The iPhone and web interfaces shown side by side
SMServer is an iPhone app, written in SwiftUI, which allows for one to send and receive text messages (and iMessages) from their Web browser
- Viewing all texts & iMessages from another device
- Viewing image attachments in browser
- Saving image attachments to device
- Sending iMessages remotely, without on-device interaction
- Authentication to protect against spying eyes
- Ability to permanently change passwords and default values
- Background operation of server (app doesn't always have to be in the foreground)
- One must run this on a jailbroken iPhone. It will crash on a non-jailbroken phone.
- The app only has limited background time (about 1 - 3 minutes), so after that much time of the app being suspended/backgrounded, the server will be killed & you'll need to re-enter the app and restart it. Fixing this is a major priority and I'm hoping to enable unlimited background time before a public release.
- libsmserver, the tweak which allows sending texts with this app. You can get it from here.
- AppSync Unified (probably) - Without this, the IPA may fail to install (according to early reports). I'll look into removing this a dependency, but that's not a major priority right now.
This is definitely still in Beta stages; there are still issues and many features that need to be implemented. You have two options for installing: The provided IPA or building from source. If you want to use the IPA, simply download it from the ipa subdirectory here. To build from source:
- Clone this repository
- cd into the directory where the podfile is installed
- If cocoapods are not installed, run 'sudo gem install cocoapods'
- Run 'pod intall'
- Open the .xcworkspace file in Xcode
- Build and install the project!
I would recommend building it yourself, since the IPA (under ipa) may not always be up to date with the source code, and I build it with Xcode-beta (so it may have issues that your build may not), but if you can't or would rather not, the IPA should be updated rather frequently, so it is also safe to use.
- Open the SMServer app, and click the green 'play' button in the bottom left.
- Open your browser to the ip/port combo specified at the top of the view
- Authenticate with the default password ('toor'), or your own custom password if you already set one
- Enjoy!
- (Optional) Customize the defaults under the settings section of the app to better fit your needs
- View conversations in browser
- View texts in browser
- Dynamic loading of texts
- Send texts from browser without on-device interaction
- View all attachments in browser
- Send images/attachments from browser
- Automatic checking for new messages
- Notifications on client whenever new messages arrive
- Display notifier for which conversations have unread messages
- Persistent defaults
- Convenient Custom CSS Loading
- Allow the server to run in the background - This has somewhat been implemented.
- Search through messages from browser
- Start new conversations from browser
If there are any issues, questions, or feature requests at all, don't hesitate to create an issue or pull request here, or email me at [email protected]. I may not run into all issues that could possibly come up, so I would really appreciate any issues you let me know about.
- Message text box in web interface doesn't correctly resize when typing a multi-line text
- If you install the IPA, the app always claims you have new messages. I suspect this is an issue with the beta version of Xcode which I built it on.
There is a python app, based on curses, which I would highly recommend one use in conjunction with this app. It is significantly faster than the web interface, much easier to navigate, much more customizable, and handles authenticates for you. You can get it at the link above; it has all the information necessary to get it up and running. As always, just ask or open an issue if you have a question.