If you need to edit or transfer files on the iPhone and you are using windows, WinSCP is the program you need. Many people have asked me how to transfer files to the iPhone so I made an easy guide to follow bellow. If you would like me to add anything or have questions please let me know.
First make sure you have ssh and bsd subsystem installed from installer. Next get WinSCP and find your iPhone’s ip by going to (on your iphone) settings > Wi-Fi > “Your selected WiFi” > Look under IP Address- Connect to your iPhone using WinSCP (user: root password: alpine) Change File Protocol to SCP
Just press login after your screen on WinScp
click on the “..” until you see root, then click on the applications folder and put your downloaded .app program inside by dragging and dropping.
To set file permissions(CHMOD) right click on the folder or file and select properties. Most of the time you will have to change the Octal to 0755. If you have any other questions please ask.
If you are having troubles with log in please read this: http://limitededitioniphone.com/guide-winscp-will-not-connect-network-error-connection-timed-out/
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Please, Im trying to copy contact files from PC to iphone 3gs using winscp, but when I open the iphone contacts, it is empty. when I refresh the right side on winscp screen (iphone side), the file size come back to the original size, not the new that I copied…. I think I had a contact backup, but…. The file that Im trying to copy is not empty… I checked! And I tried to remove the protections before (r-w-xr…)
Hey, well nothing is working for me, i installed Winscp, i put exactly my Iphone IP, then ” root ” as username and ” alpine ” as password (am i missing something? ) then in the section where its asked about the private key file i select the file wich came out of the key generation,,, now i click connect and it doesnt work… im kinda a noob in these thing, i need help
@Youssef Barakat
You need a jailbroken iPhone to use WinSCP
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Noob questuin, where do i get and what is ssh and bsd? I do have an unlocked and jailbroken iphone but i can not connect to WinSCP
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this’d be great only i dont have wi-fi which means i dont got an ip on my ipod/iphone!
:l
i drag and drop the files but how do i sync it to my iphone . i keep checking winterboard but the themes im trying to transfer arent there . been at it for a hour please help me !!!!
how come when i transfer my files and themes onto my iphone it doesnt show up on my springback or winterboard on my iphone pls help
how come when i drag my files over on my iphone it doesnt show up on my springback or winterboard on my phone help pls really appreciate it
iphone saya rusak tidak dapat koneksi ke usb ,karena berakibat saya mengirimkan screen server yang terkena virus. mohon bantuan untuk saya .terima kasih
Can I copy and paste MP3 files to the directory:
/private/var/mobile/Media/iTunes_Control/Music
I tried this but they won’t come up in the iPod application
how can I force iPod to read the mp3’s I pasted ?
i have the same prob like Barakat with my iPhone 2g…. its failbrake but always “fail to connect to network” :S
help me please
how do you use winscp if you have a mac? everytime i download it, the program comes up in text edit
It is not a mac program. Use transmit or another ssh program for mac.
actually, no need for any apps.
Go to Finder. Choose Go > Connect To Server, and enter the afp address for your iPhone, in my case afp://192.168.10.188.
Just use the afp:// prefix with the local IP address of your iPhone. Enter your user id (root) and password (alpine) and your iPhone or iPod appears in the sources list for your Finder windows.
When I added the application to my iPod Touch, I clicked respring. When it came back on, I clicked the app. The app opened up, had a black screen, then kicked me out. Why is this?
you need to set the permissions of the app. (CHMOD)
I tried both 0755 and 0775. Neither of them worked.
when i connect from my pc to iphone vis winscp, there is a error ” connection timed out”. please help me out. should my PC also be connected by Wifi.
you PC doesn’t need o be on a WiFi as well, as long as it connected once, it should stay online.
You need to cancel the auto-lock option in your phone settings, because the SCP connection goes down if the phone auto locks.
And make sure that your router is working very well and it doesnt disconnect any of them (PC on LAN & iPhone on WiFi)
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when i try to login it says network error: connection refused ??
did you install openssh from cydia?
^^ Oh no i didnt, thank you very much it works now ;]
Hi!
thanXXX lot…,, this really worked to my iPhone 2G iphone ver. 3.1.3 to remove the lockdown
I add the application “.app” (i.e “Bowling.app”) folder via WinScp as instructed above and did CHMOD to 0755 for “applications” in iPhone host. The game thumbnails appear in iPhone but when try to run it the game program exit (comes out).
Please help in this regards.
Hello!
I did submit the comment on 25th July, 2010 for the applications adding via winScp in iPhone but never got any reply/assistance in this regards.
we do not support piracy so your comment was never replied to. The reason your application is not working is because you do not own it.
Hi! I’ve got a really serious problem in that my Iphone recently lost all wifi connection. It’s a 3G 3.1.3 on 05.12.01 firmware. It’s jailbroken and unlocked with Spirit and ultrasnow and was working fine until a week ago. I tried resetting network settings, switching off airplane mode etc. I’m not too tech savvy. Please can you give me some advice. I thought Winscp might help but I’m not sure how.
This is probably a hardware issues. 3.1.3 upgrades killed the wifi on a lot of iphone 3G’s. You will have to take it to Apple and they will replace it with a new one.
Do you think that updating to the new iOS 4.0.1 will help or perhaps I could try using winscp to load a file that might help with wifi problems? I know hardware means permanent but I can still hope?? We have no apple store here so I would have to go to Miami get my aunt who bought it for me to take it back and then bring it back home and jailbreak and unlock all over. DAMN!
hey umm how do i get it on the ipod like how do i find the apps i put on winscp on my ipod????
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Hi, I have used WinSCP successfully to fix the “different sim detected issue” but now I cant connect to itunes. Error 0xE8000001. I found on a discussions forum that the problem was due to the Library folder not having the correct file permissions. Also ifunbox can no longer ’see’ my iphone, but WinSCP can still connect. Can you tell me what settings I need to adjust to allow itunes to talk to my iphone again please? Thanks in advance!
Please help me. I was able to access my iPod touch via winscp because I was trying to put movies in it for me to watch them using OpenStreamer (the movies are .avi). After such a long process of copying the files into the /var/mobile/Media folder, I opened OpenStreamer but I did not see the movies in that same folder, despite the fact that on winscp, they are seemingly in there. Your help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
I have a different problem on Iphone 3G [jailbreak] which was installed openSSH from cydia and pass the test for user name root and password [alpine] from terminal where I can use “su root” to login to make sure that the root password is still alpine.
I cannot connect winSCP to Iphone and the report “network error , connection refuse”. What is the cause and how can I solve this problem?
I try to reinstall the opneSSH and look for some file from worm [but didn't find]. I still can’t connect.
I use SBsetting but i cannot see the SSH process.
Thanks.
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how do i recover my lost photo at my iphone4 if after i did a backup sync from my laptop (it removed whatever photo and video from my phone) to the phone without exporting the photo out from my iphone4?
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