Observed arrival · 2026-10-16
OpenRevive: Old Phones on a Test Network
An experimental guide for reconnecting older iPhones to test versions of their original apps using a project DNS resolver and a private certificate authority.
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- People testing legacy iPhones on a controlled Wi-Fi network
- Worth noticing
- One test endpoint is public, while the other is available only on the project's home-lab LAN.
Field notes
The guide uses 213.163.200.236 as its test resolver and tells users to remove other DNS servers during the test, since another resolver may not know the test names. It supplies a SHA-256 fingerprint so a certificate downloaded over HTTP can be compared with the page viewed over HTTPS on a modern device. The project reports simulator checks, but says manual Safari setup and a physical iPhone 4 check remain in validation.
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