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Device Nodes are here, as with any other standard UNIX system. The folder cannot be written to.
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Node | Description | iPhone | iPhone3G | iPhone 3GS | iPhone 4 | iPod touch | iPod touch 2G | iPod touch 3G | iPod touch 4G | iPad 1G | Apple TV 2G |
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zero | (Outputs 0x0, discards input) | Yes | |||||||||
vn1 | ? | made by jailbreak | |||||||||
vn0 | ? | made by jailbreak | |||||||||
urandom | (Outputs pseudo-random data) | Yes | |||||||||
uart.utms | (new data line added on the iPhone 4) | ? | Yes | ? | |||||||
uart.iap | (Dock connector serial interface) | Yes | |||||||||
uart.highland-park | ? | ? | |||||||||
uart.gps | (Something with GPS) | No | Yes | No | iPad 3G | No | |||||
uart.gas-gauge | (Battery meter) | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | |||||
uart.debug | (Baseband) | Yes | No | iPad 3G | No | ||||||
uart.bluetooth | (Bluetooth Dev Node disabled by the kernel for power saving) | Yes | No | Yes | |||||||
ttypf | ? | No | Yes | No | Yes | ||||||
ttype | ? | No | Yes | No | Yes | ||||||
ttypd | ? | No | Yes | No | Yes | ||||||
ttypc | ? | No | Yes | No | Yes | ||||||
ttypb | ? | No | Yes | No | Yes | ||||||
ttypa | ? | No | Yes | No | Yes | ||||||
ttyp9 | ? | No | Yes | No | Yes | ||||||
ttyp8 | ? | No | Yes | No | Yes | ||||||
ttyp7 | ? | Yes | |||||||||
ttyp6 | ? | Yes | |||||||||
ttyp5 | ? | Yes | |||||||||
ttyp4 | ? | Yes | |||||||||
ttyp3 | ? | Yes | |||||||||
ttyp2 | ? | Yes | |||||||||
ttyp1 | ? | Yes | |||||||||
ttyp0 | ? | Yes | |||||||||
tty.umts | ? | No | Yes | No | iPad 3G | No | |||||
tty.iap | (Dock connector serial interface) | Yes | |||||||||
tty.highland-park | ? | ? | |||||||||
tty.gas-gauge | (Battery meter) | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | |||||
tty.debug | (Baseband) | Yes | No | iPad 3G | No | ||||||
tty.bluetooth | (Bluetooth Node) | Yes | No | Yes | |||||||
tty | ? | Yes | |||||||||
sha1_0 | ? | Yes | |||||||||
rdisk0s2s1 | (Character device equivalent of disk0s2s1) | No | Yes | No | Yes | ||||||
rdisk0s2 | (Character device equivalent of disk0s2) | Yes | |||||||||
rdisk0s1 | (Character device equivalent of disk0s1) | Yes | |||||||||
rdisk0 | (Character device equivalent of disk0) | Yes | |||||||||
random | (Outputs random data) | Yes | |||||||||
ptypf | ? | No | Yes | No | Yes | ||||||
ptype | ? | No | Yes | No | Yes | ||||||
ptypd | ? | No | Yes | No | Yes | ||||||
ptypc | ? | No | Yes | No | Yes | ||||||
ptypb | ? | No | Yes | No | Yes | ||||||
ptypa | ? | No | Yes | No | Yes | ||||||
ptyp9 | ? | No | Yes | No | Yes | ||||||
ptyp8 | ? | No | Yes | No | Yes | ||||||
ptyp7 | Yes | ||||||||||
ptyp6 | Yes | ||||||||||
ptyp5 | Yes | ||||||||||
ptyp4 | Yes | ||||||||||
ptyp3 | Yes | ||||||||||
ptyp2 | Yes | ||||||||||
ptyp1 | Yes | ||||||||||
ptyp0 | Yes | ||||||||||
ptmx | ( Posix terminal ) | made by jailbreak | |||||||||
pf | ( firewall ) | Yes | |||||||||
null | (Doesn't output, discards input) | Yes | |||||||||
mem | (Memory) | On patched kernels | |||||||||
klog | part of the kernel used to receive kernel panic count | Yes | |||||||||
kmem | (Kernel memory) | On patched kernels | |||||||||
io8logmt | ? | Yes | |||||||||
io8log | ( replied AT S7=45 S0=0 L1 V1 X4 &c1 E1 Q0 when opened [1] ) | Yes | |||||||||
dlci.spi-baseband.sms | ( compatibility node made by Cydia ) | Yes | No | ipad 3g | No | ||||||
dlci.spi-baseband.reg | ( compatibility node made by Cydia ) | Yes | No | ipad 3g | No | ||||||
dlci.spi-baseband.pdp_ctl | ( compatibility node made by Cydia ) | Yes | No | ipad 3g | No | ||||||
dlci.spi-baseband.pdp_3 | ( compatibility node made by Cydia ) | Yes | No | ipad 3g | No | ||||||
dlci.spi-baseband.pdp_2 | ( compatibility node made by Cydia ) | Yes | No | ipad 3g | No | ||||||
dlci.spi-baseband.pdp_1 | ( compatibility node made by Cydia ) | Yes | No | ipad 3g | No | ||||||
dlci.spi-baseband.pdp_0 | ( compatibility node made by Cydia ) | Yes | No | ipad 3g | No | ||||||
dlci.spi-baseband.low | ( compatibility node made by Cydia ) | Yes | No | ipad 3g | No | ||||||
dlci.spi-baseband.iq | ( compatibility node made by Cydia ) | Yes | No | ipad 3g | No | ||||||
dlci.spi-baseband.extra_13 | ( compatibility node made by Cydia ) | Yes | No | ipad 3g | No | ||||||
dlci.spi-bseband.cl1 | ( compatibility node made by Cydia ) | Yes | No | ipad 3g | No | ||||||
dlci.spi-baseband.chatty | ( compatibility node made by Cydia ) | Yes | No | ipad 3g | No | ||||||
dlci.spi-baseband.call | ( compatibility node made by Cydia ) | Yes | No | ipad 3g | No | ||||||
disk1 | (Virtual drive for SDK tools image) | Yes | |||||||||
disk0s2s1 | (Encrypted user partition on 3GS?) | No | Yes | No | Yes | ||||||
disk0s2 | (NAND, user partition) | Yes | |||||||||
disk0s1 | (NAND, system partition) | Yes | |||||||||
disk0 | (NAND) | Yes | |||||||||
cu.umts | ? | ? | |||||||||
cu.iap | (Dock connector serial interface) | Yes | |||||||||
cu.highland-park | (Camera) | ? | |||||||||
cu.gps | (Something with GPS) | No | Yes | No | ipad 3g | No | |||||
cu.gas-gauge | (Exclusive access to the battery meter) | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | |||||
cu.debug | (Exclusive access to Baseband used, for example, by BBUpdater) | Yes | No | ipad 3g | No | ||||||
cu.bluetooth | (primary Dev Node to comunicate with the bluetooth chip) | Yes | No | Yes | |||||||
console | (System console, displayed during a verbose boot) | Yes | |||||||||
compass2_0 | (Gyroscope) | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | |||||
compass1_0 | (This may exist as Accelerometer) | ? | |||||||||
compass_0 | (Magnetometer) | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | |||||
btwake | (sent to switch the bluetooth chip on from standby) | Yes | |||||||||
btreset | (used if the bluetooth chip becomes unresponsive) | Yes | |||||||||
bpf3 | (Template:Wp) | Yes | |||||||||
bpf2 | (Template:Wp) | Yes | |||||||||
bpf1 | (Template:Wp) | Yes | |||||||||
bpf0 | (Template:Wp) | Yes | |||||||||
aes_0 | (used with a crypto bundle provided in XPwn to utilize the AES Keys in userland) | Yes |