diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 666e8447424d..88e132ce6576 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -198,8 +198,5 @@ lefthook.yml
 ## metro server logs
 metro-server-logs.log
 
-## debug build time logs
-logs/
-
 ## available iOS simulators
 ios_simulators_list.json
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c1fc6ca074c4..18ca317c7834 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -296,11 +296,8 @@ 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..77b908d06edc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/run-ios-device.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+set -m # needed to access jobs
+
+GIT_ROOT=$(cd "${BASH_SOURCE%/*}" && git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
+XCRUN_DEVICE_INSTALL_LOG_DIR="${GIT_ROOT}/logs/xcrun_device_install_log"
+XCRUN_DEVICE_PROCESS_LAUNCH_LOG_DIR="${GIT_ROOT}/logs/xcrun_device_process_launch_log"
+XCRUN_DEVICE_PROCESS_RESUME_LOG_DIR="${GIT_ROOT}/logs/xcrun_device_process_resume_log"
+
+# Install on the connected device
+installAndLaunchApp() {
+  xcrun devicectl device install app --device "${DEVICE_UUID}" "${APP_PATH}" --json-output "${XCRUN_DEVICE_INSTALL_LOG_DIR}" 2>&1
+
+  # Extract installationURL
+  INSTALLATION_URL=$(jq -r '.result.installedApplications[0].installationURL' "${XCRUN_DEVICE_INSTALL_LOG_DIR}")
+
+  # launch the app and put it in background
+  xcrun devicectl device process launch --no-activate --verbose --device "${DEVICE_UUID}" "${INSTALLATION_URL}" --json-output "${XCRUN_DEVICE_PROCESS_LAUNCH_LOG_DIR}"
+
+  # Extract background PID of status app
+  STATUS_PID=$(jq -r '.result.process.processIdentifier' "${XCRUN_DEVICE_PROCESS_LAUNCH_LOG_DIR}")
+  "${GIT_ROOT}/scripts/wait-for-metro-port.sh"  2>&1
+
+  # now that metro is ready, resume the app from background
+  xcrun devicectl device process resume --device "${DEVICE_UUID}" --pid "${STATUS_PID}" > "${XCRUN_DEVICE_PROCESS_RESUME_LOG_DIR}" 2>&1
+}
+
+showXcrunLogs() {
+  cat "${XCRUN_DEVICE_INSTALL_LOG_DIR}" >&2;
+  cat "${XCRUN_DEVICE_PROCESS_LAUNCH_LOG_DIR}" >&2;
+  cat "${XCRUN_DEVICE_PROCESS_RESUME_LOG_DIR}" >&2;
+}
+
+# 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}" -verbose | xcbeautify
+
+APP_PATH="${BUILD_DIR}/Build/Products/Debug-iphoneos/StatusIm.app"
+
+trap showXcrunLogs EXIT ERR INT QUIT
+installAndLaunchApp &
+exec "${GIT_ROOT}/scripts/run-metro.sh" 2>&1
+