The recently posted instructions for jailbreaking iPhones running software/firmware 1.1.1 is being met with difficulty for some, but has been successful for most. If you're having trouble, read the tips in our. Several readers have inquired how to put Installer.app -- the wondrous native iPhone application for finding and directly downloading other native apps to the device -- on their jailbroken iPhones. It can be done, and is relatively simple. Here are the steps for a Mac OS X system (this assumes you have jailbroken your iPhone, installed the ssh tools, and enabled the springboard patch to show third-party apps via this ): • Download and unzip it, but don't launch it. • Right-click (or hold the control key and click) on the AppTapp icon, then select 'Show Package Contents' from the contextual menu.

Hack your iPhone: install applications with Installer.app and AppTapp Posted September 3, 2007 in Gadgets/Hack, iPhone (By the way, when I talk about “hacking” your iPhone, I mean closer to “modding”. The software downloads a copy of the latest Apple Firmware; you. When finished, your iPhone restarts and the Installer app appears on your.

• Drag the enclosed file 'Installer' (this is actually the iPhone application, and its full name is Installer.app) to your /Applications folder. • Open Terminal (located in /Applications/Utilities) and type the following: scp -r /Applications/Installer.app root@IPADDRESS:/Applications/ replacing IPADDRESS with the IP address of your iPhone (you can determine your iPhone's IP Address by tapping Settings, then 'Wi-Fi,' -- tap the arrow next to the name of the Wi-Fi network to which your iPhone and look at the IP Address) • Restart your iPhone. You'll now find Installer.app on the home screen of your iPhone, and can install apps to your hearts content. For a list of apps that work with iPhone software/firmware 1.1.1 see this.

Icon as of Installer 5.0 Nullriver (Installer 1-3),,, (Installer 5), (Installer 4) Written in Website,,, Installer.app was a freeware software installer for the created by Nullriver and later maintained by RipDev, first released in summer 2007 and maintained until summer 2009. Installer allowed users to install third-party applications into the iPhone's Applications directory where native applications are kept. Users could install applications from a variety of sources (over or ) provided by software developers or directly onto the iPhone without requiring a computer. Users could browse lists of applications inside Installer to find ones they wanted to install. In June 2009, RipDev dropped support for Installer in favor of developing a different package manager and installer named. Contents • • • • • • Releases [ ] iPhone OS 2 [ ] When the 2.0 firmware was released, framework changes were present.

All of the applications compiled for iPhone OS 1.2 and below were no longer able to run on 2.0. Therefore, Installer 3 wasn't available for 2.0 and the vast majority of users switched to. At that time, RiPDev (Russian iPhone Development) took over the Installer project and started developing Installer 4.0. When Installer 4.0 was finished, it was added to the QuickPwn software as a payload. Installer 4.0 did not gain as much popularity as Installer 3.0 because most of the jailbreak users had become accustomed to using. Reclaime license key. IOS 4 and 5 [ ] In May 2011, a team of developers called Infini-Dev recreated Installer 4 so that it could be run on iOS 4 and above, although the main current repositories are only compatible with Cydia and no longer compatible with Installer.

RiPDev has put their old Installer repo back online since Infini-Dev released Installer, and there are also some other repos like Greek-iPhone who offer up to date packages for Installer. Installer 5 [ ] Slava Karpenko announced a project to work on Installer 5.

Slava Karpenko revealed to Infini Dev that the project had been dropped by him. Infini-Dev then took over and after a while moved the project under the AppTapp Team name. Now they are currently working on Installer 5 with more developers working on the project, release date TBD. References [ ].