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Walril said:
Based on the thread yes you will have problems. Both of you will. Both of you will keep getting booted. Ultimately you will stop working and they will work. It's a bad idea to do it. Just follow the guide on generating a 13 digit MLB.
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Which 13 digit MLB generator are you referring to? I've been looking at so many different forums I don't know which is which anymore!
 
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Wilky13 said:
Which 13 digit MLB generator are you referring to? I've been looking at so many different forums I don't know which is which anymore!
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The insanely mac one. See JayMonkey's post on the previous page.
 
Im curious as to whether or not anyone as of late has actually been successful at fixing iMessage.
 
Hey Mystical -
thanks for the info. I see you used the serial as a base for you MLB, but according to a website that walks through decoding an 13 MLB (insanely), there isn't likely overlap between serial and MLB, is that not the case? Also, are you familiar in how to get the production number? I see you have to convert it to base-36. Anyway, I am trying to make it fool proof. When you called, did you just provide them with customer code and it worked immediately?

Thanks for your help!
 
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No guys. Mystical just got his working. Look at his last post.
 
Silence720 said:
Hey Mystical -
thanks for the info. I see you used the serial as a base for you MLB, but according to a website that walks through decoding an 13 MLB (insanely), there isn't likely overlap between serial and MLB, is that not the case? Also, are you familiar in how to get the production number? I see you have to convert it to base-36. Anyway, I am trying to make it fool proof. When you called, did you just provide them with customer code and it worked immediately?

Thanks for your help!
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I used only the G88 prefix from serial. Which i've seen in some valid MLBs. the rest didn't use serial as base at all. The date I did serial - 6 weeks. I made sure EEE was valid for mac pro 3,1 (XDA). Other numbers I made similar to that which i found in my real mac pros MLB. I can't say with 100% certainly number is fool proof or just working "for now" but i filled in blanks with real mac pro MLB. However, no it absolutely isn't a clone. It's a unique MLB that'd make it look like a mac pro produced in same factory as my real one.
 
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Wilky13 said:
Can I use my genuine MacPro3,1 and slightly alter the unique 'DDD' part of the MLB and ROM and use that in my hack? Will it be okay to continue using MacPro3,1 on my hack even though the hardware more closely matches a iMAc15,1?
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@Wilky13 & All,

I'm not going to to answer that question directly ...... what i can tell you is that some users have been successful at generating a working 13 digit MLB by using one from a genuine Mac which they own and modifying certain elements of the MLB ...... the best advice I can give is read the linked 'Patten of MLB' thread carefully and understand the 13 Digit MLB format ...... apply what you learn .....

However, there is something very important to remember .... this method runs the risk of generating a MLB that could potentially match someone else's real Mac's MLB and there is no, known way of checking if that MLB is unique ... so this may or may-not become a problem.

Obviously any working MLB Generator could potentially do the same ....

If Apple are storing the MLB & ROM as a matched pair and generating a checksum .... something like what the customer code is then the chances are that your ROM will be unique even if the MLB is not - so the result should still be valid and unique (if whitelisted)

If Apple are checking for just cloned MLB's then the chance is there ..... and that's going to cause issues for you and the unfortunate other party who won't have a clue whats happened ? - If someone wants to calculate the odds and post it i'm sure we'd all be interested ... but if it becomes too common then it's only going to end badly again.

There is still no clear evidence that a Apple formatted ROM value is currently required, many users are still having success using a ethernet MAC address from their Hack as their ROM value .. but this maybe changing.

We now know that any generated MLB & ROM values need to be white listed by calling customer services ... as the escalation in the use of cloned MLB values towards the end of 2014 proved, if Apple start getting a lot more iMessage activations ... it will inevitably lead them to enhance the iMessage validation protocols again ... my guess is the ROM value would be targeted and given similar validation protocols as the MLB now has (must be Apple and follow a defined patten)

So remember it's going to be Cat and Mouse from now on .. please use common sense .... if you get a working set of values keep them and use them for the life of the Hack including future software and hardware upgrades. Do as much testing of your systems off-line as possible if experimenting with ID's.

The more times Apple sees unusual activation requests against the same AppleID the grater the chance is that they implement some sort of full AppleID Account blocking or worse .... so do everything you can to limit detectable ID changes.

! Think before you Clone !

A message for all mankind ...... not just us Hackingtosher's ...

Good Luck
Cheers
Jay
 
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