Open it, click Help > Check for Updates and follow the in-app instructions for downloading.

Update iTunes to the latest version if you haven't already.

To use it, you will need the tool, the IPA file for the app you are installing, your Mac or PC, iPhone or iPad, and cable.īefore you dive into using Cydia Impactor to install your apps, there are a couple of things to do first. It also works on all iOS devices, a bonus when you consider that most of the recent jailbreaks are limited to either the 32-bit devices or the 64-bit devices, not both.Ĭydia Impactor is a user-friendly tool, very simple to use.

USB Drivers Included – rather than having to hunt for the USB drivers online and download them, they are all built into the tool all you have to do is manually download them from Cydia Impactor.

All you have to do is plug your device into your computer, launch the tool, and click Start – it should take a minute at most. Root Your Android Device – Cydia Impactor also works to root Android devices on v2.3 up to v5.0.Unlocking Bootloader – lock/unlock bootloader easily.Package Installation – easy installation and management of IPA and other packages.It is a tool that is under constant development, but, right now, there are several very useful features that can be used straightaway: That tool has been renamed as Cydia Eraser while Cydia Impactor was repurposed and is now the easiest way to install unofficial unsigned files onto an iPhone or iPad. It was developed by the man behind Cydia, Jay Freeman (Saurik) and used to be for removing Cydia without affecting your iOS version. Now we have a tool called Cydia Impactor that does the job for us, without having to go through Cydia first.Ĭydia Impactor is an incredibly useful tool for all iOS users. These files are the IPA files – iOS App Store Package files – and, not so long back, a jailbreak would have been needed to install them.

It is a way of installing applications onto the iPhone or iPad that have not got the approval nor the authorization needed from Apple to go in the official app store. Sideloading is a term you tend to hear quite a bit of these days.

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