F3arRa1n’s new A12 activator poses to be a promising competitor to iRemovalPro, especially with iRemoval Pro potentially not being free anymore (there will be an article on that later today). Running the bypass was pretty effortless, especially compared to iRemoval Pro. Here’s a full guide.

Requirements

Physical access to the device you want to bypass. The device must be on iOS 18.7 - 26.0.1.
A stable Wi-Fi connection. Using a mobile hotspot is not advised.
A lightning or USB-C cable (depending on your phone model).
A copy of the tool. A guide for installing the tool can be found here.

Step-By-Step Guide

Launch F3ar’s tool and login if you haven’t already. Plug in your device, make sure you hit “trust” on the device, then hit the “Test Compatability and/or Activate” button under Hello Activation.
Follows the prompts. You should get a screen asking you to confirm your purchase. Just hit confirm, as the price is 0 credits (which any user will already have in his or her account). From there, just let the tool work it’s magic. NOTE: I encountered an error where the tool would hang every once in a while. If the device is on and doesn’t restart the device in a minute or so, unplug and replug the device then wait thirty seconds. The device should then reboot.
Your device should now be activated!

Review

F3ar’s tool is by far way more stable than iRemoval Pro. I didn’t get any errors or have to bypass again. This tool should be the standard. The device is smooth (iRemoval Pro significantly made my device slower and ran down battery).

The ONLY reservation I have about this tool is iCloud login. That’s really important to me. F3ar says he’s working on a fix, so we’ll just have to wait.

Until then, stay tuned!