CoolStar releases beta 7 of the Electra jailbreak tool for iOS 11.0-11.1.2
Electra beta 7 is now available for jailbreaking iOS 11.0-11.1.2, but remember that this tool doesn’t install Cydia. Use at your own risk.
SSH
SSHIcon lets you know when there are active SSH connections to your device
Never worry about unauthorized SSH access your jailbroken device again. SSHIcon lets you know whenever someone’s connected to your iPhone or iPad with a Status Bar icon.
How to properly configure SSH on the extra_recipe and Yalu jailbreaks
Both Yalu and extra_recipe bundle an SSH client called Dropbear instead of OpenSSH. However, neither support SSH over WiFi out of the box, nor do they include the necessary commands for copying files to and from your iOS device. This guide will show you how to remove both of these limitations.
How to make SSH persistent on the liberTV jailbreak for Apple TV 4
This guide will show you how to prevent the liberTV SSH client, Dropbear, from being periodically purged. We will move it from its default location in a temporary folder, to a permanent home on the filesystem, allowing it to be invoked without repeated setup in the future.
How to SSH into your jailbroken Apple TV 4 or 4K and change your root password
This guide will show you how to connect to a jailbroken Apple TV 4 or Apple TV 4K using SSH. It also goes through how to change the default passwords on the device for security purposes.
How to SSH into your device from a Mac and change your root password
Sometimes it is necessary to connect to your mobile device from a computer, for troubleshooting purposes or to use a tool which runs from the computer. For example, tihmstar’s Prometheus suite downgrades your device by sending commands to it from the computer on which it, and the files it uses, are stored. The connection used to do this is called SSH, and is normally provided by the OpenSSH package (or an equivalent client such as Dropbear).
In this guide we will show you how to use SSH to connect to your device from your computer. We will also go through how to change the default passwords on your device, because once you have installed OpenSSH, anyone can log in using the default passwords if you do not change them. This is a major security risk, and so everyone who has OpenSSH installed should follow this procedure.
How to install nitoTV on Apple TV 4
If you’ve been around the jailbreak community for a few years, you are probably familiar with nitoTV for Apple TV, the installer that gained popularity back in the days of the Apple TV 2. Things had become a little uneventful for a few years due to the lack of a jailbreak for Apple TV, but now that things have changed, nitoTV developer Kevin Bradley is back at it with an updated version of the popular installer.
In this post, we’ll show you how to install nitoTV on your jailbroken Apple TV.
How to use a passcode with the iOS 8.x jailbreak
At this point in time, running Cydia on a jailbroken iPhone can still be a bit confusing for users who aren’t always knee-deep in this stuff. One of the biggest issues encountered when running Cydia on a jailbroken iOS 8 device at the moment involves using the passcode and Touch ID.
After installing Cydia on a jailbroken iOS 8 device, many are reporting that establishing a passcode sends them into a bootloop. I verified that I encountered the same issue.
Let me just preface this by saying that the problems encountered here are no fault of the Pangu team or of Saurik. This jailbreak is a work in progress, and we’ve been advised that the jailbreak is only for developers at the moment. That said, many of you are adventurous and want to take the plunge as soon as possible; as do I.
In this video, I share an unsanctioned workaround to the boot loop issue. I show you how to establish a passcode on a device with Cydia and Cydia Substrate installed. I’ve tested this out, and have recorded the entire Cydia installation process for your convenience. Have a look inside for the full tutorial.
The best iPhone to PC file browsers
As someone who writes about iOS software and jailbreak tweaks for a living, I am constantly using software to connect to my devices. The right software can make it a snap to access the file system, transfer photos, manually install software, and make backups, but the wrong software can make your work flow slow to a crawl.
This is an overview of some of the most popular tools for browsing the iOS filesystem from a computer. Depending on your preferences, you might choose one tool over another…
How to install Cydia on iOS 6 beta
Last week a tethered jailbreak was released for iOS 6 running on the iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, and iPod touch 4th generation. While it was great to have a jailbreak so soon, the jailbreak didn’t include any GUI tools like Cydia, only SSH and afc2 support were added.
Fortunately, now that we have SSH access, we can transfer and install pretty much anything on our jailbroken iOS 6 devices, including Cydia.
Check inside for the full video tutorial that shows you how to install Cydia on iOS 6 beta…
iPhone Dev Team to release iOS 6 developer-only jailbreak
Indeed, there will be a jailbreak for iOS 6 in the very near future, but it might not be what you’re expecting. This morning, MuscleNerd announced that the iPhone Dev Team will release an iOS 6 jailbreak “In the spirit of the experimental ecosystem JBers provide”.
With that in mind, the team is releasing a developer only jailbreak for iOS 6. This means that you won’t have access to a pretty interface like Cydia, but you will be provided with SSH access.
How to launch apps on your iPhone with Alfred
Did you know you can launch an iPhone app or respring your iDevice using Alfred for Mac? It’s actually possible. You can invoke a hotkey, type Respring into your Mac, and your iPhone SpringBoard will restart automatically.
This tutorial is not for the feint of heart. It helps if you have a general understanding of OpenSSH, the command line, and scripting with AppleScript or Python. You will need to have a Mac with administrator rights and a jailbroken iDevice. Read on to get started…