To find an jailbroken iPhone 4S on iOS 5.0.1 that seemingly was lost in early 2012... I don't know what the odds were, but this was pretty lucky. I might keep trying to track down the original owner, maybe a follow-up video too? Also, hey, new merch! wow cool www.91tech.ca/
My guess for the home button is it was replaced because the home button got loose and didn’t stay in the same angle. My iPod touch 6th and 7th generation both have the same problem, but those weren’t built at the same time, but that’s my guess.
@@91Tech True, and Apple also seemed to use a lower quality adhesive on the non-fingerprint home buttons a few years after the phone released. My only other guess is the owner didn’t like the design lol.
@@REKAInteresting. Apple’s builds went from low quality basic builds that budget products have to super high amounts of adhesive and proprietary parts.
I've still got my iPhone 5 on iOS 7.0.4, I still keep it around as a tertiary device, did a restoration on it with a new housing and battery, now looks like it did in 2013, I love videos about old iOS products on old iOS versions, it brings back memories :D
I think it was lost, but returned to Edmond broken. For what ever reason Edmond never repaired it, but took his sim and threw it in a draw for 10 years. After finding it 10 years later, knowing it’s dead and likely not having a 30-pin to hand, he decided to recycle it safely and securely through his local electronics recycler.
It's really not that odd to find this in a recycle bin. Back in the day when iPhones were still a relatively new thing, myself and most people I knew simply dropped thier old phones into a bin at the entrance of Best Buy or Staples for recycling. It wasn't like it is today where people turn around and sell them for ridiculous amounts of money on eBay.
Oh, that's nostalgic, I fell like that was the golden age of iPhones and jailbreak, moved to android around that time but I feel like jailbreaking is no longer much of a thing, which is sad, iPhones are awesome hardware but I can't comply with apple not giving me full power over the device.
It’s weird how the iPhone 5 gets most of the nostalgia attention now, while the 4S was the last to have the original 3.5 inch screen size, the old TH-cam app and Google apps built in, and the 30 pin connector
@@chl_ca The last iPhone with a skeumorphic UI was the 5, because it came with ios 6.0, but yeah the 4 got until ios 7 and 4s got until ios 9. So they also lost the skeumorphic UI
even if the phones got wet, the batteries were likely all very dead. there wouldn’t be any corrosion, only rust, so i doubt the damage is extensive on any of them
you should do more videos like this!!! if you can, that is. lol. this was a pretty unique video. also maybe u can do some repair videos someday. that would be cool. repair videos are so satisfying
1:36 Galaxy S5 is really not that bad tbh. I still use my S5 mini as a music player, when my phone’s battery’s dead. And while it’s not the bestest experience obviously, it’s still a great device. Can’t believe someone dumped that :’(
Hey josh! LOve you vids been here since 2018! and subscribed since 2019! this is my favoirte tech channel of all time and the first channel i have ever subbed to!
My first iPhone was an iPhone 3G the year it came out and was jailbroken AF. I was the coolest kid in school. I still have my jailbroken iPhone 4 in my electronic bin “just in case” even if I also have a spare iPhone 6, 6S and an SE “just in case” as well… lmao
The apple product that I still have that's like a time capsule is a 1st generation ipod touch with iphone OS 1.1.5. A very early version of iOS that seems to be from mid 2008 before iPhone OS 2 came out. Using it today in 2021, it feels extremely basic and limited. It's still good for offline tasks like listening to downloaded music and videos, but for internet, iPhone OS 1 is pretty useless. Other than that, I have the 2nd gen iPod touch on iOS 4.2.1, iPhone 4s on iOS 9.3.5, and then oldest is a 5th gen iPod classic from 2005.
I’ll be real, I got an iPad 2 as untested on eBay and a very similar string of events followed, except I ended up landing on iOS 4.3.1! Same thing where it was updated, at most, once. It’s in pretty good shape too, needed a bit of work to make the volume up button work but otherwise is flawless. Also it’s a 64GB CDMA iPad 2 for C$30 so that was already good value, iOS 4 was kinda the cherry on top. Sadly it isn’t jailbroken, but it turns out no jailbreak exists for iOS 4 (minus 4.3.3 specifically for some reason) on A5, even to this day.
I put my iPhone 4 to recycle on iOS 5 only a few months ago. I never thought it had any value so it has been laying around since 2012 so finally threw it away.
I work at a repair shop and we had a lot of old unclaimed phones and I found a black AT&T iPhone 4S on iOS 5.0.1 in good condition and no iCloud lock I still use it as an iPod because Spotify still works on it
@@emilsecker7881 funny because that's exactly how it works lol i never understood the void warranty claim because nowadays atleast it's easy to unjailbreak your phone and they won't know it was even tampered with
I actually got my old black 4S stolen a few years ago after losing it in a rest stop and it was running iOS 9, imagine if that one was actually my stolen phone lol
Off topic, but I saw a comment in another video of someone saying that they upgraded from an iPhone 4s to an iPhone 13. That's so crazy to think about!
Same i have 3 in the junk box found 3x4's over the years charged it up and using iTunes on Pc 1 worked reinstalled new update ios 9 ? white one is like new others be a spare parts etc
To find an jailbroken iPhone 4S on iOS 5.0.1 that seemingly was lost in early 2012... I don't know what the odds were, but this was pretty lucky. I might keep trying to track down the original owner, maybe a follow-up video too?
Also, hey, new merch! wow cool www.91tech.ca/
That’s so cool your my favourite TH-camr josh I hope you enjoy all the phones you got
Pls do a follow up
Nice finds that you got! Can you maybe do a follow up on the 4s and go through the other phones?
do a follow up video where you call the other numbers or if you get a response please
That’s so cool I got a like from josh!
Imagine him ending up solving a 10 year old murder case with this
lol
👀
Videos like this remind me just how gorgeous the 4 and 4S looked. Best Iphone design ever in my opinion.
I have both of them
Apple seems to agree, because the iPhone 12 and 13 returned to that same design (more or less)
I’ve collected a couple iPhones I actually prefer the 3GS overall
@@spencercarruth9706 yep that’s the reason I upgraded my s8 to an iPhone 12 Pro Max instead of a Samsung. I still have my 4s on a shelf next to my pc
4(S), 5(S)/SE, and now the 12 and 13 mini are the best looking ones!
Edmond set this up as a “slow burn” mystery to confuse someone in the future.
Haha the mastermind planned it all.
My guess for the home button is it was replaced because the home button got loose and didn’t stay in the same angle.
My iPod touch 6th and 7th generation both have the same problem, but those weren’t built at the same time, but that’s my guess.
Could be, although because this phone had new texts from Feb 2012- under 6 months after the phone came out- seems a bit unlikely to me in this case.
@@91Tech True, and Apple also seemed to use a lower quality adhesive on the non-fingerprint home buttons a few years after the phone released. My only other guess is the owner didn’t like the design lol.
@@REKAInteresting. Apple’s builds went from low quality basic builds that budget products have to super high amounts of adhesive and proprietary parts.
I mean he jail broke it so he liked the customization. Maybe some acetone to run the square off and give the front a completely sleek look?
I found one running unjailbroken iOS 5.1, although it's broken, but still works extremely good. Like just last month
That's awesome! Something so cool about old tech on their original software.
@@91Tech oh yeah guess what: I got the screen fixed too. A few months later.
I'm not updating it or selling it.
Save shsh blobs
@@SOTP. this needs jailbreaking, and the version of iOS my 4S is running doesn't allow this
@@resolvanlemmydon’t have it go online & connect to your internet
The SIM being removed probably happened at the recycling place
I thought of this while editing but the thing is that some other phones I found still had their SIMs in them. So who knows lol
@@91Tech I think your setting up an arg or something lol
Back to the old days 91tech 😂😂 milking the 4s
Can't wait to live with it for a week in [insert current year here]!
@@91Tech what a [Big Shot]
I collect Nokia phones and when I saw so many models in this barrel, my heart broke
I absolutely feel you with that one
Haha yea... unfortunately because so many were sold, inevitably most of them will end up thrown out.
I've still got my iPhone 5 on iOS 7.0.4, I still keep it around as a tertiary device, did a restoration on it with a new housing and battery, now looks like it did in 2013, I love videos about old iOS products on old iOS versions, it brings back memories :D
dude you updated it just a couple times how
@@YGAPlayz the iPhone 5 shipped with iOS 6
I think it was lost, but returned to Edmond broken. For what ever reason Edmond never repaired it, but took his sim and threw it in a draw for 10 years.
After finding it 10 years later, knowing it’s dead and likely not having a 30-pin to hand, he decided to recycle it safely and securely through his local electronics recycler.
He prolly didn't repair it because he must have gotten a replacement phone at that point...
What do you mean by "threw it in a draw"? I'm genuinely confused by this sentence.
@@grahamlive draw = drawer
Yeah but why would there be a text that says “if you find this phone please call this number”?
@@maybe6536 because it was lost, but subsequently returned to him with the battery problem
Holy cow, ios 5 so long ago! Glad to see a video today when im off of work!
this video was way more entertaining than I anticipated
It's really not that odd to find this in a recycle bin. Back in the day when iPhones were still a relatively new thing, myself and most people I knew simply dropped thier old phones into a bin at the entrance of Best Buy or Staples for recycling. It wasn't like it is today where people turn around and sell them for ridiculous amounts of money on eBay.
Just because you never sold your old phone and decided to throw it away didn't make it useless. I literally never just threw my old phones away.
Dude! Call and also text those numbers in the phone! How often do you get such an opportunity??
“Wow, these scam sms bots are so advanced they pass the turing test!”
If you find Edmond, this would be LEGENDARY.
Remember to save the shsh blobs for this device. if jailbreak messes up you can still reset
The original title of this video was I found a jailbroken iphone 4s on ios 5 in 2022
I can’t be the only one who felt a stranger and good feeling watching this
I have an old iPhone 4 jailbroken on iOS 7
It’s a really cool time capsule too I’ll never sell
Oh, that's nostalgic, I fell like that was the golden age of iPhones and jailbreak, moved to android around that time but I feel like jailbreaking is no longer much of a thing, which is sad, iPhones are awesome hardware but I can't comply with apple not giving me full power over the device.
It’s weird how the iPhone 5 gets most of the nostalgia attention now, while the 4S was the last to have the original 3.5 inch screen size, the old TH-cam app and Google apps built in, and the 30 pin connector
probably because it was the last iPhone with a skeumorphic UI
@@chl_ca The last iPhone with a skeumorphic UI was the 5, because it came with ios 6.0, but yeah the 4 got until ios 7 and 4s got until ios 9. So they also lost the skeumorphic UI
even if the phones got wet, the batteries were likely all very dead. there wouldn’t be any corrosion, only rust, so i doubt the damage is extensive on any of them
id love to see a follow up video, it would actually show many mysteries of this phone and whats happend to it over the decade.
I am typing this from my iPhone 4s and I am still using it
I still have and use an iPhone 4s running iOS 6.1.3; I have to say, this is by far the last best operating system for the 4s
the ios 7 was normal performance for iphone 4s but ios 8 and 9 are very slow
These kind of stories seems so obscure, it's fun to watch, hope you find its owner.
you should do more videos like this!!! if you can, that is. lol. this was a pretty unique video. also maybe u can do some repair videos someday. that would be cool. repair videos are so satisfying
1:36 Galaxy S5 is really not that bad tbh. I still use my S5 mini as a music player, when my phone’s battery’s dead. And while it’s not the bestest experience obviously, it’s still a great device. Can’t believe someone dumped that :’(
I'd love a Windows Phone. Just for nostalgia.
I have an old Windows phone...
...all it runs is IE, no thanks
I use a 4S 32GB on iOS 6 jailbroken as an mp3 player when i go jogging. Gorgeous device!
Hey josh! LOve you vids been here since 2018! and subscribed since 2019! this is my favoirte tech channel of all time and the first channel i have ever subbed to!
My first iPhone was an iPhone 3G the year it came out and was jailbroken AF. I was the coolest kid in school. I still have my jailbroken iPhone 4 in my electronic bin “just in case” even if I also have a spare iPhone 6, 6S and an SE “just in case” as well… lmao
The apple product that I still have that's like a time capsule is a 1st generation ipod touch with iphone OS 1.1.5. A very early version of iOS that seems to be from mid 2008 before iPhone OS 2 came out. Using it today in 2021, it feels extremely basic and limited. It's still good for offline tasks like listening to downloaded music and videos, but for internet, iPhone OS 1 is pretty useless. Other than that, I have the 2nd gen iPod touch on iOS 4.2.1, iPhone 4s on iOS 9.3.5, and then oldest is a 5th gen iPod classic from 2005.
If you ever hear back from the original owner, we NEED an update video!
I have an downgraded iPhone 4 running iOS 5.0.1... it works like a charm!
Clean it with isopropyl alcohol PLEASE
My very first iPhone is in its box with iOS 6 and it’s an iPhone 4s fully functional and with great battery life.
I wonder if Edmond is still alive. Can you imagine having the phone of someone who died after losing their phone.
I have a old iPhone 4 still running iOS 4.0.1
I’ve had the same mobile number for about 14 years, I don’t think you’d struggle to find the owner
Finally a video like old phones
I’ll be real, I got an iPad 2 as untested on eBay and a very similar string of events followed, except I ended up landing on iOS 4.3.1! Same thing where it was updated, at most, once. It’s in pretty good shape too, needed a bit of work to make the volume up button work but otherwise is flawless. Also it’s a 64GB CDMA iPad 2 for C$30 so that was already good value, iOS 4 was kinda the cherry on top. Sadly it isn’t jailbroken, but it turns out no jailbreak exists for iOS 4 (minus 4.3.3 specifically for some reason) on A5, even to this day.
I'd love to see some follow ups with some of those other numbers to see if we can't find out who Edmond is
My first iDevice was an iPod Touch 4g with iOS 5.1.1, this video gave me a lot of memories back
I put my iPhone 4 to recycle on iOS 5 only a few months ago. I never thought it had any value so it has been laying around since 2012 so finally threw it away.
Some people say the iPhone 5 was the last great iPhone, but I believe the 4/a was
I work at a repair shop and we had a lot of old unclaimed phones and I found a black AT&T iPhone 4S on iOS 5.0.1 in good condition and no iCloud lock I still use it as an iPod because Spotify still works on it
And yes I did reset it
And no damage at all
This is very interesting, can't wait for the follow-up!
i found a 32gb 4s on ios 5.1.1 in a recycling bin last year. pretty cool, it’s in mint condition too
please josh more videos like this investigation type thingy it interesting as hell
fact that you waited 6 months to call the number you IMMEDIATELY got, hints you wanted to use that rare phone for a while😂😂
2011 design was beautiful
The facebook app is installed on the phone, is Edmond still signed in?
what a captivating story
I got my very first apple device (an iPad) on iOS 5 when i was like 10 and got it jailbreaked by an older cousin. This was nostalgic asf 🥲🥲
Voids warranty. Don’t do that
@@emilsecker7881 you can easy resset and boom warranty is back
@@mladenovskitv not how it works buddy
An iPhone with a jailbreak is OP. Do it! Period
@@emilsecker7881 funny because that's exactly how it works lol i never understood the void warranty claim because nowadays atleast it's easy to unjailbreak your phone and they won't know it was even tampered with
I simply cant imagine an iPhone 12 sitting in a dump, costing just 10 dollars, in 2035!! 😂
This is an incredible find. I was thrown aback with all the jailbreak tweaks
I miss the old iOS. Nostalgic.
What a fascinating story about this phone lmfao I love it!
while the dock is satisfying, it's more annoying that it doesn't let you swipe to the edges of all the apps.
I never knew costed was a word. Until today
Bro, that’s my uncles phone.
He’s dead now, but I remember him showing me the phone.
I have a hard time believing you.
Was your uncle named Edmond?
I actually got my old black 4S stolen a few years ago after losing it in a rest stop and it was running iOS 9, imagine if that one was actually my stolen phone lol
10:07 hey Cola 🥰
I enjoyed your video! I'm going to try to jailbreak!
The 4s and the 4Ses are very strong phones, my 4 went through pressure jets, water, walls and fire and, guess what, it works
Does anyone know how to fix cydia on these phones? I bought one for a music station and the cydia lasted about a week now everything is gone.
this wallpaper goes hard feel free to screenshot
Off topic, but I saw a comment in another video of someone saying that they upgraded from an iPhone 4s to an iPhone 13. That's so crazy to think about!
He’s the cutest TH-camr ever. 😭 😍
man, since your doing merchandise now, you should make a shirt with your dog on it !!
iOS 5. Man that was forever ago
I have a mint iPhone 4. It is running iOS 4.3.2
missed this phone back in 2017 the last time I used 4s
i see a blackbarry in your phone pile there at 14:53 i want it lol i havent seen one of them in so long
Mine got slow after iOS 9, it was horrible.
I recently bought a IPhone 4S on IOS 5.0.1 for 50€ (54$ btw) also it had the box and was mint asf
The person who pulled the sim out probably thought “oh look a free SIM card!”
I just want to say I commend you for looking through those phones for six hours!! ❤️❤️❤️
Great video
How did the iPhone 4s have iOS 10?
I got an iPhone 4s on iOS 6, perfect condition
I lost my ipod touch 5 in 2020. hope I still can find it someday
Same i have 3 in the junk box found 3x4's over the years charged it up and using iTunes on Pc 1 worked reinstalled new update ios 9 ?
white one is like new others be a spare parts etc
The Motorola on the top of the last shot of the pile was featured in a DankPods video
Maybe no contacts because they were stored only on the SIM card and when it was removed the numbers were lost
discovered this channel from a twitter gimmick account shouting you out, very awesome content.
Who else looked in the Target electronic recycling bins when they were a kid? 😂
My guess is the all the contacts were stored on the SIM card and they all went away when it was removed
3:06
is that a custom icon or are you like me and have not updated discord
edit: nvm its old footage
Ha yea that was taken before I updated the app.
Did you have any working Nokia Lumia windows phones?
Yo bro you should soak the board in isopropyl alcohol and clean some of that rust off just in the off chance it might cause issues in the future
You found my Galaxy SII!
Imagine what you can do to jailbreak Iphone 4s in 2021.
who is your family friend with the barrels of old phones? i would interested in looking through and buying some phones for myself
Cool. I actually still use an iphone 4s as my Main phone,and its working fine😊
I really want a iPhone 3G or 3GS but i cant find any like i got every iPhone with Jone button exept iPhone 2g 3G 3GS so thats all im missing:/
Did you ever call them back
solid video