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mobdevim

Mobile Device Improved: Command line utility that interacts with plugged in iOS devices. Uses Apple's MobileDevice framework


Yet another MobileDevice utility


Installation

  1. clone
  2. build project
  3. Upon build success, mobdevim will be placed in /usr/local/bin

Make sure you have permissions to write to /usr/local/bin or else the Xcode build script will fail


Alternatively, a precompiled version is available here.

Commands

Name
  mobdevim -- (mobiledevice-improved) Interact with an iOS device (compiled Nov  7 2023, 15:50:43)

  The mobdevim utlity interacts with your plugged in iOS device over USB using Apple's
  private framework, MobileDevice.

  The options are as follows:
	-F	# List all available connections, or connect to a specific device

		mobdevim -F       # List all known devices
		mobdevim -F 00234 # Connect to first device that has a UDID containing 00234
		mobdevim -F\?     # Check for devices

		mobdevim -U       # Prefer connection over USB

		mobdevim -W       # Prefer connection over WIFI

	-f	# Get device info to a connected device (defaults to first USB connection)

	-g	# Get device logs/issues (TODO Broken in 16.5)

		mobdevim -g com.example.name # Get issues for com.example.name app
		mobdevim -g 3                # Get the 3rd most recent issue
		mobdevim -g __all            # Get all the logs

	-l	# List app information

		mobdevim -l                     # List all apps
		mobdevim -l com.example.test    # Get detailed info about app, com.example.test
		mobdevim -l com.example.test Entitlements # List "Entitlements" key from com.example.test

	-r	# Remove file

		mobdevim -r /fullpath/to/file # removes file (sandbox permitting)

	-y	# Yoink sandbox content

		mobdevim -y com.example.test   # Yoink contacts from app

	-s	# Send content to device (use content from yoink command)

		mobdevim -s com.example.test /tmp/com.example.test # Send contents in /tmp/com.example.test to app

	-i	# Install application (expects path to bundle)

	-I	# Install/mount a DDI (via Xcode subdir or repos like https://github.com/mspvirajpatel/Xcode_Developer_Disk_Images

		mobdevim -I /path/to/ddi.signature /path/to/ddi.dmg # Install DDI

	-M	# unMount a DDI (via Xcode subdir or repos like https://github.com/mspvirajpatel/Xcode_Developer_Disk_Images

		mobdevim -M # Unmount an alreaady mounted dev DDI

	-u	# Uninstall application, expects bundleIdentifier

		mobdevim -u com.example.test # Uninstall app

	-w	# Connect device to WiFi mode

		mobdevim -w              # Connect device to wifi for this computer
		mobdevim -w uuid_here    # Connect device to wifi for UUID
		mobdevim -w off          # Disable device wifi
		mobdevim -w uuid         # Display the computer's host uuid

	-S	# Arrange SpringBoard icons

		mobdevim -S                # Get current SpringBoard icon layout
		mobdevim -S /path/to/plist # Set SpringBoard icon layout from plist file
		mobdevim -S asshole        # Set SpringBoard icon layout to asshole mode
		mobdevim -S restore        # Restore SpringBoard icon layout (if backup was created)

	-L	# Simulate location (requires DDI)

		mobdevim -L 0 0                # Remove location simulation
		mobdevim -L 40.7128 -73.935242 # Simulate phone in New York

	-c	# Dump out the console information. Use ctrl-c to terminate

	-C	# Get developer certificates on device

	-p	# Display running processes on the device (requiers DDI)

	-k	# Kill a process (requiers DDI)

		TODO	-b	# Backup device

	-P	# Display developer provisioning profile info

		mobdevim -P # List all installed provisioning profiles
		mobdevim -P b68410a1-d825-4b7c-8e5d-0f76a9bde6b9 # Get detailed provisioning UUID info

	-o	# Open application (requires DDI)

		mobdevim -o com.reverse.domain # open app
		mobdevim -o com.reverse.domain -A "Some args here" -V AnEnv=EnValue -V A=Bmobdevim # open app with launch args and env vars

	-R	# Use color

	-Q	# Quiet mode, ideal for limiting output or checking if a value exists based upon return status

Environment variables:           	DSCOLOR - Use color (same as -R)

           	DSDEBUG - verbose debugging

           	DSPLIST - Display output in plist form (mobdevim -l com.test.example)

           	OS_ACTIVITY_DT_MODE - Combine w/ DSDEBUG to enable MobileDevice logging

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