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== Usage == | == Usage == | ||
In order to be able to automatically mount your iOS device (such as an iPhone) when connecting it, you need to install <code>libimobiledevice</code> and to activate the <code>usbmuxd</code> service. | === Preparation === | ||
In order to be able to automatically mount your iOS device (such as an iPhone) when connecting it or to enable USB tehtering, you need to install <code>libimobiledevice</code> and to activate the <code>usbmuxd</code> service. | |||
Add the following to your <code>configuration.nix</code>: | Add the following to your <code>configuration.nix</code>: | ||
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=== Mounting === | |||
Mounting the device via iFuse is possible with the following commands | |||
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$ mkdir /tmp/iphone | $ mkdir /tmp/iphone | ||
$ ifuse /tmp/iphone | $ ifuse /tmp/iphone | ||
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If you get an error about <code>ERROR: No device found!</code>, check the status of <code>usbmuxd</code>: | If you get an error about <code>ERROR: No device found!</code>, check the status of <code>usbmuxd</code>: | ||
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$ sudo systemctl status usbmuxd.service | $ sudo systemctl status usbmuxd.service | ||
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If you see an error | If you see an error | ||
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ERROR: Could not connect to lockdownd on device [...], lockdown error -8 | ERROR: Could not connect to lockdownd on device [...], lockdown error -8 | ||
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you may need to restart the usbmuxd service as reported [https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/152592 here]: | you may need to restart the usbmuxd service as reported [https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/152592 here]: | ||
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$ sudo systemctl restart usbmuxd.service | $ sudo systemctl restart usbmuxd.service | ||
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(it may take a bit of time) | (it may take a bit of time) | ||
=== Tethering === | |||
Tethering on iOS is possible via Wifi hotspot, Bluetooth or USB. In order to enable USB tethering, first enable tethering in the iOS networking settings. After that run following command | |||
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$ idevicepair pair | |||
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Confirm pairing by accepting the connection on your iOS device. After that an ethernet device will appear in your network device list. | |||
== Maintainence == | == Maintainence == | ||