altstoreio / altstoreio/AltStore

[Feature Request] Enable wireless debugging for jit

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Description

This is a feature of Xcode where you can enable wireless debugger to a device on the network. This would give a solution to use jit on the network if you're home. Ideally you wouldn't need to have to use such a thing for a android device but Apple doesn't allow jit for the life of them. It's possible with libimobiledevice according to its documentation.

Adding this feature is pretty simple idea. But there's also a still a problem of on windows 10 altserver crashes after a certain amount of time and also it would crash if it fails a few times.

Doing this jit solution would help make a path for a future where you have a raspberry pi and you connect to its WiFi connection and able to sign and do jit or tethered signing and jit on any version of iOS that supports wireless debugging.

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Research direction

No files, tests, or entry points are named. Start by reviewing the wireless-debugging capability described in the issue and the referenced libimobiledevice documentation, then assess the Windows 10 AltServer crash concern. Done would mean a defined, working path for wireless JIT debugging and its related signing workflow.

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Assessment

Tech stack
ios, swift
Domain
mobile
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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