iPhoneNotes allows downloading and uploading notes to a jailbroken iPhone
The lack of notes syncing on the iPhone and iPod touch just continues to baffle me. Just like To Do syncing it seems like a no brainer, especially in the case of notes since it's such a pain to type anything very long on the iPhone keyboard. The iPhone hacking community has been working on the problems and a clever Mac application called iPhoneNotes bring basic notes transfer between a Mac and a jailbroken iPhone.
The application actually works over wifi and requires that your iPhone be jailbroken. Unfortunately, the developer's site is somewhat lacking in instructions. You need to have OpenSSH installed (and working) on the iPhone and then when you run iPhoneNotes on your Mac it searches for the iPhone with Bonjour. Once it finds the iPhone and you put in your credentials, you should be able to download and upload notes. It does not provide true syncing; rather you download your Notes database from your iPhone, make changes on the Mac, then upload it back. Nonetheless, it works and provides a way to upload notes from your Mac to your iPhone.
Because it requires OpenSSH this doesn't seem like a long term solution. Nonetheless, if you need to get notes from your Mac to your iPhone, this is one of the best options at this time. iPhoneNotes is a free download from V1ru8.
[via iPhone Alley]
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Not working with a 1.1.1 Touch.
March 26 2008 at 6:30 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyIt would be my best guess that the latest iPhone 2.0 Software supports notepad syncing. It's the latest iTunes version that doesn't. It's likely that when 2.0 comes out a new versions of iTunes will come with it.
March 26 2008 at 2:21 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyWhy twice??? I clicked once! Stupid comments system!
March 26 2008 at 1:01 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyThe spatialviews trick for syncing taskpaper with the iPhone notes is better (if you have taskpaper, of course). You can even modify the scripts and use text files instead of taskpaper files.
http://spatialviews.com/2007/12/04/how-to-sync-takpaper-and-iphone-notes-over-wifi-formatted-version/
The spatialviews trick for syncing taskpaper with the iPhone notes is better (if you have taskpaper, of course). You can even modify the scripts and use text files instead of taskpaper files.
http://spatialviews.com/2007/12/04/how-to-sync-takpaper-and-iphone-notes-over-wifi-formatted-version/
it conveniently does NOT work on tiger.... so it seems anyway. The application simply bounces in the tray and then goes bye bye.
March 26 2008 at 12:43 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI just use iPhone suite. It allows note transfer through the USB cable and it's free.
Check out the Hackint0sh forum and its under tools.
It's a great porgram. Allows you to send SMS messages from your computer through the phone.
It's a must use!!
iPhone Suite = Windows only, if my readings at Hackintosh are correct.
March 26 2008 at 5:36 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyYou CAN change the root password, just not with passwd:
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20080224231344798
Installing the Cydia package management system fixes the passwd problem, because it installs its own, better version of the BSD subsystem.
March 26 2008 at 12:54 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyOne little issue: Using OpenSSH is a bad idea on iPhone 1.1.3 and 1.1.4, as you can't change the root password without putting the phone into a loop where it reboots continuously. I wish Apple would just address the notes issue themselves; it does indeed seem like a no-brainer.
March 26 2008 at 10:38 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyIn b4 some idiot makes a comment on the name "V1ru8" about how "THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT EVERYONE'S BEEN WORRIED ABOUT WITH VIRUSES I MEAN LOOK HIS NAME IS V1ru8 IS ANYONE WORREID HERE!!!!!??11 APPLE IS SO AWSUM FOR RESTRICTING TEH ESS DEE KAY!!!!11eleven"
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