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Jan 23, 2021 · Mobile Development

How a 16‑Year‑Old Turned a Broken iPhone 7 into an Ubuntu Server

Teen developer Daniel Rodriguez repurposes a non‑functional iPhone 7 by jailbreaking it, building a custom Ubuntu 20.04 root filesystem, compiling a tailored kernel, and using projectsandcastle and PongoOS to boot Linux, effectively turning the device into a networked ARM64 server.