- 2 November 2007
- 889
erase utillity
This tutorial only works on a jailbroken phone !
1) If you don’t have a jailbroken iPhone, use one of my beginners guides to get it jailbroken.
2) Make surz you have installed the BSDSUBSYSTEM and the OPENSSH packages.
3) add the repo http://www.iphonefreakz.com/repo.xml
4) Open the installer and go to the iPhonefreakz category. Install the Erase Utility.
5) Connect your iPhone to your wireless network.
6) Connect with a SSH client to your iPhone (Putty, or whatever client you prefer)
7) Log in with the username root and password alpine
9) copy and paste the following command
/usr/bin/find /var/mobile/ -type f -exec /usr/bin/shred -u ‘{}’ \;
10) Wait a longggggggg time ..(it’s best you let this run and come back after some time .. )
11) Once the command is finished no one will ever find any personal information back on your iPhone.
12) Restore your iPhone and give it away (i can always use a extra iPhone or sell it now with confidence that your personal data won’t be retrieved.
Enjoy ...
This tutorial only works on a jailbroken phone !
1) If you don’t have a jailbroken iPhone, use one of my beginners guides to get it jailbroken.
2) Make surz you have installed the BSDSUBSYSTEM and the OPENSSH packages.
3) add the repo http://www.iphonefreakz.com/repo.xml
4) Open the installer and go to the iPhonefreakz category. Install the Erase Utility.
5) Connect your iPhone to your wireless network.
6) Connect with a SSH client to your iPhone (Putty, or whatever client you prefer)
7) Log in with the username root and password alpine
9) copy and paste the following command
/usr/bin/find /var/mobile/ -type f -exec /usr/bin/shred -u ‘{}’ \;
10) Wait a longggggggg time ..(it’s best you let this run and come back after some time .. )
11) Once the command is finished no one will ever find any personal information back on your iPhone.
12) Restore your iPhone and give it away (i can always use a extra iPhone or sell it now with confidence that your personal data won’t be retrieved.
Enjoy ...