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I'd like to access files in an iPhone, such as using remotely connecting via ssh and telnet. But it appears that the iPhone's ssh or telnet are not supported. I can ping it, but cannot use telnet or ssh.

I read through some internet article, it appears that using jailbreak or Cydia it is doable, but I guess it would break my iPhone's license.

Is there an official way to ssh or telnet into my iPhone?

+1  A: 

No you can't. You have to jailbreak to do that.

Jon
+2  A: 

I loved ssh-ing before, but Airsharing is even better. You can upload files via a wifi connection to your ipod (using a browser or via webDAV). It was free for the first few weeks, but now it goes for $4.99. That's still not bad.
You can view office, image, pdf and html files.

(I'm not affiliated with airsharing, just a happy user :) )

moogs
does airsharing support read file from iphone to desktop?
BlueDolphin
Reading a file in the iphone from a desktop PC? Yes.
moogs
i meant the reverse way, copy file from iphone to desktop. Can I ?
BlueDolphin
+7  A: 

You can't just access any file in a non-jailbroken iPhone.

You can access data files for your own programs during development using Xcode's Organizer, go to Devices -> your iphone -> Summary -> Applications -> your app, click on the triangle thingy to show the Application Data, which you can download.

Otherwise use something like Airsharing (see moogs' answer which came as I was writing this) to upload&download a bunch of files.

squelart
don't care how old the answer is, this was EXTREMELY helpful. upvote for sure.
KevinDTimm
still missing the "you can't have a ssh or telnet daemon on iPhone without jailbreaking it, because Apple don't want to and it won't allow any app to do it", but that mostly answers.
Cawas
+1  A: 

Even when not jailbroken, you can access some part of the filesystem with iPhone Broswer

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