Now this is nothing new, I am sure allot of you seasoned iphone veterans are looking at this going wtf. But allot of the new comers to the iPhone don’t really know about MobileFinder and i am sure some of you may be suprised to find out how useful it is and what a great asset it is to the iPhone. It can be found on Installer on your iPhone or you can check out the developers website :http://code.google.com/p/mobilefinder/
I use this app nearly everyday, it is my MUST HAVE APP.. It allows me to do everything from keep an important zip file or pdf on hand (well in hand) and send off whenever that pesky client calls saying they never got it, to edit my theme on the fly by changing file names and really useful things like giving files permissions and launching apps too., wheewwwww…. thats allot.. and I didnt even mention everything, here is a list of the capabilities of this great little app…
Features
- Filesystem navigation with system file protection (you must manually turn on system files to be visible etc)
- Application Launch – Launches regular apps and enhanced MobileStudio apps
- Executable Launch – Launches Term-vt100 with executable files (eg. UNIX scripts)!!!
- Send files by Email – Create folders, store files, sedn them as emails…
- Desktop synchronization via ssh and rsync
- File permissions modification and file detail viewer
- Suspended operation for quick application launching and switching (currently turned off)
- User modifiable associated file types launch file viewer apps
- Icons differentiate different filetypes and includes image preview
- Copy, Move, Delete operations (requires that /bin/mv and /bin/cp be installed)
- Deletion trash area and button
- File creation and renaming
- Executable launch via system call (scripts, etc)
- Sort by name or by kind
- Preferences screen with filesystem browse settings
- Open mode when launched by other apps in MobileStudio
- Bookmarks area (requires that /bin/ln be installed)
Usages
- Manage, view and edit your files
- Use Copy/Paste to copy songs from your library in ~/Media/iTunes_Control/Music to /Library/RingTones
- Delete ~/Library sub-folders to reset your settings (fixed my MobileTimer when it stopped allowing me to add clocks)
- Delete unwanted applications
- Examine the inner workings of the filesystem and applications
Here are some screen shots for those of you who have never seen it
As a word of caution, one must realise that depending on your setting you have the potential to really screw up your iphone.. so be very careful what you are doing with Finder on the iPhone..
But with that said, I use this great app with MobileTextEdit (to edit plists), Term-vt100 and Mobile Preview, you will need BSDSubSystem to make this all work, and if you are on 1.1.3 you will need t run the follwing on your iPhone with Term-vt100 or Putty to get it all working perfect: (press return after each line)
chmod 4755 /Applications/Finder.app/Finderchmod 4755 /bin/cat /bin/chmod /usr/bin/chown /bin/cp /bin/lschmod 4755 /bin/mkdir /bin/mv /bin/rm /bin/rmdir /bin/unlink
Once you have done that it should be smooth sailing, move files around. give files permissions that may haev been uploaded via iBrickr or iPhone Browser or any app that may not give the right permissions causing the app or file to crash… whatever you use it for, it is definitely useful.
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