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User profile for user: DeePhantom1
DeePhantom1 Author
User level: Level1 17 points
In privacy & security>Location services theirs a appllication called bifrost.bundle. Nobody is sure what bifrost.bundle is and apple store employees say its spyware and the solution is to erase your Iphone, and that doesnt get rid of bifrost.bundle, bifrost just comes back. Apple employees have no clue what it is. Us consumers have no idea what it is. I cant find any information on the internet other than a few people asking the same question. I reccomend checking your settings for this bifrost.bundle. Hoping this is just apple software that wasnt covered up well enough instead of a security threat.
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iPhone 11, iOS 17
Posted on May 6, 2024 7:43 AM
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User profile for user: simoneines
simoneines
User level: Level1 14 points
Posted on May 28, 2024 4:13 AM
The solution: reset your location and privacy settings and it is gone (thanks, Reddit):
If you would like to reset all of your location settings to the factory default, go to Settings > General > Transfer or Reset [device], tap Reset, then tap Reset Location & Privacy. When your location and privacy settings are reset, apps will stop using your Location Services information until you grant them permission.
About privacy and Location Services in iOS, iPadOS, and watchOS - Apple Support
I also had bifrost.bundle sharing my location and no clue where it came from. Maybe Proton VPN, Metamask or Monopoly Go, since these are the most exotic apps I had. I only found about it when checking location sharing after I had set up an iPhone with everything transferred directly from another iPhone.
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User profile for user: simoneines
simoneines
User level: Level1 14 points
May 28, 2024 4:13 AM in response to DeePhantom1
The solution: reset your location and privacy settings and it is gone (thanks, Reddit):
If you would like to reset all of your location settings to the factory default, go to Settings > General > Transfer or Reset [device], tap Reset, then tap Reset Location & Privacy. When your location and privacy settings are reset, apps will stop using your Location Services information until you grant them permission.
About privacy and Location Services in iOS, iPadOS, and watchOS - Apple Support
I also had bifrost.bundle sharing my location and no clue where it came from. Maybe Proton VPN, Metamask or Monopoly Go, since these are the most exotic apps I had. I only found about it when checking location sharing after I had set up an iPhone with everything transferred directly from another iPhone.
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User profile for user: Mac Jim ID
Mac Jim ID
User level: Level7 21,215 points
May 8, 2024 5:27 PM in response to DeePhantom1
When you did the factory reset, did you set it up as a new device with only your Apple ID and not by restoring from a backup or transferring from another device?
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User profile for user: DeePhantom1
DeePhantom1 Author
User level: Level1 17 points
May 8, 2024 5:17 PM in response to Johnathan Burger
I know for a fact it isnt an app. Other users have stated that it "repopulates" after factory resets. I erase my phone clean, back up from an older phone, or uninstall every single app possible and it will remain.
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User profile for user: Johnathan Burger
Johnathan Burger
User level: Level9 67,945 points
May 8, 2024 10:46 AM in response to DeePhantom1
We are all just users like you.
One issue is Bitfrost could be many different things.
The burning rainbow bridge from Asgard to Midgard, software in Autodesk for videos, Bitfrost AI used to generate images from map data, a crypto coin network, etc.
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User profile for user: MrHoffman
MrHoffman
Community+ 2024 User level: Level10 123,589 points
May 6, 2024 9:34 AM in response to DeePhantom1
Got any add-on cryptocurrency or wallet or DeFi or VPN apps loaded? If so, remove all that, restart, and check again.
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User profile for user: lobsterghost1
lobsterghost1
User level: Level10 145,690 points
May 6, 2024 9:45 AM in response to DeePhantom1
Do you play Assassins Creed Valhala on your iPhone? From what I found in a google search, this appears to have some connection to this game.
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User profile for user: DeePhantom1
DeePhantom1 Author
User level: Level1 17 points
May 8, 2024 10:01 AM in response to lobsterghost1
I do not play assassins creed on my phone.
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User profile for user: DeePhantom1
DeePhantom1 Author
User level: Level1 17 points
May 8, 2024 10:02 AM in response to MrHoffman
I dont have any of the things you mentioned.
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User profile for user: MrHoffman
MrHoffman
Community+ 2024 User level: Level10 123,589 points
May 8, 2024 2:04 PM in response to DeePhantom1
Well, start removing apps one at a time, until it goes away. Then you’ll know what app it was associated with.
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User profile for user: DeePhantom1
DeePhantom1 Author
User level: Level1 17 points
May 8, 2024 5:15 PM in response to MrHoffman
It isnt associated with any app. Even after multiple factory resets or uninstalling every single app, bifrost.bundle will remain. It doesnt go away.
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Does anyone know what ‘bifrost.bundle’ is on iPhones?