diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 11a8d1de9549..a4b1cdcb718d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -294,11 +294,8 @@ show-ios-devices: ##@other shows connected ios device and its name
 # TODO: fix IOS_STATUS_GO_TARGETS to be either amd64 or arm64 when RN is upgraded
 run-ios-device: export TARGET := ios
 run-ios-device: export IOS_STATUS_GO_TARGETS := ios/arm64;iossimulator/amd64
-run-ios-device: ##@run iOS app and start it on a connected device by its name
-ifndef DEVICE_NAME
-	$(error Usage: make run-ios-device DEVICE_NAME=your-device-name)
-endif
-	react-native run-ios --device "$(DEVICE_NAME)"
+run-ios-device: ##@run iOS app and start it on the first connected iPhone
+	@scripts/run-ios-device.sh
 
 #--------------
 # Tests
diff --git a/nix/mobile/ios/default.nix b/nix/mobile/ios/default.nix
index affb530363cf..ca423f50f172 100644
--- a/nix/mobile/ios/default.nix
+++ b/nix/mobile/ios/default.nix
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ in {
     buildInputs = with pkgs; [
       xcodeWrapper watchman procps
       flock # used in nix/scripts/node_modules.sh
-      ios-deploy # used in 'make run-ios-device'
       xcbeautify # used in 'make run-ios'
+      libimobiledevice # used in `make run-ios-device`
     ];
 
     # WARNING: Executes shellHook in reverse order.
diff --git a/nix/overlay.nix b/nix/overlay.nix
index 63875026fd65..b0029f92f7c4 100644
--- a/nix/overlay.nix
+++ b/nix/overlay.nix
@@ -26,18 +26,6 @@ in {
     react-native = callPackage ./deps/react-native { };
   };
 
-  # Fix for missing libarclite_macosx.a in Xcode 14.3.
-  # https://github.com/ios-control/ios-deploy/issues/580
-  ios-deploy = super.darwin.ios-deploy.overrideAttrs (old: rec {
-    version = "1.12.2";
-    src = super.fetchFromGitHub {
-      owner = "ios-control";
-      repo = "ios-deploy";
-      rev = version;
-      sha256 = "sha256-TVGC+f+1ow3b93CK3PhIL70le5SZxxb2ug5OkIg8XCA";
-    };
-  });
-
   # Clojure's linter receives frequent upgrades, and we want to take advantage
   # of the latest available rules.
   clj-kondo = super.clj-kondo.override rec {
diff --git a/scripts/run-ios-device.sh b/scripts/run-ios-device.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..717c9168f964
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/run-ios-device.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+set -m # needed to access jobs
+
+GIT_ROOT=$(cd "${BASH_SOURCE%/*}" && git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
+
+# We run Metro in background while calling adb.
+cleanupMetro() {
+    pkill -f run-metro.sh
+    rm -f metro-server-logs.log
+}
+
+# Using function gives a neater jobspec name.
+runMetro() {
+   nohup "${GIT_ROOT}/scripts/run-metro.sh" 2>&1 \
+        | tee metro-server-logs.log
+}
+
+waitForMetro() {
+    set +e # Allow grep command to fail in the loop.
+    TIMEOUT=5
+    echo "Waiting for Metro server..." >&2
+    while ! grep -q "Welcome to Metro" metro-server-logs.log; do
+      echo -n "." >&2
+      sleep 1
+      if ((TIMEOUT == 0)); then
+        echo -e "\nMetro server timed out, exiting" >&2
+        set -e # Restore errexit for rest of script.
+        return 1
+      fi
+      ((TIMEOUT--))
+    done
+    set -e # Restore errexit for rest of script.
+}
+
+# find the first connected iPhone's UUID
+DEVICE_UUID=$(idevice_id -l)
+
+# Check if any device is connected
+if [ -z "$DEVICE_UUID" ]; then
+    echo "No connected iPhone device detected."
+    exit 1
+else
+    echo "Connected iPhone UDID: $DEVICE_UUID"
+fi
+
+BUILD_DIR="${GIT_ROOT}/build"
+
+#iOS build of debug scheme
+xcodebuild -workspace "ios/StatusIm.xcworkspace" -configuration Debug -scheme StatusIm -destination id="$DEVICE_UUID" -derivedDataPath "${BUILD_DIR}" | xcbeautify
+
+APP_PATH="${BUILD_DIR}/Build/Products/Debug-iphoneos/StatusIm.app"
+
+# Install on the connected device
+DEVICECTL_OUTPUT=$(xcrun devicectl device install app --device "$DEVICE_UUID" "$APP_PATH" 2>&1 | tee >(cat 1>&2))
+
+# Extract installationURL
+INSTALLATION_URL=$(echo "$DEVICECTL_OUTPUT" | grep "installationURL:" | sed -E 's/.*installationURL: (.*)/\1/')
+
+trap cleanupMetro EXIT ERR INT QUIT
+runMetro &
+waitForMetro
+
+# wait a bit after installation for the iPhone to calm down
+sleep 3
+
+# launch the app when metro is ready
+xcrun devicectl device process launch --device "$DEVICE_UUID" "$INSTALLATION_URL"
+
+# bring metro job to foreground
+fg 'runMetro'