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How to Install OpenSSH on Your iPhone (Cydia)

How to Install OpenSSH on Your iPhone (Cydia)

Posted October 19, 2009 at 5:01pm by
These are instructions on how to install OpenSSH on your iPhone using Cydia Installer.

To follow these instructions you must have already jailbroken your iPhone. You can do this using one of the tutorials found here.

Step One
Press to launch Cydia from your Springboard.
How to Install OpenSSH on Your iPhone (Cydia)

Step Two
Press to select the Sections tab at the bottom of the screen.
How to Install OpenSSH on Your iPhone (Cydia)

Step Three
Press to select Networking from the list of Sections.
How to Install OpenSSH on Your iPhone (Cydia)

Step Four
Press to select OpenSSH from the list of Packages.
How to Install OpenSSH on Your iPhone (Cydia)

Step Five
Press the Install button at the top right of the screen.
How to Install OpenSSH on Your iPhone (Cydia)

Step Six
Press the Confirm button at the top right of the screen.
How to Install OpenSSH on Your iPhone (Cydia)

Step Seven
Once OpenSSH has installed successfully click the large Return to Cydia button.
How to Install OpenSSH on Your iPhone (Cydia)

You may now use ssh to access your iPhone filesystem with the username: root and the password: alpine.

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Nina
Nina - October 19, 2009 at 8:02pm
Thx for everything, how about working on unlocking the iPhone 3.1 baseband 5.9? It's been a long waiting.
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turim
turim - October 20, 2009 at 6:02am
@ Nina: I guess this was actually a comment to the dev-team? Go here: http://blog.iphone-dev.org/
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Purushoth
Purushoth - August 27, 2013 at 3:02pm
You really make it seem so easy with your prettneasion but I find this topic to be really something which I think I would never understand. It seems too complicated and very broad for me. I am looking forward for your next post, I will try to get the hang of it!
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