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Here is a short guide to show you how you can use SSH on your iPhone and use it to transfer any file to your computer (Mac / Windows). The guide is completely targeted for non-technical persons. So, you can use it to transfer ringtone and photos without the USB cable....



So, what's SSH?

The first thing you would like to know is what SSH is. SSH stands for secure shell that is commonly used in Unix/Linux environment. You can use SSH to access a remote computer and execute commands from another machine that may be miles away. Additionally, you can use it to transfer files to the remote computer, just like FTP. I'm not going to dig deep and throw out all the technical details about SSH. But just remember, SSH is a tool that lets you access machine or devices remotely. Here, the device is your iPhone.

Installing SSH on iPhone

You may be curious why you can use SSH on iPhone. Is SSH just designed for Unix? That's a good question. You may not know the iPhone OS is a stripped-down version of Mac OS X, which is actually riding on Unix as its core. So, that's why you can use SSH on iPhone.

But officially, Apple didn't bundle the utility for every iPhone user and thanks to the jailbreak community to bring SSH to iPhone. As long as your iPhone is jailbroken, you can install and use SSH on iPhone.

To use SSH after jailbreak, you can go up to Cydia and search for OpenSSH to find the package. Tap the Install button to install it on your iPhone. Once installed, restart your iPhone. You'll not find an icon for SSH on the home screen. But after restart, the SSH tool will be automatically launched and listens for remote request in background.


Note: Please disable autolock before using SSH. You can go to Settings -> General -> Auto-Lock and set it to Never.

How to Transfer File Using SSH

Okay, here comes to the core part of this guide. How can you transfer file to & from your iPhone remotely using WiFi? Now, your iPhone is already enabled with SSH and listens for incoming SSH request. Before you can transfer file from your computer to your iPhone, you have to know the IP address of your iPhone.

To check for the IP address, go to Settings -> Wi-Fi. Tap on the connected WiFi network and view the details. You'll see the IP address of your iPhone. Say, for my case, the IP address is 20.0.2.5.



Once you know the IP address, the next step is to connect to iPhone from your PC or Mac.

For Windows User
For Windows users, I highly recommend you to download WinSCP, which is a free SSH client for Win XP/Vista. You can download it for free from here: http://winscp.net/eng/download.php

Installation of WinSCP is very straightforward. Just double-click on winscp421setup.exe and follow the instruction to install it on your PC.

Once the installation is complete, launch WinSCP and click New to connect to iPhone. In host name, type in the IP address of your iPhone. For user name and password, you can use root and alpine respectively. Keep other fields unchanged. You can then click Login to start making connection with your iPhone. Click Yes if you're prompted with a warning to add the host key to cache.

Tip: Instead of clicking Login directly, you can click Save to save the connection profile for future use


When connected, you'll see the files in iPhone file system. And, you can easily transfer files between iPhone and computer by just drag & drop the files in WinSCP.


For Mac User
Mac is SSH-friendly. There is already a SSH client bundled inside Mac OS X. But you can only use it in command mode only as it does not offer a graphical interface. So, I highly recommend you to download a free SSH client called Cyberduck to connect to iPhone. You can download Cyberduck from: http://cyberduck.ch/

To transfer files to iPhone, simply launch Cyberduck and click Open Connection. Then fill in your iPhone's IP address in Server field. And use root and alpine for user and password respectively.


Next, click Connect button to connect to iPhone. And, Cyberduck will start establishing connection with your iPhone.

Make sure your iPhone is turned on. Otherwise, your Mac will fail to make the connection.

Once connected, you'll see the folder list of your iPhone file system. You're free to navigate through the file system. To download file from iPhone, just right-click on any file you want to download and select Download To.. to retrieve the file. And, to transfer file back to iPhone, simply go to the destination folder and right-click to select Upload. That's it!

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At long last, a jailbreak method has been released for iOS 6 and higher, which makes this the first jailbreak for the iPhone 5.




If you've been waiting to jailbreak your iPhone 5, or any device running iOS 6 and higher, the wait is over. The Untethered jailbreak for new idevices is released. A new tool Evasi0n is released to jailbreak your phone.

Supported Devices


Compatible with all iPhone, iPod touch, iPad and iPad mini models running iOS 6.0 through 6.1.2
Note : Before starting process, make sure :-
1> Make sure you are on latest iOS version i.e. iOS 6.1.2 and make sure that when you upgraded to iOS 6.1.2 via itunes update, not via an OTA update. While it’s possible that it will work, OTA updates have caused known problems in the past with regard to jailbreaks, it’s best to just play it safe.

2> Before you start, make sure you have a current backup of your iOS device. You can back up through iTunes or use iCloud. The choice is yours. This is a crucial step to ensure you don't lose important data should something go wrong and you have to restore.

3> If you use a passcode on your iOS device, the evasi0n team suggests disabling it before you being the jailbreak process; apparently it can cause issues. You can disable your passcode in Settings > General > Passcode Lock.

Now, lets get started

Step 1: Head over to official website www.evasi0n.com and download appropriate setup, its available for window/mac/Linux. Download the latest version i.e V 1.5

Step 2: Save the evasi0n app to your desktop, and run it.

Step 3: Connect your iOS device to evasi0n, and ensure that evasi0n detects your device. Evasi0n should work with any iOS 6 firmware from iOS 6.0 to iOS 6.1.2. In this case, you will be using iOS 6.1.2.

Step 4: Click the jailbreak button, and the jailbreak process will begin. Be patient, as this takes a while. You will notice your device reboot several times throughout the entire process. The main thing is just to be patient.



Step 5: Eventually, evasi0n will ask you to unlock your device, and tap the Jailbreak icon on your Home screen once. Follow these instructions, ensuring that you tap the icon only one time, and then leave the device alone and let it continue.



Step 6: The evasi0n app will complete its course, and you will be able to click the Exit button. The iOS device, however, still needs to finish up a few additional steps, so again, be patient and don’t touch your device.



Step 7: Eventually, the jailbreak will finish, and you can unlock your iOS device, and open the Cydia app on your Home screen. Cydia will need to initialize, which takes about 1 to 2 minutes. After the initialization is complete, the device will respring again.

Step 8: Reopen Cydia, select Hacker, and begin enjoying your newly jailbroken iOS device running iOS 6.1.2.

congrats!! Now your device is Jail-broken \m/


For more help just see the video tutorial for windows.


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