Questions tagged [iphone]
Apple's smartphone family. Use this tag for questions about connecting an iPhone to a Linux/UNIX system.
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Why doesn't org.bluez.MediaPlayer1 appear when my Raspberry Pi connects to my iPhone via Bluetooth?
I'm using a Raspberry Pi with BlueZ 5.66 and Linux 6.6. I want to use the Pi as a Bluetooth audio sink (A2DP) and AVRCP controller so I can stream audio from an iPhone and control playback (play/pause/...
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Arch Linux - idevicerestore: Device failed to enter restore mode
I am trying to restore an dusty old iPhone. I forgot the passcode so it's deactivated now. I installed the idevicerestore AUR from https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/idevicerestore. I put the iPhone ...
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Make iPhone documents show up automatically in Files on Debian 12 (Testing)
When using Ubuntu 24.04 or Debian 11 and I plug in my iPhone 8 with a usb cable the Gnome Files app (and MATE's equivalent) show both iPhone's DCIM volume as well as the iPhone's documents (shared app ...
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Udev Block iPhone
I'm trying to block my iPhone from being used when I connect it so that I can pass it through to a VM. So far, I have this udev rule but I still get an error about the device being used whenever I try ...
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How to transfer files from linux to iphone?
I have the libimobiledevice family and ifuse package installed. When I connect my iPhone to Linux via USB cable I get the prompt to allow access. When I confirm, I can access the DCIM folder on gnome ...
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Why is connection to IPhone Personal Wifi Hotspot so flaky with Ubuntu Linux
I have an IPhone(11) with Personal Hotspot turned on. Sometimes I would like to use my IPhone's Personal Hotspot as the internet connection for my laptop running Ubuntu 22.04 - when I'm in a place ...
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Accessing files on iPhone from Linux/CentOS (Where are the APP's)
https://libimobiledevice.org/
https://forums.centos.org/viewtopic.php?f=54&t=78621
According to CentOS 8
libimobiledevice
# dnf install libimobiledevice
https://vault.centos.org/centos/8/...
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Is it possible to "dumb down" Linux to send ethernet datagrams over Lightning/30-pin dock connector?
I am wanting to 'reverse' tether my Linux desktop with an iPhone (Linux acting as server/router and iPhone is its client). Thanks to Apple, it is a lot of PITA to do anything hacky with their mobile ...
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Permission Denied when using Scalpel
I've mounted my iphone to /home/user1/iphone using ifuse. Now I would like to use the tool Scalpel on the directory, but when running the command I get this:
ERROR: Couldn't open input file: -- ...
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Mounting failed iPhone to recover the data, iPhone shows up in lsusb, no blk device assigned. How can we force mount it?
I'm trying to recover data from a failed iPhone. iPhone is recognized as a usb device, but not mounted or assigned a blk device which I can mount.
DMESG output:
[958098.380690] usb 1-2: new high-speed ...
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Iphone8 Images/Video To CentOS7 Server Bypassing Icloud Storage?
Is it possible when I take a picture/video with my Iphone8 that the images/videos get automatically synced to my CentOS7 server some how to a specific directory? I see the Snap Store has Icloud for ...
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"Safari cannot find the server" when accessing GitHub on MacBook using personal hotspot from iPhone
I encountered a very strange problem that I couldn't find anybody ever reported anywhere using Google.
On my MacBook using my iPhone SE's personal hotspot, it is almost not possible to access GitHub. ...
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How can I enable Apple iOS Fast Charge Support?
There's been news that Linux 5.7 supports configuring "USB Fast Charge Support For Apple iOS Devices". Now that Arch Linux is shipping 5.7 and I have upgraded to it, I decided that I would ...
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Roadwarrior scenario strongswan- Iphone setup
I'm working on trying to set up a roadwarrior client scenarion VPN with Stringswan on a raspberry pi.
The server config looks like this:
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo cat /etc/ipsec.conf
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what does ipheth_carrier_set: usb_control_msg: -110 mean
When I connect my girlfriends iphone to my ubuntu mate laptop I am not able to access it.
dmesg -w shows the following log:
[ 1450.188245] usb 1-2: new high-speed USB device number 6 using xhci_hcd
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