A working GNU Debugger on iOS >= 4.3

People know that the gdb package coming from Cydia is broken since 4.3.

But here is a simple way to have a working gdb running on your iOS device : use the one from the Apple SDK !

Prerequisites :

- a jailbroken iOS >= 4.3 device

- OpenSSH should be installed on the iOS device and should listen for connections

- an OSX machine with the iOS SDK >= 4.3 installed

How to :

- remove the gdb package from Cydia

- do the following in the OSX terminal :

cd /tmp

cp /Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/usr/libexec/gdb/gdb-arm-apple-darwin .

lipo -thin armv7 gdb-arm-apple-darwin -output gdb

nano entitlements.xml

- paste the following to the OSX terminal :

<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">

<plist version="1.0">

<dict>

        <key>com.apple.springboard.debugapplications</key>

        <true/>

        <key>get-task-allow</key>

        <true/>

        <key>task_for_pid-allow</key>

        <true/>

</dict>

</plist>

- save the file by doing CTRL + X, then 'Y', then 'ENTER'

- now do the following in the OSX terminal :

ldid -Sentitlements.xml gdb

scp gdb root@ <iOS Device IP Address> :/usr/bin/

- GDB is now installed to your iOS device.

Happy debugging !