SA: 007
Title: How to Connect iPhone to KOOMPI OS
Author: Saing Sab
Status: Active
Create: 2020-12-24
Update: NA
version: 0.1.0
iDevice like iPone, iPad connection will need to install the software and mount with command line , but I presume since you are in KOOMPI or Linux OS, you are not scared of terminal (and you should not be as well).
Step 1: Unplug your iPhone, if it is already plugged in.
Step 2: Now, open a terminal and use the following command to install some necessary packages. Don’t worry if they are already installed.
sudo pacman -Sy ifuse usbmuxd libplist libimobiledevice
Step 3: Once these programs and libraries are installed, reboot your system.
sudo reboot
Step 4: Make a directory where you want the iPhone to be mounted. I would suggest making a directory named iPhone in your home directory.
mkdir ~/iPhone
Step 5: Unlock your phone and plug it in. If asked to trust the computer, allow it.
Step 6: Verify that iPhone is recognized by the system this time. dmesg | grep -i iphone
This should show you some result with iPhone and Apple in it. Something like this:
[ 31.003392] ipheth 2-1:4.2: Apple iPhone USB Ethernet device attached [ 40.950883] ipheth 2-1:4.2: Apple iPhone USB Ethernet now disconnected [ 47.471897] ipheth 2-1:4.2: Apple iPhone USB Ethernet device attached [ 82.967116] ipheth 2-1:4.2: Apple iPhone USB Ethernet now disconnected [ 106.735932] ipheth 2-1:4.2: Apple iPhone USB Ethernet device attached
This means that iPhone has been successfully recognized by Antergos/Arch Linux.
Step 7: When everything is set, it’s time to mount the iPhone. Use the command below: idevicepair pair ifuse ~/iPhone
Since we created the mount directory in home, it won’t need root access and you should also be able to see it easily in your home directory. If the command is successful, you won’t see any output.
Go back to Files and see if the iPhone is recognized or not. For me, it looks like this in Antergos: You can access the files in this directory. Copy files from it or to it.
Step 8: When you want to unmount it, you should use this command:
sudo umount ~/iPhone
Worked for you?
I know that it is not very convenient and ideally, iPhone should be recognized as any other USB storage device but things don’t always behave as they are expected to. Good thing is that a little DIY hack can always fix the issue and it gives a sense of achievement (at least to me). That being said, I must say Antergos should work to fix this issue so that iPhone can be mounted by default.