Apr
10
SSH’ing is a useful skill to know. It can help get apps to work, enable you to create custom backgrounds and icon images, copy content directly from your iPod, and so much more. Once you get used to the navigation, it is quite easy and will help you become a better hacker. Now, onto the steps.
1. What You Need
- A jailbroken iPod (read my previous posts on how to get your iPod jailbroken)
- In Settings, click general, auto-lock, never
- Make sure you have WiFi and a computer or this will not work
2. Install OpenSSH on your iPod
- In installer, go to install, all packages, OpenSSH
3. Download and install WinSCP
- Download WinSCP from http://superb-west.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/winscp/winscp407setup.exe
- Install it onto your computer
- It will ask you to restart your computer when it is done installing. Do it.
- Once restarted, run WinSCP
4. Enter your information
- To find your host name, turn on your iPod and go to settings, WiFi.
- On your selected network, click the blue arrow on the right
- The IP Address is your host name, type it in the box in WinSCP
- The Username is root
- The Password is alpine
- Click Login
- It will take awhile on your first try
- Always keep searching and waiting until it is found
- When the warning comes up, click Yes
- You are now inside your iPod
5. What to do now
- I know this is going to bug a lot of you, but I am not going to tell you what to do yet
- Keep reading the site to see what you actually did this and why it is extremely useful
- I guess you will have to keep coming back to the site to check for updates (which will be soon)
- Note: Don’t mess around with the fies you now are capable to edit. It could damage your hardware
- KEEP READING MY POSTS
- LEAVE COMMENTS TO ME
Lone Stag
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If you’re on a mac the app that i use is fugu and i works similarly to WinSCP
I have a mac not a windows app. is the same using winSCP
To Jesse…
You would download Cyberduck…that’s what I use
i dont have openssh on installer what sould i do???
somebody plss help
To help:
Check the uninstall tab in installer. See if it is already installed.
To help…
Adding to The Lone Stags comment, if you used Ziphone 3.0, Open SSH is already installed. That’s why Lone Stag asked you to check if it’s already installed. Also to let you know, Open SSH doesn’t show up on the home screen as an icon. Hope all goes well!
i keep trying to get into the ipod but it keeps timing out
To mike…
Make sure you put in the right IP address, username, and password. I also keep my iPod awake when I SSH into it. Hope all goes well!
yep thats cool it works now thanks but it seems like it just does it when it wants to i changed the way i did things when i was sshing it like instead of pressing the tab button when typing the ip add and user name i just pointed the mouse at it and that seemed to work stange but true
IT works thanks a ton, now I have all these sweet apps andmy backround is pimped out!
thanks
Hey, i can seen to find openSsh in my “all Packages” in Installer. Is there Any specific source i need?
To Quickie:
Sometimes OpenSSH is installed already, depending on which jailbreak you used. Check in the uninstall tab to see if you have it already.
Lone Star,
Have you poster the updt to SSH’ing from April 10 post. I’m looking on the site and can’t find anything about it.
Thanks,
Paul
If you are on a mac you can just setup your on computer to computer network and access the ipod touch with filezilla
can someone pls explain to me what SSHing is?
thanks a gallon (cause a gallon of gas is now worth gold)
I tried using cyberduck, and filezilla, both doesn’t work for me. Finally tried using fetch… works instantly.
Hey can someone PLEASE help me I went download the open SSH app today but it wasn’t even there. what should I do??? SOMEONE PLAESE HELP ME!!!!!!!!!!!
To John Jensen
YOU READ THE OTHER POSTS YOU BIG DUMB BIT***
Ok…anyone care to share some nifty things to explore via ssh?
Yes…please share things of interest to launch using SSH
I can’t find OpenSSH in my installer section!….what do i do?
I downloaded all the youtube applications possible from the installer, and yet when I turn on my youtube this little message pops up saying “cannot connect to youtube” what am i doing wrong, better yet what should I be doing?? PLZ help I rlly suck at hacking—
To SEAN
Go to all packages on the installer and type in openssh in the searchbar it should be there
hey sean if you just started on installer chances r u dont have it so u add sources I have already jailbroken my ipod a couple of times and again today and i dont have it so install community sources and add the source ride4.org/shai.xml then install all sources and be patient
phil, uninstal all those youtube packages they dont work i had the same problem and it s probably ur wifi connection
Hi Ya Guys! Since I found this site, I havent left it!! I got an ipod touch for my birthday… but itunes doesnt allow the country I stay in (Mauritius) to really have access to all the benefits I should have for my ipod touch. Ive done all the hacking… following carefully over the last few days… I am sooo proud of myself! Ive just done the instructions involving the computer regarding How to use OpenSSH.. I am apparently inside my ipod now… but not sure what to do from here…. any ideas… I see some guys have pimped their ipod… Im not a boff, but with good instructions, Im sure I will be fine… help guys??? - What do with the open screen of whats on my ipod…. can I close this???
i need help i cant get into my pod with cyberduck
actually just use installer.app …. you can get that by ziphone ..
best app ever
Does anyone have a list of where files are stored on an ipod. I am particularly interested in where the photos are stored. Can they be copied off the ipod or are then embedded or encrypted somewhere??
this seems really hard and I don’t wanna ruin my ipod… Which way is the easiest and most fool-proof? Thx to all who respond. =)
Does your PC have to be connect to the router wirelessly? cuz my PC is wired into my lynksys wireless router, but i cant connect to it.
Plz read my previous post
hi guys! just wanna ask u about using WinSCP. I tried about ten times and double checked my IP adress and everything. Still doesn’t work. Just Says “Network Error. Connection Timed Out” Are there any settings that i have to do? Which protocol on WinSCP do i use? SFTP? SCP? FTP?
My computer internet and the wireless for my iTouch is a different line. Do they have to be the same? HELP!!
Hi, is there any ssh client available for iPod?
Thanks!
Ya thx kay, but i deleted all the crap for youtube and even with a full connection, it still doesnt work….
i already jailbroke my ipod touch 16, and also installed some applications (like iZoo) , but i wasnt able to open it because i dont know where to find the application. help please..
Anyone got any idea what “Network Error: No route to Host” is to with…cos i am stuck…its probably damn obvious but i suck at hacking so i haven’t seen it. The SSHing worked the first time round just not now for some reason.
ya again with the youtube problem…help anyone?
I have Community Sources 3.84 but no OpenSSH program is listed for download. Is there any other working source for it?
Same problem here Kenny, pls help!
YOu probably have already installed it, check in uninstall tab, it should be there
i have the exact same problem as phil, my youtube never works, even when ive got a great connection HELP
with ssh u can put roms on your ipod for all the emulators and put apps that aren’t on installer onto your ipod! I love it!!!
so,I’ve got installer and all that good stuff, but when I try and install something, it gives me an error…what’s going wrong???
To Brandon…
This shouldn’t be in the SSH post, but it’s all good. When there’s an error…usually it means the site is down or it just doesn’t work anymore. So…some sources tend to do that. When you click on it and it comes up as an error, make sure to clear your queue after. If you don’t…you’ll be trying to install that one and another one…which causes you not to be able to install anything else. Hope all goes well!
Anyone who thinks OpenSSH isn’t in the Install directory then check the Uninstall directory. Same happened with me but then I realised it was already on meh iPod. =P
You can use just about any ftp program. Thats right isnt it?
I also use cyberduck. Very simple piece of software for the mac.
i can not download the ssl thing on my ipod touch i dont know what to do
Any news on when you will explain step 5?
thanks
To J Man:
Read new posts. They tell you when you need to SSH.
Been looking in the iPod to see where the music files, etc. are located but can’t find them. Should it be possible to transfer mp3’s ect. back and forth with this tool, or is it just for apps and hacks?
ive downloaded a pdf from the internet and im trying to use pdf viewer to open it it wont open so i used openn ssh to move the file into the correct directory and i did so. however it still will not view it even though it did download and it did move tot he correct path
Mac users: Transmit works great!
Mac users: Terminal works great, too! Just open a new Terminal window, and type in
ssh root@192.168.x.x
where 192.168.x.x is your ipod’s ip address. Wait for it to ask you for the password. Enter alpine and you’re in!
When I install the WinSCP thing it does not tell me to restart my computer and when I open it it is just a file with a bunch of numbers and letters and stuff in it so that happens whenever I open the file on my computer so someone please HELP!!!!!!
I have one everything that was told I have the program on my desktop and on my ipod touch. I made my summerboard/themes folders and put all themes into my ipod and when i go into the installer then summerboard I only see one of the themes i downloaded and when I install it it iinstalls and thats it. Now where do go to see it and how to change my theme on the ipod touch. I can see it in my uninstaller also.
Please help
Korla
i just wanted to know if this is extra risky because i love my iPod Touch and don’t want to ruin it was anybody not satisfied when they jailbroke their iPod here.
p.s. i am sorry i put this in the wrong catagory of posts
were do i go now to find out how to change ttr to guitar hero
Any idea why I keep geting this error…”Connection closed by remote host.” Also according to Boss Prefs, ssh turns itself back off every time I go back to the springboard. Thanks!
well i got the OpenSSH installed, but just wondering, what can i do with it? Are there any websites teaching me how to use it? im new to such things, if anyone of you happen to know please kindly help me, thank you!
how do i set my own backround? and what does SSH stand for
When are you going to post your next segment??
Im experienced enough to learn SSH and would really love to hear more of your tutorials.
where do i find his tutorials…im not sure on how to use the tool
hey have a question how come when i followed all the instructions, it lead me to “C: Local Drive” ? isnt it supposed to get me in my ipod touch?
nevermind, i worked it out. thank you very much the lone stag
thank you thank you thank you. ive been trying to figure out how to install this.
Ive tried to ssh my ipod over and over agin.. ive checked the ip, username, password and everything…. but i cant ssh my ipod.. note that i’ve been doing this for the last 4 days…….
Chriz
What program are you using to sftp? Are you sure you’ve selected SFTP in the client you’re using, and not FTP etc? It’s normal for it not to work for the first few times, but certainly not for 4 days!
got one problem, it doesn’t work with my wayport access. Just a heads up, unless anyone has a tip
Guys, can we copy MP3s from PC to our Itouch using SSH?? If so can someone post where in the directory to do it?? Thanx….
u need also wifi on ur PC or can it just use LAN?
keen,
yes you can. To play them, open up mobilefinder, and find the file and click open with avplayer(make sure you have it installed)
what to do with openssh??? what can i do, and how??
hey there.. ive followed all ur instructions on ur videos and on ur page to jailbreak my ipod touch however when its come to actually installing appsnapp i get to the page click install appsnapp and my ipod touch doesnt freeze or wotever it takes like 4 minutes and then just goes back to the homepage of my ipod with nothink happening. my ipod touch is connected to my computer and i tunes is open please help :S
I have a request:
Well, it’s something that would be quite helpful, i’d really like to see an open SSH for iTouch that requires no wi-fi connection to detect the device (like iphone browser) but has the same functions as WinSCP (which requires wi-fi). by same functions, i mean that upon right click on a folder or file the same properties box appears when we right click on a folder or box in winscp, so that we can change the permissions,etc. This will really be an advancement ipod touch/iphone modding where no wi-fi is required to mount the device.
Hi,
I have a problem viewing PDF files on iphone. I have both, ipod Touch and iPhone, but when I SSH pdf filles on ipod Touch, and then on iPhone, I can see only pdf filles on the first one. I can connect to both separatelly, and I can see that PDF filles are there in Filezilla, but no sigh of them on my iPhone.
Can anybody help with that problem?