{"id":127,"date":"2008-09-14T11:06:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-14T16:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thegobutton.net\/blog\/?p=127"},"modified":"2011-06-30T22:48:50","modified_gmt":"2011-07-01T02:48:50","slug":"cycorder-tutorial-for-mac-users-who-hate-terminal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/headsetchatter.com\/blog\/2008\/09\/cycorder-tutorial-for-mac-users-who-hate-terminal\/","title":{"rendered":"Cycorder Tutorial For Mac Users Who Hate Terminal"},"content":{"rendered":"

I mentioned in my roundup of useful iPhone apps, the video recording app Cycorder. \u00a0It requires your iPhone to be jailbroken (which I’m not going to get into, but this<\/a> is the blog of the team of hackers who develop the jailbreaking software, which will have the latest software and info).<\/p>\n

I’m going to assume that your iPhone is jailbroken and you’re on a Mac (there are ways to do this on the PC, I just don’t have the experience or interest to do it just for the hell of it). \u00a0I am also doing this in Leopard, so the part about the Finder would look a little different in other versions of OS X.<\/p>\n

Cydia is the primary app for downloading unauthorized software onto your jailbroken iPhone. \u00a0It will appear in your list of apps once you have jailbroken. \u00a0<\/p>\n

The apps you will need to download in Cydia are:
\n1. OpenSSH (so you can access your iPhone through Terminal on your Mac)<\/p>\n

2. Cycorder (the app we’re talking about here)<\/p>\n

3. Netatalk (so we don’t have to use terminal anymore)<\/p>\n

You can go ahead and install them all at once. \u00a0Only Cycorder will show up as an icon with your apps. \u00a0The other two are background apps.<\/p>\n

Cycorder will function as an app on its own, happily shooting videos and playing them back for you on the phone. \u00a0 If you want to move the videos off the phone, this is where the other stuff comes in. \u00a0Netatalk gives your phone support for standard Apple file sharing. \u00a0Once it’s installed, if your iPhone is on the same wireless network as your Mac, it will show up in your Finder under “shared.” \u00a0(If you don’t have access to a wireless router, just create a network with your Mac using the “Create network” option in the airport menu, and call it whatever you want. \u00a0Then have the iPhone join the network.)<\/p>\n

So now you see your phone in the Shared section of your Finder, and when you click on it it will probably say “Connection failed.” Click the button “Connect As” in the upper-right and it will bring up a username\/password window. \u00a0Make the name “mobile” and the password “alpine” (the default iPhone password) and it will give you access to your files. \u00a0 The folder you’re looking for is Mobile\/Media\/Videos, in there you will find the videos you took with Cycorder, in handy .mov Quicktime format.<\/p>\n

Now you have what you want. \u00a0You would be done, provided you never find yourself on the same network as someone who knows something about iPhone hacking and wants to take a look at your files. \u00a0So it’s a good idea to change the password for the iPhone’s “Mobile” user from “alpine” to, well, anything else. \u00a0 Now we have to use the Terminal, just for a second.<\/p>\n

1. Make sure your phone is on the same network as your Mac.<\/p>\n

2. On the phone, go to settings, wifi, and then click the little “>” arrow for the network you are on to bring up details.<\/p>\n

3. Look at the IP Address.<\/p>\n

4. On your Mac, open Terminal<\/p>\n

5. Type ssh mobile@[the IP address from the phone]<\/span> and hit enter.<\/p>\n

6. Terminal will probably think for a minute, then ask if you’re sure you want to connect. \u00a0Say yes.<\/p>\n

7. It will then ask for the password. \u00a0Type alpine<\/span> and hit enter.<\/p>\n

8. You will now be at the command prompt. \u00a0Time to change the password.<\/p>\n

Type passwd mobile<\/span> and hit enter.<\/p>\n

9. It will ask for the original password (alpine), and then for the new password, and then for the new password again to confirm. \u00a0Make the password whatever you want.<\/p>\n

10. We also need to change the password for the phone’s “root” user, which is also “alpine,” because the same random hacker on your network could also get in there and cause lots of trouble. \u00a0The process is the same. \u00a0Follow the steps again, except type “root” instead of “mobile” and change the password to whatever you want.<\/p>\n

11. When you’re done, type exit<\/span> and hit enter, and close Terminal forever.<\/p>\n

From now on when you connect to the iPhone through the Finder you will enter the name “mobile” and the password will be the new one you chose. \u00a0You can check “remember this password” and never have to enter it again if you like. \u00a0The important thing is that some random person who connects to your network won’t know what the password is.<\/p>\n

Enjoy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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