How to Install FaceTime on Your iPad Using iFacePad (Mac)

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Posted February 16, 2011 at 12:40am by iClarified

These are instructions on how to install FaceTime on your first generation iPad. You must have a jailbroken iPad to continue.

Step One
Create a new folder on your desktop called Pwnage and place the following files in it.
● iFacePad
● iPod4,1_4.2.1_8C148_Restore.ipsw
● PhoneDisk

How to Install FaceTime on Your iPad Using iFacePad (Mac)

Step Two
Double click to extract the PhoneDisk archive. Then double click the .mpkg file to install the application.

Step Three
Press to launch Cydia from your iPad's Springboard.

Press to select Sections from the tabs at the bottom of the screen.

Press to select System from the list of Sections.

Press to choose afc2add from the list of Packages.

Press the Install button at the top right.

Press the Continue Queuing button from the window that appears.

Press the System button at the top left of the screen.

Press the Sections button at the top left of the screen.

Press to select Networking from the list of Sections.

Press to select OpenSSH from the list of Packages.

Press the Install button at the top right of the screen.

Press the Confirm button to begin installation.

Once installation has completed successfully press the large Reboot Device button.

Step Four
Once your iPad has rebooted launch PhoneDisk from your Applications folder and make sure it connects to your iPad as root.

You can do this by clicking Preferences from the PhoneDisk menubar dropdown then change the app default mount path from /Documents to /.

Step Five
Double click the iFacePad archive in your Pwnage folder to extract it. Then double click the extracted application to launch it.

Click OK to confirm you won't hold the developer responsible for any damages.

Click OK to begin. Make sure to not perform any tasks while it does its magic.

Click Yes to confirm you have PhoneDisk and SSH installed and your iPad mounted.

Enter the exact name of your iPad as it appears on your Desktop. Make sure to put a backslash before any apostrophes. ie iClarified's iPad 3G(Root)

When asked if you have the iPod Touch 4G 4.2.1 firmware. Click Yes.

Select the iPod Touch 4G 4.2.1 ipsw using the window that appears and click Choose.

Two new windows will open. One will ask you to enter the exact name of the Applications folder in the other window. Do this then click OK.

You will be warned that iFacePad needs to execute some Terminal commands. Click OK and make sure not to interrupt the script.

iFacePad will ask you if you want it to set the correct permissions. Click Yes.

You will then be asked to input the IP address of your iPad. You can find this using the tutorial here. Click OK.

When asked your iPad's SSH port leave it at 22 and click OK.

When asked your iPad's root password leave it as alpine unless you've changed it and click OK.

You will be reminded to change the password later. Click I will.

You will be warned that the script is about to run some lines in Terminal. Click OK and don't interrupt it.

Finally, you're all done!

Reboot your iPad to begin using FaceTime.

*Thanks to IntellMR for making this possible!

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jeet420 - May 19, 2011 at 12:05am

Does this work for iPad1,1_4.3.2_8H7_Restore.ipsw file. I have jb my iPad can i follow the same process just use iPad1,1_4.3.2_8H7_Restore.ipsw file and keep the rest same. thanks in advance for any comments.

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Patrick - May 20, 2011 at 9:24am

No, but you can add in Cydia's repo this: http://cydia.iphonekickass.com then install iFacePad 4.3.x ;)

Jeet420 - May 20, 2011 at 12:43pm

Thanks a million, it work like charm. can I buy the Camera Connection Kit and use usb Camara to do the video call?

Patrick - May 20, 2011 at 6:38pm

Your welcome ;) The Camer Connection Kit has nothing to do with an Camera :/ (i thought the same as you) that just imports pictures and most non-compatibily videos.. So no it doesn't do anything.

Santi - February 23, 2011 at 2:59pm

So I followed all the prompts except when I rebooted the iPad the FaceTime app does not appear?

Santi - February 24, 2011 at 12:03am

So to follow up on my question, I found a Cydia source that enables FaceTime on iPad without ssh or any of the above steps on iclarifieds guidelines. Http://Cydia.iphonekickass.com

Cldjr - February 17, 2011 at 4:00am

I bough an iPad three weeks ago. I would be delighted to jailbreak my iBook and install FaceTime on it but I have a question: How iPad may be able to use Face Time ? It doesn't have camera nor microphone...

patrick1993 - February 17, 2011 at 1:59pm

Yeah it has a micro (at the top on the left side) and we can "call" the person with Facetime for iPad.You see & hear the person but the person can only hear you (on his iDevice will be a black screen)

cldjr - February 19, 2011 at 4:52am

Yes indeed, you're right. Anyway it's make FaceTime much less interesting: "he" only heard you and you can only call people using last generation of Apple iPhone/iPad/Mac...

Johnny - December 7, 2013 at 9:33pm

what if the other person has official native facetime?

Marioso - February 17, 2011 at 1:33am

I keep getting a error message saying iPad is not mounted correctly. I have on the Right Root Partition. But i Keep getting this error. Please help. Thanks.

Moodi - February 22, 2011 at 8:29pm

I keep getting the same problem.I did it 20 times and still the same error. Any one can help .

dennis - April 8, 2011 at 12:36am

rename your ipad without an apostrophe like "myipad".

mike - February 16, 2011 at 5:27pm

I followed these steps and rebooted my iPad. The FaceTime app will not open. When I tap it it just closes again.

AlanLEIMobile - February 16, 2011 at 6:13pm

Go ahead and set permissions. I had this issue too. Set permissions to 755 on MobilePhone.app and IMAgent. IMAgent can be found in: /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/IMcore.framework/IMAgent.app

sara - February 18, 2011 at 10:40am

Hi, where is this? on my mac?

sara - February 18, 2011 at 10:44am

ok i found it but there's a huge circle with a line through it. it says i have custom access and it's not locked

ammadz - February 19, 2011 at 3:53am

it does. read the Title of the tutorial.

panosha - February 16, 2011 at 6:59am

Script cant find Preferences in App folder (Mac OS X 10.6.6).

Dave Maiden - February 16, 2011 at 5:52am

So I guess this isn't possible with windows? the guide doesn't say mac only though. Anyone know

patrick1993 - February 16, 2011 at 10:07am

I hope so...

Aaron - February 16, 2011 at 1:00am

Can we do this too the iPhone 4 that T-Mobile users are using because FaceTime wouldn't be a big issue if this app gets loaded into the iPhone4

JJordan - February 16, 2011 at 11:21am

I would like to install the FaceTime app in iPhone 4 too! Can we install it similar to the iPad? Thanks for the tutorial!!!! Big fan of iClarified!!!

AlanLEIMobile - February 16, 2011 at 11:40am

No, the reason that you can't is because technically, there is no separate FaceTime app. It's actually just the mobilephone.app and if you mess with that on your iPhone, it will send your iPhone into a boot loop since the baseband needs that app to stay unchanged for the phone to function properly.