The early beta version of the popular Installer app which was seeded to developers over the weekend has been leaked.
Installer app is one of the most anticipated applications by iPhone users who had hacked their iPhone, as it simplifies unofficial native application management on the jailbroken iPhone and is equivalent to the App Store application for the official native iPhone apps.
I had reported last week that the iPhone hacking community have been working hard to release the new and improved version of the Installer app which also works with iPhone firmware 2.0.
The beta version of the Installer app was distributed to developers of the unofficial native iPhone applications so that they could get the repository for their applications ready for the new repository format that has been introduced in Installer 4. However, someone seems to have leaked it.
Since Installer app is still early beta and has not been officially released, the number of native iPhone applications that are available via Installer 4 is quite small currently.
Folks at InstallerApps.com who have managed to get their hands on the early beta version have provided a guide to install the Installer app.
So if you are adventurous who wants to try the early beta and do not have an issue to get your hands dirty with some command-line stuff then the guide goes like this:
- After you have downloaded and extracted the Installer 4.0 beta archive from this link. You need to upload it to your device.
- Open WinSCP and login to your iPhone or iPod Touch. - The username is ‘root’ and the password is ‘alpine’.
- Upload the ‘Installer.app’ folder to the /Applications/’ directory.
- Hit Ctrl+T.
- Type these commands:
- chmod -R 777 “/Applications/Installer.app”
- chmod a+srx “/Applications/Installer.app/Installer”
- Hit execute.
- Restart your iPhone or iPod Touch and you’ll have your Installer 4.0 beta app installed correctly.
You can also checkout the YouTube video below to get an overview of the new Installer App 4.0:
The RIP Dev team which has been working hard to release the new and improved Installer app so that it can also work with iPhone firmware 2.0 had this to say about the leak:
The RiP Dev team wants everyone to know that this is an ‘early beta‘ copy. This was LEAKED and was not intended to be released at this time. So, if there are bugs don’t blame the developers.
I would recommend you to wait for the RIP Dev Team to officially release it as the leaked early beta version might not be very stable.
It is also expected that when its officially released, it will be part of iPhone Dev Team's Pwnage Tool like before and possibly also available on Cydia which will make it easier to install it on your jailbroken iPhone.
But if you are the adventurous types and have gone ahead and given this a shot (hopefully after taking a backup of your iPhone), then do let us know how it goes, we would love to hear from you in the comments.
[via InstallerApps.com]
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I have put it on and it works great and looks even better. This is a beautiful app and I can't wait for the app list to start filling up!
what is the big deal w/ the new installer? i think cydia works just fine — just waiting for apps to populate!
Cydia > Installer.
Cydia is built on top of a decade-old package management system. It is pretty tried and true. All these new features install is boasting about have been around in Cydia for awhile.
We already have a great package management system on 2.0 – we don't need installer. Not sure why installer has so much hype.
Maybe Installer.app will have Lextron ported with it?!?!
or maybe not.
@meemster:
dude thats harsh man, installer has stuck with you for so long, and now you just say that its useless…i mean come on. how would the developers take that…thats just unfair. Maybe Cydia is good, i BET installer 4 will be better…
install went well and it seems to work very well
I'm not for or against either Cydia or Installer and I spose some competition is healthy, but I do think that there should only be one. I would love to see the two teams collaborate and make one truly great app.
Cant get the commands 2 work.
Anyone have any ideas?
thanks
Answered my own question.
took away the ""
Im half asleep, lol.
excuse my ignorance but how do you upload or transfer the installer app folder to the application at winscp. ive tried drag and drop. copy and paste. it doesnt seem to work. help needed please
i´m trying to execute from within the iphone terminal but gives me an error: opertation not permited
Finally!!! I cant wait for the full version to come out so i can hack my ipod touch again!!!
Works very well with my jailbroken Itouch 2.0
Thanks !!!
I've downloaded WinSCP, and it refuses the connection all the time. I'm typing the ip address, username: root and password: alpine and it doesn't work. PLEASE Help me!