iScoop

I wasn't able to find a really simple way of downloading all the photos and videos off my iphone 5 with my Ubuntu linux laptop.

I was told it would work upon plugging it in. It did not. I went through some apt install ... suggested by some answers on google (libimobiledevice, etc), but it didn't resolve the issue. I tried installing shotwell and using it, but it would fail with an error being able to access the USB device. That led to bugreports and elaborate solutions I was hardly interested in.

Enter iScoop.

Things that are pretty easy to do:

1. make your laptop into a private WiFi AP
2. run a web upload server

Prerequisites

You'll need to have python installed. That's it.

WiFi AP

It's true. Much of the simplicity and security of iScoop comes from the easy and security of your ability to make a good WiFi access point (AP) with your computer. Unfortunately, not all platforms are the same, so provided are some basic instructions to get you started. They've been tested as working as of Aug 29, 2017.

In Ubuntu:

Steps:

1. go to your WiFi Settings, either through the Settings application or the menu bar
2. select Use as Hotspot and you should see the name and password associated with your Access Point

In Windows:

Steps:

1. I have no idea.

In OS X:

Steps:

1. You'll, first, need to set up having the Loopback network interface show up Network Preferences.
   • sudo networksetup -createnetworkservice Loopback lo0
   • sudo networksetup -setmanual Loopback 172.20.42.42 255.255.255.255
2. Open up Sharing from Settings
3. Share your connection from: Loopback to computers using Wi-Fi
4. You can set up your Wi-Fi Options as you'd like to improve security

Usage

After downloading this repo, you:

1. start your computer/laptop as a WiFi AP
2. connect your iDevice to that WiFi AP
3. run iscoop by executing python iscoop.py in your terminal
4. open up Safari (see Notes) and upload away!

Thanks

Your help to quicken the making of this tool is greatly appreciated.

• hayageek for a simple js uploader.

Notes

Apparently, you need to use safari on iOS to be able to upload .mov files because there's an issue with 0-byte file reporting.

License

Copyright (c) 2017 Aditya Natraj aditya@jawns.us

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

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