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Getting an error message: "Unhandled Lockdown error (-3)" when trying to mount iPhone SE to Linux Debian

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I'm trying to connect an iPhone SE with iOS 11 to a Linux Debian 9.4 "Stretch" desktop with XFCE environment. I followed step-by-step about 5 different guides on the internet how to do so. I ended-up installing the packages: libimobiledevice ideviceinstaller and attempted to use their functionality however with no success. I tried to mount my iPhone using both: idevicepair pair which replies with SUCCESS after trusting the computer, however when trying to actually access the device an error message will pop up citing: > Failed to mount "Documents on (my name)'s iPhone" > **Unhandled Lockdown error (-3)** I tried another approach by using ifuse to mount my iPhone to a local directory, but it didn't work either. It replies with an error message within the terminal citing: > Failed to connect to lockdownd service on the device. Try again. If it > still fails try rebooting your device. I tried to reboot my device, however it did not work at all. I also deleted the lockdown files according to another troubleshooting guide but it didn't work either, idevicepair just created new files which again resulted in this device lockdown error. I to connect my iPhone to my desktop.
Asked by David von Tamar (279 rep)
Jul 11, 2018, 05:37 AM
Last activity: Mar 23, 2019, 07:27 PM