Farmero drives phones over USB. Wireless is not supported: the cable is also how clips reach the phone, and it is the difference between 11 seconds and 25.
Plug it in
- Connect the iPhone with a data cable — many charge-only cables look identical and will never enumerate the device
- Unlock the phone and tap Trust when it asks about this computer
- The phone appears under Phones in Farmero
Turn on Developer Mode
iOS 17 and newer need this before any developer-signed app will run.
Settings → Privacy & Security → Developer Mode → on, then restart the phone and confirm after it boots.
Developer Mode only appears in Settings after a development app has been installed once, which is a genuine chicken-and-egg. If you cannot see the option, do the runner install first — it will appear afterwards.
When it does not show up
Nothing appears at all. Try another cable first; it is the cause more often than anything else. Then another port, avoiding hubs.
It appears and vanishes. The phone is locking. Set Auto-Lock to Never while you are setting it up.
Trust never prompts. Reset it: Settings → General → Transfer or Reset iPhone → Reset → Reset Location & Privacy, then replug.
Keep it plugged in
Phones run overnight. Leave them connected and charging — Farmero drives them continuously and a phone that drops off mid-run stops that account until it comes back.