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Questions tagged [ios]

iOS is the operating system for the iPod, the iPhone and the iPad. Use this tag for questions about the UNIX foundations of iOS, or about interoperating with iOS devices. For other uses check http://apple.stackexchange.com

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I have high io stat. High writes. But what files are being written?

avg-cpu: %user %nice %system %iowait %steal %idle 11.50 0.02 5.38 0.07 0.00 83.04 Device: rrqm/s wrqm/s r/s w/s rkB/s wkB/s avgrq-sz avgqu-sz await svctm %util sdc 0.01 …
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Private VPN compression for faster Internet

Background: I'm a student, and currently the Wi-Fi connection at my school is very slow (dead slow). I have an 8Gb 4G data-plan, but even with that, I'm running short at the end of the month. I have set up a Debian headless at home (which has a 400…
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Why the value of VSIZE in top is different from the value of VSZ (Virtual set size) in ps?

I know VSZ in ps is for the total address space allocated for the app and is sometimes aliased as vsize (mentioned in man page of ps on linux), but what's the definition of VSIZE in top? This top output from iPhone is different from the top on…
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Is it possible to have iOS simulator in my Linux Mint?

iOS Simulator for Linux Mint OS I need to have iOS simulator for my Linux Mint OS to check my website responsive in various iOS devices is this possible as I know this feature is available in almost all MAC systems but I cannot afford MAC.
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Standard Terminal Font Aspect Ratio

What is the aspect ratio of a mono font that's made for terminal use, or more specifically, the size of the cell that any single character would fill? I've read that a standard terminal is 80x24 columns by rows, and that the standard terminal screen…
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How to correct wrong time zone offset via zic timezone compiler

I have an iPod touch (2nd gen) running iOS 3.1.3 (since it won't perform well with iOS 4) and constant troubles with the clock setting itself one hour ahead of the actual time when I connect it to the computer. When I SSH into the device: date…
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List only sub-directories containing two specific files

I'm running the following code on iOS using my iPhone's terminal, to be clear, this command is run within my jailbroken iphone using a slim terminal tweak called New Term 2: cd /var/mobile/Library/Widgets find . -maxdepth 3 -name 'index.html'…
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Are Apple Live Photos supported on Linux?

I have a lot of Live Photos that I took with my iPhone. Is there any Linux application that supports viewing this combination of a photo and video file? I know I can split the photo and video parts into different files, but I am looking for an…
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Is there any way to syncronize notifications between a Linux desktop and iOS?

I use notify-send and dunst for my notification system on my desktop. After a research, I found out that there are a few commercial solutions for sending push notifications to iOS devices, and I even wrote a script using Pushover. However, I did not…
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Is there a shell utility for printing the contents of a plist? Preferably for a jailbroken iOS device?

I need a tool that prints the actual text in a plist file (plutil changes the format, cat prints gibberish, and there is no defaults command for iOS). It needs to be in a script, so text editors don't work. This is what I need it for: apps="$(find…
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Alternative to timer_t in macOS

We are porting a linux app to macOS / iOS The app uses a timer wheel and timer_t type. This type is not defined in time.h class of macOS as described in: why is "timer_t" defined in "time.h" on Linux but not OS X Also the methods timer_create(),…
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Access iphone storage as device/partition

I am working on a project, in which the ultimate goal is to successfully wipe iOS from an iPhone and install TinyCore Linux in it's place. I expected the iPhone to function like an external drive when connected to a computer running Linux (i.e. a…
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install two operating systems on a smartphone

An exam question I had this morning: If a telephone manufacturer would like to install both Android and iOS operating systems on a smartphone, would that be possible? If yes, what changes should he make? I'm asking this here because I know they…
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redirecting output of /dev/fb0 to /dev/fb2

I am using IMX6 Saberauto board on Linux OS. I have 2 displays primary is HDMI and secondary is LVDS. I want to run 2 applications. One QT on primary display, which I am able to do. Second application is airplay application I want this application…
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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 file explorer. However no other folders appear.…
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