Comments on: How To: Connect to Your iPhone Via SSH

By: patrickj

patrickj — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 16:08:30 +0000

Try something like DiskAid: http://www.digidna.net/products/diskaid

By: sayhear

sayhear — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 03:39:18 +0000

what if i don't have wireless?

By: patrickj

patrickj — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:48:03 +0000

Likely because it is on by default – and you will want to use SBSettings to turn it off except when you need to use it, for both battery life and security reasons.

By: Ash88

Ash88 — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 11:34:06 +0000

i was able to ssh into my itouch using winscp without toggleing the ssh button on sbsettings! any idea why?

By: Daniel

Daniel — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 07:55:56 +0000

I was having this same problem, ended up scouring a bunch of articles and doing a bunch of unnecessary things that didn't help… the solution for me was quite simple – maybe it will work for you!

After you've installed OpenSSH on the iPhone via Cydia, restart your phone.

Then, turn off the Auto Lock under Settings by selecting "Never".

Turn on your WiFi connection… then, if you have SBSettings, you can use it to verify that OpenSSH is on (but it should be automatically in the background anyway)…

Next, open Cyberduck on your computer – select Open Connection…

Here's the critical step that made it start working for me — SELECT "SFTP (SSH File Transfer Protocol)" from the dropdown menu (it was defaulted to an FTP connection)!

Then enter "root" as username, "alpine" as password (unless you changed it manually through Mobile Terminal as per jw1's suggestion, which I did not…)

And it should work! At least it did for me — the problem was I overlooked the default selection for an FTP connection in the dropdown.

Hope this helps!

By: patrickj

patrickj — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:47:57 +0000

You have OpenSSH installed on your iPhone and turned on via SBSettings or similar?

By: gfx

gfx — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 02:21:17 +0000

Sorry 'bout that. Here's the error I'm getting:

I/O Error: Connection failed

sftp://10.0.1.4

There was a problem while connecting to 10.0.1.4:22.

My wife's iphone works like a charm but mine does not.

By: patrickj

patrickj — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:16:30 +0000

If you give some details on what error you're seeing, then somebody may have a suggestion on how to resolve.

By: gfx

gfx — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 17:52:52 +0000

I did what you suggested and still things did not work. Still getting an error with Cyberduck

By: jw1

jw1 — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 03:13:19 +0000

If anyone is having problems connecting their iphone to Cyberduck, after the update. Cydia has left out BSD Subsystems. so there is no download available.

OK Here is what you do!!! Download Mobile Terminal from ROCK installer.
Open the app.
Then type passwd.
It will say old password. Type in the password you want!
Not the old one alpine.
Then type it in again.
Bam! your done! Open up cyberduck log on as root and your password and
Bam! your there.

By: Shelly

Shelly — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 20:12:20 +0000

The root user or the alpine password is not working… It keeps saying that the login name is wrong and I have tried it many times. Is there a way to get your own user name and password?

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By: patrickj

patrickj — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:43:50 +0000

Cyberduck should give you an Finder-like view, showing the folders / files on your iPhone, as well as those on your Mac.

You should be able to just drag and drop your video files over from iPhone to Mac.

By: Justin Mccaffrey

Justin Mccaffrey — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 03:18:48 +0000

actually scratch that i figured that out and im connected now but what folders do i go to in order to copy the videos that i record on cycorder i found the cycorder folder and what do i do when i find the folder thanks

By: Justin Mccaffrey

Justin Mccaffrey — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 03:00:47 +0000

my ip does start with 192.168. i was just using the zeros as an example because when i do it 192.168.x.xxx it says disconnected right away but when i enter it 192168xxxx it says mounting and the load circle is spinning but it doesnt connect and it just says operation timed out i am on a mac and im using cyberduck i changed it to sftp but its not working on the cyberduck window it also says 21 so im not sure if im doing something wrong

By: patrickj

patrickj — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 23:13:45 +0000

Hey Justin – the problem is that is not a valid IP address. If it's a home WiFi network, most likely your address should start with 192.168.x.x.

To find your iPhone's IP address, go to Settings > WiFi and in the 'Choose a Network' section look at the network name with a checkmark next to it. Click the little blue arrow at the right of the bar for that network. On the next screen you should see a list of items, one is the IP address entry. Let us know what that address is, or the beginning of it at any rate.

By: Justin Mccaffrey

Justin Mccaffrey — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:43:58 +0000

hey i got openssh i got cyberduck i entered my ip address but im having a few problems maybe im not doing this correctly i first tryed entering my ip as follows 000.000.0.000 and like that with the periods it disconnects me immediately when i enter it without the period in the bottom left corner of cyberduck it says resolving then mounting but it then says it failed and in red lettering it says operation timed out ive tryed this many time and it just keeps doin the same thing do you have any suggestions? or advice am i doint anything wrong

By: patrickj

patrickj — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 20:13:42 +0000

If I am understanding you correctly, the iPhone is now at a stage where it is forcing you to do a restore. As in, you cannot boot it up normally. If you are sure of that and if you've tried hard reboots and cannot get any farther, then I don't know of any ways (barring forensic-level recovery tools) to get that data backed up.

If you can still boot the phone, you have lots of options of course.

By: Divegirl

Divegirl — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 22:18:12 +0000

I have a regular Iphone (not jailbreak) and just went into the need to do a restore. I haven't backed up in the last month or so and have some new pics/numbers on the phone that I want to capture before I restore. Any suggestions or am I out of luck?

By: patrickj

patrickj — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:46:37 +0000

John – that depends on which apps you use to work with those books / documents. If you have any jailbreak apps that can access specific areas of the file system and use them as their default storage areas, you'll need to place your content wherever the app instructs you to put it. This will be app-specific – and of course will only be available via jailbreak apps.

By: john

john — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:41:42 +0000

after ssh into iphone how do i knows where to put what. for example if i have a book or documents which folder do i put it in

By: patrickj

patrickj — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 19:06:33 +0000

Go to Settings > WiFi and look for the network you are currently connected to (with a little check mark on it) – click on the blue arrow at the right of the network's listing. That should take you to a screen full of information, including the IP address.

By: you

you — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 18:53:14 +0000

how can i know the iPhone IP?

By: patrickj

patrickj — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 01:26:52 +0000

I think you can get some unexpected results when changing that password, so may be best to change it back – at least for the purposes of getting SSH going (and change it again afterwards if you like). Tell us more about what errors you get and perhaps someone here can help.

By: 4znpr1de98

4znpr1de98 — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 20:41:36 +0000

I don't get it. Nothing works for my username and password and when I resetted the password thinking that would help, it didn't.