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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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set baud speed for tty

How do I set the baud speed for a specific tty (in this case a serial port)? I tried using stty -F /dev/tty.iap ispeed 19200 But get the error Invalid argument for every speed I try (2400, 4800, etc.) except 9600 (the default). I can successfully…
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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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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 like to try it out. However, the most information that I…
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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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How to use iphone internet tethering via USB with Ubuntu 10.04

What are the steps to use iPhone 3G internet tethering via USB on Ubuntu 10.04? Is there software I need to install on Ubuntu for this? The tethering works fine on Windows.
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How to install Ubuntu Touch on an iphone 4?

Is it possible to install Ubuntu Touch on an iPhone 4? In my research, some claimed it wasn't, but I'm not convinced. I found some tutorials for the Nexus phone, and a forum thread, but it wasn't very clear. How can it be done? Does it require an…
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How can I update the OS on an Iphone on a Linux machine

As I understand it, the iPhone will pop up some options on a Windows computer to update the system when you plug it into the computer. Honestly, I don't own an iPhone, but my friend wants to use my computer to update hers, because it's not receiving…
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Virtual unix command-line environment on the iPad

Is there a lightweight virtualized Linux or other unix environment that I can run on the iPad? Like VirtualBox for iPad. I only really need a minimal system — something along the lines of Microcore Linux, so no X server or anything like that. Just a…
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Accessing the iPhone file system via Linux/Unix

My old iPhone is semi-bricked. It turns off after a few minutes and doesn't get past the load screen. It has important data on it which wasn't backed up. I'm trying to access the hard-drive's contents without resorting to a hard-drive recovery…
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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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Getting an error message: "Unhandled Lockdown error (-3)" when trying to mount iPhone SE to Linux Debian

I'm trying to connect an iPhone SE with iOS 11 to a Linux Debian 9.4 "Stretch" desktop with XFCE environment. I followed step-by-step about 5 different guides on the internet how to do so. I ended-up installing the packages: libimobiledevice…
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Fedora 17: plugged in iphone, but nothing happens

I upgraded to fedora 17 from a fresh install. On f16, I had an issue mounting when they had the issue with the lockdown, but I was able to resolve that. Seems like a different mounting issue is occurring, although this time, no error messages even…
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Can I use a phone as bluetooth adapter?

I run Linux Mint 17 Qiana on an old Toshiba laptop that does not have a Bluetooth adapter. Is it possible to use a phone (coupled through usb) as bluetooth adapter in order to connect to an audio device? (preferably iPhone, but android would also be…
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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 without wifi. If I try to ask my Ubuntu to connect…
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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 USB device number 11 using…
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