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Install Mobile Terminal 4.26 for iOS 4 / 4.0.1 [iPhone 4, 3GS & iPad 3.2.1]

On August 8, 2010, in Hacks, by TechAdmin

Current version of Mobile Terminal for iPhone crashes on iOS 4. To resolve the problem, you can install Mobile Terminal 4.26 that works fine on iOS 4 / iOS 4.0.1. I tried this on iPhone 3GS and it works like charm. Here are step by step instructions:

Step 1: Jailbreak iPhone / iPad with JailbreakMe

Step 2: Download Mobile Terminal 4.26 (MobileTerminal-426.deb) to your desktop

Step 3: SSH into iPhone. Windows Users: Use i-FunBox or WinCSP. Mac Users: Use CyberDuck

Step 4: Copy the MobileTerminal-426.deb to /var/root/Media/Cydia/AutoInstall

If you can’t locate the “Cydia” folder in “Media”, create it. Then create another folder named “AutoInstall” in “Cydia” folder and copy the .deb file there.

Step 5: Reboot iPhone / iPad.

Once device reboot is complete, you should find Mobile Terminal on your SpringBoard. Run it and this time Mobile Terminal will not crash.

Note: After the reboot, if you can’t find Terminal app on your SpringBoard, reboot your device again, this should work now.

UPDATE: An update to Terminal is now available. Try Mobile Terminal 511-1 now.

Tagged with: Apple iPad • iOS 4 • iPhone

51 Responses to “Install Mobile Terminal 4.26 for iOS 4 / 4.0.1 [iPhone 4, 3GS & iPad 3.2.1]”

X says:

August 9, 2010 at 12:13 am

this didn’t seem to work with my 3g, i copied the file to tmp, with diskaid i opened the root folder and clicked on the shortcut for tmp and copied the file over, closed diskaid and turned the phone off then back on, the file is gone and nothing new on the springboard.

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- X says:
  
  August 9, 2010 at 12:20 am
  
  also didn’t work with i-funbox, seem to do the exact same thing, but neither one got the terminal on the springboard.
  
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Mdubs says:

August 9, 2010 at 11:43 am

Great fix man! Worked for me with the Media/Cydia/AutoInstall approach, for some reason with the temp folder method no dice. Also helps to force quit iTunes upon reboot….

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Mdubs says:

August 9, 2010 at 1:09 pm

Actually, watch out folks…Installed mobileterminal, changed password from “alpine” to my new root password, and now none of my iTunes apps will launch and function properly. Any ideas?…..

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Nathan says:

August 13, 2010 at 4:58 am

Worked for me on my 3gs thanks

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westwaerts says:

August 14, 2010 at 2:10 am

works with var/root/media/…..

its AutoInstall not Autoinstall
be aware

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megadude says:

August 16, 2010 at 11:32 am

the create folders …Cydia/AutoInstall works for me, but use “AutoInstall” not “Autoinstall”. The later didn’t work. I don’t know what the dude above is talking about. This also works for OS 4.0.2

Thanks dude!!!!

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Yoshi says:

August 18, 2010 at 7:59 pm

What is the login & password for SSH connection to the iPhone?

Thanks

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cjammer02 says:

August 28, 2010 at 11:04 pm

The Copy the MobileTerminal-426.deb to /var/root/Media/Cydia/AutoInstall approach worked for me. @ Yoshi……defaul login is ‘root’ and password is ‘alpine’

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Jake says:

September 1, 2010 at 7:30 am

Yea, after doing the above now my phone has No Service, as in if F’ed something up with my activation with ATT

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ND says:

September 3, 2010 at 11:56 am

Anyone know why the latest version isn’t available via Cydia?

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Cr0ppy says:

September 4, 2010 at 8:38 am

2nd method works great!
Thanks

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B4J says:

September 19, 2010 at 2:13 am

Seems to work well with me (3GS; 4.0)

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oscar says:

September 24, 2010 at 7:21 am

excelente amigo!!!…thankss…this work for me.

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Andres says:

September 25, 2010 at 8:14 pm

Works for me as well! and i’m running ios 4.1 on my 3g, well done, mate!

cheers!

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Ankur says:

September 29, 2010 at 3:27 pm

Awesome fix!!!!

Thanx…

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Nate says:

October 16, 2010 at 12:12 am

Worked great thanx

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Ventrux says:

October 16, 2010 at 2:40 am

yep very cool, it work

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Joe says:

October 22, 2010 at 1:04 pm

Works with 4.1

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Zehna says:

October 30, 2010 at 6:49 am

Great even helped me skipped a few step as for what i was trying to do!!!!!!!!!!!

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Mark2277 says:

October 30, 2010 at 12:38 pm

Excellent mate, cheers!
Worked on 3g 8gb
Why isnt this fix or update available directly via cydia???

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josh says:

October 31, 2010 at 9:00 pm

worked like a charm on 3gs and 4 on IOS 4.1 Thanks a lot!

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Stuart Tanner says:

November 5, 2010 at 4:11 pm

ok i can’t see the folder Cydia in /var/root/Media/

its just empty?

Any ideas?

Stuart

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b says:

November 11, 2010 at 4:47 pm

If you can’t locate the “Cydia” folder in “Media”, create it. Then create another folder named “AutoInstall” in “Cydia” folder and copy the .deb file there.

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niko says:

November 16, 2010 at 12:10 pm

Works great. How come they haven’t fixed the one in cydia yet.

PS you don’t need to do that autoinstall stuff. Just cupy the .deb file anywhere on the phone. Log in as root over ssh and do “dpkg -i MobileTerminal-426.deb”
You will have to respring or reboot after that in order to see the icon.

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BigBob says:

November 22, 2010 at 7:20 am

Works on 3G iOS 4.1 Pwnd. But I can’t change anything in Preferences. The screen opens, but none of the options (Menu, Gestures, Terminal 1,…) do anything.

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Johnathan says:

November 22, 2010 at 9:38 am

works but phone seems slower now

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Yoann06 says:

November 25, 2010 at 10:30 am

YESSSS!
Very cool method
worked like a charm for me with 3GS / 4.1 sn0wbreeze-2.1
just need to understand now why command like ping goes “command not found”

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Mircsicz says:

November 26, 2010 at 8:28 am

Great workaround!!! Thx a ton..

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Darren Fava says:

November 27, 2010 at 4:19 am

Why is it that commands like ifconfig or ping result in command not found?
Thanks

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cristi says:

November 28, 2010 at 7:55 am

copy var/root/media
open putty
defaul login is ‘root’ and password is ‘alpine’
cd Media
dpkg -i MobileTerminal-426.deb
After finishing
Reboot iPhone

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trevorlf says:

November 29, 2010 at 8:24 pm

It worked great on my iphone 4 with 4.0.1 but had to create the folders which was easy.

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Sammy says:

December 28, 2010 at 6:05 am

It Works for me… iOS 4.1 iPod 2g MC

Thanks!

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Alex says:

December 30, 2010 at 10:04 am

It worked on my iPhone 4 ver 4.1

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Alex says:

December 30, 2010 at 10:06 am

It worked on my iPhone 4 ver. 4.1 (8B117)

thank you very much for this guide.

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i(is my)Life says:

December 30, 2010 at 3:11 pm

Worked perfectly on iPod Touch 4G w/ iOS 4.1! (8B117)

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Ahmed says:

January 3, 2011 at 7:53 am

Worked fine, however how come non of the settings seem to work, any one knows why? seems like it is very limited in terms of colouring, zooming, etc

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GL says:

January 10, 2011 at 5:06 pm

Worked perfectly on iPhone 3g iOS 4.2.1
Thank you!!

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Dylan says:

January 16, 2011 at 9:10 am

I love you man been looking for this for a long time.

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Ole Peder says:

January 17, 2011 at 1:09 pm

Thanks! Worked great using WinSCP and an iPod Touch 3. generation.

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Soumya says:

January 22, 2011 at 8:41 am

Worked like a charm on my iPhone 4 on iOS 4.1. With iFile (Finder for iPhone) and Safari Download Manager (allows download of any file from Safari to iPhone file system) installed I did all the stuff right on my iPhone without needing a computer. Very cool!

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luckisk says:

January 23, 2011 at 5:11 pm

work!! thank a lot !! iphone 3g fw 4.1

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Dima says:

January 26, 2011 at 5:14 am

Thnx, worked like a charm!

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Ne0's DiMeNsiON says:

January 27, 2011 at 12:04 pm

Pfft!! Amazing fix man. Was considering removing my JB before I found this thread, Great Job!! iPhone 3G 8GB 4.2.1

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Amazing says:

January 29, 2011 at 2:46 pm

Works like a charm!!! Had to reboot twice as explained

File placed with I-funbox

Iphone 3g 4.1 redsn0w Jailbreak

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Noone says:

March 7, 2011 at 10:54 pm

Great fix man!!! Worked like a charm!!!

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ANBU Yzra says:

April 28, 2011 at 7:30 pm

GREAT i had the mobile terminal 3. something and iphone 3g ios 4.2.1 and it didnt work until i dpownload this ver thnx alot =]

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