Questions tagged [iphone]
The iPhone is a series of Internet and multimedia-enabled smartphones produced by Apple Inc.
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How do I access iOS camera pictures on Ubuntu?
The libimobiledevice shipped with 17.04 is actually compatible with the latest iOS. When you connect a device, two virtual devices show up. However, the one with the documents works but the one for ...
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Playing iPhone (iOS10) music in Rhythmbox on Ubuntu 14.04
I have been using Rhythmbox on Ubuntu 14.04 to play music from my iPhone for a while now. Sometimes I get the annoying "initialize your iPhone" dialog box, but I just cancel it, unmount and reconnect ...
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How can I mount my iPhone 6s on Ubuntu 16.04?
I'm new to Ubuntu, and I don't know how to mount my iPhone.
I would like to download iTunes, but I saw that USB doesn't work, but I just need to access to all my files and APP because would like to ...
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What is the current state of apple device (iPhone, iPod, etc.) support?
What ubuntu applications provide support? (guides, how to's, status)
Also, specifically, details on support for syncing music to iPhone's and iPod's with the latest OS version:
Can you sync music to ...
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How to move files between Ubuntu and iPhone
I recently got an iPhone 6s. Is there a way to transfer files (music, photos, PDF, or really anything actually) between Ubuntu and the phone? It should not involve syncing via an internet service, as ...
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Unable to mount iPhone unhandled lockdown error
I get this error when plugging in my iPhone 3GS. What does it mean?
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How do I transfer music to my iPhone?
I'm using ubuntu 12.04 and I have a first generation iphone,16Gb. The iphone is jailbroken.
Under 10.04, I was able to transfer music onto the phone. I used banshee.
Under 12.04, ubuntu can see the ...
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Firmware update for iPod Touch (iPhone)?
I need to update firmware of my iPod Touch (iPhone) in Ubuntu and as I have jailbroken iPod Touch I need iTunes to install apps, but unfortunately haven't found any ways to do that in Ubuntu yet. I ...
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How to move files from Ubuntu to iPhone [duplicate]
I am new to Linux and would like to know how to move files from Ubuntu to my iPhone, more specifically mp3 music files. My Ubuntu version is 16.04 and my iOS version is 9.3.2. When I connect my iPhone ...
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Can I sync with my iOS4 device such as iPhone 4 and iPad?
If Ubuntu can't do this natively, are there any workarounds?
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iOS 7 Locked Bug via Ubuntu 13.10
I wanted to bring up an issue with the latest Ubuntu release that I hope can be solved. Although I will agree with the community that iOS 7 is not the most open platform release, it still is my desire ...
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How can I use my phone or tablet as mousepad?
I just set up my Ubuntu desktop to use our living room TV as a monitor, and I would like to be able to use either my iPhone or Nexus 7 tablet as a mousepad/keyboard for controlling it from the couch. ...
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"GNUTLS ERROR: A TLS packet with unexpected length was received" when I connect my iPhone 3G
Look at the video; the iPhone is supposed to appear as a photo collection of some sort but nothing happens with my iPhone! I have installed and upgraded all of the libimobiledevice versions.
I have ...
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How do I set up the iPhone USB Ethernet Driver?
I just installed 12.04 (fresh install) and realized I could no longer tether with my iPhone like how I did on 11.10 without any hassle. On 11.10 (to my amazement) all I had to do was turn on USB ...
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How can share my printer so that I can use it with Airprint?
How can I set up Ubuntu to share my printer so that I can use it with Airprint ?
Airprint is a system set-up by Apple on iOS devices (iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch)
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Syncing iPhone with iTunes on a windows virtual machine
Is it at all possible for a virtual machine running Windows 7/8.1/10 on VMWare or VirtualBox on a Ubuntu GNOME 15.10 host, to detect an iPhone 4S running iOS 9.2.1 as an iPhone and for iTunes on the ...
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Emulator for iphone/ipod/ipad apps
Is there any emulator for linux which fully supports apple iphone/iphone/ipad apps? Any other way to run such apps on linux?
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How to manage and restore a modern iPhone or iDevice on ubuntu with iTunes
This question—how to install iTunes on ubuntu—has been asked many times before on this site, but the answers are all outdated and involve Wine or some other tool that no longer works for the most ...
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How to navigate to connected iPhone? Filesystem path to `afc://`?
When I connect my iPhone to Ubuntu 11.10, it gets automounted as afc://ca60751cc4b1ebb427c2f9da324914b0643a21f8/ and I can see that there are photos stored in afc://...
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Possible to use iPhone(iOS) as a webcam on Ubuntu?
I have a work issued iPhone X I'd love to use as a webcam on my machine. Has anyone had success doing this? What software stack was used?
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How to install an iPhone application in Linux?
I have the build of an iPhone application. As part of testing i want to emulate it on my Ubuntu. How to do this. Googling simply ate my time
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unhandeled lockdown error(-15) when I try to connect my iphone 4s
Could anyone please help me ?? when I try to connect my iphone 4s I get this message :unhandeled lockdown error(-15) .
It worked just fine so far and I have no idea how to fix it .
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How do I stop my iPhone from being automounted?
I'm trying to stop my Ubuntu desktop from automatically mounting my iPhone when I connect it/plug it in. This causes my Vmware workstation to not mount the iphone for syncing.
I have used gconf-...
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How to save .jpg NOT .JPG [closed]
When uploading photos from my iPhone to use for eBay they are automatically saved as .JPG (all caps). However eBay only recognizes .jpg. So I have to manually go back in and rename all the files with ...
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How do I lock/unlock my screen using my iPhone and USB dock?
My iPhone is connected via USB to my Ubuntu desktop via a dock. How do I configure it so that when I dock my phone the screen is unlocked and when removing it it locks it?
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Moving photos from iphone to ubuntu
From Ubuntu 10.04 onward, you can access your iPhone photos by simply connecting it and navigating to the DCIM folder.
However, I've noticed that when I move photos from my iPhone by cutting them from ...
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How to save photos from iPhone to ubuntu [duplicate]
Okay so I want to transfer my iPhone photos to my laptop which is on ubuntu 16.04 than later transfer those photos to my new iPhone without iTunes back up so how do I do this?
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Is there an Ubuntu One files iPhone client?
Is it possible to access files in my account Ubuntu One via iPhone?
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How to sync iPhone 4S/iPod (iOS6.1.3) on 13.04 [duplicate]
I'd like to sync my music and transfer it to my iPhone in Ubuntu 13.04. Trouble is I've tried using Banshee, Rhythmbox, GTKPod and nothing happens. Banshee goes through the process of viewing/adding ...
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Complete iPhone backup without iTunes?
Okay so I'm having major issues installing/running iTunes through Wine, but I'm in major need to create (and be able to restore from) a full, complete backup for my iPhone since I'm doing a ton of ...
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Syncing iPhone with Shotwell
Is it possible to have Shotwell automatically sync with my iPhone so I have my picture library on both?
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Shotwell Automatically Starting
How do I stop Shotwell from launching automatically when I charge my iPhone in my laptop?
The program doesn't work (it never detects photos), plus I can just transfer the photos from the iPhone file ...
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Can't veiw files/photos from iPhone on 16.04. Unmounting doesn't help
I have an iPhone 5s running iOS 11.0.3. When I connect the phone to my computer running Ubuntu 16.04, I select "Trust" on the phone screen, and it automatically mounts in Ubuntu. When I open the ...
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Does iTunes work (well) on Ubuntu?
Is there an alternative to iTunes where I can buy music/back up phone?
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iPhone mounting problem: idevicepair command not found
I've been following the instructions in this answer for trying to read my iPhone from Ubuntu. I'm still getting the error in the question. Under Edit 2 of the answer it says to run
idevicepair unpair
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iOS device contents e.g. "Pictures", "Documents" no longer accessible under Ubuntu
Yesterday I updated my iPhone 6s to iOS 10, and now can't see "Documents" mount that allowed to access folders of individual apps when I was running iOS 9. My iPad which still runs iOS 9 mounts photos ...
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Unhandled Lockdown error (-256)
Ubuntu 14.04.02 LTS up to data packages while writing these.
Looks like paired when type iidevicepair list but get this error message when click on the nautilius to iPhone.
From Cannot mount iPod ...
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How can I mirror my iPhone to Ubuntu 16.04?
How can I mirror my iPhone to Ubuntu 16.04?
I have an iPhone 5 and I just want to mirror its screen on my monitor. Is there currently any way to do that? I would prefer a native solution instead of a ...
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iPhone mount errors
When I plug my iPhone (iOS 5) into my laptop with Ubuntu 11.10, I get this error:
Unable to mount Documents on iPhone. Location is already mounted
followed by this error:
Unable to mount ...
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How can I sync music with my iPhone 3G? [closed]
What is the best way to sync music with my iPhone 3G?
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Adding music to iPhone 4s
What is the best way to sync my music I have downloaded online with my iPhone using Xubuntu?
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I am writing an iPhone Notes Client, can I integrate it with Ubuntu One?
First, I'm not sure if this is the correct venue to be asking this question, so if not, I apologize.
I'm a big fan of Tomboy notes and the ability to sync them with UbuntuOne. I like having my notes ...
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Mount and explore iPhone files in Kubuntu like in Ubuntu Unity [idevicepair]
I recently moved to Kubuntu from Ubuntu Unity, but the problem I faced is that when I used Kubuntu, I'm no longer able to explore my iPhone's files like I was able to do in Unity. I'm only able to ...
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After sync, music still cannot be located on iOS 5 device, fix?
First question of many I am sure. I was able to mount my iPhone 4 w/ recently upgraded iOS 5. Tried to sync some music w/ Banshee, it went onto the iPhone, but it won't show up in the 'Music' app ...
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How can I upgrade my device to Apple iOS 5?
How can I download and install the new version of iOS (iOS 5) on my iPod using my Ubuntu system? Do I have to give up and just find a Mac OS / Windows machine?
Relevant details:
iPod touch 4th-gen
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Can't mount Iphone 5s with iOS10
After updating to iOS10 I can't mount my Iphone, I see the phone in the file-explorer and can share the network but can't access the files.
Having Ubuntu 14.04 LTS also try with LinuxMint 17,3 with ...
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How to run a Iphone backup with idevicebackup2?
I try to do a backup of my Iphone SE iOS12.1.4. My Ubuntu version is Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS.
I want to use the idevicebackup tool but I think I do something wrong because nothing happens.....
this is the ...
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How to access iPhone through USB
I plugged my I Phone into the USB port and don’t see the photos or music. I looked in search computer and online sources.
Thanks
John
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"Documents on XXXX's iPhone " folder opens up when I plug in my iPhone
Everytime I plug my iPhone into my computer (Ubuntu 11.10) a folder pops up titled "Documens on Jamie's iPhone."
How do I stop this?
Initially it asked me what I wanted to do,but I must have hit ...
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How do I mount my iphone 5S (iOS 9.3.2) to Ubuntu 16.04?
I used to be able to browse a number of folders (music, voice memos, etc.) on my iPhone through Nautilus in 14.04. Now when I plug it in, I see only the DCIM folder with my photos in it. What has ...
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