There has been a vulnerability in the Apple iOS system recently, which has caused the difficulty of flashing to drop sharply. Therefore, some netizens have successfully taken the opportunity to flash the tablet’s iPadOS into the iPhone 17 Pro Max, allowing the phone to open and stack a large number of windows, and also use the iPad version of the App. When connected to an external screen, the phone has a Mac-like experience.
Reddit netizen TechExpert2910 posted an article to share that he successfully replaced the iOS system of the iPhone 17 Pro Max with iPadOS, giving the phone a desktop-like operating experience. He even directly complained in the title that Apple did not dare to let the iPhone do this for fear of affecting Mac sales.
In the article, TechExpert2910 demonstrated the use of the new multi-window stacking function of iPadOS 26 on the iPhone 17 Pro Max, which can fill both the phone screen and the external display with various apps, breaking through the iPhone’s long-standing limitation of only allowing a single app to be executed on the screen.
Netizens said that the system stability is unexpectedly high, especially the 12 GB memory is already higher than the M4 version of iPad Pro. It is definitely not a problem to satisfy multi-tasking, and the App Store will also recognize the phone as an iPad, and you can download and run the iPad version of the app, just like Spotify on the external screen uses the horizontal interface of the tablet.
The reason why the iPhone 17 Pro can replace the system this time is that there is a vulnerability in iOS 26.1, which suddenly makes flashing the phone easy. In the future, simple resources and connections will be provided for interested users to study on their own. However, this is a cracking behavior after all. Apple may plug the loophole at any time. If it is unfortunately bricked, you will be responsible for it. Everyone must evaluate carefully before trying to challenge.
