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posted this on the hackint0sh forum http://www.hackint0sh.org/forum/f126/70078.htm#post403421 but thought i’d give it a try via bloglandia:

In my attemps to open files from MobileFinder i stumbled upon MobileStudio mobilestudio – Google Code . yes, i acknowledge that it’s been out awhile, but can i install this on my jailbroken 3G FW 2.2?

In the MobileFinder I have working via Cydia I noticed there are File Associations which I assume allow you to open files directly from Finder. I basically just want to be able to open a file in a text editor from Finder – instead of typing the path in gTextEdit.

I downloaded the zip from mobilestudio – Google Code placed it in /Applications, extracted. The icons appeared on the springboard but the apps crashed when I tried to load them.

Learn via IRC that the binaries must be signed. Stumbled upon this Bypassing iPhone Code Signatures – Jay Freeman (saurik) and between those two sources tried

ldid -S Program

..but to no avail. Before signing I also made sure to run

chmod +x

on it. And does it really matter if run

chown -R root:wheel

on my app folder (or is root:admin acceptable)?

Have spent about 12-15 hours dorking around on this now – hope someone can help. Also since I deleted Installer.app from the system via MobileFinder I attempted the reinstall with the same method above w/ the file from here iPhone Jailbreak & Install only to get the same crash pressing icon on springboard. I guess when I upgrade to FW 2.2.1 I will have Installer again, but still I’d like to have MobileStudio – it seems cool!

UPDATE:

http://www.hackint0sh.org/forum/f126/70078.htm#post403681

I don’t know what’s the matter there (maybe MobileFinder was the only one of those programs to be updated for the 2.x firmware). But I would like to suggest the excellent iFile (from Cydia), a file browser & viewer and text editor. It does most of what MobileFinder/MobileStudio should do but better. It also includes options to create or unpack zip files, download files to/from your computer over wifi, attach one or more files to an email, and do things to multiple files at once.

iFile did the trick! an awesome little app!! will have to throw a few bones at the developer .