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AltJit activation fails: Syntax error

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Description

Error Description
The process 'altjit' failed with code 1. Could not connect to device (redacted ID). The process 'python3' returned unexpected output. SyntaxError: invalid syntax

Failure Reason
The process 'altjit' failed with code 1. Could not connect to device (redacted ID). The process 'python3' returned unexpected output. SyntaxError: invalid syntax

Title
JIT could not be enabled for UTM.

Source Line
61

executableURL
file:///Applications/AltServer.app/Contents/MacOS/altjit

exitCode
1

output

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/Library/Frameworks/Python3.framework/Versions/3.9/lib/python3.9/runpy.py", line 197, in _run_module_as_main
    return _run_code(code, main_globals, None,
  File "/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/Library/Frameworks/Python3.framework/Versions/3.9/lib/python3.9/runpy.py", line 87, in _run_code
    exec(code, run_globals)
  File "/Users/julius/Library/Python/3.9/lib/python/site-packages/pymobiledevice3/__main__.py", line 8, in <module>
    from pymobiledevice3.cli.activation import cli as activation_cli
  File "/Users/julius/Library/Python/3.9/lib/python/site-packages/pymobiledevice3/cli/activation.py", line 3, in <module>
    from pymobiledevice3.cli.cli_common import Command
  File "/Users/julius/Library/Python/3.9/lib/python/site-packages/pymobiledevice3/cli/cli_common.py", line 16, in <module>
    from pymobiledevice3.lockdown import LockdownClient, create_using_usbmux
  File "/Users/julius/Library/Python/3.9/lib/python/site-packages/pymobiledevice3/lockdown.py", line 24, in <module>
    from pymobiledevice3.lockdown_service_provider import LockdownServiceProvider
  File "/Users/julius/Library/Python/3.9/lib/python/site-packages/pymobiledevice3/lockdown_service_provider.py", line 6, in <module>
    from pymobiledevice3.service_connection import LockdownServiceConnection
  File "/Users/julius/Library/Python/3.9/lib/python/site-packages/pymobiledevice3/service_connection.py", line 1, in <module>
    import asyncio
  File "/Users/julius/Library/Python/3.9/lib/python/site-packages/asyncio/__init__.py", line 21, in <module>
    from .base_events import *
  File "/Users/julius/Library/Python/3.9/lib/python/site-packages/asyncio/base_events.py", line 296
    future = tasks.async(future, loop=self)
                   ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

❌ Unable to enable JIT for UTM on device (redacted ID).
Could not connect to device (redacted ID). The process 'python3' returned unexpected output. SyntaxError: invalid syntax

This error occurs when i try to enable AltJit via GUI. Device is connected via USB-C, macOS 14.0, iPadOS 17.0.3, AltServer 1.7, pymobiledevice3 installed, python3 version is 3.10.13. Xcode as well as Xcode command line tools are also installed.

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Research direction

Start with /Applications/AltServer.app/Contents/MacOS/altjit and the pymobiledevice3 traceback, especially asyncio/base_events.py. Compare the Python interpreter used by altjit with the installed pymobiledevice3 environment, then reproduce the GUI activation path. Done means AltJIT can be enabled for the connected UTM device without the Python SyntaxError.

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Assessment

Tech stack
macos, python
Domain
devtools, mobile-dev
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
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