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by TheEnder8 3057 days ago
The newest copyright on any file is 2015. The source code might be quite old.

(Yes, I realize that a copyright header doesn't actually stay in sync with patches. It's just the only indicator of date there is)
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fmntf 3057 days ago
It's just a bootloader. I don't think they changed much between iOS 9 and 11. The probably only added support for newer boards/devices.
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iliketosleep 3057 days ago
The article states that the code is from iOS 9, which was first released in 2015.
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deckard1 3057 days ago
There are a few references to 2016. There is also a target/iphone8 folder. Don't see any reference to iPhone X though.
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kalleboo 3057 days ago
"iphone8" might not be a reference to a product name but the internal model numbers "iPhone8,1"/"iPhone8,2" which are the 6s and 6s Plus (released in 2015). The iPhone 8 model number is "iPhone10,1"

edit: there appears to be a reference to "N66" in init.c, which is the codename for the 6s

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linopolus 3057 days ago
The iPhone 6S, which was released 2015 with iOS9, had the hardware string 8,1, so nothing unexpected there.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_iOS_devices#iPhone

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