MidpSSH: SSH and Telnet Client On Your Cell Phone

MidpSSH is a free Java application released under GPL for mobile phones. It is based upon Floyd SSH and Telnet Floyd by Radek Polak and allows connecting to a remote host via SSH using your carrier network (GPRS, UMTS, EDGE etc).

SSH mobile

How to Install MidpSSH

The Java application is composed of two files (jad and jar). It’s possible to download both files on your PC and transfer both on your mobile via BlueTooth or USB wire.

However, many mobile phones have protections that disallow Java file management, especially the locked mobiles. In this case, it’s possible to download and install MidpSSH via WAP connecting to http://xk72.com/wap.

Mobile SSH Configuration

Once the Java SSH client is installed on your mobile, it will be available in the Java application menu. Select MidspSSH and launch it. After few seconds, you’ll see the main menu:

  • Sessions - it allows to save login sessions (hostname and account)
  • Macros - file batch management. Here you can save the most frequently used commands
  • Settings - configuration and connection settings (SSH1, SSH2, terminal types etc)
  • About MidpSSH
  • Help
  • Quit

Once you saved a session select it and click on connect. Your mobile will connect to the Internet using the default Internet connection.

It should work on all Java capable cell phones, but due to handset variety it’s possible that you need special settings to let the application work properly. The forum can help a lot in this case.

Set up the Internet connection for Java on your cell phone

Here in Italy Wap and GPRS connection fees are different. The first one is more expansive than the other is. In this case, it is better to verify what is the default Internet connection on the cell phone in order to avoid using the most expansive one.

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7 Responses to MidpSSH: SSH and Telnet Client On Your Cell Phone

  1. Eric Lee says:

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  2. Reuben says:

    I downloaded the program to my phone whicj is a samsung impression, it started: alias is 3k host is 3k.org type is SSH

    session error

    writer: application not authorized to access the restricted API

    And under type telnet it says the same thing?

    can you help?

    • Dan Di Gregorio says:

      Hi Reuben,

      it seems to be a problem related to your server. Are you able to open SSH sessions in 3k.org usign your PC with a common SSH client?

      Dan

  3. Biks says:

    I am getting the same error message:
    “session error writer: application not authorized to access the restricted API”

    Phone: Samsung Impression
    Carrier: ATT

    Tried all devel/stable versions.

    I think there might be restriction applied by att. Somewhere I read, an application cannot open socket if it is not trusted, and I see the app is untrusted :(

    Anything else I can check?

    thx

  4. chris dowland says:

    i have also downloaded all versions of this software and also get the not authorized to access the restricted API error is there a way to tell java to allow untrusted apps to have access to the aaapi

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