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Boot a Virtual iPhone via Apple's Virtualization.framework

The guide details how to use Apple’s Virtualization.framework on Apple-silicon Macs running macOS 15+ to create a fully functional virtual iPhone, leveraging the vphone-cli toolchain to download, patch, restore, and install a custom firmware bundle. It provides step-by-step commands for VM lifecycle management, firmware preparation, SSH/VNC access, and two methods for bypassing SIP/AMFI restrictions, noting that nesting is unsupported.