I am going to guess you are using ios 7. I believe it is using a new sandboxing model for apps so they can't reach localhost directly.
I can't use the prompt app to connect my ios device
Pergunta
I try to use my purchased Prompt to connect my jailbreaked iPhone. host:localhost or 127.0.0.1 port:22 username:root but it says that Connection failed Couldn't connect to server.
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