Activation Token

Layout Activation Token

This is the CFDictionary string representation which gets sent to Apple's server.The object can be obtained by using the MobileDevice Library, AMDeviceCopyValue function with the "ActivationInfo" value

 <dict>
       <key>ActivationInfoComplete</key>
       <true/>
       <key>ActivationInfoXML</key>
       
       (base64-encoded activation info here)
       
       <key>FairPlayCertChain</key>
       
       (base64-encoded cert in DER format)
       
       <key>FairPlaySignature</key>
       
       (base64-encoded signature (SHA1+RSA) of ActivationInfoXML)
       
 </dict>

Key: ActivationInfoXML

The ActivationInfo plist file above has a key called ActivationInfoXML. The base64 data value of that key represents the plist file below

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
 <plist version="1.0">
 <dict>
       <key>ActivationRandomness</key>
       <string>(GUID)</string>
       <key>ActivationRequiresActivationTicket</key>
       <true/>
       <key>ActivationState</key>
       <string>Unactivated</string>
       <key>BasebandMasterKeyHash</key>
       <string>(Hash of hardware IDs)<string>
       <key>BasebandThumbprint</key>
       <string>(Hash of hardware IDs not directly used as a key - the TEA key can be derived from this)<string>
       <key>BuildVersion</key>
       <string>8A306</string>
       <key>DeviceCertRequest</key>
       
       (base64 encoded cert)
       
       <key>DeviceClass</key>
       <string>(String ENUM "iPhone", "iPod", "iPod touch", "iPad")</string>
       <key>IntegratedCircuitCardIdentity</key>
       <string>(ICCID as base-10 string)</string>
       <key>InternationalMobileEquipmentIdentity</key>
       <string>(IMEI as base-10 string)</string>
       <key>InternationalMobileSubscriberIdentity</key>
       <string>(IMSI as base-10 string)</string>
       <key>ModelNumber</key>
       <string>MC135</string>
       <key>PhoneNumber</key>
       <string>(String like "+1 (555) 555-5555")</string>
       <key>ProductType</key>
       <string>iPhone2,1</string>
       <key>ProductVersion</key>
       <string>4.0.1</string>
       <string>SIMGID1</string>
       
       (base64-encoded binary GID1)
       
       <string>SIMGID2</string>
       
       (base64-encoded binary GID2)
       
       <key>SIMStatus</key>
       <string>(ENUM kCTSIMSupportSIMStatusReady kCTSIMSupportSIMStatusNotReady kCTSIMSupportSIMStatusOperatorLocked)</string>
       <key>SerialNumber</key>
       <string>...</string>
       <key>SupportsPostponement</key>
       <true/>
       <key>UniqueChipID</key>
       <integer>...</integer>
       <key>UniqueDeviceID</key>
       <string>(hex UUID)</string>
 </dict>
 </plist>

Activation Protocol

POST /WebObjects/ALUnbrick.woa/wa/deviceActivation HTTP/1.1
Accept-Encoding: gzip
Accept-Language: en-us, en;q=0.50
Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary=DeviceActivation
Content-Length: 1234
Host: albert.apple.com
Cache-Control: no-cache

--DeviceActivation
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="activation-info"

<dict>
       <key>ActivationInfoComplete</key>
       <true/>
       <key>ActivationInfoXML</key>
       
       (base64-encoded activation info here)
       
       <key>FairPlayCertChain</key>
       
       (base64-encoded cert in DER format)
       
       <key>FairPlaySignature</key>
       
       (base64-encoded signature (SHA1+RSA) of ActivationInfoXML)
       
 </dict>

Resources

• posixninja's iDeviceActivate