What is Cydia or a guide to Cydia: jailbreak, iOS features, tweaks. What are the main tools for jailbreaking?
It's no secret that jailbreaking has its drawbacks, for example, it creates vulnerabilities in the security of the device. In addition, Apple constantly closes vulnerabilities in iOS, and it takes hackers several months to find new ones. What to do if you want to customize your iPhone or iPad, but there is no way to install Cydia.
Comes to the rescue Cydia alternative, Zestia app, besides, you don’t need a jailbreak to install it, which means everything will be in order with the security of the device.
Despite the fact that Zestia's capabilities are not as extensive as those of Cydia, there is no other alternative, and even without jailbreak. By the way, it should be noted that Zestia is also known as X-Cydia.
Zestia can be installed on any iPhone and iPad, with firmware from iOS 9.3.1 to iOS 10. Let's start the installation:
Step 1. Using Safari on your iOS device, go to this link zestia.lmdinteractive.com and click the “Install Zestia” button.
Like in the screenshot below:
Step 2. Click “Install” in the “Profile Setup” window and enter your PIN code if required.
Step 3. In “Consent”, click “Install” again and click “Install” again.
Step 4: Press the Home button and you will see the Zestia icon on the desktop of your device. Click on it.
Step 5. Once you are in Zestia, click All Applications and select the application you want to install and follow the instructions until the installation is complete. Installing applications from Zestia is no different from installing from App Store.
By the way, I immediately installed it, since this is the only program that can truly clean the iPhone and iPad of debris, and it is not in the App Store.
Step 6. After installing the selected application, go to Settings → General → Profiles on your device and finally click on the name of the application that you just installed.
Step 7. Click on the “Trust” option, and then in the window that appears, click “Trust” again.
Step 8. Launch installed application and use it!
While it's not Cydia, Zestia gives you the ability to install apps that Apple doesn't allow in the App Store. Perhaps this will be enough for some, while others will wait for a full-fledged jailbreak.
Did you manage to install Zestia using these instructions?
It really works.
Are you tired of waiting for jailbreak to come out? Do you want to install third party applications not from the App Store on your iPhone or iPad? There is a solution. Zestia – analogue of Cydia with unofficial programs that work on devices without jailbreak.
In addition, the application contains a certain list of hacked applications with endless in-game purchases, which not encouraged developers.
Attention: The application is unofficial (Chinese), so you do it at your own peril and risk. Third-party certificates allow you to send user data to foreign servers. By using this software, you endanger not only the safety of your personal information, but also the reliability of financial transactions made from a smartphone.
How to install an app store on iOS
Stage 1. Open this link in Safari and click the “Install Zestia” button.
Stage 2. Confirm the installation of the appropriate profile.
Stage 3. It will appear on your desktop new icon Zestia – open the program.
Stage 4. Choose the application you are interested in and install it.
Stage 5. Now go back to Settings, go to the “General” -> “Profiles” section and click on the name of the developer of this application in the list.
Stage 6. Press “Trust” with confidence.
Stage 7. Enjoy the new unofficial app! :)
For quite some time now, the authors of the porting Installer and Icy on iOS 4 showed their new development - Lima, which is a browser plugin. With its help, you can do without Cydia while in the browser, i.e. search and download packages. After more than a year, the beta version has finally been released, which we will talk about today.
In general, you won’t be able to do without Cydia right away (and in general), because you first need to download the Lima installer. After this procedure, you need to go to the official website of the utility. This is where you will search and download required packages. The author of the utility stated that he has worked on data protection, so you can download and install only from the website limainstaller.com
Of course, a beta version is only a beta because it cannot please you with the functionality of a ready-made solution. However, it already has three repositories: ModMyi, BigBoss and Saurik. However, there are also problems. These include, for example, the inability to delete installed packages or purchase paid tweaks, but all this will be fixed in future updates.
About compatibility with iOS versions It is known that firmware 4.2.1 - 5.0.1 passed the test, but this does not mean failure on other versions. However, more stable work expected on iOS 5, but on other firmware “anything can happen.”
The developers are not going to stop at what has already been achieved and next versions Limas will add integration with the Cydia Store, a function Reserve copy, improved interface for i-devices of previous generations, etc.
In general, this “thing,” of course, is not a replacement for Cydia. But as an addition, why not?!
You can see Lima in action in this video:
Long months iPhone owners and iPad cannot use Cydia - directory unofficial applications. The store for jailbroken devices allows you to modify the operating system without restrictions, install third party programs and additions. However, the developers are not sitting idly by: waiting for an exploit to iOS jailbreak 9.3.1 launched an analogue of Cydia called Mojo - an unofficial software store that works on devices without jailbreak.
To work with Mojo, it is not necessary to open root access to operating system. At the same time, with the help of developments from the store, you can use unofficial software: emulators, applications for recording screencasts and other developments that are not allowed in the App Store. You just need to install it on your iPhone and iPad app store and two profiles for working with the service.
Mojo is compatible with any devices without jailbreak, including gadgets with iOS 9.3.1. Read more about how to install the store in our instructions.
Step 1: Open mojoapp.xyz in mobile Safari.
Step 2: On home page Mojo find the “Install directly from your iDevice” button and confirm the store installation.
Step 3: At this step, Mojo will notify you that a custom profile has been created. Click the "Build Custom Profile" button to continue.
Step 4: The device will automatically open the Settings app on the profile page. Click install to install on iPhone profile Mojo Installation.
Step 5: If your device uses a password, you will be prompted to enter it at this point.
Step 6: In the window that appears, click the Install button.
Step 7: The Settings app will take you back to the Mojo page in your browser. To continue, click Install Mojo.
In the window that appears, click Install.
Step 8: The browser will take you back to the Settings app and the profile management section. Here you need to put a second, already unsigned, profile.
Step 9: Click Install and enter the password if required.
Step 11: Click Install in the window that opens, then click Finish in the upper right corner.
This is all. On home screen The Mojo Store icon will appear on your device. Launch the application and select the desired program for installation. In the Package section you can view the application directory, in the Source section you can add new repositories.
Once you've hacked your iPhone, you can no longer imagine how you can use the device without jailbreak. The Cydia store provides ample opportunities for full-time and most popular applications, this is the personalization of the iOS system at your discretion. Many believe that the release of iOS 9 may close the doors to the Cydia tweak store forever. In this case, you can use an alternative - the Extensify store.
The creators of the Extensify tweak store are Maj Alfaili and Kevin Ko, known in the jailbreak community as @freemanrepo and @uhelios. The main feature Extensify - the ability to change and add new features to applications from the App Store without the need for jailbreak.
The Extensify store is not full replacement Cydia. And here we cannot talk about replacing the jailbreak. But after the first acquaintance, you will be delighted with the possibilities that Extensify offers. For example, you can easily increase the limit of images to send via whatsapp messenger, get the ability to save photos to your feed from Instagram or Vine, remove the character limit on Twitter, port WhatsApp to your tablet, and much more. At the same time, to expand the functionality, you do not need to interact with the computer; all manipulations take place exclusively on the smartphone.
And now about how to add Extensify to your gadget. First you will need to download the Extensify application, then log in, only then you can start searching for EXOS (tweaks) and installing them. On your desktop, you will find an updated application icon with a plus sign next to the application for which you installed the tweak.
Just like in Cydia, and in the App Store in the Extensify store, each tweak has detailed description settings, screenshots, number of downloads, file size. Users can even leave comments about the settings.
The Extensify store has many advantages. The main thing is that there is no need to jailbreak. But with all this, you will not find tweaks here that would change, for example, the Control Center.
Separately, it is worth noting the magnificent design of Extensify, starting from the icon and ending separate elements user interface. The Extensify store is set to launch next month. In case hackers do not release an exploit to jailbreak iOS 9, you can expand the capabilities of applications using Extensify.