libimobiledevice VS kdeconnect-ios

No smartphone these days gives you access at the mass storage level anymore (because it causes issues for concurrent access from the phone and computer, because there's often encryption etc.), so the underlying file system in this scenario is completely irrelevant and has no bearing on you being able to access the phone's data on Linux.

Android uses MTP or PTP (can't remember which) for that type of access, while iOS uses something proprietary, but there's a Linux implementation that worked reasonably well for me last time I had a Linux laptop: https://libimobiledevice.org/

It even supports WiFi, so you can have automatic backups every night while the phone is charging. Also the protocol has been reverse engineered, it’s possible to use a Linux server instead of having to use iTunes on windows or buying a Mac..

https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libimobiledevice/issues/...

Install libimobiledevice Manually https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libimobiledevice [Remove the (libimobiledevice-glue-dev \) line from the first command for it to work]

On Linux you can use libimobiledevice’s (1) idevicebackup2 to backup an iOS device.

1: https://libimobiledevice.org/

Maybe something like https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libimobiledevice? I'm not sure, I haven't tried to do this.

Where would one begin to look stack wise? Ive looked into some C libraries and https://libimobiledevice.org is the only clue I’ve got.

I already tried a non-jailbreak way of doing so by using libimobiledevice. Unfortunately, this library doesn't work via network, it can only shutdown devices with usb connection.

"libimobiledevice is a cross-platform software library that talks the protocols to interact with iOS devices." - libimobiledevice

Available for Linux, Windows, Android, IOS Since you're asking for IOS, here: https://github.com/KDE/kdeconnect-ios

GPL seems to be incompatible with the iOS store as that places some extra restrictions on it. [0] [1]. Some GPL apps such as KDE Connect have a special exception in their license for the ios App Store. [2]

[0] https://opensource.stackexchange.com/questions/9500/is-apple...

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12827624

[2] https://github.com/KDE/kdeconnect-ios/blob/master/License.md

They acknowledge the GPL conflict in [the license file](https://github.com/KDE/kdeconnect-ios/blob/master/License.md):

> …we have committed not to pursue any license violation that results solely from the conflict between the GNU GPLv3 and the Apple App Store terms of service, including the FOSS-specific policies as outlined in sections 3.3.22, 5.1, and 9.1

Fun fact KDE Connect is also available on iOS, so you can connect your android phone with an ipad or iphone with a window. The iOS version is still in beta though and a lot of features are still limited. https://github.com/KDE/kdeconnect-ios

I don't know anything, but a search yields this KDEConnect repo for iOS https://github.com/KDE/kdeconnect-ios

There is a beta version of KDE Connect on iOS you can get through TestFlight. It’s not fully featured due to the lack of background processing which means no notification sync and the app must be open to use it, but everything else should be working. I know file transfer and virtual touchpad work. https://github.com/KDE/kdeconnect-ios

KDE Connect for IOS is in public testing that you can try it. https://github.com/KDE/kdeconnect-ios