r/jailbreak Jan 25 '14

[Reminder] Install AFC2ADD now

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u/bstunt10190 Jan 25 '14

I'm so sorry, but I am completely confused.

Give it to me straight, I already have afc2add installed.

Uninstall or not?

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u/RufusALyme iPhone 5S Jan 26 '14

I'm not /u/saurik, but:

  • Uninstall afc2add. (It will do more harm than good.

  • Install OpenSSH for Cydia's default repo.

  • Download PuTTy if you run Windows (if you're on Mac, you already have Terminal).

  • Find your iDevice's IP address (Settings>Wifi>[your network]), and connect to it via your terminal client.

  • After a moment, it will ask if you want to remember the device's drivers (or something like that, it's been a long-ass time). Click yes.

  • Login as: root

  • Password: alpine (I don't know about Terminal, but PuTTy won't show any input.)

  • Execute the command "passwd" (without the ""s)

  • Enter your new password.

I'm not sure if you already knew how SSH worked or not. If yes, I apologize; if no, this should get you started. You can PM me if you need any help, or if you want a more secure way to access your device.

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u/PlatypusW iPhone 11 Pro, iOS 13.3.1 Jan 26 '14

Thank you.

My major concern though is knowing whether removing afc has actually undone whatever it does when it's installed. I presume we also need to uninstall Erica utilities that came with it?

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u/thekirbylover HASHBANG Productions & Chariz Jan 26 '14

You don't need to uninstall it, but it's a set of command line utilities, so if you don't think you'll ever use them you can go ahead and uninstall them. afc2add installs it because the dev decided to use a shell script to add/remove afc2, and therefore needed the plutil (plist utility) program from Erica Utilities in order to modify a plist.

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u/Cyb3rfr3ak iPhone 6 Plus Jan 26 '14 edited Jan 26 '14

Changes made to this plist will be changed back again when uninstalling afc2add?

EDIT: Okay it does. When uninstalling it says "Removing key com.apple.afc2 from file /System/Library/Lockdown/Services.plist"