Normally iTunes is used to transfer photos, music and video to the iPhone, it also synchronizes some other data (contacts, bookmarks, mail etc..) to your computer.

However if you’ve jailbroken your iPhone, some applications will require to transfer other files directly to the iPhone. For example Books, iComic, weDict etc…

Here are a few methods on Windows:

- Through ssh, using scp. This method uses ssh (secure shell) to connect to your iPhone through the wifi and then the ’scp’ command to transfer files wirelessly. To use this method you need to first install OpenSSH on your iPhone, then WinSCP on your Windows. When you want to connect to your iPhone, turn on SSH on your iPhone (you can use BossPrefs), then open WinSCP and enter your iPhone’s IP address, username (root) and password (alpine). Remember to turn SSH off when you’re done.

- FTP: a similar way to transfer files is to use ftp. You will need PureFTP on your iPhone and an ftp client on your computer (I use FileZilla, but you can use WinSCP as well). It’s the same concept as ssh: turn ftp on, connect to your iPhone’s IP, transfer files, turn off ftp.

These two methods are not easy to setup, but once you’ve done it a few times it’ll be easy.

- However, iPhoneBrowser is a much easier and faster method. All you need to do is connect your iPhone to your computer, launch iPhoneBrowser and copy files from/to your iPhone. No need to turn stuff on/off, the transfer is done through your USB, which is much faster than SSH or FTP. This is obviously my preferred method. I have met some problems in the past, where iPhoneBrowser didn’t recognize my iPhone as jailbroken, even though it was jailbroken. To solve this problem add this source “http://iphone.unlock.no” and install the “ZiPhone iBrickr Fix”.