On Wed, 19 Jun 2019 12:54:11 -0400, nospam wrote:
>> Another example of the privacy being "about the same" is that the system
>> files of both Android & iOS can be easily viewed by anyone with a USB
>> cable, even when the Android device isn't rooted nor the iOS device
>> jailbroken.
>
> false.
Hi nospam,
*Every time you post, you prove you're patently uneducated, nospam.*
You supply zero facts when you refute well documented facts
o Since you actually base your statements not at all on facts
You just make it all up.
o Your entire brain can be replaced with the results of a simple coin toss
Meanwhile, I've never been materially wrong on my facts, nospam.(1)
o That's because I comprehend facts, nospam - unlike you.
Facts:
o How to read/write access iOS file systems on Ubuntu/Windows over USB cable
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Your consistent lack of factual comprehension is one of the reasons that I
am sure you don't have any formal education nospam
o You wouldn't last a week in graduate school or in a startup
The ONLY place people like you _can_ survive, is on an Apple newsgroup.
o You wouldn't last a week at a startup, always being wrong, nospam.
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How to read/write access iOS file systems on Ubuntu/Windows over USB cable
Please improve so that all benefit from your efforts.
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The purpose of this apnote is to test read/write access to non-jailbroken
iOS devices over USB cable using a dual-boot Windows10/Ubuntu18.04 PC.
The goal is read/write access to the iOS device's visible file system
to *both* Windows & Ubuntu, via the Linux file explorer & command line.
Note that the iTunes abomination will *never* be installed on these PCs!
Both Windows and Linux are *native* (i.e., zero additional software is
needed for full read/write access to the entire visible file system of
the iOS device. Everything is on the native operating system!)
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Section I: Native Ubuntu 18.04 Desktop
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0. Check what's installed natively when the iOS device is NOT connected:
a. Boot to Ubuntu 18.04 Desktop
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b. Ensure ifuse and libimobiledevice-utils do not exist
$ which ifuse
(reports nothing)
$ which ideviceinfo
(reports nothing)
c. Note that libimobiledevice is installed, by default
$ sudo updateb
$ locate libimobiledevice
(reports stuff)
Apparently libimobiledevice is native, but not ifuse, nor are the
libimobiledevice-utils such as idevicepair & icevicesyslog, etc.
$ ifuse
Command 'ifuse' not found, but can be installed with:
sudo apt install ifuse
$ ideviceinfo
Command 'ideviceinfo' not found, but can be installed with:
sudo apt install libimobiledevice-utils
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1. Plug in an iOS device either before or after Ubuntu 18.04 has booted:
a. When you plug in the iPad for the first time, the iPad will ask:
"Trust this computer?"
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Note: You won't see this message again after the first time.
Note that when you plug into Windows, you get a different message:
"Allow this device to access photos and videos?"
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b. Notice two new icons show up on the desktop:
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- iPad [a digital SLR icon]
(DCIM, read only, no thumbs)
- Documents on myipad [a monitor & keyboard icon]
(private space of the "good" apps, read/write, no thumbs)
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c. Notice there is no Downloads yet
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d. Notice there are no thumbnails yet
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e. Notice you can only read from the DCIM directory tree.
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f. Notice you can write to the private space of the good apps
(Namely: Adobe Acrobat, Excel, FileExplorer, GarageBand,
iMovie, Keynote, MFExplorer, MinimaList, NewsTapLite, Numbers,
Pages, PowerPoint, QuickSupport, RManager, SMBManager, Topo Reader,
VLC, Voice Recorder, WiFi HD, Word)
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g. Determine your iOS device 40-hex-character serial number:
$ dmesg|grep SerialNumber:
SerialNumber: 6ee7ab2fa479394be85da7cb4aefc5d8b11b6f82
<iosxxx>
Note:
Rightclick in the VLC directory & select "Open in Terminal".
$ pwd
/run/user/1000/gvfs/afc:hose=<40char>,port=3/org.videolan.vlc-ios
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Note: You can now copy any iOS device file over to Ubuntu or Windows.
Caveat: See addendum on Ubuntu mounting of Windows partitions below.
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2. Determine the iOS name of the folders that you want read/write access
to:
a. Put your mouse cursor in "Documents on myipad" & press <Control+L>
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b. This reports the true path to the "Documents on myipad" folder:
afc://6ee7ab2fa479394be85da7cb4aefc5d8b11b6f82
afc://<40-hex-character-unique-serial-number>:3/
Note: If you put it in VLC you get
afc://6ee7ab2fa479394be85da7cb4aefc5d8b11b6f82:3/org.videolan.vlc-ios
c. Put your mouse cursor in DCIM and press control L
d. This reports the true path to the "DCIM" folder:
gphoto2://%5Busb%3A001,002%5D/DCIM
Note: If you put it in 101Apple you get
gphoto2://%5Busb%3A001,002%5D/DCIM/101APPLE
Note: You can now copy any iOS device file over to Ubuntu or Windows.
Caveat: See addendum on Ubuntu automounting of Windows partitions.
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3. Enable write access to both the DCIM & Downloads folders (among others):
a. Remove the ":3/" and put it in the space that Control L was in.
afc://6ee7ab2fa479394be85da7cb4aefc5d8b11b6f82
b. Notice a *new* Desktop icon shows up, named "myipad".
c. Notice you now have read/writeaccess to DCIM & Downloads (plus
others).
Namely: Books,DCIM,Downloads,iMazing,iTunes_Control,MediaAnalysis,
PhotoData,Photos,PublicStaging,Purchases
d. Notice that the "iPad" mount is still read only (which doesn't
matter).
e. Notice that you have no thumbnails anywhere.
Note: Rightclick in the DCIM directory & select "Open in Terminal".
$ pwd
/run/user/1000/gvfs/gphoto2:hose=%5Busb%3A001%2C002%5D/DCIM
Note: You can now copy any iOS device file over to Ubuntu or Windows.
Caveat: See addendum on Ubuntu mounting of Windows partitions below.
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Section II: Adding ifuse & libimobiledevice-info to Ubuntu 18.04 Desktop
NOTE: This is optional! Adding these only adds minor capabilities that
wasn't already in the native operating system commands above.
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4. Install the ifuse iOS file system to run in the background on Ubuntu:
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a. Optionally, update and upgrade your system:
$ sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
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b. Install the ifuse iOS file system on Ubuntu:
$ sudo apt install ifuse
c. Look at the ifuse help
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$ which ifuse
/usr/bin/ifuse
$ ifuse --help
Usage: ifuse MOUNTPOINT [OPTIONS]
Mount directories of an iOS device locally using fuse.
-o === mount options
-u === mount specific device by its 40-digit device UDID
-d === enable libimobiledevice communication debugging
-- root === mount root file system (jailbroken device required)
-- documents APPID === mount 'Documents' folder of identified app
-- container APPID === mount sandbox root of identified app
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5. EXAMPLE 1: Mount the entire iOS visible file system on Ubuntu:
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a. Create a mount point directory for your iOS files
$ mkdir -p $HOME/data/iosfs
b. Access the iOS device via $HOME/data/iosfs
$ ifuse $HOME/data/iosfs
c. This immediately puts an "iosfs" icon on the Desktop.
d. Notice you have write access to the iOS Downloads & DCIM (& others).
Namely: Books,DCIM,Downloads,iMazing,iTunes_Control,MediaAnalysis,
PhotoData,Photos,PublicStaging,Purchases
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e. Notice you now have thumbnails.
f. Notice you have all the power of Linux, on your iOS device now.
To unmount:
$ fusermount -u $HOME/data/iosfs
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6. EXAMPLE 2: Mount the iOS device by its unique 40-hex-character UDID:
a. Copy the serial number into your buffer
$ dmesg | grep SerialNumber:
b. Mount the iOS device by that serial number UDID
$ mkdir $HOME/data/ipad
$ ifuse $HOME/data/ipad -u 6ee7ab2fa479394be85da7cb4aefc5d8b11b6f82
c. This immediately puts an "iosfs" icon on the Desktop.
d. Notice you have write access to the iOS Downloads & DCIM (& others).
Namely: Books,DCIM,Downloads,iMazing,iTunes_Control,MediaAnalysis,
PhotoData,Photos,PublicStaging,Purchases
e. Notice you now have thumbnails.
f. Notice you have all the power of Linux, on your iOS device now.
To unmount:
$ fusermount -u $HOME/data/ipad
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7. EXAMPLE 3: Mount an iOS application's "documents" folder by its APPID:
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$ mkdir $HOME/data/vlc_documents
$ ifuse $HOME/data/vlc_documents --documents org.videolan.vlc-ios
This puts an icon named "vlc_documents" on your desktop, which is
read/write access, with thumbnails, to the iOS VLC documents directory.
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To unmount:
$ fusermount -u $HOME/data/vlc_documents
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8. Install libimobiledevice-utils:
$ sudo apt install libimobiledevice-utils
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9. EXAMPLE 4:
$ ideviceinfo -d
REPORTS copious information about that connected iOS device.
$ idevicesyslog
REPORTS the system log of the iOS device (extremely verbose output!).
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10. Please suggest further useful examples based on your experiences.
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Caveat:
If you leave Windows 10 at the default setting of fast startup,
then Ubuntu will mount the entire Windows file system as read only
(apparently because fast startup is a form of hibernation).
To automatically mount the entire Windows filesystem as read/write,
simply turn off fast startup in the Windows 10 settings:
Start > Settings > System > Power & sleep > Related settings
> Additional power settings > Choose what the power button does >
or (depending on your number of buttons)
> Additional power settings > Choose what the power buttons do >
> Change settings that are currently unavailable
Change from:
[x]Turn on fast startup (recommended)
This helps start your PC faster after shutdown. Restart isn't affected.
[x]Sleep (Show in Power menu.)
[_]Hibernate (Show in Power menu.)
[x]Hibernate (Show in Power menu.)
[x]Lock (Show in account picture menu.)
Change to:
[_]Turn on fast startup (recommended)
This helps start your PC faster after shutdown. Restart isn't affected.
[_]Sleep (Show in Power menu.)
[_]Hibernate (Show in Power menu.)
[_]Hibernate (Show in Power menu.)
[_]Lock (Show in account picture menu.)
And then press the "Save changes" button.
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(1) Since I'm human and since Usenet is a casual medium, out of thousands
of posts over the decades, I must have made a factual material mistake at
least once, but since I don't easily form imaginary belief systems, my
statements of material facts are _based_ on well known easily observed
facts. If, as is sometimes necessary, the facts change over time, then I
simply adjust my belief system to fit the facts. If I'm wrong I will easily
admit I'm wrong, and I will _modify_ my belief system accordingly (it's
what distuingihes adults from children). I'm never threatened by facts like
those who form imaginary belief systems are. The fact is that nobody can
find any material fact I've ever stated on Usenet that was wrong (trust me,
they've tried), which you have to admit is pretty incredible to earn such
100% stellar credibility on Usenet.