Tuesday, May 4, 2010

How to Recover Deleted Photos After Spirit Jailbreak [Windows - Mac]


Today we announced you that Spirit Jailbreak has been updated fixing Deleted Photos and Windows Errors, But what about people who has lost their photos during jailbreak, After the jump I will show you how to recover Deleted Photos After Spirit jailbreak under Windows and Mac ...

You need:
  • OpenSSH installed on your iDevice ( Cydia )
  • iPhone Backup Extractor 32bit or 64bit for Windows
  • iPhone Backup Extractor (Download for Mac from here)
  • WinSCP for Windows
  • For Mac Users, Download software to access your iPhone via SSH. Mac users can use Cyberduck. Enter the following details to login to your iPhone:
    • Server: The IP address of your iPad. Settings –> WiFi –>
    • Username: root 
    • Password: alpine 
    • Protocol: SFTP (SSH File Transfer Protocol)

For Windows:
  1. Download and install iPhone Backup Extractor
  2. Select the last backup ( the one you made before using Spirit ) and click Next
  3. Now you can choose to restore backup automatically or manually. Choose manually and click Next…
  4. Expand the “Media” folder, and select the “Media” folder, inside the “Media” folder… makes no sense? Check the screenshot below...
  5. Select where you want to save your backup ( suggestion: desktop ) and click Next. If you choose to restore multiple files from the backup, iPhone Backup Extractor might freeze. Just wait patiently...
  6. Now SSH into your iPhone with WinSCP, browse to /User/Media/ and drag-and-drop the DCIM folder from the backup into your iPhone overwriting the existing files.
Now you can Enjoy!!

For Mac:
  1. Download iPhone Backup. Extract it and run it.
  2. Click on “Read Backups” and select the most recent backup made before jailbreaking your iPhone with Spirit. Backups are dated, so it’s easy to choose the correct one).
  3. Once you select the backup file, click “Choose” and select “iPhone OS Files”.
  4. Click “Extract” and choose the folder to take the backup.
  5. Once you click on “Choose”, wait for few minutes.
  6. Once the process is completed, you will see a folder called “iPhone OS Files” in the path you selected in step 4. Open the folder and then navigate to /Media/DCIM/ and you will find all of you deleted pictures taken by the iPhone.
  7. Enable the SSH on the iPhone and open CyberDuck port within the directory /User/Media/.
  8. Simply drag the DCIM folder (extracted in Step 6) to the directory / User/ Media/iPhone via CyberDuck and agree to overwrite the same.
  9. Once CyberDuck has finished copying the content, you will be able to see all the pictures taken by iPhone.
You also Can Enjoy!!
[via gadgetsdna]