Iphysics Levels Fix

[kenny]

Can anyone tell me how to fix the Iphysics level fix? The repo.tiny-code.com is no longer offering the fix. I have not used SSH and not quite sure what it is/can do. Thanks guys!




Kenny

[x666x]

Wow, this should be stickied:

http://www.everythingicafe.com/forum...tml#post191512

Is iPhysics really that good? I have yet to try it to be honest, the description didn't give me much info.

[kenny]

"Manually fix iPhysics:

iPhyics Level Fix for firmware 1.1.3
This fix performs the following UNIX commands on install and reinstall to set the right ownership of the iPhysics data folder.

chown -R mobile:mobile /private/var/root/Media/iPhysics

This way when you launch iPhysics as the user mobile it can read the levels."

I imagine you are refering to the above post.... but still don't understand where to apply the manual fix..... something in a bit more simplified terms or some step by step instructions please!

By the way, iphysics is worth the download and is fun... challenging and interesting

[Scottshotz]

Yeah I have no idea what he's talking about. Is this something you need a pc for?

[x666x]

Originally Posted by Scottshotz

Yeah I have no idea what he's talking about. Is this something you need a pc for?

Its also possible to do this right from your iPhone using vterm also. I'd love to explain in detail but its pretty hard from my phone.

[kenny]

x666x-

Please do! We would love to unconfuse the confused!


Kenny

[x666x]

Originally Posted by kenny

x666x-

Please do! We would love to unconfuse the confused!


Kenny

If you haven't figured it out by the evening, I'll try posting from my phone. I'm in line for pirates of the carribean right now, lol. Was in the handed mansion line during my previous post.

[Scottshotz]

I just couldn't find vterm. Maybe if I fond that I could figure it out. Is that in installer?

[kenny]

thanks x666x- I'll be waiting. Until then enjoy your disneyland trip!

As for vterm, I'm not sure what that is either. Ill just wait for x666x

[thegasguru]

You can use VT100 (vterm) on the iPhone to enter the command line fix for iPhyics.

Or you can use WinSCP. My suggestion is this: if you're going to have to learn a whole new iPhone hacking concept anyway, you might as well learn WinSCP, since it will allow you a wide variety of additional functions as well. Here's a tutorial to get started:

http://limitededitioniphone.com/wind...p-with-iphone/

Please note: you will need to use Installer on the iPhone to install 1)BSD Subsystem, 2) OpenSSH, and 3)BossPrefs (or, alternatively, "Services"). Then - on your desktop computer - download and install WinSCP.

Here are a couple of tips that seem to trip people up: make sure you have OpenSSH set to ON in order to use WinSCP to log on to your iPhone. You can use BossPrefs to make sure OpenSSH is ON. Next, make sure your WiFi connection is ON. Then, on your iPhone, go to Settings--> General--> Auto-Lock and set it to "Never". This last tip is the one that would drive me nuts...I had my iPhone set to auto-lock after one minute, and it was constantly disconnecting (or preventing) my connection via WinSCP.

After all this, follow the tutorial in the link above to use WinSCP to connect to your iPhone. You can drag and drop files via the directory trees you see in WinSCP. When you see posts on this forum about "setting permissions", you accomplish that by right clicking on a directory, choosing Properties, and then changing the "Octal" value (usually to 0755).

Finally, you can fix iPhysics by opening a terminal session in WinSCP. Click on the little black-ish colored icon just below the menu word "Session" in WinSCP. Enter the command
chown -R mobile:mobile /private/var/root/Media/iPhysics
into the box labelled "Enter command" (actually, I just cut and paste this command since I'm lazy), then click "Execute". You're done. You can close the terminal session. Note that if you add additional iPhysics levels at a later date, you will also need to re-execute this chown command fix in order for iPhysics to "see" the new levels.

Also note: the terminal session that you opened via WinSCP on your desktop is basically the same as the terminal session you would open on the iPhone itself using the VT100 (aka vterm) app. I personally think it is wayyyy easier to issue command line commands with a full desktop keyboard then it is on the iPhone keyboard.

Finally, if you want to add additional iPhysics levels, you need to add the following source to Installer:
iphone.r4m0n.net/repos

Note that it is case sensitive, and it is "r", "#4", "m", "#0", "n"

Once you've properly added this source and the sources have refreshed, you will see a new Category called "iPhysics". Tap on the category, and you will see a buttload of new levels to add to iPhysics.

How do you add a new source to Installer? See this link:
http://modmyifone.com/wiki/index.php..._Rogue_Sources

Whew, I'm exhausted!! I'm not gonna lie, this post was a lot of work. I'm hoping I score a couple of "thank you" clicks below! heh heh.