Tag Archives: ssh

iPhone Jailbreak Tips – How To Connect to Your iPhone via SSH

by on April 28th, 2011 at 2:01 pm

Now that we’ve had an impressive wave of new untethered jailbreak releases for the latest version of Apple’s iOS firmware, and many of us have got the jailbreaking bug again, I thought it might be a good time to revise and re-share an old favorite iPhone Jailbreak Tips post – …

How to change or add icons to an iPhone Winterboard theme [iPhone Theming Tips]

by on December 4th, 2009 at 3:59 pm

[Jailbreak only] There’s a saying that goes like this: “Those who lack Photoshop and the skill required to manipulate and create images tweak their themes instead.” You probably haven’t heard of it, since I just made it up now. If you’ve ever found a theme you loved, but just wanted …

How To Change the iPhone’s Root Password

by on November 5th, 2009 at 12:59 pm

This week we ‘ve seen stories all around the web about a Dutch hacker ‘s demo of how easy it is to gain access to an iPhone when it is jailbroken, running the SSH service, and has not had its default admin-level passwords changed. These stories were a great reminder …

A good reason to change your “alpine” SSH password

by on November 4th, 2009 at 1:48 pm

Chances are you’ve never seen this screen on your jailbroken iPhone, but let’s do something to make sure you minimize the chances of it ever happening. TUAW and Ars Technica recently reported that a Dutch hacker was logging right into jailbroken iPhones in the Netherlands because — just like most …