15A93261h	Tigris?	?	-

iPad

Version	Build	Codename	Baseband	Comments
3.2	7B3341e	?	?	-

iPad 2

Version	Build	Codename	Baseband	Comments
4.3	8F3178a	Durango?	?	-
	8F3191d	Durango?	?	-

iPad mini

Version	Build	Codename	Baseband	Comments
6.0	10A63971b	Sundance?	?	-

iPad mini 2

Version	Build	Codename	Baseband	Comments
7.0.3	11B64940j	InnsbruckTaos?	?	-

iPad mini 4

Version	Build	Codename	Baseband	Comments
8.0	12H60160o	Okemo?	?	-

iPod touch (3rd generation)

Version	Build	Codename	Baseband	Comments
3.1	7C1023e	Inferno?	?	-
	7C1095a	Inferno?	?	-
	7C144	Northstar?	?	-

iPod touch (4th generation)

Version	Build	Codename	Baseband	Comments
5.1	9B3145a	HoodooYabuli	?	-
	9B3176b	HoodooYabuli	?	-
	9B3176n	HoodooYabuli	?	-