There are good ssh clients on Windows and, needless to mention, Linux. But which ssh client on iOS for iPhone/iPad works the best for socks? You may try vSSH. It is the best SSH client app I found on iOS. vSSH supports tunneling/port forwarding: you can setup port tunneling in the “Port forwarding” section of…
Firefox on iOS can view bookmarks from PC. But how to sync the bookmarks made on iOS to PC? It seems the bookmarks made in Firefox on iPhone is local only. No, you can’t yet. Bookmarks saved on your iOS devices will not sync to your PC at current (by Nov. 25, 2015) version of…
There are various lightning cables on the market. I ever purchased one but it does not work for iPhone 6… How to identify a certificated lightning cable that is good for iPhone 6? (I know the cables from Apple will definitely work. But it takes time to receive one from Apple or not always easy…
I host lost the password of my iPhone. How to erase or reset it? Check Forgot passcode for your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, or your device is disabled from Apple for how to reset the passcode. As all methods will erase your iPhone, the “Recovery mode” method may be the most easier and reliable…
How to convert a video file in format as flv to mp4 with ffmpeg? You may use method from here: https://www.systutorials.com/3540/converting-video-files-for-ipod-iphone-ipad/ ffmpeg -i input.flv output.mp4 Or by specifying more details about how to handling the codecs: ffmpeg -i input.flv -vcodec copy -acodec copy output.mp4 You may also add more options as you like. For more,…
I encountered the problem on iPhone that MKV video files with AC3 are played with no sound. The OPlayer reports to me that “According to DTS patent, DTS is forbidden to play , None of the media player on iPhone/iPad can play DTS”. However, the video file can be played in MPlayer on Linux just…
This post introduces how to play YouTube video in background on your iPhone. With this tip, you will need not to keep the YouTube app opening all the time. So you can use other apps on iPhone while listening to the music or talk or others from YouTube. This tip should also work on other…
WhatsApp is a great messenger app on smart phones. There was ever some tricks to install WhatsApp app on iPod Touch or iPad. However, it is not possible now. But the good news is that the WhatsApp web is available so that users can use WhatsApp inside of a browser and the iPad or iPod…
The socks proxy I created following Proxy Using SSH Tunnel works very well on both Linux and Windows. However, when I try to configure my iPhone and iPad with iOS, I find iOS does not support socks proxy in its settings interface. I don’t know why it is not added while socks proxy is indeed…
We usually have video files in .wmv .mpg .rmvb or .mkv formats. The iPod, iPhone or iPad only accept a limited number of video file types, such as .mov and .mp4. To play these video files in .wmv .mpg or .rmvb format, we should first convert them to .mov or .mp4 files that can played…
How to jailbreak Apple iPod touch in Linux will be introduced in this article. We use Spirit to jailbreak iPod touch. Spirit[1] is an untethered jailbreak for iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch on certain firmware versions. Please read [1] for requirement when using Spirit. Currently, the version of iTunes used should be iTune 9 earlier…