diff --git a/desktop/flipper-server-core/src/devices/ios/IOSBridge.tsx b/desktop/flipper-server-core/src/devices/ios/IOSBridge.tsx
index df4e7f816..f5fded5c6 100644
--- a/desktop/flipper-server-core/src/devices/ios/IOSBridge.tsx
+++ b/desktop/flipper-server-core/src/devices/ios/IOSBridge.tsx
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
  */
 
 import fs from 'fs-extra';
+import iosUtil from './iOSContainerUtility';
+
 import child_process from 'child_process';
 import type {IOSDeviceParams} from 'flipper-common';
 import {DeviceType} from 'flipper-common';
@@ -42,10 +44,22 @@ export interface IOSBridge {
     serial: string,
     outputFile: string,
   ) => child_process.ChildProcess;
+  getActiveDevices: (bootedOnly: boolean) => Promise<Array<IOSDeviceParams>>;
 }
 
-class IDBBridge implements IOSBridge {
-  constructor(private idbPath: string) {}
+export class IDBBridge implements IOSBridge {
+  constructor(
+    private idbPath: string,
+    private enablePhysicalDevices: boolean,
+  ) {}
+  async getActiveDevices(_bootedOnly: boolean): Promise<IOSDeviceParams[]> {
+    return iosUtil
+      .targets(this.idbPath, this.enablePhysicalDevices)
+      .catch((e) => {
+        console.error('Failed to get active iOS devices:', e.message);
+        return [];
+      });
+  }
 
   async navigate(serial: string, location: string): Promise<void> {
     this._execIdb(`open --udid ${serial} "${location}"`);
@@ -216,11 +230,12 @@ export function getDeviceSetPath() {
 export async function makeIOSBridge(
   idbPath: string,
   isXcodeDetected: boolean,
+  enablePhysicalDevices: boolean,
   isAvailableFn: (idbPath: string) => Promise<boolean> = isAvailable,
 ): Promise<IOSBridge> {
   // prefer idb
   if (await isAvailableFn(idbPath)) {
-    return new IDBBridge(idbPath);
+    return new IDBBridge(idbPath, enablePhysicalDevices);
   }
 
   // no idb, if it's a simulator and xcode is available, we can use xcrun
diff --git a/desktop/flipper-server-core/src/devices/ios/__tests__/IOSBridge.node.tsx b/desktop/flipper-server-core/src/devices/ios/__tests__/IOSBridge.node.tsx
index fa386921c..1635abed8 100644
--- a/desktop/flipper-server-core/src/devices/ios/__tests__/IOSBridge.node.tsx
+++ b/desktop/flipper-server-core/src/devices/ios/__tests__/IOSBridge.node.tsx
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ afterEach(() => {
 });
 
 test('uses xcrun with no idb when xcode is detected', async () => {
-  const ib = await makeIOSBridge('', true);
+  const ib = await makeIOSBridge('', true, false);
 
   ib.startLogListener('deadbeef', 'emulator');
 
@@ -50,7 +50,12 @@ test('uses xcrun with no idb when xcode is detected', async () => {
 });
 
 test('uses idb when present and xcode detected', async () => {
-  const ib = await makeIOSBridge('/usr/local/bin/idb', true, async (_) => true);
+  const ib = await makeIOSBridge(
+    '/usr/local/bin/idb',
+    true,
+    true,
+    async (_) => true,
+  );
 
   ib.startLogListener('deadbeef', 'emulator');
 
@@ -77,7 +82,12 @@ test('uses idb when present and xcode detected', async () => {
 });
 
 test('uses idb when present and xcode detected and physical device connected', async () => {
-  const ib = await makeIOSBridge('/usr/local/bin/idb', true, async (_) => true);
+  const ib = await makeIOSBridge(
+    '/usr/local/bin/idb',
+    true,
+    true,
+    async (_) => true,
+  );
 
   ib.startLogListener('deadbeef', 'physical');
 
@@ -99,12 +109,12 @@ test('uses idb when present and xcode detected and physical device connected', a
 });
 
 test("without idb physical devices can't log", async () => {
-  const ib = await makeIOSBridge('', true);
+  const ib = await makeIOSBridge('', true, false);
   expect(ib.startLogListener).toBeDefined(); // since we have xcode
 });
 
 test('throws if no iOS support', async () => {
-  await expect(makeIOSBridge('', false)).rejects.toThrow(
+  await expect(makeIOSBridge('', false, false)).rejects.toThrow(
     'Neither Xcode nor idb available. Cannot provide iOS device functionality.',
   );
 });
@@ -112,7 +122,7 @@ test('throws if no iOS support', async () => {
 test.unix(
   'uses xcrun to take screenshots with no idb when xcode is detected',
   async () => {
-    const ib = await makeIOSBridge('', true);
+    const ib = await makeIOSBridge('', true, false);
 
     await expect(() => ib.screenshot('deadbeef')).rejects.toThrow();
 
@@ -123,7 +133,12 @@ test.unix(
 );
 
 test.unix('uses idb to take screenshots when available', async () => {
-  const ib = await makeIOSBridge('/usr/local/bin/idb', true, async (_) => true);
+  const ib = await makeIOSBridge(
+    '/usr/local/bin/idb',
+    true,
+    true,
+    async (_) => true,
+  );
 
   await expect(() => ib.screenshot('deadbeef')).rejects.toThrow();
 
@@ -133,7 +148,7 @@ test.unix('uses idb to take screenshots when available', async () => {
 });
 
 test('uses xcrun to navigate with no idb when xcode is detected', async () => {
-  const ib = await makeIOSBridge('', true);
+  const ib = await makeIOSBridge('', true, false);
 
   await ib.navigate('deadbeef', 'fb://dummy');
 
@@ -143,7 +158,12 @@ test('uses xcrun to navigate with no idb when xcode is detected', async () => {
 });
 
 test('uses idb to navigate when available', async () => {
-  const ib = await makeIOSBridge('/usr/local/bin/idb', true, async (_) => true);
+  const ib = await makeIOSBridge(
+    '/usr/local/bin/idb',
+    true,
+    true,
+    async (_) => true,
+  );
 
   await ib.navigate('deadbeef', 'fb://dummy');
 
@@ -153,7 +173,7 @@ test('uses idb to navigate when available', async () => {
 });
 
 test('uses xcrun to record with no idb when xcode is detected', async () => {
-  const ib = await makeIOSBridge('', true);
+  const ib = await makeIOSBridge('', true, false);
 
   ib.recordVideo('deadbeef', '/tmp/video.mp4');
 
@@ -163,7 +183,12 @@ test('uses xcrun to record with no idb when xcode is detected', async () => {
 });
 
 test('uses idb to record when available', async () => {
-  const ib = await makeIOSBridge('/usr/local/bin/idb', true, async (_) => true);
+  const ib = await makeIOSBridge(
+    '/usr/local/bin/idb',
+    true,
+    true,
+    async (_) => true,
+  );
 
   ib.recordVideo('deadbeef', '/tmo/video.mp4');
 
diff --git a/desktop/flipper-server-core/src/devices/ios/iOSDeviceManager.tsx b/desktop/flipper-server-core/src/devices/ios/iOSDeviceManager.tsx
index 099105641..354bd60b1 100644
--- a/desktop/flipper-server-core/src/devices/ios/iOSDeviceManager.tsx
+++ b/desktop/flipper-server-core/src/devices/ios/iOSDeviceManager.tsx
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import IOSDevice from './IOSDevice';
 import {
   ERR_NO_IDB_OR_XCODE_AVAILABLE,
   IOSBridge,
+  IDBBridge,
   makeIOSBridge,
   SimctlBridge,
 } from './IOSBridge';
@@ -174,7 +175,11 @@ export class IOSDeviceManager {
       }
       try {
         // Awaiting the promise here to trigger immediate error handling.
-        this.iosBridge = await makeIOSBridge(settings.idbPath, isDetected);
+        this.iosBridge = await makeIOSBridge(
+          settings.idbPath,
+          isDetected,
+          settings.enablePhysicalIOS,
+        );
         this.queryDevicesForever();
       } catch (err) {
         // This case is expected if both Xcode and idb are missing.
@@ -252,10 +257,7 @@ function getActiveDevices(
   idbPath: string,
   isPhysicalDeviceEnabled: boolean,
 ): Promise<Array<IOSDeviceParams>> {
-  return iosUtil.targets(idbPath, isPhysicalDeviceEnabled).catch((e) => {
-    console.error('Failed to get active iOS devices:', e.message);
-    return [];
-  });
+  return new IDBBridge(idbPath, isPhysicalDeviceEnabled).getActiveDevices(true);
 }
 
 export function parseXcodeFromCoreSimPath(