Since the update to 3.0, things have become a little harder if you want to connect to your iPhone via USB and take advantage of the higher transfer speeds available. Fortunately, it is still possible. This guide reluctantly assumes a Windows environment. I use Vista (only when I have to).

What you will need:

iTunes 8.2beta (not iTunes 8.2) – get here.

iPhone Tunnel 2.7 beta – get here.

Note that installing iTunes 8.2 beta will need you to delete your existing itunes library file. It will also mean your iPhone then syncs to a new library. Only continue if you are happy to do that. Once you’ve installed iPhone Tunnel 2.7 beta, you will need to follow the following procedure to make it work.

Copy iTunesMobileDevice.dll from C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support\bin\ to C:\Program Files\iPhone Tunnel Suite 2.7 BETA\iTunnel\ and overwrite the original.

Make sure you run iPhone tunnel in XP compatibility mode and with administrator access. (In file properties). You will need to fill in all the details when registering your phone with the tunnel software. Then make sure you have SSH installed on your phone and you should then be able to run FTP over SSH by using the IP 127.0.0.1. I use FileZilla.

You should now be able to transfer larger files over much quicker than on WiFi. Good luck!

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