If you have tried to view the hidden folders on your iPod touch or iPhone, you’ve probably realized that it is a pretty difficult task to accomplish. After jailbreaking my iTouch, I found myself needing to see the hidden files, so that I could copy things into those directories. I tried several methods and after much trial and error, I’ve found what I believe to be, the easiest way to view the hidden directories.
1. You must first have a jail broken iPod Touch or iPhone and you must be connected to a wireless network. The easiest application, I’ve found to jail break your device is iLibertyX.
2. Install BSD Subsystem. Installer>>System>>BSD Subsystem.
3. You must have SSH installed on your iPod or iPhone to enable FTP. To download this, run the installer app, navigate to System and scroll down to find OpenSSH.
4. Find your device’s IP address. Do this by opening Settings>>Wi-Fi. Click on the blue arrow next to your wireless network’s name.
5. Open your favorite FTP application. Mine happens to be Transmit. Your FTP client must support the SFTP protocol. Use the aforementioned IP address as your server address. Set the port to 22 if your client doesn’t default to that automatically. Set your user id to root and the password will be alpine.
6. Now you’re ready to connect. Please be advised that the first SFTP connection will take about to 30 to 40 seconds to establish. When finally connected you’ll see your devices hidden files.
It’s as simple as that!
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May 1st, 2008 at 1:15 am
Great tip. I was curious about how to install stuff to the folders referenced in some of the apps. By the way, once I did the jailbreak, my address book app dissapeared. The only way I can see it is if I use the Finder app I installed. No idea how to get the icon back. Oh well, I’ll probably restore after June anyways.