MobileActivation

MobileActivation talks to com.apple.mobileactivationd through MobileActivationdClient. The client exposes activation state, activated checks, and deactivate requests.

Use It For

Read the activation state.
Check whether a device is activated.
Request deactivation.

Feature Flag

Cargo.toml

[dependencies]
idevice = { version = "0.1.64", features = ["usbmuxd", "mobileactivationd"] }

Service Names

Path	Value
Lockdown	`com.apple.mobileactivationd`

Rust Example

src/main.rs

use idevice::mobileactivationd::MobileActivationdClient;

let provider = first_provider().await?;
let client = MobileActivationdClient::new(&provider);
let state = client.state().await?;
println!("{state:#?}");

CLI Equivalent

Terminal

idevice-tools activation state
idevice-tools activation deactivate

Common Errors

Error	What to check
Service not found	The device/iOS version does not advertise this service on the selected transport.
Connection failed	Check pairing, trust state, and whether the selected provider can reach the device.
Permission error	The service requires a device state, entitlement, or developer setting that is not active.

MobileActivation

Use It For

Feature Flag

Service Names

Rust Example

CLI Equivalent

Common Errors

Source

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