0016 for Windows and Mac
The 0016 app for the shop's computer: 0016.in in its own window, with the 0016 Helper and USB built in. iPhones are read straight away: IMEI, serial number and battery health, Find My, panic reports, a live log, Recovery mode, backups, and update or restore of iOS with Apple's own signed files. Android and Samsung phones are checked in the same window. No browser tab, no link code.
One file, ready to run. Version 2.4.0 sends Samsung BL, AP, CP and HOME CSC files you choose. It does not clear the phone or repartition it. A shop can share one iPhone, Android, Qualcomm, MediaTek, Unisoc, Fastboot or Samsung phone with a site admin for 30 minutes; the phone stays on the shop computer. It still reads Qualcomm partitions, and MediaTek, Unisoc and Fastboot identity. Android, Xiaomi and Samsung phones connect in the app too (USB built in); on Windows a phone that Chrome cannot open needs the WinUSB driver there as well. The app updates itself.
What it reads and does
| Without Trust | Exact model, iOS version, chip, board, ECID, modem version |
|---|---|
| After the customer taps Trust | IMEI 1 and 2, serial number, model number, activation, SIM, storage, battery health % and charge cycles, panic reports |
| Recovery mode | Restart into Recovery in one click, and start a Recovery-mode iPhone normally again (data kept) |
| Update / Restore | Downloads the iOS version Apple still signs for that iPhone from Apple, checks it, then updates (keeps data) or restores (erases) with a progress bar |
DFU mode always needs the buttons on the iPhone; Device check shows the steps with a timer.
Install (once)
- Windows: open 0016-windows-2.4.0.exe. The first time Windows may say “Windows protected your PC”: click More info › Run anyway. 0016 installs itself for this user, with Start menu and Desktop shortcuts. If Apple Devices is missing, Device check › Helper settings offers Install Apple Devices.
- Mac: open the zip and move 0016 to Applications. The first time, right-click it and choose Open, then Open again (or System Settings › Privacy & Security › Open Anyway).
- Sign in to 0016.in in the app window, the same as in the browser.
Only the Helper
Keep using 0016.in in Chrome or Edge, with the Helper running in the background (everything is used from 0016.in; it is linked once with a 6-digit code that comes up in a pop-up on the computer). Version 2.4.0 sends Samsung BL, AP, CP and HOME CSC from its own page when Chrome cannot open the phone. It does not clear the phone or repartition it. Share in Device check (then Allow in the pop-up on the computer) lets a site admin use an iPhone, Android, Qualcomm, MediaTek, Unisoc, Fastboot or Samsung phone for 30 minutes. The phone stays on the shop computer. Download: Helper for Windows (24 MB) · Helper for Mac (29 MB). Start it, then on 0016.in click Device check › iPhone › Link the 0016 Helper and type the code from the pop-up. Tick Start with this computer in Device check › Helper settings.
Use it
- Plug in the iPhone (unlocked) and click Read with Helper (in the app: Connect iPhone).
- If the iPhone asks “Trust This Computer?”, the customer taps Trust and enters the passcode. The check fills in with the IMEI, serial and battery.
- From the result: Restart in Recovery, Panic reports from the phone, or Firmware: update or restore to install a signed iOS.
iOS files (IPSW)
- Already downloaded? The Helper looks in Downloads, on the Desktop, in its firmware folder and in Apple's own update folders. In the Firmware window a version that is already on the computer says On this computer, and Update / Restore use that file: nothing is downloaded again.
- Choose a file: the Firmware window lists every IPSW on the computer made for this iPhone, with its iOS version and whether Apple still signs it. Put any .ipsw in Downloads or in the firmware folder (Open the firmware folder) and click Look again.
- Check file compares a file with Apple's checksum, so a damaged or changed file is never installed. Download to this computer fetches a signed version ahead of time, without the iPhone connected.
- Only versions Apple still signs can be installed. A file for another model is refused.
- The Helper only listens on this computer (127.0.0.1) and only answers 0016.in in a browser you linked with its code.
- Nothing is sent to 0016.in until you save the check, the same as today. iOS files come straight from Apple's servers and stay on this computer.
- Restore erases the iPhone and only runs after you type ERASE. After a restore the iPhone asks for the owner's Apple ID (Activation Lock).
- “Install Apple Devices” in Device check (Windows): click Install Apple Devices in Device check › Helper settings.
- Mac: “cannot be opened because the developer cannot be verified”: right-click the app and choose Open instead of double-clicking.
- Windows: “0016 needs Microsoft Edge WebView2”: it comes with Windows 10 and 11; if it was removed, the installer opens by itself.
- Antivirus warning (Windows): the Helper is not signed with a company certificate yet, and it unpacks its restore tools on first start. Allow it, or download it again from this page only.
- The iPhone is not found: unlock it, use a data cable straight into the computer (no hub), and tap Allow / Trust on the phone.
- No Trust prompt: on the iPhone, Settings › General › Transfer or Reset iPhone › Reset › Reset Location & Privacy, then plug in again.
- Nothing seems to happen when you open it: it is already running; 0016.in opens instead. Stop the Helper is in Device check › Helper settings.