Comments on: iAccounts = User Accounts on iPhone (jailbreak only)

By: Noah

Noah — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 06:00:52 +0000

Will someone please help, i dont know how to use a user account, it just goes on the super admin

By: Joe

Joe — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 21:16:25 +0000

I had the same problem. I couldn’t create any more because the keyboard overlap with OK, and at the login screen my iPod just resprung into safe mode

By: Hnia

Hnia — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 03:30:24 +0000

I can’t create a new user because the keyboard is over the ENTER button

By: liveforthemusic2

liveforthemusic2 — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 20:34:51 +0000

I had used iAccounts in the past with no problems. I just installed it again after a reformat and had the same issue as blissedring; no user accounts were present, not even the non-removable SuperAdmin and Guest that are supposed to be there upon install. I tried un/reinstalling but it only made things worse, rebooting into Safe Mode. After a few attempts at fixing it, I found a solution that worked for me.

1) Uninstall iAccounts (which I had to do from Safe Mode)
2) SSH into your iDevice (you need to have OpenSSH installed on your iDevice and an SSH client installed on your computer)
** You can also use iFile or MobileFinder if you have them installed on your iDevice
3) Navigate to /private/var/mobile/Library/Preferences and delete com.nakedproductions.iAccounts.plist
4) Reinstall iAccounts (Cydia should force you to respring)
5) Open iAccounts and hopefully all should be well

I think the issue may be caused by a problem during the install process. I noticed that Cydia simply closed instead of forcing me to respring. This makes me think that the install did not finish properly. I hope this helps those of you experiencing issues with iAccounts.

By: blissedring

blissedring — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 15:22:48 +0000

I installed this app and didnt set anything, mine keeps telling me i have to login in but i have nothing to log into… no password or user account was set doesnt anyone know anything on how to fix this as my iphone is practically useless…

Cheers.

By: patrickj

patrickj — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:54:52 +0000

In reply to sysrage.

Hmmm. This depends on the level of users involved doesn't it? Is is that easy to force the iPhone to reboot in safe mode? As in, are there methods other than using a command line? (via SSH or Mobile Terminal). Methods that a 'typical user' would be aware of?
I'm just thinking if the usage scenario is just for a family-shared iPhone or similar, this seems like it could be of some use – not so much for if an iPhone is being passed round amongst various very tech-savvy friends or colleagues.

By: sysrage

sysrage — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 20:35:28 +0000

In case anybody considers this an even remotely secure solution to keep things segregated between users, it is not. At all. Any 'security' gained by this is immediately bypassed if the user just reboots the phone into safe mode. This is useful only to keep people (kids or otherwise) from messing with things by accident. If somebody really wants to get into anything you've blocked them out of, they will have no problems doing so at all.

By: patrickj

patrickj — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 02:57:58 +0000

In reply to Domenick. Oh, sorry to hear that. Mine was just a standard uninstall, and not traces left that I can tell. Perhaps because I never got that far with it before the crashes killed the party.

By: Domenick

Domenick — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 02:41:14 +0000

How were you able to uninstall it? I tried uninstalling it through cydia, but it only seemed to remove the setup application itself, but still had all of the user functions intact. I want to completely remove it from my phone and am not sure what else needs to be removed to take it off.

Thanks