HowTo: Change Default iPhone Password ( alpine ) And Increase Security

Via FSMdotCOM

Everybody knows that every iPhone in the world have the same username ( root ) and password ( alpine ) . Most of you learned this fact from previous tutorials/articles on FSMdotCOM when we talked about how to SSH ( Mac or Windows ) or pretty much every time when SSH was involved.

Since you can login on EVERY iPhone in the world with the same username and password, makes it easier for people to create (potential) exploits for this device. And, we had enough of that lately… Luckily for all of you that have an jailbroken device there is a quick fix for this:

1. Install Terminal from Cydia

2. Load terminal and type:

• su root
• alpine

by doing that you are logged in as root. Once you are logged in as root type this:

• passwd

when you type “passwd” and hit return it will prompt you to type your new password. You will have to type it twice.

That’s it, pretty simple huh? Of course this is not a bulletproof method, but at least you took a security measure…