How to mount an iphone 5s to Ubuntu 14.04?

Question

I am completely new to linux so I need things spelled out for me. I'm trying to mount an iphone 5s with ios 8.3 to Ubuntu 14.04 running Nvidia drivers.

Answer 1

iOS 8 requires libimobiledevice-1.2, which is not available as packet for 14.04 imho. Instructions on how to install here

Answer 2

First, let me apologize for this information not being as complete as I would like it.

The following is confirmed to work on Ubuntu 15.04 (Vivid Vervet):

1. Install the required support libraries:

   sudo apt-get install libimobiledevice-utils usbmuxd ifuse

2. You will want to reboot due to udev entries updated per "usbmuxd".

3. The following commands are used to pair you iPhone/iPad devices to your PC:

   mkdir /media/iphone
   chown {your userID}:{your groupID} /media/iphone
   chmod 775 /media/iphone
   /usr/bin/idevice_id -l
   

   (this command displays a 40 character identifier unique to your idevice)

   /usr/bin/idevicepair -u ## pair
   ifuse /media/iphone -u 
   

   ...or you can simplify the last two lines by typing this:

   /usr/bin/idevicepair -u \`/usr/bin/idevice_id -l\` pair
   ifuse /media/iphone -u \`/usr/bin/idevice_id -l\`
   

This works for me :)

Answer 3

idevicepair and ifuse are the tools I used on Kubuntu 15.10 to mount my iphone 6 and transfer 40GB of pictures.

thank you

Answer 4

In my case I am using kubuntu 16.04 and an iPhone 4s.

After installing the libraries like explained in previous questions and ifuse, when using ifuse my iPhone would still not mount. It wouldn't neither charge although it vibrated when connecting to my computer.

I solved this problem by restarting the usbmux process (http://www.phenomtech.net/2015/02/fix-non-charging-iphone-through-usb-on-ubuntu-linux.html):

ps aux | grep usbmux
sudo kill -9 xxxx
sudo usbmuxd -u -U usbmux

Where xxxx is the process id seen using "ps aux".

After restarting this process I could mount using ifuse (and access my photos) and my phone was charging too.