Sunday, May 22, 2011

How to SSH into your iDevice!

Okay, so you jailbroke your iDevice and you want to make custom themes. Well to test them out and make sure the themes are the way you want them to be, you have to SSH (Secure Shell: a network protocol for remote administration of Unix computers) into your iDevice. To achieve this, you need:


1. iPod, iPhone, iPad
2. Needs to be jailbroken (I will not tell you how too. Use Google)
3. Download "Open SSH" from Cydia. Also, it's a good idea to download "AutoLock" with "SB Settings".
4. If you downloaded "SB Settings" and "AutoLock SBSettings", activate SB settings (slide the top) hit AutoLock to         make sure it's off. This will make it so it does not lock on you while you're in you iDevice.
5. While in SB Settings, you should see your Wi-Fi IP Address: 192.168.1.XXX Make note of that. Download WinSCP. Once installed, you should see this when you run the program: 


NOTE: 
Host Name: Your WiFi address you found in SB Settings (example - 192.168.1.101)
User Name: root (this is default for ALL iDevices)
Password: alpine (this is default for ALL iDevice but SHOULD be changed)
Port Number: 22


6. Log in using those creds and you'll be directed to a screen like this: 
7. Click the folder with an up arrow ".." You than will see a bunch of folders, you are in /private/var. Scroll down and double click on the folder "stash", than double click on "Theme.XXXXX" (those x's represent letters and numbers that really don't mean anything)
8. Now click and drag your theme or tweak into this folder and head into WinterBoard and check it and respring!